An insider during the Bree scenes sends us this letter:
I see you have the good oil on Peter Jackson’s cameo. I can vouch for the accuracy of this as I was an extra in the film.
As a life long Tolkien fan it was a great thrill to be an extra I can tell you.
PJ plays a man bystander as the hobbits come into Bree . It is dark and pouring with rain – the hobbits come scuttling into Bree and are somewhat over whelmed by their first sight of man sized houses.
Originally Jackson was smoking a long pipe but couldn’t get it too light. After standing round for ages and a couple of takes it was not particularly realistic for someone to be in the rain smoking any way. So instead he grabbed a big carrot. That’s the orange thing he is holding in the photo on your site. [More]
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From: Sharon: Here’s the updated info on the FOX Special
FOX SPECIAL:
QUEST FOR THE RING
UNLOCK THE SECRETS OF “THE LORD OF THE RINGS” IN AN ALL-NEW SPECIAL ‘QUEST FOR THE RING’ THURSDAY, NOV. 29 ON FOX
QUEST FOR THE RING will introduce the audience to the fabled and mystical plot of “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy, based on the legendary novels by J.R.R. Tolkien. FOX takes viewers behind the scenes to preview New Line Cinema’s adaptation of “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy with this special Thursday, Nov. 29 (8:00-8:30 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (SP-0227) (TV-G)
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From: James
@discovery.ca, the science new journal show on the Canadian Discovery Channel just ran a segment on Lord of the Rings, filmed at the Casa Loma exhibit, which examined the story and the film from an archeological point of view.
At the end of the segment, Jay Ingram (the host) announced that they were working on a five-part series of segments on Lord of the Rings which will feature discussions of the languages, geography, and races in the novel, and the special effects in the film.
Unfortuantely, I’m not sure when this series is to start. Ingram said “Monday, Dec. 13”, but Dec. 13 is a Thursday…
The show’s web site is here. It features video clips from the previous day’s show, so the LotR segment may appear tomorrow.
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Morgoth1970 sends along these great images from the Decipher Collection (www.decipher.com). Take a look at Legolas in what looks like Moria and Rosie Cotton! Sam you lucky Hobbit you!
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TORN broke this story ages ago that one of Peter Jackson’s cameos in FOTR will be in Bree. But we now know who he is and even what he looks like thanks to the Decipher folks!
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Seems that FOX isn’t the only station that will be airing a LOTR special before the release:
Check out this email which came to me from a very reliable source.
FYI…There will be some Lord of the Rings TV coming up…..
11/29 – Fox TV LTOR special
12/09 – Sci Fi Channel – LOTR special
12/16 – National Geographic Special/LOTR Special
Seems very interesting indeed! I’d love to see what the National Geographic’s take on LOTR is! Set those VCR’s! More info coming soon.
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