This excellent feature about Viggo Mortensen appeared in The Age this morning. Mortensen was a Tolkien neophyte, but he read about Aragorn on the flight to New Zealand and found he liked the character, particularly his restlessness of spirit. His own childhood was similarly peripatetic … [More]
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The Return of the King made approximately $34 million dollars on Wednesday domestically. We will have a ticker on the right side of this page curtesy of our friends at Box Office Mojo. Stay tuned for more updates! [BoxOfficeMojo.com]
The award-season is upon us: today the nominations for the Golden Globes were announced. Traditionally the Globes count as a nice barometer for the Oscars in February. The Return of the King got nominated for four Globes: Best Picture (drama), Director, Score and Song! Head over to www.GoldenGlobes.org for more information! If that appears down for you as well, head over to Oscarwatch.com!
How much did RoTK make overnight? Do we really care anyway? I guess it’s vaguely important to New Line. For those interested, Fox News is reporting that RoTK pulled in $8 million overnight across the United States. Thanks to Ringer Mirwen for the link. [More]
Ringer Spy Tig shares her report on the goings on at the Uptown Theater in Washington D.C. Despite many fears that the event (which sold tickets to the movies individually) would be chaotic, it turned out to be a happy success. [More]
On August 1, 2004, the Museum of Science will open the much-anticipated The Lord of the Rings Motion Picture Trilogy—The Exhibition. The Museum will be the U.S. premiere site for this international touring exhibition. [More]