“So began a battle that none had expected; and it was called the Battle of Five Armies, and it was very terrible.”
Tolkien builds his simple adventure tale to its final climax, and it proves to be a startling one.
Things seem completely hopeless, and war between the elves of Mirkwood, the men of Lake Town and the Dwarves (including Thorin and all his kin) appears unavoidable. Just when the situation couldn’t look darker, it gets a whole lot worse. Goblins and Wild Wolves from the Misty Mountains arrive to slaughter and destroy, and make Smaug’s famed horde their own. War has begun.
Will the dwarves, elves and men be able to set aside their differences and unite against a common enemy? What part does Gandalf play in the battle? How well does Bard meet this new challenge? And what of Bilbo? Join us this weekend in #thehalloffire as we look at “The Hobbit: Chapter 17 – The Clouds Burst”
=== Upcoming topics:
11/20 and 11/21: “If I lived in Middle Earth”: Which of Tolkien s characters would you like to be?
11/27 and 11/28: The Hobbit: Chapter 18: The Return Journey and Chapter 19: The Last Stage
12/4 and 12/5: Concerning Hobbits Everything you ever wanted to know
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Tickets are available at the door for ‘Christopher Lee – A Celebration in Film’ at the Radisson Edwardian Hotel, Heathrow. Tickets are £30 at the door each day.
Of particular interest to TheOneRing.net fans will be the event special offer for the ROTK EE pre-order.
ROTK EE DVD – REGION 2 – Autographed by Christopher Lee together with an unsigned copy of JINNAH posted within the mainland UK for 10th December 2004 release for £39.99 incl shipping.This is a special event only price and attendees can pre-order up to 6 copies each, all details are here.
All European orders have to be made at this weekends event.
Sean Astin will once again be touring the US and one stop in London in the next few months. He is promoting his book “There and Back Again : An Actor’s Tale”. Follow the links below for more information!
mallorn writes: New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, NJ and NJ Symphony Orchestra join forces to present the NY Metropolitan Area premiere of The Lord of the Rings Symphony: Six Movements for Orchestra and Chorus, a multi-media extravaganza featuring music from the blockbuster big-screen trilogy, whose soundtrack recordings have sold over 4 million copies.
This once-in-a-lifetime concert will feature composer Howard Shore’s monumental, Grammy and Academy Award-winning score from all three Lord of the Rings films in a six-movement, two-hour musical journey into the realm of Middle Earth – from the tranquility of the Shire to the horrors of Mordor and explosive Mount Doom.
To enhance the musical experience, storyboard sketches from the movie trilogy and original illustrations for the centenary edition of J.R.R. Tolkien’s books will be projected above the orchestra. This spectacular event will incorporate more than 200 performers, including the full New Jersey Symphony Orchestra and two choruses. The concerts will be held on Friday, Dec. 3 at 8 p.m. and Saturday, Dec. 4 at 8 p.m. in Prudential Hall.
One hour prior to the December 3rd performance, Howard Shore will be present for a pre-performance Q and A, free to all ticket-holders. [More]
Howard Shore’s The Lord of the Rings Symphony with The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
John Mauceri, conductor Susan Egan, vocalist Montclair State University Chorale Heather J. Buchanan, choral conductor New Jersey Youth Chorus Patricia Joyce, choral conductor
Pat writes: I just received this weekly email from the Riverview Theater in Minneapolis. It’s a beautiful Art Deco theater in a nice neighborhood in the southern part of the city. I’ve already responded, but I think there may be a lot of folks that may be interested that are not on their email list:
‘We are considering showing all 3 of the LORD OF THE RINGS films, each in the extended version, in a single day. There would be a short meal break between each film. This may take place during the Christmas-New Year holiday period. We would like to gauge interest in an event like this, so if you think you might be interested in attending, please e-mail us. If you have a suggested date, please include that also.’
JadeValour writes: Last year I was given the wonderful gift of being able to be in New Zealand for the ROTK World Premiere festivities (and at the Return of the Ringers Party).
I am a singer/songwriter, and shortly before I came to NZ I wrote and recorded a demo of a song inspired by Elijah (“Elijah’s Song”) with my friend and fellow musician Ken Norris. I actually had the magical experience of meeting Elijah at the Los Angeles airport, as he was on the same Air New Zealand flight to Auckland as I was, and I was able to give him the CD personally, along with a film script I had co-written containing a lead role written for him (the script is now with two major film studios in the States and has been passed on to some major people in the film industry). A number of CDs of the song were also auctioned off at the TORn Party.
I have just put a new presentation website online with my music, and there is a special page on the site especially for LOTR fans, with “Elijah’s Song” that they can listen to for free, dedications, a photo Elijah graciously let me take of him at the airport, and two direct links to the donation pages of Cancer Research UK.
Elijah has so generously been supporting Cancer Research in Britain and elsewhere, and I wanted to support him in this endeavor somehow, so this special page has been included on my site, in the hope that the fans would enjoy the song and possibly even make a small donation.
In this way a contribution could be made to this wonderful cause that I alone would financially not be able to make. The direct link to this page is jade-ov-arcc.com/elijah
So many people have friends and family who have suffered or died of cancer. For me, this page is a special gift to my friend Rosie in London who has suffered from breast cancer twice. She has a wonderful husband and two beautiful teenage daughters who she would like to see grow up and have children of their own. If this page and song helps her, and others, in any way, then I’m honored to do this – for them, and in honor of Elijah’s committment to this cause. (I originally wanted to offer a free download, but I could not have afforded it, so the next best alternative was a ‘free listen’.)
I’d be most grateful if you could publicize this information through TheOneRing.net, Michael. Thanky you so much.
