Our good pal Keith Stern writes: Your readers may be interested in some material we’ve just posted to the website for Andrew Jack. Andrew of course was dialect/dialogue coach for LOTR and there’s a link on this page to a very interesting document “Accent Rationale” which explains some of the basic thoughts they had about pronunciation. Also some info about TROY elsewhere on the site including a shot of Orlando
Bloom and Andrew. [More]
Month: November 2004
Tolkien’s great-grandson Royd Tolkien will be a guest at the One Ring Celebration in January, 2005! Royd joins Sean Astin, Billy Boyd, Brad Dourif, Bruce Hopkins, John Rhys-Davies, Charles Ross, the bands Emerald Rose, & World Without Sundays! Tickets are on sale now! [More]
Cat writes: I though you might be interested in the pics from RingCon, Seattle. Folks had a total blast. The whole weekend was a party. On Saturday night, they practically danced the floor apart. Hoards of costumes. Everyone was changing many times a day. [More]
Karen Mason writes: I just wanted to let you know of our new venture ‘Lord of the Rings Movie Horses NZ’. We are based in New Zealand on the picturesque Kapiti Coast and offer a unique opportunity to watch a live performance featuring horses and riders from the LOTR movies. With hero horses such as Florian (‘Asfaloth’) and Gandalf’s cart pony, not to mention Liv Tyler’s riding double and Gandalf’s cart double this is a not to be missed event for LOTR fans. There are plenty of photo opportunities and a chance to talk to the riders after the performance. Our first public show is on the 17th of November with a further performance on the 15th of December. We also do smaller more exclusive displays which have been a great hit with LOTR fans. [More]
Egyptian actor Omar Sharif reportedly rammed a table lamp into his fellow actor, Lord of the Rings star John Noble’s face after the two got into a violent argument at the Umaid Bhavan Palace in Jodhpur recently. The two actors, who are shooting in the desert city for the movie ‘One Night With the King,’ which also stars acting legend Peter O Toole, were reportedly quite drunk when an argument turned into a fist fight following which Sharif hit Noble with the lamp. [More]
Here’s something for Kiwi LOTR fans….it looks like there’s some LOTR-themed car license plates up for sale on Plates.co.nz. Search under “LOTR” and a number of options are offered. Time to start hinting to your nearest and dearest about what you want for Christmas? (NB. you can’t legally put these on your car outside of New Zealand)