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RotK leads at the box office
RotK is number 1 in ticket sales for the third weekend in a row. You can see the figures and read the story at Yahoo! Movies.
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Bearing the burden of Frodo
The Baltimore Sun talks to Elijah Wood about the difficulties of playing Frodo in RotK.
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Sir Ian McKellen and the ‘Rings’ phenomenon
Ian McKellen talks about his reaction to all the publicity surrounding the LotR movies in an article at Yahoo! News.
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Tolkien and the Great War: The Threshold of Middle-Earth
The Mercury News offers a review of the latest Tolkien biography.
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The many faces of Viggo Mortensen
The Daily Sentinel is running an interview with Viggo Mortenson in which he discusses LotR and other aspects of his life. You can read the complete artlicle here.
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Tolkien’s sources of inspiration for LotR
An article at the Cincinatti Post discusses some of Tolkien’s sources of inspiration for LotR.
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Morning Call discusses Tolkien’s key themes
The Morning Call discusses some of the key themes in Tolkien’s work. To read the full story go to mcall.
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There and Back Again: An Actors Tale
Sean Astin talks to the Guardian Unlimited about how making the films changed his life, and his post-LotR plans, including writing a book about his experiences tentatively called “There and Back Again: An Actor’s Tale”.
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Making sense of Middle-Earth
FilmStew.com has an in-depth feature on the LOTR films which includes interviews with the cast. They also have a roundtable with Peter Jackson (as well as a brief interview with Elijah Wood).
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CBS Early Show interview
If you missed Elijah Wood’s recent appearance on CBS’s “The Early Show”, you can read it here.
