Marina writes: Thought you would want to know that Christopher Lee will be signing his autobiography in Borders Bookstore on Oxford Street, London, on November 12th.
Category: Old Main News
Our friends from Council of Elrond write in with some event news: “The Council of Elrond is holding a small party on December 20th in Los Angeles. It will include a viewing of Return of the King, and a big party afterwards including food, drinks, music and prizes. Tickets cost $100, and we currently have 20 tickets available for purchase. We hope to see you there! [More]
Many of you have written in about an update on the official site about Minas Tirith which introduces the ‘Gondorians’ and features a video on the White City and a Q&A with John Noble. [More]
Calisuri writes: Today I wanted to give you my brief synopsis of the actual The Two Towers Extended Edition film and my thoughts on its merits. In the coming week, I’ll discuss some of the highlights of the third and fourth discs as well. First and foremost, The Two Towers Extended Edition is, like FOTR Ex, a far better piece of cinematic magic than the original theatrical release. It is unfortunate that we live in a time where the general movie going public, and the theater economic structure, does not allow this nearly 4 hour masterpiece to make it into all cities in every country. This is obviously the true vision of the filmmakers, and it shows. [More]
Nora in Chicago writes: Last night on the TBS Station the broadcast of “The Matrix” was sponsored by the “Return of the King” Game. They showed two small game promos, one near the beginning and one near the end, that I hadn’t seen before. Very cool, with some film footage. If anyone is interested, they’re due to repeat the film again tonight (November 3rd).
Ed sends in word that UCI will be selling ‘Trilogy Tuesday’ UK tickets on November 11th as opposed to December 11th as previously reported. Good news! [redirect.uci.co.uk]