Martin writes: Graeme Anthony (Australian LOTR pewter artist) is touring Ontario in November. The only date I know is November 2 in Waterloo, Ontario at Household China and Gifts. The address is 300 King St. North. He will be there from 11am till 2pm, signing pieces bought for the event. [More]
Month: October 2004
JB The bfi London IMAX Cinema will be screening all 3 theatrical versions back to back over night on Friday 19th Nov .Sat 20th and the following weekend on Fri 26th & 27th. They are calling it “Spend a night in Middle Earth”. Although the films will only be in 35mm and will not be in IMAX format on the screen, when I saw the double bill there last year the sound system was amazing. [More]
Sean Astin is doing a book signing and discussion for his book “There and Back Again : An Actor’s Tale” today (October 13th) at 7PM at the Union Square Barnes and Noble in New York. [Directions]
For a full list of Sean’s upcoming tour dates and locations, click here!
SAN DIEGO, CA – October 12, 2004 – Sony Online Entertainment Inc. (SOE), a worldwide leader in massively multiplayer online (MMO) gaming, today announced that lengendary British actor Christopher Lee and Hollywood star Heather Graham have been cast to lend distinct character and voice to the two main characters of EverQuest II. Mr. Lee and Ms. Graham bring their high-profile acting talents to this revolutionary project which encompasses more than 130 hours of spoken dialog, the equivalent of more than 65 feature films worth of content. [More]
canadanthony writes: The University of Toronto is hosting a FREE one hour lecture on “The Christian Imagination of J.R.R. Tolkien” on Saturday, October 16, at 10 AM. You have to register to attend the lecture, and you may have to be an alumnus of U of T. It will be presented by the Reverend Guy Trudel at St. Michael’s College. [More]
canadanthony writes: The University of Toronto is hosting a FREE one hour lecture on “The Christian Imagination of J.R.R. Tolkien” on Saturday, October 16, at 10 AM. You have to register to attend the lecture, and you may have to be an alumnus of U of T. It will be presented by the Reverend Guy Trudel at St. Michael’s College and the description is as follows:
The Academy Awards generously rewarded Peter Jackson for his adaptation of The Lord of the Rings. This success has made many more people aware of the very popular novels by J.R.R. Tolkien. Many fans of both the novels and their movie representations do not know of Tolkien’s deeply held Christian beliefs and how they made their way into his fictional works. While many might argue about the influence of Christianity upon The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien’s frequent letters in response to theological questions raised by his epic work reveal that he thought of The Lord of the Rings as Catholic and Christian. Tolkien disliked allegory as a means of storytelling because it seemed to subjugate the story to some larger theological, philosophical or ideological point; so he crafted a tale which would engage readers first as a story, but a story which, through its creation of a fictive world, would lead readers to reconsider the elements which paralleled the primary world. [More]