LONDON — The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring proved Monday night that Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone isn’t the only high-profile fantasy film that can conjure up fan enthusiasm at its world premiere. [More]
Month: December 2001
…director Peter Jackson avoids almost all of the traps to deliver a powerful, intense and beautifully realised movie that interprets the novel – well, almost to perfection. [More]
Elliott writes: Just to let you know that the Evening Post ran a story on page 3 last night with photo about a 2m tall Thank You card from the people of Wellington to Peter Jackson. [More]
Just to let you know that the Evening Post ran a story on page 3 last night with photo about a 2m tall Thank You card from the people of Wellington to Peter Jackson.
This card is circulating around the Wellington Region and says ‘Thanks Peter, you made a difference to our city. From your fellow Wellingtonians’.
Anyone can sign the card, which will be presented to Jackson next week.
The card will be at the Upper Hutt Visitor Information Centre today, Hutt City Council’s customer service centre Thursday, Kapiti Coast District Council Friday and Wellington Central Library Saturday and Sunday. It will be at Meridian Energy’s head office December 17, Porirua’s Pataka Musuem December 18 and Westpac Trust St James Theatre “The Lord of the Rings’ display on December 19.
Ataahua writes: OK, we know that PJ DIDN’T turn up to the London premier in shorts and bare feet, but his fame as a somewhat casual dresser is now firmly established. Here’s a cartoon from Kiwi satarist Tom Scott, that appeared in New Zealand newspapers yesterday and today. [More]
NZ went LOTR-crazy yesterday. Even for those of us who had nothing to do with making the movie, we felt such pride as we saw ‘our baby’ taking its first steps in the world outside…[More]