Here’s a peak at the movie tie-in cover for the new editions of The Lord of the Rings, coming from Houghton Mifflin, in hardcover and trade paperback. Publication date is June 2, 2001, but look for them in stores a few weeks earlier.
Category: Old Special Reports
The Peter Jackson mockumentry ‘Forgotten Silver’ has been chosen as the movie of the day over at imdb.com.
IMDb Movie of the Day
Peter Jackson (who’s helming this winter’s The Fellowship of the Ring) has made sublime films (Heavenly Creatures) and silly ones (The Frighteners).
In the sublime category for Mr. Jackson is Forgotten Silver, an inventive, entertaining short film (54 minutes) about legendary New Zealand director, Colin McKenzie. That name doesn’t appear in the IMDb database because Colin McKenzie is a fiction, a creation of Jackson, and writer/director Costa Botes, and the film is a wry faux-documentary presented as film history. Jackson himself appears in Silver, claiming to have happened upon the cache of McKenzie footage by accident.
McKenzie is discovered to have been an amazing film innovator: he shoots the first tracking shot, the first close-up, the first color test, and synchronizes the first sound to his footage. Eventually, his magnum opus is his biblical epic, “Salome;” the film both ruins him and sets him off as a director to rival D.W. Griffith and Cecil B. DeMille. Cameos by Harvey Weinstein, Leonard Maltin , and Sam Neill all help to perpetrate this fraud, all in the service of this splendid, creative movie. [More]
Well, well, well! Remember all the talk about poor ol’ Glorfindel being ousted from FotR because more room was needed for Arwen? A source close to the production says this is not entirely true! It seems Glorfindel will indeed be at the Ford of Bruinen, in a role slightly modified from the text. We have heard that Glorfindel gives Arwen his horse, Asfaloth, and bids her to hurry on across with Frodo. He then remains with Aragorn to harry the Ringwraiths into the waters. But wait! There’s more! Rumor has it that Glorfindel is actually at the Council of Elrond, as we read in the book.
So! Glorfindel’s in? Where does Arwen come from? Is there any chance Bombadil will make a cameo, after all? Mr. Jackson, if you could, please drop us an email and help set these rumors straight! ; )
Ok, so I have Oscar on my mind. While watching the show last night I was day dreaming about Oscar 2002 and I just had to post up my predictions as to what ‘Fellowship of the Rings’ will win next year.
Now, despite ‘Titanic’ and ‘Gladiator’ this year I’ve always maintained that the Golden Boy tends to shy away from the huge Hollywood blockbuster films that FOTR will eventually be. That is why I have no ‘Best Actor…’ nominations, plus the fact that I’ve seen very little of the acting to date. But what I have seen is costumes, special effects, editing and all the other things I predict here. So, here it is, you can call me on it next year, but the Oscars will go to…
Film Editing: John Gilber
Costume Design: Ngila Dickson
Sound & Sound Editing: Mike Hopkins, Chris Ward
Adpt. Screenplay: Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, Stephen Sinclair, Frances Walsh
Visual Effects: Jim Rygiel
Art Direction: Dan Hennah
Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn)
Thin Red Line, The (1998) UK 
Perfect Murder, A (1998) UK
Psycho (1998) UK
Albino Alligator (1996)
Portrait of a Lady, The (1996)
Prophecy, The (1995)
Passion of Darkly Noon, The (1995)
American Yakuza (1994)
Ruby Cairo (1993)
Boiling Point (1993)
Carlito’s Way (1993) UK
Young Americans, The (1993) UK
Young Guns II (1990) UK
Fresh Horses (1988) UK
Witness (1985)
Liv Tyler (Arwen)
Cookie’s Fortune (1999)
Onegin (1999)
Plunkett & Macleane (1999) UK
Can’t Hardly Wait (1998) UK
Armageddon (1998) UK
U Turn (1997) UK
Inventing the Abbotts (1997) UK
Heavy (1995)
Ian Holm (Biblo)
Bless the Child (2000)
eXistenZ (1999)
Alice Through the Looking Glass (1999) (TV)
Dance with a Stranger (1985)
Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984)
Return of the Soldier, The (1982)
Time Bandits (1981) UK
S.O.S. Titanic (1979) (TV)
Alien (1979)
