Continuing his Book Promo Tour, Sean Astin will be on ABC’s ‘The View’ tomorrow (October 14th). Check your local listings. [More]
Day: October 13, 2004
Colleen writes: Sean Astin was on the Fox News Channel today. He laughed when his family was refered to as “hollywood royalty” and thought that only applied to people Princess Grace and her ilk. [More]
Colleen writes: Sean Astin was on the Fox News Channel today. He laughed when his family was refered to as “hollywood royalty” and thought that only applied to people Princess Grace and her ilk.
He spoke of his spat with Andy Serkis, resulting from an accident on the set. He says the “fight” was really just rumor blown out of proportion. In one scene, Serkis was supposed to grab his hood and ripped off Sean’s wig instead. Sean said he was in a bad mood that day and walked off in a huff, but realized it was just an accident and all was smoothed over.
He also explained to one viewer how the hobbits were made to look small on screen adn how they used actor doubles as well as blue screens and other tricks.
He gave a solid, technical explanation to another viewer who was having trouble getting good quality sound on his dvd. Sean mentioned that different video systems have different abilities, and if the man in the audience was having trouble hearing the voices over the soundtrack, it wasn’t the film, it was his dvd player.
He also spoke of how he would like to run for public office someday and told a story about how, when he was a little boy, he would run down the hall shouting, “I’m running for mayor!” He believes in the ancient Greek Polis, the idea that the citizen must return service to the state.
Here’s the first thing anyone should understand about “Lost,” ABC’s high-profile new adventure drama: It’s not really about a hungry monster chasing a bunch of plane crash survivors around a remote desert island. [More]
Martin writes: Graeme Anthony (Australian LOTR pewter artist) is touring Ontario in November. The only date I know is November 2 in Waterloo, Ontario at Household China and Gifts. The address is 300 King St. North. He will be there from 11am till 2pm, signing pieces bought for the event. [More]
JB The bfi London IMAX Cinema will be screening all 3 theatrical versions back to back over night on Friday 19th Nov .Sat 20th and the following weekend on Fri 26th & 27th. They are calling it “Spend a night in Middle Earth”. Although the films will only be in 35mm and will not be in IMAX format on the screen, when I saw the double bill there last year the sound system was amazing. [More]