Wandering Mage Chichiri writes: The following article appeared in the University of Texas at Arlington’s student newspaper, The Shorthorn, on Thursday, March 4, 2004 on page 3. [More]
Month: March 2004
Go to just about any movie and you’ll see them — those almost-anonymous, hardworking actors whose name nobody remembers but who always play the hero’s pal or the heroine’s second-string boyfriend. Sometimes, they just might get a lead role in a small movie that almost nobody sees, going from obscurity to “you know, that guy who was in that movie” and then fading again. [More]
At Sunday night’s Academy Awards, when the opened envelop revealed that “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” had just won adapted screenplay — its ninth award of the evening — New Line Cinema’s Rolf Mittweg, president and chief operating officer of worldwide marketing and distribution, and Russell Schwartz, president of domestic theatrical marketing, knew that was the defining moment. “We just looked at each other incredulously,” Schwartz says. [More]
TORN-Staff Stalker Lawrence Makoare and Jed Brophy are slated to be guests at RingCon 2004 this weekend in Seattle. Unfortunately Bernard Hill who was set to appear had to back out of the con. [More]
Patrick Lloyd writes: Andy Serkis was the extraordinary acting talent behind Gollum in the Oscar sweeping Lord of the Rings trilogy. Andy will be signing copies of his book ‘Gollum: How We Made Movie Magic’, Wednesday 24th March at 4pm at Waterstone’s Broad Street, Oxford.
Forget ‘Into The West’, ‘Gothic Power’, or even ‘The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins’, THIS my friends is the greatest song ever made! Prepare to have your eardrums massaged with happiness and your brain will melt with delight! I present to you…TATERS! [More]