Shout at the Devil (1976)
Severed Head, A (1971) UK
Mary, Queen of Scots (1971) UK
Oh! What a Lovely War (1969) UK
Fixer, The (1968) UK
Sean Bean (Boromir)
Patriot Games (1992) UK
How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989) UK
Caravaggio (1986) UK
Hugo Weaving (Elrond)
Matrix, The (1999) UK
Babe: Pig in the City (1998) UK
Bedrooms & Hallways (1998)
Interview, The (1998)
Miranda Otto (Eowyn)
Jack Bull, The (1999) (TV) UK
Thin Red Line, The (1998) UK
Last Days of Chez Nous, The (1992)
Elijah Wood (Frodo)
Black and White (1999)
Faculty, The (1998) UK
Flipper (1996)
North (1994)
Forever Young (1992) UK
Avalon (1990) UK
Internal Affairs (1990)
Cate Blanchett (Galadriel)
Talented Mr. Ripley, The (1999)
Ideal Husband, An (1999) UK
Elizabeth (1998)
Oscar and Lucinda (1997)
Ian McKellen (Gandalf)
X-Men (2000)
Apt Pupil (1998) UK
Gods and Monsters (1998)
Six Degrees of Separation (1993) UK
John Rhys-Davies (Gimli)
Secret of the Andes (1998) UK
Great White Hype, The (1996)
Bloodsport 3 (1996)
Unnamable II: The Statement of Randolph Carter, The (1993)
Perry Mason: The Case of the Fatal Framing (1992) (TV)
Living Daylights, The (1987)
Firewalker (1986)
Nairobi Affair (1984) (TV) UK
Victor/Victoria (1982)
Sword of the Valiant (1982) UK
Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square, A (1979)
Andy Serkis (Gollum)
Topsy-Turvy (1999)
Among Giants (1998) UK
Career Girls (1997)
Mojo (1997) UK
Harry Sinclair (Isildur)
Heavenly Creatures (1994)
Bruce Spence (Mouth of Sauron)
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)
Cars That Ate Paris, The (1984) UK
Sean Astin (Sam)
Icebreaker (1999)
Kimberly (1999)
Dish Dogs (1998)
Bulworth (1998) UK
Long Way Home, The (1997) UK
Safe Passage (1994) UK
Teresa’s Tattoo (1994)
Where the Day Takes You (1992) UK
Encino Man (1992) UK
Toy Soldiers (1991) UK
War of the Roses, The (1989) UK
White Water Summer (1987) UK
Goonies, The (1985)
Christopher Lee (Saruman)
Sleepy Hollow (1999) UK
Jinnah (1998) UK
Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) UK
Mio min Mio (1987) UK
Howling II (1985) UK
Safari 3000 (1982)
Last Unicorn, The (1982)
Bear Island (1979) UK
1941 (1979) UK
Arabian Adventure (1979)
Return from Witch Mountain (1978) UK
Airport ’77 (1977)
Four Musketeers, The (1974) UK
Nothing But the Night (1972)
Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970)
Curse of the Crimson Altar (1968)
Psycho-Circus (1966) UK
Face of Fu Manchu, The (1965) UK
Gorgon, The (1964)
Longest Day, The (1962)
Tempi duri per i vampiri (1959) UK
Private’s Progress (1956) UK
They Were Not Divided (1950)
Scott of the Antarctic (1948)
Bernard Hill (Theoden)
True Crime (1999) UK
Midsummer Night’s Dream, A (1999) UK
Shirley Valentine (1989)
Gandhi (1982) UK
Brad Dourif (Wormtongue)
Urban Legend (1998) UK
Bride of Chucky (1998) UK
Best Men (1997)
Step Toward Tomorrow, A (1996)
Death Machine (1995)
Murder in the First (1995) UK
Amos & Andrew (1993)
Cerro Torre: Schrei aus Stein (1991)
Hidden Agenda (1990)
Exorcist III, The (1990)
Spontaneous Combustion (1989)
Mississippi Burning (1988)
Fatal Beauty (1987)
Ragtime (1981)
Eyes of Laura Mars (1978) UK
Peter Jackson (Director)
Heavenly Creatures (1994)
Howard Shore (Composer)
Cell, The (2000)
High Fidelity (2000)
Analyze This (1999) UK
eXistenZ (1999)
Crash (1996) UK
Se7en (1995)
Philadelphia (1993)
Guilty as Sin (1993)
Single White Female (1992) UK
Prelude to a Kiss (1992)
Postcards from the Edge (1990)
She-Devil (1989) UK
Big (1988)
Fly, The (1986)
After Hours (1985) UK
Places in the Heart (1984) UK
Gilda Live (1980)
Jim Rygiel (Special effects)
Star Trek: Insurrection (1998) UK
Alien³ (1992) UK
Batman Returns (1992)
Last of the Mohicans, The (1992)
Ghost (1990)
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Uhlan reports in with lots more news from the GAMA show!
Hi, I have a significant amount of addendum to add to this story. I was also at GAMA last week and saw all the LOTR goodies that Titan saw. I also have photos (undeveloped), and I spoke to a store owner who has been chosen for some special promotions for the movie. Free tickets, special showings, the works.
