A worldwide event, we hope. More information here on the Tolkien Society events page.
Month: March 2003
They’re here on Oscars.com:
Best Sound Editing: Ethan Van der Ryn and Michael Hopkins. [Transcript]
Best Visual Effects: Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall Cooke and Alex Funke. [Transcript]
You can also download videoclips of the speeches here. Thanks to Becky for the links.
Los Angeles, CA – The Uruk-Hai Anti-Defamation League (UADL) announced that it would be boycotting the premiere of The Return of the King, and would picket theaters because they are unhappy with their portrayal so far in The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Kidnapping of short movie-goers was also threatened. (Thanks to Noratrill for the link.) [More]
First prize [unfortunately, an imaginary prize in this case ] goes to ‘tairalitaheryn for posting the first report on our Oscars party….LOOK WHO TURNED UP! [More]
Further reports and photos will no doubt come in when TORN staff and partygoers finally crawl out of bed or peel themselves off the floor.
Here’s a link sent in by Cheryl, talking about a dispute that’s been going on in the NZ film industry which Peter was involved in – it’s finally been resolved. [More]
Maori Hobbit had some more PJ news: “During Channel 3’s Nightly News, they showed a segment of the Oscar Party the LOTR crew were attending, at a Wellington Pub/Cafe, and as Peter Jackson entered, he told the cameras his reason for not attending the Oscars was the Studio thought it better if he worked on ROTK, and didn’t risk a plane delay or being grounded at an overseas airport. Another topic he brought up, was the fact that THEY ARE DOING PICK-UP SHOOTS IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.” So it’s all happening soon.
Some little snippets of news about Sean Astin sent thanks to Naomi. [More]