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Day: December 26, 1999
UK Ringers can catch Sean Bean (Boromir) tonight at 9 PM. He’ll be playing himself in ‘The Vicar of Dibley’ on BB1.
Thanks to Nona for the tip!
A note to you folks to liked to frequent the gamersx.com msg boards, I see you’ve been having problems with your board. I’ve set another one up for you on the same site. Located here. You guys can use it at your own conenience, it has nothing to do with TheOneRing.net, but if you want to be an OP on it, just send me an email and I’ll set you guys up. cheers 🙂
Ringer Fan Jeff sent in this letter he received from Peter Jackson and the folks at Wingnut Films concerning some music he sent in to them, with portions snipped by me. The music is described by Jeff as ‘lyrics from the point of view of Aragorn as he lays down to voluntarily give up his life. He acknowledges the tremendous cost to Arwen but reminds her that their deaths are inevitable and that the triumph of the west over Sauron made these things come to pass’:
Check out what Jeff sent into Wingnut here.
Letter from Wingnut:
Dear Jeff
Thank you for expressing interest in our project, “The Lord of the Rings”.
…We commenced filming on the 11th October and currently Peter is focusing his attention on shooting the first film and perfecting the scripts for the second and third. At this stage he will not be concentrating on the music for the trilogy until well into the New Year.
…Please be assured that your information is being kept on file in our comprehensive library of prospective musicians, composers, lyricists, singers etc
…Thank you again for your interest, support and patience.
It seems that the 2nd and 3rd scripts have yet to be perfected! Sounds good to me:)
Ringer Spy David tiped me onto this play that is now showing in Australia.
Check out the website, if any of you Aussie ringers want to review the play for me, drop me a line 🙂
From: Andy
Just thought you and the thousand of other Tolkien fans might be interested. The British Foreign Office have produced a website (scheduled to be on-line from the millennium) called Planet-Britain 2000. The idea is to communicate Britain and its culture to the rest of the world. Part of the site (and its gonna be huge) overviews our links with other countries (including Canada Xo) and in the Australasia section of course, there is New Zealand.
This is what they’ll have concerning LOTR:
“The Lord of the Rings
New Zealand director Peter Jackson is currently filming this epic trilogy in the South Island. The movies, which will be filmed back to back, have an estimated budget of $360m and are to be released in the summer of 2001. It is the first time anyone has atempted to bring Tolkien’s internationally adored works together as a live-action film, but it is a project that has been close to Jackson’s heart for the best part of his life. Now, with a cast including Sir Ian McKellan, Cate Blanchett and Christopher Lee, a crew of hundreds and some of the most amazing scenery on the planet – we can expect to see Frodo and Bilbo Baggins come to life thanks to the glory and splendour of New Zealand.”
The website will be used by governments, universities and people all over the world and though I say it myself, there’s something for everyone. The address will be www.planet-britain.org.