NEW YORK — Peter Jackson’s “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” scored a triple crown Monday, taking picture and director awards in each of three annual film honors lists from the Online Film Critics Society, the Kansas City Film Critics Circle and the Las Vegas Film Critics Society. [More]
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Viggo Mortensen walks into the Grove movie theatres at Third and Fairfax in Los Angeles, approaches the concession stand, and orders a Coke. He’s about to speak to a packed house of fans, many of them actors, who are being treated to an advance screening of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, the final installment in Peter Jackson’s wildly successful gamble at adapting J.R.R. Tolkien’s beloved novels to the big screen. [More]
Holly writes: The Washington Post picks Top 20 Hottest Destinations for 2004, New Zealand is #8 on the International side. [More]
Sasha from oscarwatch.com sends along word that The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King has nabbed a Producers Guild of America Nomination for Barrie M. Osborne, Peter Jackson & Fran Walsh! Congrats!
Despite its immense popularity, J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings has long been criticized by feminists who say that there are too few female characters and that those who do exist are most notable for their conventionality. The first charge is irrefutable: there are only three major and six minor feminine roles in the three fat volumes that comprise Rings. Even the numerous horses in the story all seem to be male! [More]
The Mail Order Team from The Australian Post write: I wanted to let you know for your news area that Australia Post has just released a Souvenir Stamp Sheet for Lord of the Rings – Return of the King. [auspost.com.au]