Just outside the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood the walls are adorned with ‘Best Picture’ winners from every Oscar ceremony. ROTK has recently been added to that list for all to see! [More]
Month: July 2004
Josh writes: Here in Rockville, Maryland on August 14th, ROTK will be played during the National Institutes of Health’s yearly Outdoor Film Festival. They encourage you to buy food on-site, rather than bring your own. After all, the movie is FREE!. A portion of the proceeds benefit the NIH Children’s Charities – Children’s Inn, Camp Fantastic/Special Love, and Friends of the Clinical Center. [More]
Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk have listed the ROTK Extended Editions on their site, you can now pre-order them. Take a look! [Amazon.com] [Amazon.co.uk]
Joe writes: Due to popular demand Finnkino has decided to hold a trilogy screening in Tampere on Wednesday 28th of July. The two previous trilogy screenings were both held in the capital city Helsinki. The city of Tampere is located some 170 km north-west of the capital and has a population of about 200 000. All three films are TE versions with FOTR starting at 14:30. Tickets cost 6 euros per film. [More]
I went along to the Figwit documentary which premiered today as part of the Auckland Film Festival. There was a good turnout of Figwit fans, and judging by the laughter throughout, they enjoyed what they saw. Even if you’re not a Figwit fan, there’s a lot here to enjoy for any LOTR fan – the worldwide LOTR culture, the in-jokes, and the way the film makers and the fans play off each other. [More] It’s playing again in Auckland on Sunday 25 at 11:15 and Wellington on July 30 and 31. [More]
I went to the premiere of the documentary “Frodo Is Great …Who Is That???” which was on at the Auckland film festival. It was good to see other hardcore Figwit fans turning up for it, and hear them all laughing throughout.
TORN features quite heavily in the movie, as do of course the women who started the Figwit craze, not to mention Bret McKenzie himself, the man behind the Elven pout. Of course! More of a surprise was the extent to which people like Peter Jackson, Barrie Osborne, Mark Ordesky, the Hobbit boys and Orlando Bloom got into the spirit of the whole thing in their interviews. They were hilarious!
The whole Figwit phenomenon was very strange and very funny. We’ve forgotten how unusual it seemed at the time – a playful spoof of a celebrity website that ended up attracting the notice of the world media. If you think you’ve got used to the Net and everything it can do, this film is a great reminder of the strange and wonderful community we have made for ourselves online. It shows you how much a few individuals can do to make the world a more fun place.
The movie screens again in Auckland on Sunday at 11:15am, and then goes to the Wellington film festival where it’ll show twice on Friday July 30th and Saturday 31st. More details here.
And just for poops and giggles here’s a Figwit Lego Minimate sent in by Gregg!