“The lord of the rings -The two towers” soundtrack will be available in Poland at shops right at the beginning of next week.
The music is composed by the same Howard Shore who is the soundtrack author of “The lord of the rings. The Fellowship of the Ring”. As we all know the movie won an Oscar reward for the best soundtrack. The record Polish premiere is set for December, 2nd although in U.S it’s going to be almost a week later. This means when it comes to the soundtrack we are by far better than Americans themselves. However, the American movie premiere is planned for 18.12. 2002 when Polish is schemed for 31.01.2002.
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Our Spanish-language community member Elfenomeno.com has an amazing scoop – an anonymous spy report detailing the first 10 minutes of the Two Towers scene by scene. There is but one catch – the original article is in Spanish (and perhaps already translated from English).
Update: At the very bottom is our original – and very hasty – translation by means of Babelfish, but we’re very pleased to now be able to offer you a far better translation courtesy of our fantastic Ringer Spies!
!!!HUGE SPOILERS!!!
The Two Towers begins with an imposing panoramic shot of the Misty Mountains. The camera crosses their steep peaks and, little by little, a voice starts to be audible in the distance. The camera approaches closer and closer to the mountains, and finally goes inside. Then you know that the voice in the distance is that of Gandalf. We enter the mountain and arrive at the bridge of Khazad-dûm at the scene of the fight with the Balrog! Ian McKellen was right about how the movie begins.
Then, we return to see the sequence of the Fellowship of the Ring in which Gandalf falls into the chasm with the Balrog. But this time, we do not follow the Fellowship as it flees from Moria – but we instead see Gandalf and the Balrog as they fall into the chasm whilst they continue fighting. The sequence finishes without showing us the defeat of the Balrog at this moment (I suppose that the defeat of the Balrog is narrated by means of a flashback, just as Gandalf’s escape from Orthanc was in the first film – although this just a guess).
The scene is so impressive, ‘deafening’ (“astonishing” in English… if the translation is not ideal). An explosive beginning (in the manner of Hitchcock). It leaves you glued to your seat and shaking and wondering whether you will survive the rest of the film…
Despite all of that, we cut to Frodo and Sam entering the Emyn Muil – and already, without delay, Gollum finally appears. This sequence tells how they catch and Gollum and subsequent events (we have already seen something like this in the trailer) as they decide to take Gollum with them. I cannot tell you more, as I’d prefer that you see Gollum for yourselves (in all seriousness: he(the insider) did not say anything on the subject of Gollum, I swear it)
I seem to remember that this comes before a brief sequence that shows Merry and Pippin being carried by the Uruks – as Pippin drops his broach as a signal for his friends.
Then there is also a scene in Isengard – but not necessarily in this order. One would think that I am a professional and have seen many films – but now I must clear my mind carefully to try to remember what I saw correctly. Saruman, who has already created a terrible army of Uruk-Hai, orders his followers to attack the plains of Men. And later there is a scene in which Uruks devastate a town of the Rohirrim and some of the humans try to flee towards Edoras.
There you have it! We received more than a dozen different translations, all very similar. This particular one was courtesy of Ringer Spy Kristina, who was first to the punch. Nevertheless, on behalf of TORn, I’d like to thank everyone who wrote in and helped us out. We couldn’t do it without our spies!
Below is our original babelfish-inspired translation for anyone who wishes to compare. The spanish article can be found at Elfenomeno.com. [More].
!!!HUGE SPOILERS!!!
The Two Towers begins with an imposing panoramic shot of the Misty Mountains. The camera crosses their steep peaks and, little by little, a voice starts to be audible in the distance. The camera approaches closer and closer to the mountains, and finally goes inside. Then you know that the voice in the distance is that of Gandalf. We enter the mountain and arrive at the bridge of Khazad-dûm at the scene of the fight with the Balrog! Ian McKellen was in the same place as when he was last seen in FoTR. Then, we return to see the sequence of the Fellowship of the Ring in which Gandalf falls into the chasm with the Balrog. But this time, we do not follow the Fellowship as it flees from Moria – but we instead see Gandalf and the Balrog as they fall into the chasm whilst they continue fighting. The sequence finishes without showing us the defeat of the Balrog at this moment (I suppose that the defeat of the Balrog is narrated by means of a flashback, just as Gandalf’s escape from Orthanc was in the first film – although this just a guess). The scene is so impressive, ‘deafening’ (“astonishing” in English… if the translation is not ideal). An explosive beginning (in the manner of Hitchcock). It leaves you glued to your seat and shaking and wondering whether you will survive the rest of the film… Despite all of that, we cut to Frodo and Sam entering the Emyn Muil – and already, without delay, Gollum finally appears. This sequence tells how they catch and Gollum and subsequent events (we have already seen something like this in the trailer) as they decide to take Gollum with them. I cannot tell you more, as I’d prefer that you see Gollum for yourselves (in all seriousness: I cannot tell you more about the appearance of Gollum, in light of non-disclosure agreements(?)). I seem to remember that this comes before a brief sequence that shows Merry and Pippin being carried by the Uruks – as Pippin drops his broach as a signal for his friends. Then there is also a scene in Isengard – but not necessarily in this order. I am a professional and have seen many films – but now I must clear my mind carefully to try to remember what I saw correctly. Saruman, who has already created a terrible army of Uruk-Hai, orders his followers to attack the plains of Men. And later there is a scene in which Uruks devastate a town of the Rohirrim and some of the humans try to flee towards Edoras.
April writes: Yesterday VIland news here in Victoria reported that Ian McKellan was filming a small independent film, might’ve been called “Emile”, somewhere in Greater Victoria.
