Sapo writes: I want to remind you all that on 22 May 2003 the Classical BRIT Awards are taking place in London, and Howard Shore is one of the nominees for best contemporary music. Arvö Part, John Williams and LOTR composer Howard Shore are up for The Contemporary Music Award. [More]
Day: May 22, 2003
In a move sure to delight UK LOTR fans, MR sends along this quote from Head of Operations at the National Science Museum in London Catherine Pochin: ‘NMSI are considering a Lord of the Rings Exhibition along with other exhibitions for Autumn this year. We will make public our exhibition programme as soon as possible.’ Check out the NSM website for possible updates soon. [More]
Meanwhile Lisa sends along this report from the NZ Herald stating that the opening at the Science Museum in London is set for September 16, and then on to Boston, Singapore, and Sydney. Could this be the beginning of a LOTR exhibit world tour?
News from Neena Kalyani Vemuri: “I thought that it may interest those who frequent your site that the “Popular Culture and Philosophy” series headed by William Irwin will be publishing its fifth volume, “The Lord of The Rings and Philosophy”, edited by Gregory Bassham and Eric Bronson, in August of 2003. There are a few articles which mention this (albeit briefly) here and here. You can preorder it through Barnes and Noble here.”
Somewhat bizarrely, a PhD student at the UK University of Leeds has chosen to express the long and difficult process of writing a PHD with an allegory using LOTR. Laura sent it in to see if someone might find it amusing. I did. [More]
MattForce found a spoiler-ish picture that might be in the TTT Extended edition, and might explain some puzzles about Osgiliath. [It’s been noted before that in the film, Frodo and Sam seem to turn up in Osgiliath on the wrong side of the River.] [More]
MattForce’s find:
“I was browsing the net, and I came across a very interesting picture of Frodo and Sam underneath some sewers alone. Then it hit me. This is how they get to the East side of the Anduin during the battle of Osgiliath. I think they add this in cuz this was never in the movie, and I have never seen this pic before.”
We’ve heard this rumour before , and it’s no surprise that TORN community member Quintessential Websites posted an image of it, as it often does. It’s a fantastic source of film images if you haven’t already seen it. This image originally came from the Two Towers Photo Guide published by Houghton Mifflin. [Quintessential Website]