Although obsessive fans of the three Lord of the Rings movies are the ones who will travel over a hundred miles and take off work to catch Lord of the Rings — The Exhibition at the Indiana State Museum — one of only a few stops that included the likes of Boston, London, Sydney and Singapore; Indianapolis is its last — casual movie-watchers and lovers of movie-making in general will find something to be fascinated by. The exhibit is a combination of traditional art, movie-making art and movie-making technology. Costuming of hand-woven silk from Indonesia, prints and hand-made artwork depicting scenes from the movie and props, props and more props fill two galleries at the ISM. [More]
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‘Lost’, featuring Dominic Monaghan, is on ABC tonight at 9PM EST. [abc.go.com]
Dana Jongewaard from 1up.com writes: Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson recently took time from his busy schedule to answer a few questions on his latest cinematic opus, King Kong. And, of course, to talk about Ubisoft’s upcoming video game version, which has all the earmarks of being one of those rare and wonderful games based on a movie that stands on its own merits. [More]
Ioreth writes: Erik Andersson, the person having now completed the new translation of LOTR into swedish, is going to talk a bit about the book this thursday (20/10), at Science-Fiction-Bokhandeln in Göteborg at 18:00. The Tolkien Society in Göteborg, Mithlond, will be there too, from about 17:00. [sfbok.se]
DG writes: Check out this new “Big Ad” campaign for an Australian brewery Carlton Draught. Looks like it was shot in the same Dart Valley (Isengard) and features men on horseback and choreographed “cast of thousands.” It’s pretty over-the-top, but looks spectacular — is it just me or do you feel a LOTR vibe? [More]
Karl Urban is ready and waiting for a pummeling. His face is a painstakingly bruised and bloody mess with just the right amounts of sweat and grime applied by the make up department. Working for several years in New Zealand, Urban was one of a small horde of actor’s from down under who broke onto the Hollywood radar with “Lord of the Rings”. [More]