MrsDH writes: Hi thought you might like to know that another celeb has been converted to Lord-of-the-Rings-ism. This quote was by Darren hayes in a UK Magazine (former Savage Garden frontman turned solo artist) ‘I’ve just started Lord Of The Rings because I LOVED the film. It’s going OK but I’ve only read about ten pages – it’s so long!
Day: March 22, 2002
Nexus writes: I wanted to tell you that the fan appreciation reel for Two Towers has arrived in Iceland, 85000+ people have seen the movie here which is pretty impressive since we are only 290000. The trailer will be shown from 29th of March and onwards.
‘Ultimately, we should not only enjoy art, but also learn from it, using those lessons to improve our lives. One of the Oscar-nominated films this year allows us to do just that, the movie furthest from reality: “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.” We can learn much from the tale if we apply its arguments to our own lives today.’ [More]
Thanks to Iduncan, Merwyn, Navlys and Beth for the link.
Chris writes: The attached link is to an Oscar poll on the Today show’s website. They are going to read the results to the poll on television tomorrow morning. Vote now for LOTR! [More]
Cam sents in this link to another article detailing how New Line’s gamble to let Peter Jackson run off to New Zealand for 18 months with nearly $300 million for a budget could prove to be one of the shrewedest moves they have ever made. [More]
Rubin writes: Just wanted to let fellow (German) fans know, that the TTT trailer will be shown in German theatres, starting 29th March. We got this confirmed by phone and email directly from Warner Bros. Germany, the German distributer of LotR… 🙂 We were also told that it would run most likely in bigger theatres which are still showing the movie daily, and to check with our local theatres if they got a new 9th film roll or not.