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Once upon a time in Toronto...

By Sharon

11 September 1997

Though I live just outside of Toronto, I'd never been to the world-famous Toronto International Film Festival. But when I heard Paul McGann's then-latest movie, Fairy Tale: A True Story, was to premiere at the Festival, it was all the excuse I needed. And when some PMEB members decided to hike over here for the premiere, the stage was set for another infamous get-together.

I left school early to meet the others at their downtown hotel. From there, we split into two groups. I went along with one group who had to pick up their premiere tickets. The plan was to get the tickets then meet up at Movenpick restaurant.

We endured a ride with the taxi driver from hell — his car radio blasted reggae music while he shouted out the window at other taxi drivers who got in his way — then we found we had another problem...

There are four Movenpick restaurants in Toronto. Naturally, our two groups ended up at two different Movenpicks.

Happily, we all met again in front of Roy Thompson Hall, a concert hall which was outfitted with a big movie screen for the duration of the Festival.

(L-R) Lynn, Judy, Mary Ellen, Elsa and Marion
outside of Roy Thompson Hall in Toronto

We had harbored some faint hope that Paul might attend the premiere, but alas, it wasn't to be. We did get the next-best thing — seeing him on a big, big screen. At his first appearance in Fairy Tale, a collective gasp was heard from one particular row in the concert hall. And thanks to some wonderful close-ups, we were well on our way to solving the vexing question of what color Paul's eyes are.

Blue, blue, beautiful blue.

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