TORONTO – Frodo Baggins is on another road trip involving a ring, his fellowship this time not elves, dwarfs and wizards but a foul-mouthed old Ukrainian, his America-obsessed grandson and a deranged dog. Elijah Wood, who starred as hobbit Frodo in the monumental “Lord of the Rings” trilogy, leads the cast of “Everything Is Illuminated,” a simultaneously rollicking and sober road flick about a young American in search of the woman who saved his Jewish grandfather during the Nazi invasion in Ukraine. [More]
Day: September 14, 2005
Colleen writes: I don’t know if this has already been brought to your attention, but Sean Astin is one of several celebrities who have recorded PSAs for the Humane Society of the United States rescue efforts in Mississippi and Louisiana. Go to www.hsus.org and click on the story slugged “Star Power”. You can watch the PSA by clicking on the picture of Sean Astin. Local Stations have to REQUEST this PSA, so call or email your local TV stations to encourage them to run these spots!
Peter Jackson’s restored version of the only film taken of the Anzacs at Gallipoli in 1915 will have its New Zealand premiere at a documentary film festival in Auckland and Wellington today/tomorrow. The film Heroes of Gallipoli screens at the DOCNZ Documentary Film Festival in Auckland from September 15 and in Wellington from September 29. Jackson, a World War I buff, approached the Australian War Memorial two years ago to see if technology developed by Weta Digital could be used to restore archival film. [More] [docnzfestival.com]