Tolkien fans in the LA area will have two events they can attend this weekend. Most already know about the West Coast premiere of Ringers: Lord of the Fans, at the Lido Cinema on Saturday as part of the Newport Beach Film Festival. But there is another event on Monday night, which will be a fundraising event for Make a Wish. [More]
Month: April 2005
Are you a convention fan? Been to a Lord of the Rings convention or taken part in a lining-up party? If you are, join us this weekend and share your LoTR fan experience.
Maybe you got to meet and talk to some of the cast or crew. Maybe you’re an autograph hunter. Perhaps you prefer have a more scholarly bent. Or maybe, for you it’s all about the fun of catching up with fellow fans and enjoying the atmostphere. [More]
Are you a convention fan? Been to a Lord of the Rings convention or taken part in a lining-up party? If you are, join us this weekend and share your LoTR fan experience.
Maybe you got to meet and talk to some of the cast or crew. Maybe you’re an autograph hunter. Perhaps you prefer have a more scholarly bent. Or maybe, for you it’s all about the fun of catching up with fellow fans and enjoying the atmostphere. [More]
Are you a convention fan? Been to a Lord of the Rings convention or taken part in a lining-up party?
If you are, join us this weekend and share your LoTR fan experience. Maybe you got to meet and talk to some of the cast or crew. Maybe you’re an autograph hunter. Perhaps you prefer have a more scholarly bent.
Or maybe, for you it’s all about the fun of catching up with fellow fans and enjoying the atmostphere.
What do you like best about conventions? Which ones are your favourites?
We’ll discuss all this and much more in #thehalloffire tomorrow!
Time and date:
Saturday April 23
America:
5.30pm EST
4.30pm CST
3.30pm MST
2.30pm PST
Europe:
10.30pm UK
11.30am (Sunday) Central Europe
Asia-Pacific:
8.30am (Sunday) Brisbane
9.30am (Sunday) Sydney
11.30am (Sunday) Wellington
Chats usually last 45 mins to an hour, and are very newbie friendly. Simply drop in and join the conversation!
Where?
Chat happens on #thehalloffire on irc.theonering.net – the TORn IRC server. You can connect via our java chat client that works inside your web browser (find it here: http://www.theonering.net/barlimans/chat/index.html ) or install a dedicated chat program such as mIRC.
To find out more about using mIRC to connect to TORn IRC server, check out these instructions: http://www.theonering.net/barlimans/instructions.html
Upcoming topics:
“Tell us your LoTR fan experience!’
– Saturday April 23
– Sunday May 1
“Silmarillion Chapter 9 – Of the Flight of the Noldor”
– Saturday May 7
– Sunday May 15
“Is LoTR unfilmable? Was Tolkien right?”
– Saturday May 21
– Sunday May 29
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If you have a burning desire to discuss something in Hall of Fire, drop us a line with your topic at halloffire@theonering.net If we like it, we’ll probably give it a run in the coming weeks – you might even get to guest moderate the session!
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CLOSES THE 2005 U.S.A. FILM FESTIVAL in DALLAS, TX
ON APRIL 28, 2005
HOLLYWOOD, CA — APRIL 22, 2005 — The huge buzz continues to build on the much-awaited feature documentary RINGERS: LORD OF THE FANS which has been added as a special Closing Night film at the U.S.A. Film Festival in Dallas, Texas. The film will screen Thur., April 28th at 7:00 p.m.
Tolkien fans have only this one final chance to catch the ultimate documentary covering 50 years of a cultural phenomenon! This special added engagement for RINGERS will be ONE NIGHT ONLY!:
Screening Date and Time
Thursday, April 28, 7 p.m.
1 screening only
Q&A session with the filmmakers will follow the screening
In attendance – Writer/ Producer/ Interviewer Cliff Broadway
Theater Location
Angelika Film Center
Mockingbird Station
5321 East Mockingbird Lane, Suite 230
Dallas, TX 75206
Industry insiders are geared up for a repeat performance of “Ringers” mania as the prestigious U.S.A. Film Festival enters its 35th year!
Tickets for the screening are currently on sale! [Click here for full CLOSING NIGHT SCHEDULE and Ticket Purchase Info!] Advance tickets are available exclusive by phone through TicketMaster by calling 214-631-ARTS (214-631-2787). They are expected to sell out. See ticket page for further information.
Special surprises and guests TBA.
RINGERS debuted at the 2005 Slamdance Film Festival this January to sell-out crowds and great reviews. The Toronto Star called it “…comprehensive, entertaining and informative pop cultural history.” Independent film ubersite FilmThreat proclaimed: “It is a documentary that will always be a salient part of Lord of the Rings history…. See it, absorb it, love it!”
RINGERS: LORD OF THE FANS serves as a remarkable denouement to the past 50 years of the worldwide following of J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings.”
Greg Stacy from the ocweekly.com writes: Carlene Cordova is the director of the new documentary Ringers: Lord of the Fans, a loving look at the worldwide cult that’s sprung up around J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings novels. Cordova is herself a world-class geek for all things Tolkien, having fallen in love with the books in her early teens. She met her pal Cliff Broadway (the film’s onscreen interviewer) a few years ago when they were both working for the Rings fan site, www.theonering.net, and what began as a short film for the site eventually transformed into a feature that was sometimes as trying, in its own way, as Frodo’s trip to Mount Doom. [More]