ELI ROTH MELANIE LAURENT LAWRENCE BENDER Lawrence Bender, producer for Quentin Tarantino’s new film, Inglourious Basterds, asked the former vice president to host a Nashville movie premiere, and Gore was happy to do it.
The connection: Bender was one of the producers behind Gore’s documentary An Inconvenient Truth. Bender also attended the Nashville Film Festival in 2007, where he received the President’s Award.
Premiere celebrity guests at the private event held at Regal’s Green Hills Stadium 16 are Inglourious Basterds actors Eli Roth and Mélanie Laurent; Bender and Gore. Other celebrities on the red carpet were Steve Harwell of Smash Mouth, Sheryl Crow, Julie Roberts, Kathy Mattea, Mindy Smith, Bucky Covington, Danielle Peck, Jaron Lowenstein,Joey & Rory.
The movie, which opens nationwide on Friday Aug. 21, is Tarantino’s R-rated

