NEW YORK (Reuters) – Most filmmakers only have to contend with professional critics. Peter Jackson, director of “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy, will face millions of long-time readers ready to second-guess his every move in his adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy classic. [More]
Month: December 2001
Ringer Spies Stopher the Puce and truesilver send us these scans from Computer Graphics World magazine. [More]
Ringer Spies Stopher the Puce and truesilver send us these scans from Computer Graphics World magazine.
News from Elliot: “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.”
For myself I can report that yesterday NZ really went LOTR crazy – it was in all the news all the time. Not just reports on the premiere, but a total blitz of Rings news on all media. I took part in a Tolkienfest at Auckland’s central public library, and it was absolutely chocker (full) of people – and what a varied group of people too.
A lot of interviews in yesterday’s news asked people at the London premiere ‘Do you think the LOTR films will bring tourists to NZ?’ The answer was yes, which should be good news for our Movietours idea.
The publicity shy Irish singer Enya arrived in London last night for the world premiere of the long awaited Lord of the Rings movie. The multi million dollar movie is the first of the trilogy to be released based on the books of JRR Tolkien. [More]
LTKaluza sends in these directions to find some hidden goodies on your DVD of Rush Hour 2:
Go to the scene selection menu. It will appear as a slot machine. All will contain scene from the movie except for two – a dragon crest and the number 7. The dragon crest is the trailer attached to Pearl Harbor (“Legend tells of a ring…”), and the 7 takes you to the trailer attached to the Angel season premiere (“In the lands of Middle-earth…”).