From: PT
The Queensland (State of Australia) Movie convention on the Gold Coast (where all the movie dudes who own cinemas blah blah go and meet) will show a 30 minute preview of LOTR. No one knows if it is the same as Cannes but let me tell you they are being as strict as hell with who is allowed to go. It is not confirmed but the lengths being taken for security make it obvious.
As for the Japanese release of the film… some interesting news… This is only “speculation” but it is good “speculation” at that.
The Asian pirate film industry is the biggest in the world and produces copies of movies filmed by a camcorder in the cinema before the film officially opens. New Line cinema hope that a six month delay in the opening of each film will prevent the loss in income to pirate copies of the film at first release. About 90% of these pirate films are made in Asia, I guess New Line are trying something daring!
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From: Ataahua
Spotted this on the website of the Dunedin Methodist Mission, New Zealand. One of the mission’s priests – a self-confessed LOTR fan – is giving an evening talk about the Lord of the Rings this August 29 as part of the church’s Open Education Programme. [More]
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Heya TORN. Spotted this on the website of the Dunedin Methodist Mission, New Zealand. One of the mission’s priests – a self-confessed LOTR fan – is giving an evening talk about the Lord of the Rings this August 29 as part of the church’s Open Education Programme (ignore the date of 2000 on the web page – it’s a typo). The talk will focus on the good vs evil and religious themes of LOTR.
Can’t think of a better way to spend a cold winter night in the southern South Island, myself…..
Cheers,
Ataahua
New Zealand.
http://www.dunedinmethodist.org.nz/prsh/zprsh.htm
Our Open Education Programme for 2001 Our parish is again offering an Open Education Programme, with, we hope, something of interest for everybody. It is an “open” programme, because we welcome the participation of people from other churches and from the wider community. There is a small charge for each session – generally $5.
If any of these grabs your attention, and you have not otherwise registered your interest, please ring the Methodist Mission Office, 477 2000, to check that the arrangements listed here still hold, and to indicate your intention to join in.
The Lord of the Rings
Speaker: Rev Donald Phillipps
The Rev Donald Phillipps is a former President of the Methodist Church, to which he has given and still is giving distinguished service. In his spare time he is a lover of cricket and choral music — and the works of J.R.R. Tolkien.
Later this year the first of three films directed by New Zealander Pater Jackson and based on the famous trilogy, The Lord of the Rings, by English writer J.R.R. Tolkien, will be released to a world-wide audience. If you haven’t already entered Tolkien’s hugely imaginative and magical world of hobbits, elves, orcs, ents, ring-wraiths and Dark Riders, or followed Frodo, Sam and Pippin, or met Sauron, the Dark Lord, Gandalf the wizard, the noble Aragorn, Gollum and all the rest, read the books now and get ready for the film by hearing about the world of the Lord of the Rings from an expert and enthusiast.
The Lord of the Rings is more than an epic romance which has a cult following numbered in millions. It is also a serious account of the struggle between good and evil; a masterpiece of fiction with profoundly religious themes. Let Donald Phillipps be your guide. Wednesday August 29, 7.30 – 9 p.m. followed by a light supper. Mornington Methodist Church, Galloway Street, Dundedin.
Cost: $5
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Empire Online seemed to have followed FilmFour.com, and are conducting a “Best Ever” film poll, in which you name your favourites in the film industry. Though it’s one year too early to start nominating the Fellowship of the Ring, we still have a lot of other fields to work our magic like Director, Actor, Actress and Soundtrack. [More]
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If you have a few minutes to spare during the day, Chris S mailed us to say that there’s a really great fan-created trailer on the Lord of the Rings series on iFilm.com. Seems like there’s no end to the talents of Ring fans. [More]
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With a little over four months until the film’s release, we’ve begun to see the Lord of the Rings merchandising-machine in full flow, with images of soon to be released ToyBiz action figures, the growing catalogue of WETA-Sideshow models and busts, and the beautiful trailer of the upcoming Sierra computer game for the XBox. And for this week’s Hall of Fire, we want your opinion on these things and more, as we discuss an often-argued debate:
Lord of the Rings Merchandising : The Good and The Bad
For some people, the image of a little Lord of the Rings toy free with your flame-grilled Whopper in Burger King seems like a fantastic promotional idea. For others however, the idea seems horrific. Little wind-up toys of Frodo and Sam available in fast food restraunts: J.R.R must be rolling around in his grave!
Though a certain amount of bad merchanding is inevitable with every film, a lot of people seem to agree that New Line haven’t put a foot wrong so far. Though the Burger King and JVC deals are obviously strategical, the more traditional things that accompany a movie, such as action figures and computer games, seem to be in good hands.
With the WETA Sideshow busts and models impressing all who see them, and the Toy Biz action figures looking to have all the minute details, a lot of Tolkien fans seem satisfied with what they’ve seen. But what do you think? Do you feel that the deal with Burger King was just a crude commercial act, that seems to be a far cry from bidding for books and memorabilia on E-Bay. And doesn’t the image of a book on the Screenplay of the films themselves seem well….pushing it?
These are the opinions and decisions we hope to make this weekend, in what proves to be one very fiery debate! And the only thing that’s going to make it any better is if you join us on one of the three sessions.
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 12:00 am Sunday (0:00) BST and 9:00 am Sunday (09:00) AET]
Sunday Chat: 8:00 pm (20:00) AET [also 11:00 am (11:00) BST and 6:00 am (06:00) ET]
Sunday Chat: 6:00 pm (18:00) BST [also 1:00 pm (13:00) ET and 3:00 am (03:00) Monday morning AET]
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BST = British Summer Time, GMT +1 hour
AET = Australian Eastern Time, Australia’s East Coast
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