NYC Premiere of MGP

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Gerard Butler: 'Machine Gun Preacher' Screening in NYC!

Gerald Butler wraps his arm around Michelle Monaghan at the Diesel Black Gold Special Screening for Machine Gun Preacher held at the Museum of Modern Art on Tuesday (September 13) in New York City.

The 41-year-old Scottish hunk wore a leather jacket to keep things cool!

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Earlier in the day, Gerry grabbed lunch at Da Silvano restaurant where he goofed around with fans!

The night before, Gerry premiered his film Coriolanus at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival with co-star Jessica Chastain.

FYI: Michelle is wearing Barbara Bui black natural lizard platform sandals.

http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2011/09/15/2011-09-15_gerard_butler_snaps_at_chatty_reporters_during_speech_when_youre_finished_ill_ta.html

Gerard Butler snaps at chatty reporters during speech: 'When you're finished, I'll talk'

Gerard Butler demands your full attention. The scruffy actor got a wee bit gruff with two whispering reporters at the MoMA screening of his new movie, "Machine Gun Preacher," on Tuesday. Butler was doing a group interview when he noticed that two of the gathered were talking to each other sotto voce - and ignoring him. "When you're finished I'll talk," the Scot grumbled, sounding more like a third-grade teacher than a heartthrob, but he seems to have taken his real-life role to heart. Butler portrays Sam Childers, a former drug-dealing thug who became a crusader for Sudanese orphans forced to become soldiers. Butler's mood was significantly sunnier after the screening. The notorious ladies' man was in his element at the Diesel Black Gold-sponsored afterparty at Royalton, flirting and fielding well wishes from a bevy of beauties. Childers was also at the premiere.

Vanity Fair article:

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118042868

Bullets over MoMA
Relativity's 'Preacher' preems in Gotham
By Joe Barracato

Blessings and bullets filled the air at the Tuesday preem of Relativity's "Machine Gun Preacher" in Gotham.
"Some fights can be avoided by praying to God. The others, sometimes, require guns and rocket launchers," said Sam Childers, the inspiring sinner-turned-saint whose mind-blowing experiences serve as the film's backbone.

Childers, who referred to himself as the first hillbilly allowed inside the MoMA theater, isn't the only one unafraid to grab a weapon in times of trouble.

"I'm definitely a machine gun kind of guy," said the film's star, Gerard Butler. "I'm not a big fan of talking. Things usually don't get done that way."

Childers' story of redemption, which includes rescuing hundreds of children caught in the crossfire of an ongoing war in the Sudan, caused Butler's co-star Michelle Monaghan and the film's writer, Jason Keller, to wipe back tears on their way to the afterparty at the Royalton.

"I may not look for guns on the black market, but I will do whatever I can to raise awareness for those children in a peaceful way," Keller said. "Call it the Gandhi approach."