Ringer Spy Quilty sends along this small blurb (along with a disturbing looking Legolas Bobble-head) on the LOTR exhibit set to open next week in London. [More] [sciencemuseum.org.uk]
Day: September 13, 2003
PennyQ sends in this small piece in the UK Daily Mail. It details the LOTR craze in New Zealand. And quotes Ian McKellen (Gandalf) on his thoughts about being on a coin in that country. [More]
Beriain sends along this scan of the September issue of Empire Magazine’s Australia edition, with this look at ‘The Return of the King’. “Every thing is under control” Peter Jackson talks about ROTK. He explains how he feels the third film is the reason for making the first two and how he feels the first one is ‘merely’ exposition, the second adds complication and the third is where all the plot strands unite or in some cases reunite. PJ also goes on to comment on the extreme of emotions in the final film for example when Sam says to Frodo “I can’t carry it, but I can carry you” Philippa Boyens comment that she believes this will become one of the great film lines! [More]
The One Ring Sculpture
Jens and Thorkild Hansen wrote to us with details on the creation of a One Ring sculpture on permanent display at the World of Wearable Arts Complex in Nelson, New Zealand. The 2kg, 6 inch in diameter scale replica of the One Ring was turned from steel, hand polished and richly plated with 5 microns of 18ct gold. The approx. 1ft square cube weighs 42kg and was hewn from an 8 tonne greenstone boulder that had been heli-lifted from Awaroa Point in South Westland. The ring sits atop a massive pounamu river cobble which came from the headwaters of the Arahua river. [More]