M&M sends along a very short (but enthausiastic) review of Brad Dourif’s apperance on Myst III: Exile. [More]
Month: June 2001
From: Mads
I just wanted to let you guys know that the new LOTR trailer was shown tonight on national Danish television in the weekly show “Bogart” about upcomming films. [More]
I just wanted to let you guys know that the new LOTR trailer was shown tonight on national Danish television in the weekly show “Bogart” about upcomming films.
The film was introduced as “the great beast of movie revelation” They also showed bits of the first theatrical trailer and some footage from Cannes. In this footage there was an interview with Viggo Mortensen in danish where he admitted to never actually having read the books before getting to New Zealand. He also said that he enjoyed playing Aragorn, because of the development in the character: “Aragorn is not that great and strong a man in the beginning”, I believe was his exact words. He also stated that he found it interesting and rather amusing to find many parts of the books strongly “borrowed” from nordic mythology to put it nicely.
They had another person from the crew (I am not sure who because I’m not really in to that, sorry) but he said that they had been greatly inspired by nordic mythology in coming up with the visual look for the films, and when they got Viggo on board they particularly took a great interest in danish mythology, being danish that of course was really was cool to hear.
At the end of the footage the said that future shows will be featuring interviews with a lot of the stars of the movie up to its opening, I’m looking forward to that.
The program will be aired again on Danish DR2 at 7.10 pm on wedensday.
Ringer fan Jim sends us some pictures from the Book Expo America event in Chicago last weekend. Check out the Houghton Mifflin exhibit! [More]
Ringer Fan Jim sent us this from last weekend’s BEA (Books Expo America) in Chicago:
“I thought you might be interested in these images from the Houghton/Mifflin exhibit area at last weekend’s Book Expo America (BEA) in Chicago. They are very high on the movies and have quite a campaign with new packaging for the books set for the fall. They were showing the trailers continuously and had some nice collateral material (canvas book bags with LOTR logos, etc.). The booth decorations were outstanding with life size Frodo & Gandalf cutouts.
All told there were at least four separate exhibitors that had LOTR items for preview. It was hard to get any serious work done.“
Greetings – Have we got some new Green Books for June!
• Anwyn has a great new Counterpoint about MAGIC, with emphasis on the ‘gift of Art.’
• Check out Turgon’s Bookshelf for a publicity interview with Tom Shippey, author of “J.R.R. Tolkien, Author of the Century.
• And a very nice surprise: new Tributes from authors Harry Turtledove and Lisa Goldstein, part of the forthcoming anthology, Meditations on Middle-earth, edited by Karen Haber (St. Martin’s Press, Nov. 2001).
• Our Special Guest takes a spin on Tolkien’s most mysterious character: “Who is Tom Bombadil?”
• Enjoy the crazy comedic compendium of Tookish’s Ticklers.
• The ever-popular Q&A has 16 new articles, including:
- Does the Shire have its own ‘power?’
- Was Gandalf afraid of Beorn?
- Is there a background story on the Arkenstone?
- Are there two Minas Tiriths?
- Why even go to war against Sauron?
- How do magic Rings make one ‘fade?’
• Moon Letters needs new submissions… so ink up your quills and get to writing!
• There are new updates in red to previous Q&A.
And I have a very special surprise later this month. Here’s a hint: working as a soldier of Gondor is harder than it seems! Stay tuned…
Much too hasty,
Quickbeam