Day: August 20, 2003
Greetings, Quickbeam here. Welcome to our week-long party for GREEN BOOKS 4th Anniversary! Check out our new features:
— Go way “Out on a Limb” with me as I explain the connection between ancient Atlantis and Tolkien’s mighty Númenor!
— Any Ringer fans out there dreaming up the perfect Quenya tattoo for your body? Ostadan has “Some Thoughts on Ink” over in the Lore & Letters section.
We are only two days away from our CRYPTIC CROSSWORD CONTEST which will challenge your Tolkien-knowledge like never before. Be here on Friday, Aug. 22 to enter!
Winners of the 6th Annual DVD Awards with Leonard Maltin will be announced sometime today from the Hilton Universal City in Universal City, California. Stay tuned to see if the FOTR DVD wins the Viewers Choice Award! [More]
Well it seems that E! News bumped 1 or 2 LOTR related items that I told you about a few weeks ago. But that doesn’t mean I’ll ignore them, lets hope they don’t bump this piece. E! News Live will have a segment on the TTT DVD Tonight, check your local listings for time and channel.
The noble warrior Strider’s quest to rescue the hobbit Pippin has left film fans on the edge of their seats. The last instalment of the Lord of the Rings saga saw the tall, dark Strider, played by Danish heart-throb Viggo Mortensen, nowhere near finding his stricken friend, played by Scots star Billy Boyd. But now the pair have been reunited in the unlikeliest of places – North Queensferry. [More]
Pre-release sales of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers have broken all records at Amazon. The internet retailer says over 50,000 pre-orders have been taken ahead of the video and DVD’s UK release on Tuesday, August 26. Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets was the previous record-holder, with 40,000 pre-orders in April. [More]