You know they’ve had an impact when the government starts minting money in honor of their work… check out the up-and-coming New Zealand ‘pocket change’ here!
Thanks to Ringer Alice for this one.
Month: June 2003
Ringer Spy Imrahil’s Babe emailed us with a report of some footage for The Return of the King she saw in New York City! Apparently New Line showed something that sounds like a trailer at a licensing show there. The report contains some minor spoilers! [More]
Ringer Spy Imrahil’s Babe emailed us with a report of some footage for The Return of the King she saw in New York City! Apparently New Line showed something that sounds like a trailer at a licensing show there. The report contains some minor spoilers!
The New Line Cinema booth at the Licensing show in NYC was showing some footage from the Return of the King! The room was very loud so I couldn’t hear exactly what they were saying, but it opened with the New Line logo and then Eowyn, standing still and looking brave. Galadriel was doing a voiceover but I couldn’t hear what she was saying due to room ambiance. Then it cut to shots of the main players, including one of Faramir standing in front of a statue of a man on a horse — probably Osgilliath but maybe Minas Tirith. Then a long tracking shot over a plain towards a hill — Mindolluin?? — then a tremendous shot of Gandalf with Pippin on Shadowfax galloping through the trees.
Other scenes: LOTS of ground combat from the Pelennor Fields, probably, very up close shots. Also fireballs landing among men. Eomer in a different helmet than we have seen him before giving a war cry; Gondor soldiers soing into battle; Frodo and Sam looking apprehensive; Gandalf looking down from the battlements of Minas Tirith at something he doesn’t like the looks of…that’s all I can remember! Oh yeah a few shots of Aragorn looking brave and Legolas drawing his bow that I think we’ve seen before. Also Gandalf wading into battle with drawn sword — very exciting!
All in all the screen lighting was far from ideal, so the footage looked a bit washed out. However, a crowd would gather everytime they showed it. I watched it three times myself.
If anyone else was there who might have a better idea as to what was said in the footage for instance: we’d love to hear!
WeeTanya writes: Peter Jackson donated the most money to help Ray Harryhausen get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame: “Tom Hanks, George Lucas, Robert Zemeckis, James Cameron and Steven Spielberg were among the 100 Hollywood luminaries Kunert persuaded to write letters of recommendation or donate money. Hanks and director Peter Jackson (“Lord of the Rings”) donated the most.” [More]
My personal favorite movie series of all time, Indiana Jones, is heading towards DVD this winter. And now Amazon.com is taking pre-orders for the DVD set!
John Rhys-Davies (Gimli) stars in both the first and third movies as Indy’s ever-singing faithful companion Sallah. Head on over and place your order today! [Amazon.com]
John writes: TTT is running in a theater in Raleigh, NC and for only $1.50! Go see it again before it’s gone! [More]