Anthony Hopkins Walks Red Carpet, Calls Chicago ‘Best-Kept Secret in America’

Sir Anthony Hopkins walked the Music Box Theatre red carpet in Chicago on Sunday for the premiere of “Slipstream,” which at the age of 70 he directed, wrote and scored.

As with the photo from the John Cusack red carpet on Oct. 12, Chicago photographer Joe Arce again captured the bull’s-eye Hopkins shot and has granted me permission to publish it.


Anthony Hopkins on Oct. 14, 2007 at the Chicago
International Film Festival premiere of “Slipstream”.
Photo by Joe Arce for HollywoodChicago.com
Hopkins is also the star of the film along with Christian Slater. Though the scene lacked security and he only interviewed with press for about two minutes, the question of how he felt about Chicago did register.

Hopkins responded: “It’s a beautiful city. It’s the best-kept secret in America.”

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Anthony Hopkins on Oct. 14, 2007 at the Chicago
International Film Festival premiere of “Slipstream”.
Photo by Dustin Levell of HollywoodChicago.com

The Music Box Theatre on Oct. 14, 2007 in Chicago.
Photo by Adam Fendelman of HollywoodChicago.com

Anthony Hopkins on Oct. 14, 2007 in Chicago.
Photo by Dustin Levell of HollywoodChicago.com

Anthony Hopkins on Oct. 14, 2007 in Chicago.
Photo by Dustin Levell of HollywoodChicago.com

‘Slipstream’ Trailer Surfaces; Anthony Hopkins Coming to Chicago on Oct. 14

The official trailer to “Slipstream” is here. The film stars Anthony Hopkins and Christian Slater and is written/directed by Hopkins.

Immerse yourself in small.
Immerse yourself in medium.
Immerse yourself in big.
Immerse yourself in bigger.

From left to right, Stella Arroyave, Anthony Hopkins,
Lisa Pepper and Camryn Manheim in “Slipstream”.
Photo courtesy of IMDb
“Slipstream” will show as part of the Chicago International Film Festival on Oct. 14 at 7 p.m. at the Music Box Theatre. Hopkins will walk the red carpet. I’ll be there and will be bringing you full coverage. Stay tuned. In the meantime, here’s the plot description:

Aging screenwriter Felix Bonhoeffer has lived his life in two states of existence: in reality and his own interior world.

While working on a murder-mystery script and unaware that his brain is on the verge of implosion, Felix is baffled when his characters start to appear in his life and vice versa.