Thain of Westfarthing writes: This morning, NPR had a piece concerning independent film consisting mainly of interviews at the Sundance Film Festival. Among those interviewed was Mark Ordesky, who said that, despite its large budget, “Lord of the Rings” was an independent film. The piece focused on changes in the nature of independent film, mostly about the increasing commercialization of what used to be a chase for $50,000 movies made by directors who had maxed out their parents’ credit cards. Listen in: RealPlayer needed [More]
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Fresh from his appearance on ‘The Daily Show’ last night (pictures and a report coming soon) Ian McKellen (Gandalf) will be making an appearance on ‘The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn’ tonight at 12:35AM EST on CBS. Stay up late for that, you won’t want to miss it.
UK Ringers can catch Orlando Bloom (Legolas) on ‘The Johnny Vaughn Show’ tonight at 11.40PM on BBC1.
I’m hardly the first to note that professor J.R.R. Tolkien’s modern classic “Lord of the Rings” — or the new and successful film now born thereof — has a strong and unusual political subtext. [More]
Ian Mckellen is scheduled to be on the West Coast syndicated Mark and Brian Morning radio show this Thursday Jan. 17th at 8:30AM. The guests always seem to have a good time. The show is syndicated to quite a few western state cities. [More]
The ring of truth Richard Taylor is no mere backroom boy – he’s the driving force behind the physicality of Middle-earth; the Hobbits are central to the story and its spirit; Hugo Weaving is Elrond, the elf lord who wanted the Ring destroyed; Barrie M. Osborne is the midwife producer: making The Lord of the Rings required more reality than fantasy and the making of Middle-Earth artefacts, not mere props, they tell Andrew L. Urban. [More]