LA PUSH — Members of the Quileute tribe will get star treatment Monday night in Los Angeles.
Chairwoman Bonita Cleveland and several students from LaPush will attend the world premiere of “Breaking Dawn: Part 1,” the fourth installment of the “Twilight” movie saga, at the Nokia Theatre, said Jackie Jacobs, tribal publicist.
In author Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight universe, some Quileute tribal members form the Wolf Pack, werewolves that protect their people from vampires.
Jacob Black, a Quileute alpha werewolf, at one point forms part of a love triangle with protagonist Belle Swan, a mortal, and her vampire swain, Edward Cullen.
‘Twilight’ stars
The real Quileute members will share the red carpet with “Twilight” stars Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner.
Cleveland plans to highlight the tribe’s Pacific Northwest heritage on the walk, wearing a couture outfit by renowned Haida designer Dorothy Grant of Vancouver, B.C., Jacobs said.
While select members of the Quileute will get a sneak peek at “Breaking Dawn” on Monday, the show will premiere on the North Olympic Peninsula just after midnight Friday at Deer Park Cinema, at 96 Deer Park Lane off U.S. Highway 101 in Port Angeles, and later that day at the Rose Theatre in Port Townsend.
Tickets for the 12:05 a.m. and 12:10 a.m. Port Angeles premiere showings are available at the box office or at www.tinyurl.com/3kwbjuc.
They cost $10 for adults, $7 for children and $7.50 for seniors.
The premiere will include a costume contest.
The Rose Theatre, 235 Taylor St. in Port Townsend, will show “Breaking Dawn” beginning Friday.
Showtimes have not yet been scheduled.
Tickets will be available Monday and will cost $9 for adults, $8 for seniors and $7 for children, or $1 less for matinee showings.
Meyer’s four-novel series about vampires and teen love are set in Forks, LaPush and Port Angeles.
The newest installment in the tale of teen love, vampires and werewolves covers the first half of the fourth and final book in the series, Breaking Dawn.
The first film, “Twilight,” was released in November 2008. “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” followed in November 2009. “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse” was released in June 2010.
Prior to the big premiere, Deer Park Cinema has been showing each of the earlier “Twilight” movies on Twilight Tuesdays.
“Eclipse” will be shown at 7:15 p.m. Tuesday.
Tickets are $10 for adults, $7 for children and $7.50 for seniors.
Special tour
Also, Twilight Tours in Forks is offering a special tour for 19 people — and there were eight seats left as of Saturday, said owner Rianilee Belles.
The special $349 “Breaking Dawn” premiere tour will begin at 3 p.m. Thursday in Forks, featuring “Twilight” locations in Forks, LaPush and Port Angeles.
It includes dinner at Bella Italia, a ticket to the midnight showing at Deer Park Cinema in Port Angeles and a hotel room at the “treaty line” between Forks and LaPush, where the Quileute wolf pack’s territory begins.
For more information or to book the tour, phone 360-640-8709.
Summit Entertainment has announced a Nov. 16, 2012, release date for “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 2.”
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Reporter Arwyn Rice can be reached at 360-417-3535 or at arwyn.rice@peninsuladailynews.com.
