Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn)

A Walk on the Moon (1999)
A Perfect Murder (1998) UK
The Thin Red Line (1998) UK
The Portrait of a Lady (1996)
Crimson Tide (1995) UK
The Passion of Darkly Noon (1995)
The Prophecy (1995)
American Yakuza (1994)
The Crew (1994)
Ruby Cairo (1993)
The Young Americans (1993)
Two Small Bodies (1993)
The Indian Runner (1991)
Young Guns II (1990)
Witness (1985)

Liv Tyler (Arwen)

Dr. T and the Women (2000)
Plunkett & Macleane (1999) UK
Onegin (1999)
Can’t Hardly Wait (1998) UK
U Turn (1997) UK
Empire Records (1995) UK
Heavy (1995) UK
Silent Fall (1994)

Ian Holm (Bilbo)

Bless the Child (2000)
eXistenZ (1999)
The Madness of King George (1994) UK
Hamlet (1990)
Dance with a Stranger (1985)
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984)
Time Bandits (1981)
Shout at the Devil (1976)
Robin and Marian (1976) UK
Juggernaut (1974) UK
Nicholas and Alexandra (1971)
Mary, Queen of Scots (1971) UK

Sean Bean (Boromir)

Airborne (1998)
When Saturday Comes (1996) UK
Shopping (1994) UK
Jacob: A TNT Bible Story (1994) (TV)
How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989) UK
Stormy Monday (1988)

Hugo Weaving (Elrond)

The Matrix (1999) UK
Babe: Pig in the City (1998) UK

Karl Urban (Eomer)

Heaven (1998)

Miranda Otto (Eowyn)

What Lies Beneath (2000)
The Jack Bull (1999) (TV) UK
The Thin Red Line (1998) UK

David Wenham (Faramir)

Molokai: The Story of Father Damien (1999)

Elijah Wood (Frodo)

Black and White (1999)
The Faculty (1998) UK
North (1994)
Forever Young (1992) UK
Internal Affairs (1990)
Child in the Night (1990) (TV)
Avalon (1990) UK

Cate Blanchett (Galadriel)

Pushing Tin (1999)
The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
An Ideal Husband (1999) UK
Elizabeth (1998)

Ian McKellen (Gandalf)

X-Men (2000)
Apt Pupil (1998) UK
I’ll Do Anything (1994)
Six Degrees of Separation (1993)
Windmills of the Gods (1988) (TV)
Walter and June (1986) UK
Alfred the Great (1969)
A Touch of Love (1969) UK

John Rhys-Davies (Gimli)

Au Pair (1999) (TV) UK
Secret of the Andes (1998) UK
Bloodsport 3 (1996)
Sunset Grill (1993)
The Seventh Coin (1992)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Perry Mason: The Case of the Murdered Madam (1987) (TV)
Firewalker (1986) UK
Nairobi Affair (1984) (TV) UK
Victor/Victoria (1982)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

Andy Serkis (Gollum)

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

Bruce Spence (Mouth of Sauron)

Sweet Talker (1991)
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)

Sean Astin (Sam)

Kimberly (1999)
Dish Dogs (1998)
Bulworth (1998) UK
The Long Way Home (1997) UK
The Low Life (1994/I)
Teresa’s Tattoo (1994)
Rudy (1993)
Encino Man (1992) UK
Toy Soldiers (1991) UK
The War of the Roses (1989)
Staying Together (1989)
White Water Summer (1987) UK
The Goonies (1985)

Christopher Lee (Saruman)

Jinnah (1998) UK
Tale of the Mummy (1998) UK
Moses (1996) (TV)
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady (1990) (TV)
Mio min Mio (1987) UK
Howling II (1985) UK
Safari 3000 (1982)
An Eye for an Eye (1981) UK
1941 (1979) UK
Return from Witch Mountain (1978) UK
The Three Musketeers (1973) UK
The Wicker Man (1973) UK
Nothing But the Night (1972)
Horror Express (1972) UK
Julius Caesar (1970)
Scream and Scream Again (1969)
Curse of the Crimson Altar (1968)
Dr. Terror’s House of Horrors (1965) UK
Amère victoire (1957)
The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)
Private’s Progress (1956) UK
The Battle of the River Plate (1956) UK
The Cockleshell Heroes (1955)
Scott of the Antarctic (1948)

