“We were supposed to be on Mount Doom, it is hot with lava flowing, so the snow wasn’t really appropriate.” – “Lord of the Rings” producer Barrie M. Osborne after an unexpected snowfall on Mt Ruapehu in the central North Island disrupted filming.’

Thanks to Kimi for the sound byte!

From: Colleen

I was just reading about the new IMAX production opening in many theatres across the country (Canada, and maybe the US too, for all I know) this Friday (May 5th, 2000), replacing Fantasia 2000. It is called ‘Journey of Man’ with ‘Cirque du Soleil’ and guess who is narrating it – LOTR’s own Sir Ian McKellen! (Gandalf) When DOES that man sleep? Sounds like it should be fantastic…