Brandon from Boxofficemojo.com chimed in to quite rightly point out that IMDB‘s All-Time Worldwide list isn’t up to date, and in fact Fellowship of the Ring has overtaken Forrest Gump to claim #9 spot. Next up? Steven Spielberg’s E.T. [More]
Day: February 13, 2002
Thanks to Todd for telling us about these great interviews with Peter Jackson and the other nominees on NZ’s ‘Holmes’ programme. The first interview has about a minute of patriotic enthusiasm before PJ gets to talk – so you can see how Oscar fever’s hitting NZ. [More]
London’s had one, Wellington’s been promised one….now Birmingham puts in a bid to host one of the LOTR premieres this year or next. [More]
Marc quite rightly pointed out that Fellowship of the Ring has now passed ‘The Sixth Sense’ out as #10 in the All-Time Worldwide Box Office charts with $664,400,000, and now sets it sights on Forrest Gump and its $679,400,000. [More]
TORn staffer Berendir was watching Fox 25, on “Good Day Live” yesterday, and desperately reached for the nearest notepad as Ian McKellen got on the phone. Here are some quotes from Sir Ian’s conversation. [More]
TORn staffer Berendir was watching Fox 25, on “Good Day Live” yesterday, and desperately reached for the nearest notepad as Ian McKellen got on the phone. Here are some quotes from Sir Ian’s conversation:
“I think i’ll probably celebrate tonight with a group of friend and we’ll lay down the ground rules, “no talking about the lord of the rings.”
Was everything that you have done on stage on film, and as a public advocate, how do you put this in perspective, what odes it mean to you?
“I’ve been working in the United States for a long time ever since I appeared on Broadway, I just appeared on broadway with another nominee Heather Mirren, later i’ve been allowed to be in hollywood movies, i’ve always felt a huge welcome from America. It’s a confirmation of what i’ve always knew, the brits are welcome in Hollywood, they always have been since….
“Movies are international, we’re all part of the same big family, it’s an honor, its a confirmation of friendship really.”