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Tolkien Weekend 2004
The Tolkien Society have organised their fifth Tolkien Weekend, which will take place at Sarehole Mill, Birmingham (UK) on 15 – 16 May 2004. For more information, see the Tolkien Society’s website.
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Hollywood Jesus interviews Peter Jackson
Hollywood Jesus has a new interview with Peter Jackson discussing many aspects of LotR, including Tolkien’s themes, the concept of the Ring, and the casting process for the films. There are also links to other LotR-related articles and interviews. You need to scroll down a bit to see the interview.
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Another screenwriting award for Peter, Fran and Philippa!
Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens have won the Best Script award for TTT at the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Nebula Awards. The winners were announced on Saturday, and TTT beat films such as ‘Finding Nemo’ and ‘Minority Report’ to win the award.
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Interview with Daniel Falconer
Decipher has an interview with Weta Workshop designer Daniel Falconer. In it, Daniel talks about the design process for the new “book cards” in the LotR Trading Card Game (cards depicting characters from the book who do not appear in the films).
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Fan snaps up first edition trilogy
A British ‘Lord of the Rings’ fan has bought first edition copies of each of the three LotR volumes from charity shop Oxfam for £500. See the full story at This Is Colchester.
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LotR gives distributor top profits
‘The Lord of the Rings’ is used to being atop charts of books and films, but now it has put the British distributor, The Entertainment Group, on top of the Sunday Times Profit Track league table for 2004. Read more at Times Online.
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Shelob is a top movie monster!
According to Sunday Herald, Shelob from The Return of the King, has been voted one of the best movie monsters ever. The giant spider made the list at number six; the top spot was taken by King Kong, from the 1933 film of the same name which Peter Jackson is currently remaking.
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Men are from Frodo, women are from Pippin
As of this time next year, the names of the planets in our Solar System will be changed. Astronomers decided that it was time for a change (the names are reviewed every 50 years), and that, due to the success of the Lord of the Rings films, the planets should be renamed after characters from…
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LotR Exhibition in Singapore
The Jakarta Post has an article about The Lord of the Rings Motion Picture — The Exhibition in Singapore (the exhibition’s only venue in Asia), which hosts many props, weapons and much more from the films. You can get more information about the Exhibition from the Singapore Science Centre’s website.
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RotK comes out top once again
‘Return of the King’ has won yet another award: this time, it’s The Christian Film and Television Commission’s Movieguide Awards. In the ceremony held on Wednesday, the film took the Number 1 spot in a list of the top 10 films for mature audiences. Read more at World Net Daily.
