James Holden, Marketing Manager for Odeon Covent Garden, writes: I was hoping to post an upcoming Lord of the Rings event on your website. Next Saturday, the 16th August, we at the Odeon cinema in Covent Garden, London are playing all three Lord of the Rings film back to back, in partnership with the ‘Frijj film festival. The complete Lord of the Rings trilogy, theatrical editions, back to back on 16/08/08. Doors open at 1.00. Fellowship: 1.30, Two Towers: 5.00, Return of the King: 8.30. With a half an hour interval between each film. A free event, tickets available from the Odeon Covent Garden Box office. Visit www.odeon.co.uk for more details.
Category: Movie Return of the King
Ringer Diedye has posted another wonderful FLASHBACK in our forum detailing the events that took place in the Tolkien universe between July 27th and August 2nd. This is a weekly feature that Diedye posts in the forum, so if there is ever a time we don’t post it on the homepage of TORn, make sure to check the Main board in our forums. Click on the link below to transported in time!
From www.stuff.co.nz (via The Dominion Post)Despite a challenge from The Dark Knight, Peter Jackson’s The Return of the King is still king at the New Zealand box office. The latest Batman film, which broke box office records for an opening weekend in the United States, made $1.8 million in New Zealand, $800,000 short of the $2.6 million record accomplished by The Return of the King in 2003. However, The Dark Knight had the biggest opening weekend for a film so far this year, beating Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull ($1.6 million), I Am Legend and Iron Man (both $1.3 million).
Libby writes: Thanks very much for listing the free outdoor screening of the LOTR trilogy + Hobbit Breakfast in your EVENTS blog — that is great. Hopefully folks who don’t head down to Comic-Con will come on out.
I wanted to share details about another screening of the trilogy in August, taking place at the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica. Ticket prices for the entire program will be $3, and artist David Hildebrandt will introduce the screening. Continue reading “Trilogy Screening in Santa Monica”
OK, this is either really sad … or Peter Jackson did one heck of a job giving “Lord Of The Rings” even more of a historical feel that he intended. An article in the Newcastle (UK) Journal talks about the complaints on how little British kids know about the world is a bit overblown, but then they said:
It may be slightly worrying that in one recent poll fewer than half those questioned knew that Sir Francis Drake defeated the Spanish Armada. And, okay, it’s frankly terrifying that 6% of those questioned thought that this great historical victory was down to the wizard Gandalf from Lord of the Rings.
So I suppose the Corsairs sailing up the Anduin had a Spanish feel to them. [Read More]
The article is here:
Libby sends in this alert for anyone who will be in the LA/Pasadena area on Saturday, July 26: Hello! I hope all is well at The One Ring. I am forwarding details, in case it’s of interest to your LA-based readers. As part of the FREE Old Pasadena Film Festival this summer, the entire LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy will be screened outside from night-til-dawn, followed by a “Hobbit Breakfast”
Are you sure that isn’t going to be a Second Breakfast, Libby? Complete details can be found at the Old Pasadena Film Festival site.