Speaking to Sky News, Sir Ian McKellen had the following to say: “My reaction? Uh..relief, because I always wanted the film to be acknowledged by other filmmakers, and thirteen nominations is beyond anyone’s wildest dreams, it’s very exciting.”
Month: February 2002
So you know what categories Fellowship of the Ring was nominated in, but who and what is Peter Jackson up against? Check out this comprehensive list of the categories Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring and who it comes head to head with.
Actor In A Supporting Role
Jim Broadbent
Ethan Hawke
Ben Kingsley
Ian McKellen
Jon Voight
Art Direction
Amélie
Gosford Park
Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone
The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
Moulin Rouge
Cinematography
Amélie
Black Hawk Down
The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
The Man Who Wasn’t There
Moulin Rouge
Costume Design
The Affair of The Necklace
Gosford Park
Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone
The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
Directing
A Beautiful Mind
Black Hawk Down
Gosford Park
The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
Mulholland Drive
Film Editing
A Beautiful Mind
Black Hawk Down
The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
Memento
Moulin Rouge
Makeup
A Beautiful Mind
The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
Moulin Rouge
Music (Score)
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
A Beautiful Mind
Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone
The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
Monsters, Inc.
Music (Song)
Kate & Leopold
The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
Monsters, Inc.
Pearl Harbour
Vanilla Sky
Best Picture
A Beautiful Mind
Gosford Park
In The Bedroom
The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
Moulin Rouge
Sound
Amélie
Black Hawk Down
The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
Moulin Rouge
Pearl Harbour
Visual Effects
A.I. Artifical Intelligence
The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
Pearl Harbour
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
A Beautiful Mind
Ghost World
In The Bedroom
The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
Shrek
For more information, visit the official website for the Academy Awards, http://www.Oscars.com
The Oscar Nominations have been announced, LOTR:FOTR has 13!!!
Ian McKellen – Best Supporting Actor
Peter Jackson – Best Director
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Film
Best Film Editing
Best Costume Design
Best Cinematography
Best Art Direction
Best Makeup
Best Score
Best Song
Best Sound
Best Visual Effects
Painty writes: The crowd at the International Cricket One Dayer in Wellington on Saturday will be used for background noise for battle scenes for teh Two Towers. They will have sound engineers there and do it during the break. “Gruntin, Cheering, Stamping”.
Writer Robert Marks was lucky enough to spend time with LOTR artists John Howe and Ted Nasmith at the recent Ad Astra convention in Toronto. [More]
This great report came in from Robert Marks, a fantasy author:
“I just returned from the Ad Astra convention in Toronto this weekend, where the artist guests of honor were John Howe and Ted Nasmith. I had the pleasure of spending a fair amount of time with them both.
I suppose I should start with John Howe. John is a very gentle, soft-spoken man. He’s a bit on the thin side, with dark hair and a beard with a touch of grey in it. During his Guest of Honor hour, he talked a bit about the role he and Alan Lee played in the production design of the movies, including the interest he took in the swords. One of the more interesting tidbits he dropped was that the model for Barad-dur (Sauron’s Tower), was ten meters high. No wonder it looks great and awe inspiring.
Ted Nasmith was also a very kind and interesting man. He has an average build, with dark hair and a goatee. He began with architectural rendering, and branched out into freelancing. For this convention, he brought a slide show that included some previous art, and some of the artwork that convinced Christopher Tolkien to allow an illustrated version of the Silmarillion in the first place.
After some interesting panels, I ended up doing my own signing at a table with John Howe, and Ted Nasmith was nearby. Ted signs very much like an author…on my copy of the Silmarillion, he wrote “To Rob: With Warm Regards”. John, on the other hand, actually sketches something on whatever he is signing, and then signs his name to it. As he puts it, he believes that an illustrator should give a fan more than just a signature. Regardless, the end result was that it took him about three or four minutes to sign anything, and that what he signed ended up becoming a John Howe original.
Sunday ended in a very good way for me: Ted Nasmith and I went to the restaurant pub to grab some food and drinks, and John Howe joined us. The conversation was long and varied, with Ted talking about how he managed to get the commission for the Silmarillion, and all of us sharing our opinions on the movie. At this point, I discovered one thing that John Howe was not soft-spoken about: Medieval recreationism. A very enthusiastic conversation developed regarding replica swords, authentic swords, and various other issues. For me, it was a high point for the entire convention.
Unfortunately, all good things come to an end. John had to go and pack (he lives in Switzerland, and he was heading to the airport earlier that evening), Ted had to get going as well, and my lift to Kingston was waiting for me. My only regret is that I didn’t come out of it with a John Howe original; I had left my hardcover copy of Lord of the Rings at home because it was too heavy with everything else I was carrying.
For those who are interested, the Artist Guest of Honor for next year’s Ad Astra will be Alan Lee, and Ted said that he was going to try to make it.”
The Ad Astra Website is AdAstra.org