But this is not the big news! When the Decipher/Games Workshop presentation was over they announced that some special footage would be shown later that evening in one of the meeting rooms. Qualified buyers only, which means store owners and distributors only! The piece was about 8 to 10 minutes in length, and consisted of the following: (please note I could not make notes and the excitement of what I saw made remembering details difficult.)
PART 1:
The original internet trailer with the additions that were revealed recently. Nothing new here.
PART 2:
A different trailer, but one with a similar format to the original. This one had some of the same interviews but showed different scenes, such as, the hobbits are in the Prancing pony and they try and avoid being being knocked down by other patrons. This is done with someone on stilts or who is very tall. The other memorable new bit was the scene where Boromir gazes at the ring as seen in the internet trailer. However there’s a twist! HE SPEAKS! “It is a great wonder that a thing so small could cause such great trouble.” I believe this is said at the council of Elrond and not in the mountains as shown in the film. The rst of this trailer had some cool bits but the details are now hazy.
PART 3:
Yet another minute and a half trailer. This one opens the same as the previous one does with a bit about Tolkien and LOTR’s effect on the world of fantasy, while showing shots of art, comics, games and other stuff like that. It then shows a brief interview with Sean Astin where he talks about all the elements that make LOTR so great. Then it shows quick scenes including the chase to the ford, from a variety of angles. Including one awesome shot, the camera is looking back as if from Arwen or Frodo’s perspective. Right there about to get them is a Ringwraith, with his gloved hand stretched out to grab the Ringbearer! Very Cool! It’s like the nazgul is going to reach out of the screen to grab you! Then each major character from the film is shown with a caption. i.e. “Elijah Wood as Frodo” This trailer as with the other two ends with the same credits.
The man in charge then turns up the lights. I think that must be it, time to go. BUT WAIT! He’s not turning the A/V equipment off, he’s changing the video tape! The lights go down again and I lean over to one of the Decipher guys and ask “There’s more!?!?!” His reply was “Now for the special secret sauce”.
PART 4:
What follows has to the best of my knowledge never been reported on this or any site. The next tape was about 5 minutes long give or take. It had a brief opening title, which consisted of The Lord of the Rings in a different font to the one seen before. Then the fun begins! The first scene is one of a courtyard in what must be Minas Tirith and several soldiers of Gondor moving swiftly to thier posts. The next scene is one of a grim looking Aragorn donning some chainmail armour. This is followed by a quick shot of Grima Wormtongue, who looks extremely pale and slimy. Next comes a series of scenes that show the Riders of Rohan. Including one shot that looks like when they come across the party of orcs that have Merry and Pippin. Next is a series of shots from Amon Sul (sp) and the breaking of the fellowship. Including a head shot of Lurz the Uruk-Hai about to fire his bow, very similar to the toy seen at Toy Fair. There are also shots of Aragorn and Legolas frantically searching for Frodo. The next series comes from Helm’s Deep. Lot’s of shots of men or Uruk-Hai (I can’t tell, it’s dark and raining) with pikes. Lot’s of general battle scenes involving our heroes and the men of Rohan against Saruman’s forces. Most notably was a quick shot of Gimli wielding his axe and a strange, almost goofy shot of Legolas running along a battlement, picking up a discarded shield. Placing it at the top of a staircase and surfing down the stairs on the shield firing his bow. Yes I said surfing! (I’ve heard extreemly reliable reports that this scene was filmed, but may be cut -Xoanon) Just before this sequence was a brief shot of Theoden having armour put on. The helm’s deep section closes with a shot of Eowyn wielding a big sword, cutting down several Orcs. This seems to take place in the caves at Helm’s Deep. Next is more of the chase to the ford with Frodo and Arwen being chased by Nazgul. These scenes are again from a variety of camera angles and include a great shot of Arwen on one side of the river and all 9 nazgul on the other side, staring each other down. Also there is a shot of Arwen drawing a sword. The next sequence gives us a look at the magic duel between Gandalf and Saruman at Orthanc. Each is thrown back by the others magic until finally Gandalf is thrown against a wall and seemingly is imprisoned. The whole thing ends with a few shots of Merry and Pippin being thrown around by orcs and looking suitably terrified.
This is as much as I can remember reasonably clearly. There is other stuff but it’s too hazy to describe clearly. There are shots of Hobbiton, Gandalf showing Narsil in it’s scabbard, a quick shot from inside what I think could be Moria. Unfortunately a clear memory is not something I possess when excited. Even after watching it twice.
Whoa! I forgot the biggest coolest part! I saw Treebeard!!!!! Only his face as Merry and Pippin approached. Imagine a large gnarled oak, that suddenly opens it’s eyes and looks up at you! VERY COOL!
Thanks Uhlan!!!