From: Dernhelm Hi! A friend of mine lives close to Harcourt Park, and he says he also heard…
Continue ReadingFrom: Dernhelm
Hi!
A friend of mine lives close to Harcourt Park, and he says he also heard Dwarfes singing there. He wasn’t quite sure what is was that they were singing but says he recalls the lines:
“Dwarfes we are, brave and bold,
we swing our axes and search for gold”
This is all I know I’m afraid,
I hope it can be of some interest.
Regards, Dernhelm
Not to sure about the lyrics, but you never know…
-DD
From: Underhill
i thought your readers would want to know that the dwarves filmed at harcourt park were SINGING! We could hear them clearly singing some medievel-sounding tune. It was little weird.
-DD
Teleri the newest Super Ringer Spy, just sent me the following concerning filming at Harcourt Park in Upper Hutt
If you have not been on a film set before they are a wonder to behold. The grounds are full of cranes holding lighting rigs, sound gear, Marquees for the staff/actors to be fed in, Portable ablution blocks, Caravans/mobile homes for accomodation and offices. Camera rigs and scenery. The scenery has been prepared over the last few weeks.
Forests have been built and the grounds altered. There is even a large satelite dish set up for various
communications. The weather here today is not the best it rained hard all night, the winds came this morning and the clouds are still on 100% cover. A little sunshine came around midday but not enough to dry the land.
I understand that filming will haopen during tonight but cannot confirm that as yet. Also I do not know the scene being shot but will find out even if its after it happens.
Teleri
It all sounds incredibly exciting to me!! Woo Hoo!!
From: Nikki L
i may have some interesting news for lord of the rings fans.
i live about 5 mins away from Harcourt Park where last night there were rehursing a scene. The basic plot was that about 3 or 4 dozen people (possibly hobbits or dwarfs) were pulling down two trees while at the same time there was some fighting going on. This was done at night with many spotlights and a very overcast sky, smoke machicnes and fires also added to the atmosphere.
Any ideas as to what they could be filming? Remember Ian Mckellen is not there…
In NZ the film is being shot over a lot of the country. Not just in Wellington. The main studio or headquarters is in Wellington city. The main Hobbitt city is around Matamata near Hamilton.
Next week filming will be happening in Queenstown. Thats about 1400 kilometers from Hamilton and 800 from
Wellington. Late last week a scene was shot on a lake at a small country village called Manakau (pronounced Man-a-cow). Only 100 kilometers from Wellington. It was of the Hobbitts escaping by boat.
Tomorrow (Thursday 28th) and Friday there should be filming at a park called Harcourt Park in the City of Upper Hutt only 20 minutes from Wellintgton. Then as mentioned off to Queenstown.
The scripts themselves are guarded with the holders lives. The have their name superimposed through the entire text on every page. To get one is nearly impossible. The secrecy and privacy contract signed says that the holder can be sued up to the entire cost of the film if information is divulged. That’s about $NZ380 million or close to $US200 million.
Thanks to Teleri for the tip!
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