There’s a chance that the Hobbit Drinking Song may be included in the longer DVD, according to The Speaking Clock. [More]
Day: May 6, 2002
News from the Speaking Clock, who writes: “In the forum at Billy Boyd’s website BillyBoyd.net “Nimrodel” has left details of a drinking song that didn’t make it to the final cut of FOTR. She says that the four hobbits sang it with Peter Jackson during an interview at Cannes last year. If, as has been promised, the Green Dragon scene is put back into the extended DVD version, maybe we’ll get to see it as well as hear it.”
For those of you who missed our Cannes news coverage last year, there’s an audio file here Here’s the words – notice the song cleverly blends TWO of Tolkien’s originals, Pippin’s Bath Song that he sings at Crickhollow, and one that the hobbits sing on their walk across the Shire.
“Hey! Ho! To the bottle I go
To heal my heart and drown my woe.
Rain may fall and wind may blow,
But there still be many miles to go!
Sweet is the sound of falling rain
and the stream that leaps from hill to plain
better than rain or rippling brook
is a mug of beer inside the Took.”
News for LOTR fans in Britain: Following the success of the Tolkien Weekends at Sarehole Mill in 2000 and 2001, another Sarehole is planned for May 18-19 2002 [More] Thanks to Rachel for the heads-up.
Our good buddy Brandon Gray, from Boxofficemojo.com, sends us this report on the ground breaking box office weekend and just how ‘Fellowship‘ faired among the Spider-Madness. [More]
Brandon Gray
http://www.boxofficemojo.com
“Spider-Man” shattered every opening record on books with an unprecedented $114 million weekend, according to studio estimates. Never before in Hollywood history has a movie grossed over $100 million in its first three days, not even when taking ticket price inflation into account. To put that figure into further perspective, uber-blockbusters “Stars Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace” and “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” took 5 days to hit that mark. [More]
But “The Lord of the Rings” was still in the top 20 at No. 19 with an estimated $430,000 from 408 theaters, down 46% from last weekend. The epic adventure’s 138-day total stands at $308.8 million, and it should surpass “Return of the Jedi” $309.3 million total within the next two weeks to become the 9th highest grossing movie of all time. The longevity of “Rings” is the kind that “Spider-Man” can only wish for. [More]
Time Magazine has a nice pic from the Matrix sequel, it shows Keanu Reeves duking it out with 4 copies of our very own Hugo Weaving (Elrond). [More]