Melbourne paper The Age has a fascinating article about a little-known corner of England that seems to have a far better claim for inspiring Tolkien’s Shire than the worn-out surroundings of Birmingham [More] Thanks to Cat for the link.
Month: March 2002
Word from New Line quoted on Coming Attractions is that they’ll try and get LOTR back in more cinemas when the TTT preview reel is released: “…we’re going to switch out the last reel for Friday, March 29. On March 22 we’re going to do a big push to get back into the theaters. I hope to get back to 2,000 [screens].”
Thanks to Lord JubJub for the news.
Here’s a great article if you want to ponder the meaning of power in LOTR. Thanks to Sufi for the link to the Mises Institute website.
Sideshow/Weta Collectibles has updated there Collector’s Society page to include Series 4 & 5 of their statues and busts. The collector’s society gives customers a 15% discount on a purchase of an entire series. If you are attempting to get all of the statues, busts and helms, this is the way to go, and definitely the cheapest. [More]
Edwin writes: It *appears* that LOTR took in excess of 900,000,000 yen on opening day in Japan ($6.75+ million). [More]
Edwin writes: While I’m sure the official figures will be out soon enough, by playing with various online translation tools, it *appears* that LOTR took in excess of 900,000,000 yen on opening day in Japan ($6.75+ million). The article I saw also said that advance ticket sales were very strong and that a performance similar to “Titanic” is not impossible. Please take the above with a pinch of salt until somebody with a better command of Japanese can confirm for certain. Also, I was passing a movie theater on Sunday and all the LOTR shows were sold out hours in advance – and that’s in a relatively quiet town to the
west of Tokyo! I also found a separate site that shows that Lord of the Rings was the #1 movie in Japan this weekend. [More]