…Though “The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers” earned a best picture nomination, its director, Peter Jackson, was odd man out when it came to the directing nominations as he was the only director of a best picture nominee who failed to score a directing nomination. [More]
Month: February 2003
It made more money and received better reviews than its prequel, but on Oscar nomination morning, it came up with less than half the nominations its precursor garnered last year. New Line’s “The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers” received just six Oscar nominations, falling well short of the 13 noms that “The Fellowship of the Ring” earned last year and making it statistically unlikely that “Towers” will match even the four Oscars that the first “Rings” took home. [More]
Our good friends from Alley Cat Scratch send us this news. At last, the stunning, authentic ‘Lord of the Rings’ magical elven cloak fabric is available from the actual New Zealand weavers… or get Cloaks, Throws, Wraps, Scarves and Fleece. Products now ‘On Line’ direct from New Zealand’s National Museum, Te Papa OR the Wellington farmers\weavers themselves – Stansborough Fibres. [More]
Belinda writes: Just thought visitors to your site might be interested to know the following Te Papa will be hosting an illustrated talk by Alan Lee on Wednesday 26th February. [More]
Thanks to Brendan, Michael and Rennie for this link to Monty, another comic spoofing on LOTR [More] and thanks to Sarah for this link to Residence Life, which has a little LOTR today too. [More]
Our first Elvish lesson in Barliman’s last week was a huge succes, close to one hundred people turned up to listen to Elostrion lesson on ‘how to construct a Sindarin Sentence’. Tonight the classes continue! [More]