HOLLYWOOD (Zap2it.com) The four-week box office reign of “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” has come to an end. “Black Hawk Down” rose from its limited three-week Oscar-qualifying run to an ultra-wide national release, emerging victorious over the Martin Luther King, Jr. weekend in the process, while “Snow Dogs” surprisingly had something to bark about in second place. [More]
Month: January 2002
Calindy writes: Our office gets live broadcasts of horse racing and today there is coverage of a race meeting in New Zealand. I just looked up at the screen 5 minutes ago to see several Ringwraiths parading around in the enclosure. The horses were mostly dark bay or dark brown, and their riders had pretty authentic looking costumes. The horses’ armour looked like it came straight out of the film!
Thanks to Lucifer Chu, Chinese readers are giving J.R.R. Tolkien’s canon of literature a second look, with help from a legion of faithful computer fantasy game fans and nine months of translation work. [More]
Paul sends along this link to the Australian box office report. LOTR is number 1 with $5.87m this weekend and $24.12m in total.
Well…needless to say it was certainly disapointing to see our film lose out on all 4 Golden Globe Nominations. Take a look at a full report with pics. [More]
Well…needless to say it was certainly disapointing to see our film lose out on all 4 Golden Globe Nominations. To quote a friend of mine in the business “if ‘A Beautiful Mind’ wins it’ll be a sham”. So say what you will about us not winning, we all know in our heart of hearts that the folks at New Line, WETA, 3foot6 and everywhere else in the production family deserve all the awards they can.
Despite our absence as winners, there were a few times we had a presence, take a look at the pics below.
Cate Blanchett (Galadriel) was interviewed by Nancy Odell from Access Hollywood (have you ever seen so much beauty on your TV screen at one time?) at the GG’s Pre-Awards TV Special. Cate was nominated for best supporting actress in ‘Bandits’.
Sean Astin (Sam) was spotted arriving during the special as well.
Dick Clark took us on a tour of New Line’s after party party area…near the Beverly Hills Hotel, very swak indeed.
Cate Blanchett was the first LOTRer to lose out for a Golden Globe.
Howard Shore’s LOTR:FOTR score lost out to ‘Moulin Rouge!’
Enya lost out to Sting (irony there, what) for Best Original Song
Peter Jackson lost out for Best Director
Before the best drama film was announced Kate Winslett introduced a small clip of LOTR scenes to the audience. Shots of Peter Jackson in very rare form in a tuxedo alongside Elijah Wood (Frodo) and Sean Astin (Sam).
Ian McKellen then announced the award for best foreign film.
And as the moment came to announce best drama…we were all upset to hear that LOTR did not win…
Enjoy these pictures anyway…
We love you PJ…and in the end isn’t that all that really counts?