It is by a Canadian filmmaker based in Vancouver, but he decided that it was too crowded over there. Talk about understatements. Sir Ian plays a guy who goes back to, England to face his past.
Plus, I heard from a reliable source today that yesterday (Wednesday) he was filming a pickup scene for X-Men 2 right outside of St. Anne’s Academy (which resembles the Xavier school and is somewhere along #1 bus route). It’s causing quite a stir here at film school.
(Read more about this and X2 in my exclusive interview with Ian from BC coming soon! – Xo)
Eleventy-One, on January 3rd 2003 The toast will be “The Professor” Announcing to the world the grand Tolkien Birthday Party!
On January 3rd Tolkien fans around the world are invited to host or attend birthday gatherings, visit the cinema and/or raise a glass and toast the 111th birthday, ‘Eleventy-One’ in hobbit parlance, of this much loved author at 9pm (local times) in a grand rolling celebration.
The Tolkien Society and Josh Rubinstein are launching webpages (http://www.tolkiensociety.org/toast & http://www.lordofthedonuts.net/tolkien111) where well-wishers and party organisers can register details. Details of cinemas showing The Two Towers can be found there also. For those not near a party, other fans or a cinema (or who are quiet and hobbit-like) there is the opportunity to simply join in and raise a toast, either by registering their name online or just by knowing that it is going on across the globe. These webpages will allow Tolkien fans world wide to let other fans know where they will be celebrating, or what particular tipple they’ll be raising. Fans will be able to check the webpage and see who is celebrating where and if they wish to join in. These pages are partially live at press, with some extra features to be added shortly.
Chris Crawshaw, the Chair of the Tolkien Society, which has members in 43 countries said “I’m looking forwards to raising a glass of single malt to the memory of the Professor and in fellowship with fans around the world”.
Josh Rubinstein will be overseeing arrangements for his Birthday DVD project which will be celebrating these parties. It will be based on footage sent in from the parties to create a unique documentary of Tolkien fandom. This is to include a section for birthday messages from fans, plus fan art, and more.
Many cinemas in the UK and Ireland have already signed up giving details of special party showings of New Line Cinema & Peter Jackson’s The Two Towers. Other film distributors and Cinema managers are invited to register with details of their cinema and prices on the webpages provided.
Data Protection & Legal Information The words “us”, “we” refer to the Tolkien Society and Josh Rubinstein, the co-ordinators of the Eleventy-One Birthday Toast project. The Tolkien Society is based in the United Kingdom and Josh Rubinstein is based in the USA. The information posted by anybody on the ‘Eleventy-One’ web pages will not be sold or passed on to any third party (outside of the context of the web pages and the organisers of these ‘Eleventy-One’ events). Except where somebody has registered their consent with us, information on the web pages will not be used beyond the life of the pages except for statistical purposes. By sending the participation form you give us permission to publish relevant information and to pass information between the organisations involved with the Eleventy-One Birthday Toast project. We reserve the right to contact anybody who supplies information. Whether any particular details are included on the web pages or not is at our sole discretion. We provide the web pages on the understanding that if you use them you do so at your own risk. We do not guarantee the accuracy of any of the information contained on the pages. The organisers do not condone drinking alcohol if it endangers the health or safety of the drinker or others, or contravenes the law.
The Tolkien Society accepts no responsibility for the content or quality of any website but its own.
Press Contacts
(Please note the Tolkien Society is run by volunteers in their spare time)
Tolkien Society Publicity: Ian Collier, 45 Caldew Maltings, Bridge Lane, Carlisle, UK. e-mail publicity@tolkiensociety.org Telephone 07974-987340
Josh Rubinstein 320 S. Occidental Bl. #212, Los Angeles, CA 90057, USA e-mail orthanc_ent@yahoo.com
Tolkien Society North American Representative: Mike Foster, Rt. 5, Box 315, Metamora IL 61548, USA. e-mail americas@tolkiensociety.org Telephone (Work) 309-694-5349; 309-367-2772.
Tolkien Society Australasian Representative: Michael Kennedy, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA e-mail pacific@tolkiensociety.org
The Tolkien Society was founded in 1969 to further interest in the life and works of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.B.E., the author of The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion and other works of fiction and philological study. Based in the United Kingdom and registered as an independent, non-profit making charity, number 273809, the Society has an international membership which benefits from regular publications and events.
From Fellowship Elf: Just thought I’d send this along. The new 20th anniversary edition of Trivial Pursuit (over the last 20 years) has 3 LOTR questions. Sadly not at many as say, Shrek, Harry Potter or O.J. Simpson, but still 3 is good. They are:
Under the Film category:
Q: What movie did Frank De Caro describe as “a three-hour epic about returning bad jewelry”? A: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Q: What was the first feature-film trilogy to be shot concurrently with the same cast? A: The Lord of the Rings
From the Literature category:
Q: What trilogy was “book of the millennium,” in an Amazon.com reader poll? A: The Lord of the Rings
And well I could have thought of much better trivia questions, you must give them credit for trying. We’re moving up in the gaming world, I don’t recall any LOTR questions in earlier Trivial Pursuit games!
Update: Both Khaled and The Scribe have written to assure me that previous editions of Trivial Pursuit included the odd LoTR questions. So these news Qs are just continuing a long treadition, I guess!
Okay, the pun will make more sense to those in the UK, New Zealand, or Australia, but read on anyway. This excellent article from the November 2002 edition of Animation Magazine delves into the mysteries behind the movie magic at Bag End. And if you haven’t scene the Extended Edition DVD backgrounders, you might be in for a surprise …
Thanks to Ringer Spy bluelily17 for sending in the scans!
