The Official Christopher Lee Web Site will host a surprise birthday party live on Sunday, 27 May, 2001 for Mr. Lee.

Mr. Lee will attend, and is expected to talk about Peter Jackson, Cannes, and “Lord of The Rings.”

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Christopher Lee To Party Live With Fans at Website on May 27 Fans Begin Celebration Friday

Christopher Lee, currently starring as Saruman the White in New Line Cinema’s upcoming “Lord of the Rings,” and as Count Dooku in Lucasfilm’s up coming “Star Wars: Episode II,” will share his 79th birthday with fans and well-wishers live from The Official Christopher Lee Web (www.christopherleeweb.com) 27 May, 2001. Some of the events will be live, and some interactive, and anyone may leave personal greetings for the star whose 54 year, 255-film career has created memories for practically every movie-goer alive.

Three-Day Celebration: On Friday, 25 May, fans may begin posting their good wishes through this link:

www.christopherleeweb.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?forumid=36.

In a nod to Mr. Lee’s unbroken world record as International star with the most film credits, the birthday greetings page at the Website is prepared to handle messages in any language. (Mr. Lee himself speaks several European languages.) Fans are also invited to upload multimedia greetings; helpers will be on hand to approve messages and check attachments as they pour into the family site. Visitors do not have to register or sign in to the site to leave their greetings on this special page, which is the only birthday page Mr. Lee will see.

On Sunday, 27 May, 4:00 PM GMT, Christopher Lee will enter the Website, read birthday messages, and stream a RealMedia video message to fans at this link (www.christopherleeweb.com/clb.rm). To experience the video message, visitors will need a RealMedia video player, which they can download free at the RealMedia site (http://proforma.real.com/real/player/player.html?src=downloadr,010524rpchoice_c2&dc=526525524). Those who miss the live event can view an archived copy from the Christopher Lee Web Video and/or Audio page in the future.

From approximately 4:30-5:30 PM GMT Sunday, there will be a private birthday party for Mr. Lee with a limited number of fans, by invitation only. Mr. Lee will talk to the guests, open some of his presents on-line, and thank those who mailed them, then talk about whatever is on his mind. Participants will be given instructions by e-mail for getting to the private party. Everyone is invited to experience a multimedia recording of the private birthday festivities after that part of the event.

The third event this Sunday will be the final round in the Christopher Lee Trivia Competition, hosted jointly by Mr. Lee and Joe Skinnell, Competitions Manager for the Official Christopher Lee Web. Guests of the private party are invited to attend, and fans around the world can watch the competition on video and/or voice after the event, and try their hand at the questions. The final round of the Christopher Lee Trivia Competition is the culmination of several weekly rounds of questions, during which contestants identified Christopher Lee films from clips and stills and answered questions about Mr. Lee’s career from sources such as Tall, Dark and Gruesome, Mr. Lee’s autobiography

(www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1887664254/o/qid=990834881/sr=2-1/ref=aps_sr_b_1_1/103-7238329-7045430).

Goodies For All: All guests are welcome to download some special treats on Sunday, view art uploaded by fans, and read breaking news.

(c) The Official Christopher Lee Web, 2001.

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From: Barbarshop

I work for a Thoroughbred Breeding Farm in PA and a few weeks ago we were thinking of names for our yearlings. We got kind of stuck. I have always loved J.R.R. Tolkien and of course can’t wait for the movies to come out so I suggested BILBO BAGGINS… [More]

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From: Barbarshop

I work for a Thoroughbred Breeding Farm in PA and a few weeks ago we were thinking of names for our yearlings. We got kind of stuck. I have always loved J.R.R. Tolkien and of course can’t wait for the movies to come out so I suggested BILBO BAGGINS as a possible name. Everyone seemed to like it so we submitted it to the Jockeyclub never expecting it to be accepted but…It was!

Click here to see a pic of Bilbo Baggins, the horse!

So sometime next summer watch for BILBO BAGGINS running at a race track near you! We still have 4 more yearlings to name this year, and 20 or so to name next year. If anyone has any name suggestions from Tolkien I’d love to hear it (Sorry, Shadowfax is already taken…)! Be creative, but the names most fit in 18 characters! Send your name ideas to, barbarshop@hotmail.com

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Ringer Spy Andrea M sends along more info about the voiceover work that that was done in NZ not to long ago, and some news about that Bakshi DVD we’ve been hearing about. [More]

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From: Andrea M

I found the news article in our local paper today, and the other information after the article was given to me by Bakshi studios.

Here is from my local newspaper the Milwaukee Journal/Sentinal’s “Cue” section…

“Fellowship of the Ring getting new Words, opening”

Most of the dialogue in the much-anticipated “The Fellowship of the Rings” the first installment of “Lord of the Rings” trilogy, is being replaced as actors re-dub their voices in an underground studio in London and a new opening has been added.

Sir Ian McKellen, who plays the wizard Gandalf the Grey in the movie based on JRR Tolkien’s popular novels, made these revelations in the “Grey Book” section of his website www.mckellen.com/cinema/lotr/journal.htm his diary about the movie-making.

“Almost all of the dialogue has had to be replaced.” McKellen notes in one entery, “Sean Bean (Boromir) Ian Holm (Bilbo) And Christopher Lee (Suraman) Have added fresh soundtracks to their scenes.” According to McKellen’s website, the studio in New Zealand wasn’t soundproofed.

The Opening Backstory has been changed, and new dialogue will now go to Bilbo, the adventurer introduced in Tolkien’s prequel to the lord of the rings “The Hobbit”, as he writes him memoirs, according to McKellen.

The Fellowship is scheduled for release Dec. 19th.

According to a source at Bakshi’s studios, I have been told that he will release his 1978 unedited version of LOTR animation sometime this year onto DVD to commemorate the live action movie being released in December.

And for someone who long ago asked about the signifigance of the way Legolas always held his hands. (Exmp. The thumb, index and middle finger extended while the pinky and ring finger were bent, or when the index and middle finger were extended and the thumb crossed over the bent pinky and ring finger.)

Although someone awhile ago thought it was signifigant (And I must admit I did too.) I’ve been told by Bakshi studios that it really had no signifigance.

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TORN Community members elfenomeno.com have advised us that they are back and ready to rock and roll again! Some ISP problems had them in limbo for a while.

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