Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn)

The Thin Red Line (1998) UK
Psycho (1998) UK
A Perfect Murder (1998) UK
The Portrait of a Lady (1996)
The Prophecy (1995)
The Passion of Darkly Noon (1995)
American Yakuza (1994)
Ruby Cairo (1993) UK
Carlito’s Way (1993) UK
The Young Americans (1993) UK
Young Guns II (1990) UK
Fresh Horses (1988) UK

Liv Tyler (Arwen)

Plunkett & Macleane (1999) UK
Cookie’s Fortune (1999)
Can’t Hardly Wait (1998) UK
Armageddon (1998) UK
That Thing You Do! (1996)

Ian Holm (Bilbo)

eXistenZ (1999)
Alice Through the Looking Glass (1999) (TV)
The Fifth Element (1997) UK
The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
Dance with a Stranger (1985)
Chariots of Fire (1981)
Time Bandits (1981)
S.O.S. Titanic (1979) (TV)
Robin and Marian (1976)
Shout at the Devil (1976)
A Severed Head (1971) UK
Mary, Queen of Scots (1971)

Sean Bean (Boromir)

Ronin (1998)
Shopping (1994) UK
Patriot Games (1992) UK
Stormy Monday (1988)

Hugo Weaving (Elrond)

The Matrix (1999) UK
Babe: Pig in the City (1998) UK
Bedrooms & Hallways (1998)
The Interview (1998)
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)

Miranda Otto (Eowyn)

The Jack Bull (1999) (TV) UK
The Thin Red Line (1998) UK

Elijah Wood (Fodo)

The Faculty (1998) UK
Avalon (1990) UK
Internal Affairs (1990)

Cate Blanchett (Galadriel)

Pushing Tin (1999)
An Ideal Husband (1999) UK

Ian Mckellen (Gandalf)

X-Men (2000)
Gods and Monsters (1998)
Apt Pupil (1998) UK
Jack and Sarah (1995)
I’ll Do Anything (1994) UK
Last Action Hero (1993)
Six Degrees of Separation (1993) UK

John Rhys-Davies (Gimli)

Secret of the Andes (1998) UK
Cats Don’t Dance (1997)
The Protector (1997)
Bloodsport 3 (1996)
The Great White Hype (1996)
The Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter (1993)
Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Framing (1992) (TV)
Victor/Victoria (1982)
Sword of the Valiant (1982) UK

Andy Serkis (Gollum)

Topsy-Turvy (1999) UK
Among Giants (1998) UK
Mojo (1997) UK

Harry Sinclair (Isildur)

Heavenly Creatures (1994)

Bruce Spence (Mouth of Sauron)

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)

Sean Astin (Sam)

Icebreaker (1999)
Kimberly (1999)
Bulworth (1998) UK
Dish Dogs (1998)
Safe Passage (1994) UK
Encino Man (1992) UK
Where the Day Takes You (1992) UK
Toy Soldiers (1991) UK
The War of the Roses (1989) UK
The Goonies (1985)

Christopher Lee (Saruman)

Sleepy Hollow (1999) UK
Jinnah (1998) UK
Death Train (1993) (TV) UK
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) UK
Mio min Mio (1987) UK
Safari 3000 (1982)
The Last Unicorn (1982)
Bear Island (1979) UK
1941 (1979) UK
Arabian Adventure (1979)
Return from Witch Mountain (1978) UK
Airport ’77 (1977)
The Four Musketeers (1974) UK
The Creeping Flesh (1973)
Nothing But the Night (1972)
One More Time (1970)
Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968) UK
Curse of the Crimson Altar (1968)
The Brides of Fu Manchu (1966) UK
The Face of Fu Manchu (1965) UK
The Gorgon (1964) UK
The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
Private’s Progress (1956) UK
Moulin Rouge (1952)
My Brother’s Keeper (1948) UK
Scott of the Antarctic (1948)

Bernard Hill (Theoden)

True Crime (1999) UK
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1999) UK
Shirley Valentine (1989) UK
Gandhi (1982) UK

Brad Dourif (Wormtongue)

Urban Legend (1998) UK
Bride of Chucky (1998) UK
Best Men (1997)
Death Machine (1995)
Phoenix (1995)
Murder in the First (1995) UK
Amos & Andrew (1993)
Cerro Torre: Schrei aus Stein (1991)
The Exorcist III (1990) UK
Graveyard Shift (1990)
Hidden Agenda (1990)
Spontaneous Combustion (1989)
Ragtime (1981)
Eyes of Laura Mars (1978) UK

Peter Jackson (Director)

Heavenly Creatures (1994)
Bad Taste (1987) UK

Howard Shore (Composer)

The Cell (2000)
High Fidelity (2000)
eXistenZ (1999)
Dogma (1999)
Analyze This (1999) UK
Crash (1996) UK
Striptease (1996)
That Thing You Do! (1996)
Se7en (1995)
Single White Female (1992) UK
Prelude to a Kiss (1992)
Postcards from the Edge (1990)
She-Devil (1989) UK
Dead Ringers (1988) UK
Places in the Heart (1984) UK
Silkwood (1983)


Today, March 18th, is Brad Dourif’s Birthday! Brad was born Bradford Claude Dourif on March the 18th, 1950 in Huntington, West Virginia. That makes him 51 today! Happy Birthday Brad!

Ringer Spy Shawn sends in an article from ‘Millimeter Magazine’ concerning WETA and the LOTR special effects department.

Attention all sewing nuts out there! Halloween is sneaking up on us! Why not outfit those little hobbits in some fine handmade chainmail?? Thanks Ianthe for the pattern! Check it out! [More]

Every two weeks we are discussing a new chapter of The Lord of the Rings in our special discussion room called The Hall of Fire. Now it’s time for us to talk about chapter three of The Fellowship of the Ring, Three is Company. More here.

Every two weeks we are discussing a new chapter of The Lord of the Rings in our special discussion room called The Hall of Fire. Now it’s time for us to talk about chapter three of The Fellowship of the Ring, Three is Company.

In chapter three, Frodo, Sam, and Pippin leave Hobbiton and set out for Crickhollow. Little do they realize that danger is right on their heels, indeed, right in their neighborhoods and streets! After saying goodbye to Old Winyards, shouldering their packs, and making off like a puff of breeze on the leaves, the Quest unofficially begins as the trio make their way from the tame lands of the hobbits. Here too we encounter our first Black Rider and party of elves, a small band of High Elves lead by Gildor Inglorion.

Our last two FotR sessions were a huge success and we expect this third to be great too, so don’t miss out on the fun!

*Tookish mumbles softly to himself… The Road goes ever ever on, down from the door where it began. Now far ahead the Road has gone, and I must follow, if I can, Pursuing it with weary feet, until it joins some larger way, where many paths and errands meet. And whither then? I cannot say.

Place: #thehalloffire on theonering.net server; come to theonering.net’s chat room Barliman’s and then type /join #thehalloffire .

Saturday Chat: 7:00 pm ET (19:00) [also midnight Saturday (24:00) GMT and 10:00 am Sunday (10:00) AET]

Sunday Chat: 8:00 pm (20:00) AET [also 10:00 am (10:00) GMT and 5:00 am (05:00) ET]

Sunday Chat: 6:00 pm (18:00) GMT [also 1:00 pm (13:00) ET and 4:00 am (04:00) Monday morning AET]

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GMT = Greenwich Mean Time, the time in Western Europe
AET = Australian Eastern Time, the time on Australia’s east coast

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