1. A.I. Artificial Intelligence 2. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 3. In The Bedroom 4. Memento 5. The Man Who Wasn’t There
Best Director
1. Steven Spielberg, A.I. 2. Peter Jackson, The Fellowship of the Ring 3. Todd Field, In The Bedroom 4. Joel Coen, The Man Who Wasn’t There 5. The Hughes Bros., From Hell
Best Original Screenplay
1. Ethan and Joel Coen, The Man Who Wasn’t There 2. Christopher Nolan, Memento 3. Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson, The Royal Tenenbaums
Best Adapted Screenplay
1. Steven Spielberg, A.I. (from the short story “Supertoys Last All Summer Long” by Brian Aldiss) 2. Todd Field and Robert Festinger, In The Bedroom (from “Killings” by Andre Dubus) 3. Peter Jackson, Phillipa Boyens, and Fran Walsh, The Fellowship of the Ring (from the novel by J.R.R. Tolkien) 4. The Hughes Bros., From Hell (from the graphic novel by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell) 5. Daniel Clowes and Terry Zwigoff, Ghost World (from the comic book by Daniel Clowes)
Best Actor
1. Haley Joel Osment, A.I. 2. Billy Bob Thorton, The Man Who Wasn’t There 3. Guy Pearce, Memento 4. Tom Wilkinson, In The Bedroom 5. Ian McKellen, The Fellowship of the Ring
Best Actress
1. Sissy Spacek, In The Bedroom 2. Nicole Kidman, The Others 3. Naomi Watts, Mulholland Dr.
Best Supporting Actor
1. Sean Bean, The Fellowship of the Ring 2. Ben Stiller, The Royal Tenenbaums 3. Jude Law, A.I. 4. Viggo Mortenson, The Fellowship of the Ring 5. Gene Hackman, The Royal Tenenbaums 6. Elijah Wood, The Fellowship of the Ring 7. William Hurt, A.I. 8. Tony Shalhoub, The Man Who Wasn’t There 9. Ian Holm, The Fellowship of the Ring
Best Supporting Actress
1. Frances O’Connor, A.I. 2. Anjelica Huston, The Royal Tenenbaums 3. Marisa Tomei, In The Bedroom 4. Maggie Smith, Gosford Park 5. Gwenyth Paltrow, The Royal Tenenbaums 6. Frances McDormand, The Man Who Wasn’t There
Best Dramatic Score
1. John Williams, A.I. 2. Howard Shore, The Fellowship of the Ring 3. Carter Burwell, The Man Who Wasn’t There 4. Thomas Newman, In The Bedroom
Best Comedic Score
1. John Williams, Harry Potter and the Sorceror’s Stone 2. Mark Mothersbaugh, The Royal Tenenbaums 3. David Holmes, Ocean’s Eleven
Best Visual Effects
1. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2. A.I. Artificial Intelligence 3. Jurassic Park III
Best Cinematography
1. Andrew Lesnie, The Fellowship of the Ring 2. Roger Deakins, The Man Who Wasn’t There 3. Andrew Dunn, Gosford Park 4. Janusz Kaminski, A.I. 5. John Toll, Vanilla Sky
Best Ensemble Cast
1. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2. The Royal Tenenbaums 3. Gosford Park 4. A.I. Artificial Intelligence 5. Ocean’s Eleven
TheOneRing.net is trying to keep Fellowship of the Ring at the top of the box office this week. The concept is easy: Go see Fellowship of the Ring. (I know I know, life is rough…but if we ‘have’ to..heh) Save your ticket stub. Get to a scanner and send the ticket stub to me, at calisuri@theonering.net.
The Prizes We have some great prizes to help encourage you to get out there. Not that the film isn’t enough incentive…but just in case, we have amazing prizes from Sideshow/Weta Collectibles and a little something which is only available at the official Lord of the Rings shop.
The Rules So what is the deal? How does this work? Listen up, and I’ll give you the low down.
• If you have seen LOTR during the week of Jan 15th – Jan 20th 2002, you are eligible to enter. • Eventhough we are trying to rig…err…help the US Box Office of FOTR, you can still enter if you are outside of the United States. • You must save your ticket stub from the viewing. • You must scan your ticket so that it is clear and legible. If there is any blurriness, for example, your entry will sadly be rejected. • Once you have the scan, email the file, your name, and postal address to me, Calisuri, at calisuri@theonering.net. Please keep the file as a .jpg, .gif, .bmp, .tif or .psd. Other formats are going to be pretty tough to convert.
That’s it. It is really that easy folks. The goal is to make Fellowship of the Ring one of the most successful movies ever, and to beat the competition this weekend at the box office.
