CALGARY SUN - APRIL
19, 2006
SIDEKICK - A SUPER RETURN
by KRISTA SYLVESTER
Although
he’s on a tour across some of Canada’s finest
cities, producer Michael Sparaga is most excited to
return to Calgary.
“Calgary is such a great city.
It was a real special event last time and the response
was great. We just got such great support we want to
bring it back to them,” Sparaga says.
Currently in Winnipeg to show his movie
‘Sidekick’, Sparaga and the lead actors
of the movie are making their way across Canada to personally
show the movie in theatres.
“We just love sitting in the
audience and watching this great movie and the audience
just gets it. They laugh and cheer in all the right
places.”
Sparaga says that the tour has been
one “crazy adventure” but not one he wants
to end anytime soon. “We still can’t believe
we’re here. We just feel like rockstars. It’s
the best feeling in the world and we don’t want
it to end. It’s just so much fun.”
Sparaga
says that the difference between his movie and most
Canadian movies is that his is pure entertainment whereas
other films are more intellectual.
He says, “It’s a guy with
superpowers and people love that. It’s just a
cooler and darker movie that it hits people on an entertainment
level.”
Set to show in Calgary on Wednesday
April 26th at the Uptown Theatre at 7pm, Sparaga, the
lead actors and the director will be there to introduce
the film and have a question and answer period afterwards.
Sparaga first showed his movie last
September at the Calgary Film Festival and says Calgarians
loved it. “The question and answer period went
on so long they had to come in and tell us to wrap it
so when we left there were people still waiting for
us in the lobby. It was so exciting to see.”
And Sparaga is hoping for more of the
same this time around.