There are just 15 more days until the release of The Return of the King – the final chapter of J. R. R.Tolkien’s legendary tale of the Lord of the Rings, and Peter Jackson’s landmark epic film. Brush up on your Middle Earth History with leading Tolkien historian and critic, Oxford don, Tom Shippey, and Medievalist and Tolkien scholar, Joyce Lionarons. And before that, enjoy a FREE (albeit 3.7 hour) screening of Jackson’s The Two Towers, extended edition starting at 10 a.m.
Plus, we have some fabulous film posters from The Return of the King for early comers!
Hope to see you there!
Saturday, December 6th
The Two Towers FREE screening of the extended version (10 a.m.)
Tolkien Discussion With experts Tom Shippey & Joyce Lionarons (2 p.m.)
Join us for a FREE screening of The Two Towers, extended version at 10 a.m., followed at 2 p.m. by a discussion with world-renowned Tolkien expert and biographer Tom Shippey and noted medievalist and Tolkien scholar Joyce Lionarons.
Tom Shippey is the author of J. R. R. Tolkien: Author of the Century and The Road to Middle-Earth – widely considered two of the finest volumes on Tolkien and the magical world that he created in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Free Library of Philadelphia 19th & Vine Streets * Montgomery auditorium
A FREE event!
For more information (215) 567-4341. Books will be for sale at the event by Joseph Fox Book Shop. A book signing will follow the presentation.
Free Library of Philadelphia Lectures 1901 Vine Street * Philadelphia, PA 19103 telephone: (215) 567-4341 fax: (215) 567-7850 email: rtf@library.phila.gov
Check out other author events at the Free Library on our website at www.library.phila.gov
Morgoth writes; I want to let you know that we will also be part of the Lord Of The Rings Trilogy Tuesday and the sceenings of the extended editions of the FOTR and TTT. The screenings will take just in 3 theaters: Cinemark from Jockey Plaza, Multicines UVK from Larcomar and Cineplanet from Ovalo Guitierrez. The ticket sale started today, here are the places and times:
-Del Jueves 4 al Miercoles 11 de Diciembre: Versión extendida de “La Comunidad del Anillo”.
– Del Jueves 12 al Lunes 15 de Diciembre: Versión extendida de “Las Dos Torres”.
– Martes 16 de Diciembre: los tres multicines realizarán la “Maratón de El Señor de los Anillos”, proyectando una por una las dos versiones especiales de “La Comunidad del Anillo”, y “Las Dos Torres”, seguidas inmediatamente por el estreno, en estas tres únicas salas, de “El Retorno del Rey” a las 11:00 PM (ver horarios exactos en el list’n de cada sala).
– Miércoles 17 de Diciembre: Estreno mundial de “El Retorno del Rey”
Wellington: The hobbits Frodo and Sam share a special bond in J.R.R.Tolkien’s The Lord Of The Rings , and the actors who play the roles in Peter Jackson’s movie version of the story say they now feel a similar connection.
Elijah Wood (Frodo) and Sean Astin (Sam) spent every day together for two years as they played their parts in telling the story in the trilogy, the final part of which has its world premiere in Wellington today.
Their close bond comes from the fact that, as in the books, they split early from the Fellowship of the Ring. Just as Frodo, Sam and their untrustworthy guide Gollum made their own way to Mordor, Wood, Astin and Andy Serkis (Gollum) spent months together shooting their own scenes.
“Sean was amazing. It was like having another brother,” Wood said.
“A lot of what you see on screen is the reality of our relationship. We relied on each other just as Frodo and Sam relied on each other, so bringing that to the screen was effortless.”
Despite the closeness of the characters, the friends are placed under more pressure than ever before as their nightmare walk to Mordor unfolds in Return Of The King .
“There’s a real threat to their relationship in this film and ultimately they come through the experience better friends than they have ever been,” Wood said.
“I think in this film you realise Frodo couldn’t have done it without Sam, and he knows that.”
One of the most emotional moments in the film comes when Sam – realising he cannot bear the burden of the ring – says if he is unable do that he can at least carry the ring-bearer.
“You can’t look around and see the calibre of work being created by everybody and then you be the weak link,” Astin said.
“You’ve got Frodo cradled in your arms and you’re not going to go there [emotionally]? Sure, you’re going to go there. Peter sets this emotional crossbar . . . You keep at it until you find a level of emotional honesty and truth that resonates.”
The scene immediately after is one Woods recalled as one of the most powerful in the films.
“Sam holds Frodo in his arms recalling the Shire, trying to make light of the situation . . . there’s the sense Frodo is dying and these two hobbits . . . can barely carry on. It was a very sad sequence to film and very challenging.
“For Sean and I, I think that was the most important scene in terms of our characters’ journey. I remember we were all crying. Peter was crying.”
Tonight we have TWO Ticket Exchange offerings, both of which have special circumstances. Please read all the details carefully before replying. I will be double checking with the winners to be certain they are aware of the caveats involved.
Tonight’s first set of tickets are for a Fundraiser event on Dec. 5th in Palm Springs, CA. This is Not a Trilogy Tuesday event. It is an early showing of “Return of the King,” with a speech beforehand by Sir Ian McKellen. Complete details may be found here: More. The winner MUST be available to meet with the seller Thursday in the Pasadena area to transfer the tickets.