Craig sent this in from ‘The Heckler’ in the Sydney Morning Herald. I’d file this under the ‘We’re so jealous we could choke’ heading. After all, Sydney’s a city whose recent contribution to cinema is the fact that it’s hosting that cracker Aussie production, ‘Attack of the Clones,’ and the last time the actual city was used as a set was in the nightamarish dystopia of ‘Dark City.’
“Lord of the Rungs: so that’s a fulm about modern times, eh? Middle-Earth is New Zealand, writes Martin Graham.
THE HECKLER: What is it with the Kiwis and The Lord of the Rings? The way they’re carrying on you’d thing they’d split the atom. [In joke, folks. Rutherford, the guy who split the atom, is a Kiwi. -Tehanu] Look, Mum, moving pictures on a big wall! It’s the talkies! I don’t want to bag New Zealand and the massive packet of Smith’s (chips) on their collective shoulders. But it’s not like they just invented Vegemite (spread) or did anything useful. The Lord of the Rings is a film. Quite a long film. A couple of hours of it are very watchable. But, come on, there is no reason for New Zealanders to portray Rings as though it’s the biggest single contribution to Western society since the Enlightenment.
The most pathetic part is that they can’t even boast about having really made the movie as such. Peter Jackson may be the fush and chups front man, but the film’s as Yankee as baseball. The sheep-shaggers have trouble funding a proper football team; international blockbuster movies are way out of their league. What we are left with is the pathetic sight of our Kiwi cousins boasting about how great the scenery looks. The Government is even pumping what remains of its budget into an advertising campaign to tell the world about the national role as an extra. It’s sad really. And desperate. Imagine Bikini Atoll advertising itself as a nuclear superpower and you can see what I mean. Is it really something to boast about that Tolkien’s Middle-Earth could be so easily created in the Shaky Isles? A tale of simple people living a simple life without modern technology? We’re talking about New Zealand here – how hard can it be? Mocking up the Middle Ages must have been a piece of cake in a country yet to discover crop rotation. I would have thought that the biggest problem faced by the producers was making Wellington look modern enough to pass for anything after AD1300. You have to remember New Zealand is the only country in the world where you could film Xena without building any sets.
The more you think about it the more you realise that making The Lord of the Rings in New Zealand would have presented no great challenge. Filming conditions are ideal. No air force to accidentally get into shot. No smog from industry to get in the way. The biggest continuity issue would be the slightly more modern breed of merino in the background.
Let’s get this straight. The story in the Rings revolves around a race of short, slightly furry creatures who are none too bright but relatively loyal in a tight spot. If this doesn’t scream the middle bit of ANZAC, I can’t imagine what would. Kiwis would do anything for real currency, so finding the extras would have been easy. Apart from having to explain what “action” means. “Hey, guys, imagine Christchurch, but with, like, pubs and stuff.” Getting the extras to dress like serfs would hardly have been difficult. Just tell them there was a wedding on and ask them to dress it up a bit. And what’s all this nonsense about the incredible attention to detail? I don’t think it would have been that hard to faithfully replicate Tolkien’s Goblin language. For your average Kiwi, Goblin comes easy. It’s English they have trouble with. Need a crowd of Orcs? Stumpy blokes as thick as two short planks who are ready to rip your head off at any moment. The All Blacks wouldn’t even have to wear make-up.
As I understand it, the movie goes for three hours and the entire plot involves one gold ring. Which they want to destroy. Only in the New Zealand economy would this be considered a worthwhile allocation of labour. Middle-Earth your Kiwis can do. It’s more recent times they struggle with. Let’s see them try a film about a contemporary multicultural society with an economy capable of producing elaborately transformed manufactures. Now, there’s a challenge.”
Prizes: There will be a raffle for one large prize, as well as Sideshow/Weta statues. Other prizes, such as official movie posters, will be either included in the raffle or will be won through trivia contests and other games. Proceeds are to help support TheOneRing.net’s efforts to buy a new server. (You can also make a donation here)
Activities: Watch the Golden Globes, eat, drink, play games, raffles, be merry, meet fellow fans.
RSVP: Please email me at garfeimao@yahoo.com with an approximate number of people coming and whether or not you intend to eat food. The Cat n’ Fiddle needs to know numbers so they can staff appropriately. A one meal or two drink minimum is asked, but may not be enforced, this is supposed to be a fun event.
