Gillian Monahan from Tourism New Zealand writes: Tourism New Zealand, Trade New Zealand and the New Zealand High Commission are holding a champagne breakfast function on December 1st at The Lord of the Rings Exhibition in the London Science Museum. [More]
Day: November 28, 2003
Leggylass writes: I just returned from Viggo’s Benefit Opening of his Photographic Exhibition at Massey University here in Wellington. After some delay, the ceremony began with a Maori welcome. Speeches from the Vice-Chancellor of the University, Peter Jackson and Viggo were intermingled with some lovely singing. Not to mention Viggo had a bit of a sing himself! [More]
Leggylass writes: I just returned from Viggo’s Benefit Opening of his Photographic Exhibition at Massey University here in Wellington.
After some delay, the ceremony began with a Maori welcome. Speeches from the Vice-Chancellor of the University, Peter Jackson and Viggo were intermingled with some lovely singing. Not to mention Viggo had a bit of a sing himself!
The exhibition itself fills two large rooms in the gallery and there is an extensive array of Viggo’s pictures on display. I was taken by his use of colour in many of them.
Also there was a raffle held for six of Viggo’s works. A friend of mine managed to win one and we pick it up on Monday!
Personally I had a very enjoyable time. Viggo certainly appears to have embraced New Zealand and he, of course, is embraced in return. My evening was enhanced by the fact that I got to meet Sean Astin, Billy Boyd and Elijah Wood. They were all so charming and generous with their time – I just wish that my brain hadn’t decided to get out of my head at those exact moments, rendering me conversationally simple. Still, the squeeze on my arm from Elijah is etched into my brain forever 🙂
Anyone who is coming to Wellington should certainly head up to Massey (the Museum Building) and take a look at his work.
Antman writes: On PrimeTime thursday on ABC, thanksgiving night they had a preview of next week’s show that will be all Return of the King. They showed some clips of stuff from ROTK, if this is news you might like to know. [More]
Antman writes: On PrimeTime thursday on ABC, thanksgiving night they had a preview of next week’s show that will be all Return of the King. They showed some clips of stuff from ROTK, if this is news you might like to know.
Aragorn and Eowyn are loading horses to go somewhere, and Eowyn says something like “it is tradition for the women to see the men off” and aragorn looks on her horse and sees her sword and asks here why she’s bringing it.
They showed a green screen shot of Aragorn standing at the black gate amidst the battle looking up at something with wind blowing agaist him.
They show Pippin (or merry i cant remember) screaming for help as he runs away from a dead oliphaunt.
Gollum climbing stairs to cirith ungol talking about how “we must climb the stairs”.
Aragorn talking to theoden at the Dunharrow tents about how he is worried that there are not enough soldiers for something, and Theoden reassures him that “more” will come.
Then there was some stuff with Liv Tyler saying that she’s sad its over, wardrobe/props people, and some candid shots of Viggo and Ian McKellen giving thumbs up to the camera.
Howard Shore concert tickets have now been discounted by 50%. The concert starts at 8pm tomorrow (Sat 29th) and will be held in the Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington. The stars are likely to be there, so be in there quick. Tickets are available through Ticketek. ($52.50 and $37.50 – tickets are limited). To get the discount you’ll need to say ‘orchestra discount’. [ticketek.co.nz]