A few days ago I reported that a few people began emailing me to tell me that the scene in which (highlight to read!) Aragorn decapitates Lurtz was cut in the UK. Many more of you have written in to tell me this is not so. Well Adam sent this in today, and I think it just may be the possible answer to the mystery of the ‘Missing Cut’ !Spoilers! [More]
Month: December 2001
A few days ago I reported that a few people began emailing me to tell me that the scene in which Aragorn decapitates Lurtz was cut in the UK. Many more of you have written in to tell me this is not so. Well Adam sent this in today, and I think it just may be the possible answer to the mystery of the ‘Missing Cut’:
I am a projectionist and I noticed yesterday that this (decapitation) scene takes place at the end of reel 8.
This means that more than likely that either the projectionist who built up the movie cut off the end of the reel, or-if the theater was using an older reel to reel setup-the projectionist was a little gung-ho and changed reels on the first signal (the little yellow dot is supposed to appear twice before the changeover occurs.)
Stacey Lee writes: We had seventeen people in costume, just in our group alone, plus there were several others in line who also had costumes on, and more of our Ring Game group showed up in mundane clothes to join us. [More]
USAToday.com reports that LotR sales are on the way to the top spots of their bestellers list! Thanks to Penwiper for this one. [More]
Brandon Gray
http://www.boxofficemojo.com
The Lord of the Rings drew in a whopping $13.964 million on Wednesday, down just 23% from its $18.214 million opening day last Wednesday. Its 8-day total stands at $107.997 million, pulling ahead of Ocean’s Eleven to rank #16 for the year so far.
At this scorching pace, The Lord of the Rings should reach at least $165 million by the end of the year. [More]
Ringer Paul sends a heads up on Australia’s FOTR box office results. Waahoo!! [More]