We posted about this earlier this week but here’s a follow up about the Seattle Premiere of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. If you have got the money and are in the area you might wanna check it out…

New Line Cinema to Present Northwest Premiere of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers to Benefit The Cascades Conservation Partnership

LOS ANGELES, CA—New Line Cinema today announced that it will present the Northwest Premiere of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers in Seattle on Monday, December 16, 2002 as a special benefit screening for The Cascades Conservation Partnership, a Seattle-based environmental non-profit campaign to purchase and protect threatened forestland in the Central Cascades of Washington State. The film opens nationwide on Wednesday, December 18.

The Premiere will be held at the magnificent Cinerama Theater in downtown Seattle, which has been generously donated to the Partnership for the occasion by Vulcan Inc. Members of the event’s Host Committee include Governor Gary Locke, Mayor Greg Nickels, Senators Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell, Pearl Jam guitarist Stone Gossard, and prominent environmentalists Denis Hayes and Paul Brainerd.

Tickets for the event are $500, which includes admission to the pre-screening party, preferred seating at the screening, parking, and special gifts, and $250, which includes admission to the screening and special gifts. Tickets will go on sale at 8 AM on Monday, November 4, 2002, and will be available online at www.cascadespartners.org/lor or over the phone at (206) 675-9747, ext. 256.