Pipesmoke has put all those crazy sounds together in nice compact .zip files for your downloading pleasure. Check out the extra section for the special Barlimans’s sound packs!
Day: November 18, 1999
Tonight on “Who wants to be a Millionaire”, the 500,000 dollar question asked which of these characters is not associated with pokemon. And one of the choices was Frodo. It ended up that the guy didn’t know and left with 250,000. To make it even worse, Regis said that, You may remember frodo from The Hobbit. No, Regis it was the “Lord of the Rings”. It just goes to show you how much attention Tolkein is getting these days. Just wanted to let you know.
These were the choices:
A- Jiglepuff
B- Frodo
C- Squirtle
D- Pikachu
Thanks to Michael, Aelfwine and the rest of you! for the tip!
Thanks to all of you folks who sent me a small note concerning a mention of LOTR on CNN. Check out the article here. Thanks to ALL you folks who wrote to me!
The latest from the good folks over at Cinescape. Personally, this type of stuff makes me drool! I WANT to see Lee in his white robes!
Depp Talks Christopher Lee
It may surprise you to hear that Johnny Depp is quite the fan of old horror films, particularly mentioning the classic Dracula starring Bela Lugosi as a favorite. So, what did he make of working with horror icon Christopher Lee in Sleepy Hollow. In an interview with Salon, Depp revealed that the veteran actor was intimidating, saying, “You are looking into the eyes of Dracula and he’s about to jump down your throat, and it’s real, and it’s scary.”
According to one source, the atrocious weather in Queenstown has done more than just hold up filming. One of the sets – we don’t know which one – has been washed away, which is a tragic waste of good work.
It’s a pity the landscape is one ‘star’ you can’t fire when it gets too uppity.
It’s such a shame to think of all things getting messed up like that. On the other hand, it’s fun to imagine how there might be bits of Meduseld caught up on farm gates in the most incongruous places, or pieces of Gondor washed up on the banks downstream. It would be great if little pieces of Middle-earth were left scattered around for people to find unexpectedly.
From Gloin
Interesting little bit of news here. I seems that with the production being so far away from Hollywood, that PJ and the crew are having things custom built, that’s great for local NZers. Gloin also discusses the flooding situation, time for you Te Anau ringers to chime in!
This was from a Queenstown weekly community Newspaper (The Mirror):
Business enjoying Movie Work
by Carmen Wilson
EVEN though the Lord of the Rings has only started filming in the Southern Lakes Area this week businesses are already reaping the benefits.
3 D Marine Development owner Richard Doherty “Doc” is almost finished building a boat for the film.
The aluminium jet barge is the most unusual boat he has ever had to design and build. It is 5m long and 2.5m wide. The deck is totally flat to enable film crew to stand on the jet barge and film. The boat is able to carry 10 people and about 400kg.
“It is totally different from anything else we have ever seen in the past. It has been a really good project,” he said.
The boat still has its 5-litre V8 engine to be fitted, but it should be completed in 14 days from start to finish, Mr Doherty said.
The cost of the boat was not named but everything was new and the film company had spared no expense, Mr Doherty said. He believed they would use the boat, and another hire boat from his company, to film on the Kawarau river through Smiths Falls, just above the Kawarau Bungy Bridge.
The Lord of the Rings cast and crew arrived in Te Anau on Monday and filming started yesterday on the $360 million adaptation of J R R Tolkien’s famous trilogy.
Thought you would be interested to see this. Methinks they might imagine there is a cave behind that waterfall, It is a beautiful river and VERY wild terrain in that area. They won’t be filming in Te Anau for a while, flooding has control of everything.
Also I saw some of the WETA Workshop crew walking around Queenstown today, they are responsible for making and fitting costumes and were supposed to be elsewhere by now, but now they trapped here like everybody else. All roads are closed but there should be one open by midday tomorrow (Friday 19).