Vampire fans line up for 'Twilight' premiere
ToolsBy Joe English KATU News, KATU Web Staff and Associated PressPORTLAND, Ore. - One of the most anticipated movies of the year is hitting the silver screen and fans could not be happier. Twilight, based on a best selling book series by Stephenie Meyer, is about a 17-year-old girl who moves to a small town in the Northwest and falls in love with a mysterious classmate, who turns out to be a vampire. The movie holds a special interest for folks in our neck of the woods because many of the scenes were shot in Oregon and Washington. And a lot of the cast and crew are locals, like 7-year-old Catherine Grimme from Portland, who played the main character Bella as a little girl. The movie officially opens Friday, Nov. 21, with many showings starting right after midnight. Girls and women are expected to dominate the audience, making "Twilight" a rare female-driven franchise. And a survey of ticket buyers on Fandango.com found that nearly half of the people interested in seeing "Twilight" were over 25. "It's early teens to up above 50-year-olds," said Rick Butler, Fandango's chief operating officer. "Some of the daughters have encouraged the mothers to see it. Mothers have heard about it and read the novels themselves and want to take their daughters."
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