Dan Radcliffe cheered at Toronto Film Fest

Los Angeles, Sep 9 : "The world is home to the bizarre," so says the tagline for the film Weird: The Al Yankovic Story.

The early morning hours of Friday morning were devoted to Daniel Radcliffe as the comedy was screened for the first time at midnight in the Toronto International Film FestivalRadcliffe is the star of the adored parody artist in the forthcoming Roku original movie, which had its debut at the Royal Alexandra Theatre, kicking off TIFFs Midnight Madness programming lineup, according to Variety.

It was a packed theater and the crowd was awash with each second of the biopic-parody and booed loudly at every unexpected appearance (of of which there were numerous) at the beginning of the "backstory" of Yankovics biggest hits, from "My Bologna" to "Eat It.Some of the most enthusiastic applause was reserved for the Radcliffe-fronted version of "Amish Paradise." "Weird" is directed by Eric Appel, who co-wrote the script with Yankovic.

It was created by Funny or Die and Tango the film tells a fictitious story of the parody artists story and how he made it to the top of the charts.It is also Appels feature-length directorial debut, resulting from his viral 2010 video which portrayed Yankovics life as as scandalous as it was, while slamming the stereotypes of biopics that are typically made.

Yankovic, Appel, Radcliffe and Wood performed on stage after the screening to discuss everything the audience consumed and answer any urgent Weird Al questions.So what did Radcliffe learn to play Yankovics infamous accordion? Other Midnight Madness screenings include anthology horror film "V/H/S 99 The Blackening by director Tim Story, The Peoples Joker by Vera Drew, Project Wolf Hunting from Kim Hongsun, Sick by John Hyams, Sisu from Jalmari Helander, and "Venus" by Jaume Balaguero All of which will have their world premieres during the festival.Ti Wests X prequel film Pearl" makes its North American premiere in the lineup, which will conclude the Canadian premiere of "Lenore Will Never Die,"" directed by Filipina filmmaker Martika Ramierez Escobar.dc/kv.