Warren writes: Just wanted to let you know that in E! Online’s 2001 Replay, Year End Poll, under the category of “Hottest Fanatsy” The Lord of the Rings came in first with 33% of the votes compared to Harry Potter’s 2nd place 26%. [More]
Day: January 2, 2002
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (January 2, 2002)-today announced that Weta Digital evoked the power of more than 230 SGI® IRIX® OS-based and SGI LinuxTM OS-based visual workstations, storage products and servers for production, postproduction and visual effects on the much anticipated live-action, CGI-laden The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. [More]
Access Hollywood was talking LOTR, they sat down with Ian McKellen (Gandalf) and Ian spoke about the books appeal, and that the film has made over 350 million dollars worldwide. Ian also mentions that his website has gotten 8 million hits.
TFD writes: I thought you’d like to know that TV Guide Channel has ranked LOTR as the year’s number one film. Number 2 was Ali; others on the top five (I missed the top ten) were Shrek, Ocean’s Eleven, and Moulin Rouge.
Brother C notes that the Winter 2001 Pipes and Tobaccos magaze features a five page article on smoking and the creation of pipes in the movie.
Check out today’s ‘The Boondocks’, they goof on the 3 hour running time, funny stuff. [More]