Here are the details:
Tonight’s ticket exchange offering is for FOUR tickets to the KCET fundraiser advance screening in Palm Springs, CA on December 5th. The first person to e-mail maegwen@theonering.net with the following subject line will be put into contact with the ticket seller. The price is $200 ($50 each). The subject line MUST read: “Please let me win Palm Springs Tickets.”
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Tonight’s second set of tickets are for the Uptown Theater in Washington, DC. This theater experienced difficulties during the ticket-sales process, and consequently tickets were sold INDIVIDUALLY to each of the three films. People wishing to attend the full event MUST possess tickets to ALL THREE MOVIES. That being said, many people mistakenly thought that they needed to buy only one ticket, and therefore some purchased tickets only to Return of the King, or to Fellowship of the Ring. Read our full story HERE for complete details. Tonight we are offering one FULL SET of tickets and one PARTIAL set, with tickets to FOTR and TTT. Please be aware that having tickets to the first two films will NOT permit you to stay for ROTK unless you have tickets for the final movie. We are hoping these tickets will be helpful to persons who may possess only ROTK tickets.
Here are the details:
FIRST TICKET EXCHANGE
Tonight’s FIRST ticket exchange offering is for ONE SET of tickets to the Uptown Theater in Washington, DC. This set includes THREE tickets — one each to “Fellowship of the Rings,” “The Two Towers,” and “Return of the King.” The first person to e-mail maegwen@theonering.net with the following subject line will be put into contact with the ticket seller. The price is $32.25 +postage. The subject line MUST read: “Uptown Tickets: Full Set.”
Tonight’s SECOND ticket exchange offering is for a PARTIAL SET of tickets to the Uptown Theater in Washington, DC. This set includes TWO tickets — one each to “Fellowship of the Rings” and “The Two Towers.” PLEASE do not ask for these tickets if you do not currently posses ROTK tickets for this event. E-mail maegwen@theonering.net with the following subject line. The price is $21.50 +postage. The subject line MUST read: “Uptown Tickets: PARTIAL Set.”
Tiriel writes: I just had a mail from my local UCI cinema after I mailed about possible midnight showing, that also goes on to suggest that the classification could still be changed, in UK at least. Entire mail copied below. Have there been any other, similar reports?
We now have tickets on sale from Wed 17th Dec only to Thurs 1st Jan 2004 there is no midnight show after the directors chair on Tuesday 16th Dec. I think there was a problem with the licence.
Details are as follows:
Screen 5 371 seats
Film Times 10.30am, 14.45, 19.00
Screen 6 296 seats
Film Times 11.30am, 15.45, 20.00
The First show on Boxing Day and New Years Day is after 12.00pm
The last show on Christmas Eve and New Years Eve will be 16.45.
There will be 5 screens showing this film but we only have the times for two screens at the moment the others will be advised shortly. The other screens will be screen 4 and screen 8.
At the moment the film is classified as a 12A but we receive confirmation on Thurs as it could change to 15 cert.
Tickets are available from CBO, Internet and our box office but only the times shown above at the moment.
Kristina: I just wanted to give you guys a little report on what my sister’s and I saw on the red carpet at the DVD Awards last night. Apparantly Billy, Dominic, John Rhyes, and Andy Serkis were supposed to be there but, only Dominic, John, and Andy showed. In any case, we met all three and were able to get our Fellowship Visual Companion autographed (It was already autographed by Viggo, Peter J, Fran Walsh, Philippa, Sean Astin, and Sir Ian McKellen). They were all verious gracious and ever willing to interact with their fans. I even got a kiss from John. He was very sweet.
There is one thing that we witnessed that I just had to let you guys in on: When Dom arrived he was really cool. He signed our Visual Companion and took some pictures with us before we were asked to step aside. We obediently did so and stepped around to the side of the velvet ropes were other Rings fans were standing. At that point we saw Dom talking on his cell beside a doorway (I believe it was a service entryway).
Well, as soon as he was done with his conversation he, he headed towards the red carpet. Then out of no were, a extremely large body guard stepped in front of him and refused to let him pass. We think that the man mistook him for your average joe just trying to get into the theatre and did not know who he was. We all stood back watching silently until we saw the man physically push Dom back towards us.
At that point I think everyone standing there knew what was going on because all of us who were standing there immediately became very angry and started screaming at the body guard. We were yelling things like “Do you know who that is!?” “That is Dominic Monaghan!” along with other phrases that I can not repeat. We all felt bad because we could see that Dom was very embarrased. Also we did not agree with how the man got rough with Dom. Immediately, however, the guy realized his mistake and eased off. We could see the look of foolishness on his face… it was great.
Afterwards Dom came over to us and signed more stuff for the people and stood there for a while with my sister’s and I and conversed with us. We took more pictures with him, thanked him and then watched him take his walk down the red carpet. He was just so cool. They were all very cool. I don’t think anyone loves there fans as much as the cast of the Lord of the Rings. They were the only celebrities that immediately came over to interact with us when they arrived. Thanks Dom, Andy, and John!
