From: The “Green Street Hooligans” Team: We know you’ve been waiting patiently to find out when the film will be out in theatres. Well, we finally have news!
First of all, we want you to know we are changing the title to “Green Street Hooligans.” The film is being called “Green Street” in the U.K. (for the street where West Ham Stadium resides) and we wanted to keep our title similar so fans would realize they’re one and the same.
Despite all of your rallying behind us with such ferocity and your petitions, calls and letters, the Hollywood studios have passed on the opportunity to distribute this film. It is really the movie that Hollywood doesn’t want you to see! But, emboldened by you, our fans, we have decided to do it on our own! That’s right, on September 9, 2005 in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, we, Odd Lot Entertainment, the producers of HOOLIGANS, are independently releasing in theatres without the traditional Hollywood machine behind us. And so, we need you now more then ever!
Who needs fancy billboards and flat advertisement when we have your word-of-mouth, which can rumble and quake in the streets, spreading through the population to get the word out on this important movie. Tell all your friends that this film is going to come out. Get them to come and see this movie on opening weekend in the city nearest you. That will get the theatres to keep running it and help us to get more theatres to bring it to more cities across the country. If you want to bring the film to your city and help to make it happen, send us an e-mail to let us know and you can join our team. We’ll send you special materials and work with you directly to get your local theatres to book the film.
With your help, we can defy the establishment intent on silencing us and this movie! With you we can do anything! Sign up on our website: www.greenstreethooligans.com and you’ll receive a free Green Street Hooligans leather wrist cuff as a token of our gratitude.
We know we can beat the odds with your help! Thank you for your invaluable contribution to this film’s campaign. You can say you own a little piece of this special cinematic event.
Bruce Hopkins writes: The digital feature film I acted in in 2003 called “1nite” has been selected as a finalist for the NZ Screen Directors Guild Film and Television Awards in 2 categories. Best Digital Feature ( Amarbir Singh, my partner in indiPact Films ) and Best Contribution to a Digital Feature ( Cristobal Lobos, the cinematographer ). This 80 minute film was shot for NZ$400.00 on a Canon XL1 camera, with no other crew or gear, no lights or sound equipment. It was selected ahead a many fully funded films to play in the 2004 NZ International Film Festival and played to full houses gaining great revues. Most of the dialogue was improvised under Amarbirs direction. Comparisons have been made to the styles of Jim Jarmusch and John Casavettes.
We are in the process of having our website built for indiPact ( www.indipact.com ) where people will be able to purchase the DVD of “1nite”. Till then there is information about the film on www.inzpyre.com.
Also, I am now hosting a radio show with my best mate from the age of 14 yrs old, on a new radio station called radiolive. We do a show called “ The Dawn Parade with Des and Les”, ( this is what we call ourselves when we do our comedy shows, Des & Les ). Our show happens from midnight Saturdays till 6am Sunday morning ( NZ timezone ). Anyone around the world can tune in as it is streamed online at www.radiolive.co.nz.
It would be a buzz to talk to any of the fans around the world on the show. Don’t be surprised if we ask you to sing a song, we have people call up and play the piano, play guitar etc. Our most regular participant in the talent side of it is a guy named Dean, who was born blind and sings like an angel, really stunning voice. To talk to us on the radio they would need to call 0064 9 361 2048. Unfortunately there is not an international free calling number. In NZ the free phone is 0800 723465.
FredO writes: I thought it might of interest to TORN readers that there is now a package available for those traveling to Pittsburgh for the LOTR Symphony on July 22 and 23:
Lord of the Rings Symphony Package:
If you need a place to stay when you come to see The Lord of the Rings Symphony, check into the Renaissance Pittsburgh Hotel. For just $189 plus tax, stay in a luxurious room and two tickets to the Lord of the Rings Symphony for either Friday, June 22 or Saturday, June 23.
Reservations can be made by calling 1-866-454-4400. All reservations must be made by July 20. Offer cannot be used in combination with any other offer. Previous sales excluded.
The Renaissance Hotel is just a block away from Heinz Hall where the PSO performs. I believe you would still need to buy a separate ticket to the Middle Earth dinner if you wished to attend that fund-raising event. As a reminder, Billy Boyd will be attending both dinners. The price of the dinner is $65.00 per ticket.
Ataahua found this in the one-minute miceNZ e-newsletter – a tourism industry magazine in New Zealand:
“Not only can visitors take a stroll through Peter Jackson’s Hobbiton film set near Matamata, but a refurbishment of a conference and function centre there means groups can now meet on the set too.
The Shire’s Rest is opposite the entrance to Hobbiton and can cater for conference and incentive groups with tours, meals and team-building activities. The venue holds 160 theatre-style or 130 banquet-style and of course Lord of the Rings-themed events are easily arranged.”
Sometimes, just sometimes, it’s interesting and fun to play ‘what if?’. That’s why this weekend, we’re asking you ‘What if Gollum had lived?’. At the climax of the Return of the King, Frodo claims the ring for himself, Gollum grabs him and bites off Frodo’s finger. The Precious is his! But as Gollum holds up both ring and finger triumphantly, he slips, dropping both the Ring and Frodo’s finger into the fire. Yet he doesn’t fall in himself. What happens next?
Perhaps Gollum, in despair or desperation, jumps in after the Ring?
Perhaps he dies more or less straight away because the power of the ring which kept him alive for so much longer than normal is gone?
Perhaps, when the Eagles rescue Sam and Frodo, they leave Gollum to the fire?
Or perhaps, the Eagles rescue Gollum along with Sam and Frodo. After spending time in Imladris or maybe in Hobbiton, he is granted passage into the Uttermost West to seek final healing with Frodo.
Which of these do you think is possible? Which is not? And why?
Or perhaps you have another idea of your own!
Regardless, feel free to join us on the TORn IRC server this Saturday July 2 from 5.30pm EDT in #thehalloffire to share your thoughts!
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NIFFF – NEUCHÂTEL INTERNATIONAL FANTASTIC FILM FESTIVAL PRESENTS: JOHN HOWE THERE AND BACK AGAIN
Directed by Anders Banke and François Boetschi
NEUCHÂTEL – SALLE APOLLO 3 FRIDAY JULY 1ST 2005 – 16.OO pm
Fragile Pictures and Solid Entertainment present
A documentary film about the illustrator and artistic designer of the movie trilogy « The Lord of the Rings » :
With John Howe, Peter Jackson, Alan Lee and HR Giger
Born in Canada and currently living in Switzerland, John Howe is one of today’s most famous fantasy artists. His name is from now on closely linked to that of renowned New Zealand film-maker Peter Jackson. From the moment of conception to the making of the films, John Howe has been one of the key players in this challenging adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien’s novel. This film tells the story of the artist’s life and work and invites the viewer on a fascinating trip into his world. A world built of stone quarried from myth, legend and history, but often constructed in landscapes and places where he has lived during his migratory life.
The viewer is taken on a journey in search of Howe’s inspirations, from the cathedral of Strasbourg to the Canton of Neuchâtel and the neighbouring French Jura, the real places that often provided settings for “The Lord of the Rings”.
The film explores the sometimes intangible border between fantasy and reality, how together they create a third universe, that of the artist. [NIFFF.CH]
