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From ifp.org: Based on the critically-acclaimed novel by Jonathan Safran Foer, Everything is Illuminated tells the story of a young man’s quest to find the woman who saved his gradfather in a small Ukrainian town that was wiped off the map by the Nazi invasion…Everything is Illuminated stars Elijah Wood, Eugene Hutz, and Boris Leskin. [More]
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Tolkien fans do not just watch the films and read the books again and again – they are on a spiritual journey and doing their best to forget the ending, says an international study that voyaged to many lands to bring back wisdom and understanding. [More]
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To support the release of Alan Lee’s brand new project, The Lord of the Rings Sketchbook, Alan will be signing copies at these exclusive pre-publication events in August event though the book is not officially go on sale nationwide until 5th September. Firstly visitors to Worldcon in Glasgow this year will be able to meet Alan from 4-6pm on Friday 5th August at Hall 5 in the Scottish Exhibition Centre. This will be the first ever opportunity to get a copy of the book which will be on sale from 2.30 outside the hall on Friday.
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From our good friend Bruce Hopkins: “1nite” wins at the NZ Screen Directors Guild Film and Television Awards 2005. One of NZ’s most highly regarded films is now available for you to own. An award winning digital feature, 1nite is the debut film from director Amarbir Singh and features a cast comprising some of New Zealand’s finest actors including the bloke on a horse called Charlie, who helped save Middle Earth from the evil one, Bruce Hopkins (aka Gamling). [More]
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From CinemaTech: I arrived at the LA Convention Center this afternoon just in time to find a seat in the back of the hall for George Lucas’ opening keynote at SIGGRAPH 2005… (George Lucas) talks a bit about Peter Jackson’s visual effects shop, Weta Digital, which he visited recently. “Weta is like ILM was 20 years ago.” He invited Jackson to come see ILM now, and see if that’s really the direction he wants Weta to go. [More]
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