Check out this hilarious take on our favorite elf Elrond, and our favorite Agent…Smith (though they all look the same to me). [More]
Day: December 27, 2001
Cate Blanchett, heavily pregnant, shifts in her chair and smiles when asked about having turned out five movies in as many months. [More]
The reviews of “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” are in. And they range from the breathlessly enthusiastic–“It has real passion, real emotion, real terror and a tactile sense of evil” (Newsweek)–to the ecstatic–“A great picture, a triumphant picture, a joyfully conceived work of cinema” (Entertainment Weekly). [More]
A few days ago I reported that a few people began emailing me to tell me that the scene in which (highlight to read!) Aragorn decapitates Lurtz was cut in the UK. Many more of you have written in to tell me this is not so. Well Adam sent this in today, and I think it just may be the possible answer to the mystery of the ‘Missing Cut’ !Spoilers! [More]
A few days ago I reported that a few people began emailing me to tell me that the scene in which Aragorn decapitates Lurtz was cut in the UK. Many more of you have written in to tell me this is not so. Well Adam sent this in today, and I think it just may be the possible answer to the mystery of the ‘Missing Cut’:
I am a projectionist and I noticed yesterday that this (decapitation) scene takes place at the end of reel 8.
This means that more than likely that either the projectionist who built up the movie cut off the end of the reel, or-if the theater was using an older reel to reel setup-the projectionist was a little gung-ho and changed reels on the first signal (the little yellow dot is supposed to appear twice before the changeover occurs.)
Stacey Lee writes: We had seventeen people in costume, just in our group alone, plus there were several others in line who also had costumes on, and more of our Ring Game group showed up in mundane clothes to join us. [More]