Simon writes: This information comes direct from the Auckland Village Queen St Village Newsletter (14.11.03). The tickets go on sale from the the 20th of November for Megamembers. [More]
Month: November 2003
Simon writes: This information comes direct from the Auckland Village Queen St Village Newsletter (14.11.03). The tickets go on sale from the the 20th of November for Megamembers. So, for those who want to book on this date, you will have to join the Megamembers club (it’s free!!) at their website www.village.co.nz. Below is what was actually printed in the newsletter:
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King – 18 December 03 (midnight screenings Wed, 17 December 03, & yes we will be showing Fellowship of the Rings & The Two Towers before the Return of the King opens). Tickets on sale to Megamembers only from the 20th of November.
Wendy writes: I thought I’d just confirm that Christopher Lee did indeed show up and, apparently, had yet another event lined up after that signing. Busy days. He didn’t seem too dejected but I didn’t hear anybody mention ROTK to him. I didn’t either because I hadn’t yet seen confirmation of the rumours at the time. [More]
Many people seem to have missed the news about Saruman in Return of the King, and Chis Lee’s guarded comments on the matter. There can only be one solution to this: go to Google news and type in ‘Saruman’. Thanks to everyone who wrote in with the links to various reports from around the globe! [More] !!!Major Spoilers!!!
Wendy writes: I thought I’d just confirm that Christopher Lee did indeed show up and, apparently, had yet another event lined up after that signing. Busy days. He didn’t seem too dejected but I didn’t hear anybody mention ROTK to him. I didn’t either because I hadn’t yet seen confirmation of the rumours at the time.
I just happened to be shopping in London when I saw a poster announcing that Christopher Lee was signing his autobiography at Borders today.
So I joined the small-ish queue, discovered that there was a much bigger queue upstairs once you had gone past the “overflow”, and spent my lunch time queuing and queuing some more.
It felt really strange seeing him and hearing him talk in front of me once I got close. He might be 81 years old but he doesn’t look it and his voice can put you under a charm, just like Saruman’s.
When it finally was my turn, I approached nervously, said Hello and a few words. My French accent must have been leaking through as he asked me where I was from. Once he knew it was from Belgium, he started chatting with me in perfect French about how he knew French well but couldn’t understand Walloon (a Belgian dialect). We chatted like that for a minute or so. I was a bit overwhelmed by it all so couldn’t quite find anything to answer.
The evil man must have had me under a spell. 😉
Anyway, I bid him a good day and went on my way.
Funny how a boring shopping trip can turn out very different from what you had planned. Now on to read his autobiography. From what I’ve read so far, Lee seems to look back at his life and career with a serious dose of humour and derision.
Apologies for writing all that to you but I just had to share the experience. This has made my day. 🙂
Our friends over at Council of Elrond have this set of screencaps from the Towers EE. It’s a deleted scene involving Frodo, and also shows Elijah Wood getting made up for it. Credit for the screencaps goes to Ringer Teldil, but if you are easily disturbed by gruesome make-up, you may not want to look! !!!Spoilers!!! UPDATE – Calisuri here – Having seen the TTT EE, these pictures of Frodo dressed up in Gollum-mode did not make the TTT EE cut. These are shots from an even more extended sequence where Faramir confronts Frodo and Sam after discovering Frodo has The One Ring. They are supposed to be a ‘flash’ into the future. A chance for the audience to see what Frodo might become should he keep the Ring. [More]