A MUST SEE on cable tonight (at least in the USA) at 7/8c: Bravo’s show Page to Screen will feature our favorite story and the epic tale of how it went from Tolkien’s text to Jackson’s films. “In the end it would take an army the size of any in Tolkien’s volumes – including 1,600 Hobbit feet and 20,000 extras – to make the book of the 20th Century into the movie of the 21st.” [More]
Month: December 2002
Rosie-Posie Brandybuck writes: Love your website immensely. Thanks for all your hard work. Just wanted to let you know that FOTR won the best foreign film award on the AFI (Australian Film Institute) awards last night. [Article 1] [Article 2 (Adobe Required)]
Sir Ian McKellen — knight, gay-rights spokesman and legendary star of stage and screen — is the last person you might expect to see rattling through the streets of Victoria in a writer’s old Dodge pickup truck with 220,000 klicks on it. [More]
Malatarwen writes: The World Over Live will be intervewing Peter Jackson and some of the other LotR cast members next friday (Dec. 13) at 10:00 (pacific) on the EWTN Catholic channel.
Enyalie writes: I was at a Famous Players theatre in Canada today and picked up the December issue of their movie magazine which has an article spotlighting Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn). [More]
Every year it seems we are faced with the same question: What gift can I buy for a Tolkien fanatic? We here at TheOneRing.net see it as our duty to not only answer this question, but to also make it as easy and painless as possible. With that in mind, welcome to TheOneRing.net’s Holiday Gift Guide 2002. [More]