Brandon Gray from boxofficemojo.com writes: Amidst the hullabaloo of the Oscar noms and Golden Globes, ‘ROTK’ accomplished something greater than the promise of Oscar gold — it topped ‘Finding Nemo’ to become the No. 1 movie from 2003 worldwide. ‘ROTK’s global take climbed to $876.5 million, leaping ahead of ‘Nemo’s $844.3 million. On the All Time chart, ‘ROTK’ jumped to No. 6, topping ‘Fellowship of the Ring’s $869.8 million and ‘Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets’ $869.4 million. In about two weeks’ time, ‘ROTK’ should top ‘Two Towers’ $924.8 million to be the No. 1 movie of the ‘LOTR’ franchise. ‘ROTK’ won’t even open in Japan until Feb. 14. Japan will be the key to whether ‘ROTK’ can top $1 billion worldwide (and in turn the No. 2 movie of all time behind ‘Titanic’s $1.8 billion). [More]
Month: January 2004
After three straight Academy Award nominations, Barrie M. Osborne is glad he gave up on renting tuxedos. “I decided the first year it might be wise to buy a tux,” says the 1966 Carleton College graduate. A nominee for producing each previous movie in the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy, he anticipated Tuesday’s news about being nominated yet again for “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King,” his own favorite of the three. [More]
BY CHRIS HEWITT, Pioneer Press
After three straight Academy Award nominations, Barrie M. Osborne is glad he gave up on renting tuxedos.
“I decided the first year it might be wise to buy a tux,” says the 1966 Carleton College graduate. A nominee for producing each previous movie in the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy, he anticipated Tuesday’s news about being nominated yet again for “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King,” his own favorite of the three. “I’m very happy. I would have been surprised if we weren’t nominated, to tell you the truth, but winning is another matter.”
Oddsmakers have 11-time-nominee “The Return of the King” as a prohibitive favorite to take home the trophy, so Osborne is optimistic about his chances when the awards are handed out Feb. 29 at the 76th Annual Academy Awards: “When we haven’t won, I honestly feel it is an honor to be nominated, so I haven’t been disappointed. But it’s always been a dream for me to win an Oscar, a real thrill and a lifetime dream.”
The dream began when he was a student at the Northfield college, attending screenings of classic movies at the school’s film society. “We used to watch all the foreign films and the David Lean films, and I got excited about what an honor it would be to make a film like any of them,” Osborne said.
Having spent five years working on the trilogy, Osborne is ready to cap it all off with an Oscar win. And, yes, he will have a speech ready, just in case he needs it.
This is an article that was printed today in the Minnesota St. Paul Pioneer Press newspaper about LOTR producer Barrie Osborne.
Greetings, Quickbeam here. We proudly present a remarkable new review of ROTK from the pages of Ostadan’s “Lore & Letters.” Using the very same logic Professor Tolkien presented in his essay ‘On Fairy Stories’ in 1947, Ostadan appreciates Jackson’s trilogy by entering the “Secondary World” on the silver screen. Join us at GREEN BOOKS as we explore the WORDS and WORLDS of Tolkien.
P.J. Durgin-Bruce was kind enough to send us gorgeous pictures of two hobbits, Gollum and Theoden King from the January 10th event at Lincoln Center. [More] TORn Staffer Luthien’s original report can be found [Here]
From IMDB: Former Eurythmics star Annie Lennox will only perform her Oscar- nominated song at this year’s ceremony – if her family don’t need her at home. The Scottish singer – whose track Into The West from The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King is up for the Best Song gong at next month’s Academy Awards – has two daughters Lola and Tali with ex- husband Uri Fruchtman, and puts them before anything else, even the most exciting night of the showbiz calendar. She says, “I will if I can, it depends on what’s happening with my daughter. It looks like fun, yes? But I’ll definitely be at the Grammys!”