Ringer Syphon12 sends in some great images from a recent visit to New Zealand and The Stone Street…
Continue ReadingRinger Syphon12 sends in some great images from a recent visit to New Zealand and The Stone Street Studios, where ROTK reshoots were taking place. And for those of you who missed the giant gollum at the Embassy Theater, Syphon12 also sends in a great picture of the imposing remnant from the premiere! (Who wants to bet that next year’s premiere will have Shelob above the theater!)
Attention Milwaukee/North Shore Wisconsin Ringers. A local high-school in your area is performing the score from FOTR. [More]
ATTENTION MILWAUKEE/NORTH SHORE ringers. Here is a heads up from Ringer L:
I just wanted to let the people at TORn know that on May 20th, at 8:00 pm, the Nicolet High School Knights Orchestra will be performing their last concert. The second to last song at this concert will be a medley of Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring songs by Howard Shore, which include: The Prophecy, Concerning Hobbits, A Knife in the Dark, and The Breaking of the Fellowship. I bought the Full Orchestra score, and convinced my teacher that we NEEDED to play it! If you could just let the Milwaukee/North Shore Ringers know that this concert is going on, that would be awesome. I know it is short notice, but I just had the idea of e-mailing you guys as of today. The address is: Nicolet High School, 6701 North Jean Nicolet Road Glendale, Wisconsin 53217
Ringer Irascian sends in this report from the May 17th SFX Magazine Awards ceremony where TTT took home the majority of the honors for the evening! [More]
Ringer Irascian sends in this report from the May 17th SFX Magazine Awards ceremony:
SFX magazine, the UK’s biggest selling science fiction/fantasy monthly magazine, held its award ceremony last night (17th May) and Lord of the Rings swept the boards. The awards are based on reader votes. Here’s what LOTR won…
Lord of the Rings:The Two Towers – Best SF or Fantasy Film (other nominations: Donnie Darko, Attack of the Clones, Spider-Man and Minority Report)
Viggo Mortensen – Best SF or Fantasy Film Actor (other nominees: Elijah, McKellen, Tom Cruise and Toby Maguire)
Peter Jackson – Best SF or Fantasy Film Director (other nominees: M Night Shyamalan, George Lucas, Sam Raimi and Steven Spielberg)
The Two Towers by Howard Shore – best SF or Fantasy Film Music (beating Donnie Darko, Attack of the Clones and Spider-Man)
The Official Guide to The Making of the Lord of the Rings Trilogy by Brian Sibley – Best SF or Fantasy-Related Non-Fiction Book (other nominees were for Farscape Companion, Once More With Feeling, James Bond The Legacy and Angel Casefiles)
Lifetime achievement awards went to Christopher Lee and James Doohan (Scottie in Star Trek).
The awards that LOTR was nominated for but didn’t win were Best SF or Fantasy Actress (both Liv Tyler and Miranda Otto were nominated) and Best SF or Fantasy Author (where J.R.R. Tolkien was, rather bizarrely given the way the movies swept the awards, beaten by Terry Pratchett !).
There were unfortunately some disappointments for LOTR fans who attended this event hoping to see their favourite celebrities. Brian Sibley was the only award recipient who appeared on the night. Christopher Lee who had been expected to appear to accept his lifetime achievement award, and Billy Boyd, who had been scheduled to collect the other LOTR awards, were both “no show”s. And a video acceptance speech from Howard Shore couldn’t be shown to the assembled audience because of a breakdown in the awards video equipment.
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Thanks to Irascian for the report! Check out more of Irascian’s LOTR website at http://www.iansmith.co.uk/lotr/index.htm
Billy Boyd [Pippin] has updated his Diary. [More]
