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Ebert’s Oscar predictions
Film critic Roger Ebert makes his predictions for who will win certain categories at this year’s Academy Awards at Sun-Times. He predicts that Return of the King will win Best Picture and that Peter Jackson will win Best Director, but that the film will miss out on the Best Adapted Screenplay gong.
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RotK DVD details
According to the home entertainment section at the official site, details of the RotK DVD will be released on March 8th (no word yet on the actual DVD release date, though). Just go here and a pop-up should appear, where you can also see the cover art for the DVD and VHS.
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Tolkien and C. S. Lewis: The Gift of Friendship
Kansas.com has an interesting review of a new book, “Tolkien and C. S. Lewis: The Gift of Friendship” by Colin Duriez, which discusses the “on-again, off-again” relationship between the two famous authors.
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LotR takes 11 Golden Schmoes!
Do you remember this article from a week ago, about the 3rd Annual JoBlo Movie Awards? Well, the winners, voted for by the movie-going public, were announced yesterday, and RotK came away with eleven awards, including Favorite Movie of the Year, Best Director and Most Memorable Scene in a Movie. You can see a full…
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Will PJ take us There and Back Again?
The Times Star discusses whether The Hobbit, the prequel to Lord of the Rings, will ever be made into a film by Peter Jackson. Currently the film can’t be made due to complications with rights; matters are confused even more by the now infamous fake trailer that has been around for some time.
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RotK rings the Saturn Awards nominations
RotK has gained thirteen nominations for the 30th Annual Saturn Awards, the awards ceremony of the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films. Read more at Cinescape, the awards’ sponsor, and the Hollywood Reporter for a list of all categories and nominations.
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‘Master and Commander’ beats RotK to Best Film award
‘Master and Commander’ has beaten Return of the King to win the best film award at the 24th London Film Critics Circle Awards yesterday. Read more at Zap2it.
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Tolkien’s great-grandson on the LotR films
Royd Tolkien, the great-grandson of J.R.R. Tolkien, talks about his love of Peter Jackson’s LotR films (having seen them seven times), his cameo role in RotK and the success of his great-grandfather’s books in this article at Reuters.
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More on RotK’s box office success.
Return of the King is now the world’s third biggest film ever, having made $942.7million so far. The film is yet to be released in Japan, and after its release there on Saturday, it is expected to pass the $1 billion landmark, a feat achieved by no film except Titanic. Read more at BBC News.
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No Oscar nomination for Sean Astin
Peter Jackson is delighted that Return of the King is up for so many Oscars, saying that winning one would be “an incredible honour that you will never have again”. However he is, like many fans, a little disappointed that Sean Astin didn’t receive a nomination for his acting in the film. Read more at…