28 Days (2000) UK Walk on the Moon, A (1999) UK Prophecy, The (1995) American Yakuza (1994) Ruby Cairo (1993) Young Americans, The (1993) Two Small Bodies (1993) Young Guns II (1990)
Liv Tyler (Arwen)
One Night at McCool’s (2001) Onegin (1999) UK Plunkett & Macleane (1999) UK Can’t Hardly Wait (1998) UK Stealing Beauty (1996) That Thing You Do! (1996) UK
Ian Holm (Bilbo)
Bless the Child (2000) UK Fifth Element, The (1997) King Lear (1997) (TV) UK Kafka (1991) UK Hamlet (1990) UK Dreamchild (1985) UK Time Bandits (1981) UK Alien (1979) UK Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) Fixer, The (1968) UK Bofors Gun, The (1968) UK
Sean Bean (Boromir)
Essex Boys (2000) Anna Karenina (1997) Field, The (1990) How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989) UK Stormy Monday (1988)
Ian Mune (Bounder)
Piano, The (1993) Sleeping Dogs (1977)
Peter Mackenzie (Elendil)
Inherit the Wind (1999) (TV) Chill Factor (1999) UK Nick of Time (1995)
Hugo Weaving (Elrond)
Matrix, The (1999) UK Strange Planet (1999) Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, The (1994) UK
Miranda Otto (Eowyn)
What Lies Beneath (2000)
David Wenham (Faramir)
Molokai: The Story of Father Damien (1999)
Elijah Wood (Frodo)
Bumblebee Flies Anyway, The (2000) Black and White (1999) Faculty, The (1998) UK War, The (1994) UK Radio Flyer (1992) UK Forever Young (1992) Paradise (1991) Internal Affairs (1990)
Cate Blanchett (Galadriel)
Talented Mr. Ripley, The (1999) UK Pushing Tin (1999) UK Paradise Road (1997)
Ian McKellen (Gandalf)
X-Men (2000) Apt Pupil (1998) UK Bent (1997) Restoration (1995) Jack and Sarah (1995) UK To Die for (1994) UK Alfred the Great (1969) UK Touch of Love, A (1969) UK
Great White Hype, The (1996) Stargate (1994) Sunset Grill (1993) Under Cover (1991) (TV) Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) UK Perry Mason: The Case of the Murdered Madam (1987) (TV) Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (1982) Victor/Victoria (1982) UK
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985) UK Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981) UK
Sean Astin (Sam)
Sky Is Falling, The (2000) Deterrence (1999) UK Icebreaker (1999) Kimberly (1999) Dish Dogs (1998) Low Life, The (1994/I) Rudy (1993) Encino Man (1992) UK Toy Soldiers (1991) UK War of the Roses, The (1989) UK White Water Summer (1987) Like Father, Like Son (1987)
Christopher Lee (Saruman)
Sleepy Hollow (1999) Jinnah (1998) UK Honeymoon Academy (1990) Last Unicorn, The (1982) Safari 3000 (1982) Arabian Adventure (1979) 1941 (1979) UK Three Musketeers, The (1973) UK Brides of Fu Manchu, The (1966) Gorgon, The (1964) UK City of the Dead, The (1960) Crimson Pirate, The (1952) Saraband for Dead Lovers (1948) UK
Brian Sergent (Ted Sandyman)
Braindead (1992) UK
Bernard Hill (Theoden)
True Crime (1999) UK Mountains of the Moon (1990) UK Milwr Bychan (1986) UK Bounty, The (1984) Gandhi (1982) UK
Nathaniel Lees (UglUK )
Bonjour Timothy (1995)
Brad Dourif (Wormtongue)
Ghost, The (2000) Shadow Hours (2000) Death Machine (1995) Color of Night (1994) UK Amos & Andrew (1993) Child’s Play 2 (1990) Mississippi Burning (1988) Child’s Play (1988) Blue Velvet (1986) UK
Jim Rygiel (SFX)
Anna and the King (1999) Species (1995) Scout, The (1994) Batman Returns (1992) Ghost (1990) Last Starfighter, The (1984)
Howard Shore (Composer)
High Fidelity (2000) Yards, The (2000) Analyze This (1999) Dogma (1999) Cop Land (1997) Striptease (1996) That Thing You Do! (1996) Crash (1996) Moonlight and Valentino (1995) Ed Wood (1994) Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) Guilty as Sin (1993) Prelude to a Kiss (1992) Silence of the Lambs, The (1991) Postcards from the Edge (1990) She-Devil (1989) Innocent Man, An (1989) Signs of Life (1989) Moving (1988) Fly, The (1986) After Hours (1985) Places in the Heart (1984) Scanners (1981)
Peter Jackson (Director)
Contact (1997) Frighteners, The (1996) Braindead (1992) UK
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Liv Tyler (Arwen)
Ian Holm (Bilbo)
Sean Bean (Boromir)
Ian Mune (Bounder)
Peter Mackenzie (Elendil)
Hugo Weaving (Elrond)
Miranda Otto (Eowyn)
David Wenham (Faramir)
Elijah Wood (Frodo)
Cate Blanchett (Galadriel)
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John Leigh (Hama)
Dominic Monaghan (Merry)
Bruce Spence (Mouth of Sauron)
Sean Astin (Sam)
Christopher Lee (Saruman)
Brian Sergent (Ted Sandyman)
Bernard Hill (Theoden)
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