An army of film fans queued for up to six hours to meet movie legend Christopher Lee. The master of menace was in Nottingham to meet fans and sign autographs at the city’s Cornerhouse complex. [More]
Month: December 2002
Northfield, Minn.-Barrie Osborne, a 1966 graduate of Carleton College and producer of the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy, will host pre-release screenings of “Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers” at 6:45 and 7 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 13 at the Block E Crown Theatres complex in Minneapolis. The film opens nationally on Wednesday, Dec. 18. [More]
The folks from Mad Movies write: I am glad to announce that french magazine Mad Movies is publishing its second “directors collection” issue, dedicated to the works of Peter Jackson. This issue features long articles, analysis, interviews, biographies and multiple informations about the movies, the productions and long time collaborators of Peter Jackson. 132 pages, very dense texts, hundreds of color photos, printed on quality paper and no advertisement. [More]
Release dates, charity screenings, sneak previews – from Costa Rica, Singapore and South Africa. [More]
Liam writes: In your international release dates, you say TTT is released in Singapore on the 20th – but there are a number of of sneak previews before hand! It is because the films are released on a Thursday, although the do have “sneak previews” – last year on December 18th all showings at one of the largest cinemas (9 screens) were FOTR after about 11am.
Tickets are available at shaw.com although not for all showings yet…
Meanwhile in Costa Rica, Larvarela writes:
The Costa Rica Premier of The Two Towers is December 20th 2002 but….. A Local Newspaper named “La Nacion” is having a very special event.
It’s an Auction of 200 tickets to assits on Tuesday December 17th to The Two Towers Special Premier. Yes, December 17th one day before the official premier.
This special night is in favor of the Make-a-Wish Foundation. 100% of the money will be to grant the wishes of children with life-threatening illnesses.
Right now there’re more than 155 persons in the auction an paying as high as 100 Dolars for a single ticket….. Tolkien Fans no doubt!!!
For more info: Wish.org and also Cinemania
And Gary writes with news of the South African release date of TTT:
According to Numetro LOTR:TTT will be released in South Africa on 18 December 2002.
More info on new Tolkien book prepared by Michael Droutt on a previously unpublished manuscript by JRR Tolkien. [More It’s published by the Medieval and Renaissance Studies Dept. of AZ State University and will be available from Cornell University Press Services. email: orderbook@cupserv.org.