Bernard Hill (Theoden)

True Crime (1999) UK
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1999) UK
Mountains of the Moon (1990)
Gandhi (1982) UK

Brad Dourif (Wormtongue)

Interceptors (1999)
Bride of Chucky (1998) UK
Urban Legend (1998) UK
Best Men (1997)
Death Machine (1995)
Amos & Andrew (1993)
Hidden Agenda (1990)
Blue Velvet (1986)
Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones (1980) (TV)

Jim Rygiel (SFX)

Anna and the King (1999)
Star Trek: Insurrection (1998) UK
Cliffhanger (1993)
Batman Returns (1992)
The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
Alien³ (1992) UK
Solar Crisis (1990) UK
Ghost (1990)

Howard Shore (Composer)

High Fidelity (2000)
The Cell (2000)
Analyze This (1999) UK
eXistenZ (1999)
The Game (1997) UK
Cop Land (1997)
The Truth About Cats & Dogs (1996) UK
Crash (1996) UK
Ed Wood (1994)
Guilty as Sin (1993)
Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) UK
Single White Female (1992) UK
Prelude to a Kiss (1992) UK
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Postcards from the Edge (1990)
She-Devil (1989)
Big (1988)
Moving (1988)
After Hours (1985) UK
Places in the Heart (1984) UK

To get more information, use the sites I use like:

mydigiguide.com, tv-now.com and IMDB.com

Ringer Spy Mushroom sends along news from HBO Asia about a small ‘behind the scenes’ report that was aired. Follow the link to hear the details, including what PJ said about making 3 movies back to back in the future. [More]

From: Mushroom

Not one but two LOTR features on HBO Asia. While the first one featured the FOTR trailer with hints on what a huge task it was to make an epic trilogy. It mentioned how LOTR was voted book of the century. Plus, it had a short interview with Peter Jackson.

The second was HBO’s “behind the scenes” look on the trilogy which showed mostly interviews of PJ. Nothing new, He talked again about how he’ll never do three movies at once ever again. Also how they’re confident the official website will get better month on month. They also used scenes from the original online teaser instead of the official FOTR trailer.

Ringer Spy Jon peeps in with his knowledge on screen numbers versus theatre numbers. Check it out, and try not to tie your fingers into a pretzel counting on them 🙂

… the 10,000 print launch of LotR would by far still be a record but I think coming in Dec this is HIGHLY unlikely. Not only are screens at a premium but it would amount to 40% of the entire North American screen total. [More]

Ringer Spy jon peeps in with his knowledge on screen numbers versus theatre numbers. Check it out, and try not to tie your fingers into a pretzel counting on them 🙂

It appears the author has confused screens with theaters. The numbers quoted for other feature films were their theater numbers. Screens counts for blockbusters generally are 1.5 times greater than the theater count.

That said, the 10,000 print launch of LotR would by far still be a record but I think coming in Dec this is HIGHLY unlikely. Not only are screens at a premium but it would amount to 40% of the entire North American screen total.

I think it more likely could be that NL is planning a 10,000 print world wide launch day-and-date with North America. This could involve 5-6,000 screens in the U.S. (about 25% better than SW Ep1, MI:2, The Grinch and so on. With 4-5,000 screens in foreign markets that could embrace just about every major market. This is also kinda backed up by the NZ release date that has been quoted.

Screen counts are rarely quoted by movie studios for the simple reason that a theater-average looks far better on paper than a screen average these days. The last time I saw a screen count confirmed by a studio was “Twister” in 1996 and its 4,000 screens. That year MI:1 opened in 4,400 screens. Think in the days of Star Wars hogging 5 screens at many sites (even here in the UK) shows just how many prints studios can release.

Hope I have geeked myself out with all those stats.

Keep up the FAB work

Jon

Ringer fan Daddy Twofoot sent an email reminding us that Ian McKellen (Gandalf) narrates the IMAX production of Cirque du Soleil: The Journey of Man. Try to catch it at an IMAX theater near you. [More]