The costumes in The Lord of the Rings and The Last Samurai – perhaps you’ve noticed them? If so, you’re not alone. New Zealand designer Ngila Dickson won a BAFTA Award and a Saturn Award for The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and an Oscar nomination for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. [More]
Day: December 8, 2003
W writes: The DVD Excellence Awards will be aired on the FX network at 8pm eastern time, Tuesday Dec. 9th. This was filmed Dec. 2nd, in between the big premieres. Dominic Monaghan, Andy Serkis, and John Rhys-Davies were in attendance. [fxnetworks.com]
TRM writes: I found theese programme listings for the UK and thought you might like to put them on the front page to let people know. [More]
TRM writes: I found theese programme listings for the UK and thought you might like to put them on the front page to let people know.
13th Dec
BBC radio 4
5.30pm Back row – Richard Taylor talks about designing the visual effects for LOTR
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16th Dec
Discovery channel
2.00pm Bilbo and Beyond
BBC1
11.35pm
Film 2003- Return of the King special
James Rampton writes: When we meet, Sir Ian McKellen is about to embark on a dizzying, four-month, global tour to promote The Return of the King, the final part of the Lord of the Rings saga. Just listening to the actor’s itinerary exhausts me – it’s a real case of “If it’s Tuesday, it must be Miami.” [More]

Chaotica writes: Here are a few pics from the Premiere of “Tanz der Vampire” (Dance of the Vampires) in Hamburg, Germany, a musical directed by Roman Polanski himself, based on his famous vampire movie. Originally created in Vienna, the show has played a few years in Stuttgart, Germany and moved to Hamburg now. Alongside a lot of German celebrities the premiere featured LOTR Stars Christopher Lee and Cate Blanchett. [More]