Thanks to Starkiller for the news!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
LORD OF THE RINGS MARATHON TO TAKE PLACE ON IMAX SCREEN
(Toronto, ON – March 1, 2005) – Isometric Projections will screen The Lord of the Rings trilogy at the Ontario Place Cinesphere IMAX Theatre in downtown Toronto next month. One Marathon showing of all three movies is planned, as well as, individual screenings of The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King.
Saturday in Middle-Earth:
Fans and movie lovers can spend the day in Middle-Earth, Saturday, April 16th, when all three instalments of The Lord of the Rings saga come to life on the six-storey IMAX screen. The 10 hour and 18 minute Marathon begins at 11:00 am and will conclude just after 9:00 pm. There will be 30-minute intermissions between each movie and refreshments will be on sale.
Individual Screenings: Each movie will also be shown in separate screenings at the Cinesphere IMAX Theatre:
The Fellowship of the Ring – Friday, April 22, 2005 at 7:00 pm
The Two Towers – Friday, April 29, 2005 at 7:00 pm
The Return of the King – Friday, May 6, 2005 at 7:00 pm
Tickets go on sale today and are $30.00 each for the April 16th Marathon and $12.00 for each of the individual screenings on April 22nd, April 29th and May 6th. With only 750 seats available all screenings are expected to sell out quickly. Tickets will not be available at the Ontario Place Cinesphere box office and can only be purchased in advance at www.isometricprojections.com.
A portion of the proceeds from these screenings will be donated to The White Tree Fund, which has been formed by fans of the work of J.R.R. Tolkien and Lord of the Rings communities around the globe to respond to the needs of the victims of the December 26th earthquake and tsunamis. It supports the work of Direct Relief International, Save the Children and Habitat for Humanity International in the affected regions. To make a direct donation please visit www.whitetreefund.org.
Isometric Projections is small Canadian company run by students dedicated to bringing quality entertainment to people of all ages, at affordable prices. Organizers are currently working on a LOTR gathering and contest in conjunction with the event so please stay tuned at our website AND we welcome your comments and ideas! [www.isometricprojections.com]
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Last night, I along with about 1200 others, attended the Sean Astin Lecture at Bucknell University. After a very informative introduction by Amanda Forsburg, chair of the Student Lectureship Committee Sean, entered the stage of the beautiful Weis Center Theater. It was packed! [More]
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Last night, I along with about 1200 others, attended the Sean Astin Lecture at Bucknell University. After a very informative introduction by Amanda Forsburg, chair of the Student Lectureship Committee Sean, entered the stage of the beautiful Weis Center Theater. It was packed! The applause turned into chants of Rudy at one point during his opening remarks. He also got some of his quotes in from the movies Goonies and The Lord of the Rings : The Two Towers in at the beginning. The part from Goonies was at the bottom of the well when Mikey was encouraging the “Goonies” to go on, that they had gotten farther than anyone else in finding the treasure. And from The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers when Sam is speaking to Frodo about the stories they heard growing up and that there was still some good in the world.
At this point he also made the whole of the audience honorary “Goonies”. If you don’t know what I’m talking about see his website. SeanAstin.com 7th bullet down.
He continued on speaking of how he was given the opportunity to speak to the students at Bucknell and what he was doing at that moment. Riding with his brother Mackenzie to Fatburger. His brother asked him how much they pay for him to talk and what he would talk about for that much money!? He said pretty much anything he wanted too. (chuckling) He spoke for an hour and a half about family, his passions, how hard it is to get into paying jobs as a director, his meeting President G. W. Bush as Sean is part of the President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation. He spoke of some of the lessons he has learned through his 25 odd years as an actor. He is very honest and revealing as a person. I was surprised at how frank he was at times during his presentation.
He told us of former President Jimmy Carter’s getting in touch with him, that he and Rosalin are fans of the Lord of the Rings and he sent an autographed, leather bound, gold leafed edition of his memoirs to him. That they were in touch with each other regularly when they were both on tour promoting their books. He spoke about his interest in politics and saying if Arnold can be Governor of California maybe he, (Sean) could be a Congressman.
At the end there was a brief question and answer session all of about 4 people, and then before being whisked away by the committee and his handler, (he had a 6 am flight back to LA and at least a two hour drive back to NYC where his hotel was.) he met with some fans at the front of the stage and took this photo with us. I’m the one with the blue LOTR shirt on. 🙂
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NEW YORK – Having written a symphony, Howard Shore — the prolific composer whose music spans from Middle-earth to Howard Hughes’ Hollywood days — is now looking to opera. He’s working on an opera version of David Cronenberg’s horror film “The Fly” for a 2007 premiere by Los Angeles Opera, a collaboration with Cronenberg and librettist David Henry Wong of “M. Butterfly” fame. [More]
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LEWISBURG — A long standing debate has been whether art imitates life or life imitates art. For Sean Astin, some of the roles he’s played have defined who he is in real life. [More]
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Even though many of his papers and Middle-earth tales were published posthumously, JRR Tolkien wrote prolifically throughout his life. Nevertheless, there remain huge gaps in many of his stories.
So this weekend we’re going to ask ourselves: ‘If you could commission Tolkien to write more on one thing, what would it have been and why?’ [More]
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