The Return of the King marks the culmination of a bold cinematic gamble that has far exceeded its backers’ wildest expectations, racking up billions of dollars in revenue, garnering a fan base unmatched since the first Star Wars trilogy and pushing New Zealand to the top end of the global tourist chart. [More]
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Those who have flocked to its first sessions will already know The Return of the King isn’t just the end of a very big fairytale, it’s a monster of a war movie. Its battle scenes are bigger and gutsier than its immediate predecessors and much of its summer blockbuster competition — even if Master and Commander and The Last Samurai are grounded in military history and supposedly, the real world. [More]
Entertainment Weekly
Here are the scans from the latest issue of Entertainment Weekly featuring the entire cast of LOTR as the ‘Entertainer of the Year’. [More]
Another BIG thank you to Cyloran for sending this in! With the entire backlog of emails this took a few days to find. [More]
samwise cheesegrater writes: I thought you guys at TORN might like this. Lord of the rings elves, Liv Tyler and Orlando Bloom talk marriage, sex symbols and liberation with Nui Te Koha in the Herald-Sun. [More]
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright suggested today that the Bush administration influenced the timing of the release of the blockbuster movie ‘The Return of the King’ to boost the economy before the 2004 elections… thanks to Ringer Scott O for tipping us on this spoof: [More]