‘Frodo had it easy. Sure, the hobbit hero from The Lord Of The Rings had to dodge shrieking…
Continue Reading‘Frodo had it easy. Sure, the hobbit hero from The Lord Of The Rings had to dodge shrieking ghouls and fanged beasts in his continuing quest to rid himself of some nasty jewellery. But he had the good wizard Gandalf to guide him, and a posse of pals to cheer and defend him. We Oscar predictors aren’t so fortunate.’ [More]
Thanks to ThomasPB for the link.
From Nienna:
The Charlie Rose show (on PBS) interviwed the three directors nominated for both Best Picture and Best Director last night, the 22nd. He talked to PJ first for about a half hour. PJ told about their struggle to get someone to fund their movie, and trying to find someone that would let them make three movies all at once, ultimatly leading them to New Line. He also
talked about casting, how important they knew this was going to be to the fans of Lotrs and how they decided on Ian Mckellan to play Gandalf. Charlie asked PJ what the hardest thing about making the movie was and he told about how hard it was to have actors that had to be different sizes. How they had to have two of each set, and two of each prop, to make the different actors appear different sizes. He also talked about how this wasn’t so much of a fansaty movie, as a historical movie. He mentioned how Tolkien had written the books with the idea of creating a ancient mythology for England, and this is what set Lotrs apart from other fanasty movies. You could tell throughout the whole interview what an avid fan of the books PJ was…this came out in everything he said. I was surprised to see him on the show, which I never watch, and just heard a mention of Lotrs while channal surfing, because usually whenever anyone Lotrs related is on TV, I hear about it here first. So it may of just been a rerun.
Theoden writes: If you open this link, the beginning of the video which you’re immediatly taken to starts with a brief snippet of a scene that didn’t make it to the final cut of Fellowship of the Ring. It is of Sam telling a poem to Frodo in Lothlorien. [More]
Hobbitfriend writes: I just noticed that the following programs will be running on TV in Canada
this weekend in what appears to be a lead to up to the Oscars:
Saturday – On the LIFE Channel “J.R.R. Tolkien – Origin of the Rings” – A documentary on the life of the author. 7:00 PM MST.
Sunday – On the STAR channel ” Behind the Scenes – cast and crew talk about films based on the J.R.R. Tolkien’s trilogy”. 12:00 Noon MST.
‘Two days before the Academy Awards are set to be handed out, New Zealand preempted the movie industry on Friday by holding an Oscar celebration party at a Beverly Hills hotel for its dozen contenders, including Russell Crowe. But many of New Zealand’s other Oscar nominees, all connected with the hit fantasy movie “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” did wait around for a dinner of New Zealand venison and wine, a rousing speech by British actor Sir Ian McKellen.’ [More]
Thanks to Brad for the link.
With the Oscar hype reaching new levels as of late, its’ easy to forget about this week’s Hall of Fire, but the topic for this weekend is a good one: the Nature of the Ring of Power. The One Ring which Frodo brings from the Shire to Mordor, that thousands of men and elves have died for ever since Sauron forged it in secret. [More]
