Melkor writes: The LOTR site hosted by The Royal mail here in the UK is up and running and it looks amazing. So if you want to buy your stamps and cards go here. [More]
Day: November 5, 2002
Frodo’s Girl writes, “I stopped in the embassy tonight, and the special showing of the extended version of FOTR on 11/11 is a chartiy showing for the Embassy Trust. Tickets are $50 a piece and went on sale today (4/11). They told me we will be watching Peter’s own personal copy and it will be film, not digital. Wne and nibbles an hour or so before the film. I can’t wait!
“Figwit is in a show at the local fringe theatre, Bats, this week. It is called “Live:TraNZmissions” and is absolutely brill! I saw it last night. It is 3 radio plays that Brett McKenzie (figwit), Taika Cohen and Adam Gardiner wrote and perform. One of the 3 bits is a serial that is being broadcast live on [student radio] Radio Active each night. It is very clever and very funny – and I must say that Brett is getting some use out of his Figwit fame. The local news had a bit about the show, saying that Figwit was one of the actors! … Brett had a nice write up in the capital times a couple of weeks back, too.”
Scoop.co carries the story of just WHO is going to be at the Dec. 18 premiere in New Zealand. PJ, Richard Taylor, local hunk Karl Urban [Eomer] of course and Elijah Wood! [More]
NOW do you want to sign up for one of the Red Carpet Movie Premiere tours? They have a spot secured on the red carpet outside the Embassy…looks like they’ll have to shuffle down to Wellington a day earlier for it. [More]
Check out this very cool and complete (and very exclusive) review of Brian Sibley’s “The Making of the Movie Trilogy” book by Ringer Spy irascian!
One of the problems with reviewing a book by a friend or colleague is that it can be a bit of a lose-lose situation for the reviewer… [More]
Here’s an opportunity for people who live nearby the University of Southern Maine to see the extended edition of FoTR on a big screen! [More]
Here’s an opportunity for people who live nearby the University of Southern Maine to see the extended edition of FoTR on a big screen!
NB: I’ve updated this with some more information.
Shaun writes:
I recently finished talks with New Line Cinema concerning the license to a very special release coming this November. The Interactive Simulations Group/Board of Student Organizations of the University of Southern Maine presents:
The Lord of the Rings
The Fellowship of the Ring: Special Extended Edition
View the complete, extended version of the masterpiece film directed by Peter Jackson. With more than 30 minutes of additional footage re-intergrated into the film, this version will NOT be shown in theatres. Here is your chance to see the epic adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s classic as it was meant to be (on a big screen).
You can watch this epic film at USM on November 17th, 2002 at the Luther Bonney Auditorium.
Where: Luther Bonney Hall Auditorium is located at the USM-Portland campus (Portland, Maine). Easy to find as it is right off EXIT 6 of I-295.
Screening begins at 2:00pm. Admission is free and open to all USM students/Community members. It is also open to the general public.
Running time: 208 minutes (Intermission will occur for 10 minutes).
We are using the A/V system in the auditorium which includes a projection system which is attached to a computer and A/V rack. DVD projection will be used.
I expect the picture to be pretty good (we recently showed AKIRA S/E), the sound acceptable (stereo) but not full Dolby 8.1 or THX.
Won’t be the same quality as was presented in the recent ten screenings (I wish) but still on a big screen and much better then watching at home. The auditorium seats about 100-125. The added enjoyment of watching it with fellow fans is the big plus!
A popcorn machine/stand will also be running overtime….
For those who make it along, enjoy!