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LotR marathon and festival in Geneva, NY
On 12th March the Smith Opera House, Geneva, NY are holding a LotR marathon and festival. The event will feature screenings of the three LotR movies along with a costume contest, prizes and food with a Tolkien theme. There are further details at fltimes.com
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Funding saves one of The Two Towers
Funding has been made available to carry out much needed emergency repairs on Perrott’s Folly in Birmingham, UK. Perrott’s Folly and Waterworks Tower are believed to have been Tolkien’s inspiration for The Two Towers. You can read the full story at icBirmingham.com.
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The Shire Country Park
To honor Tolkien’s associations with the area, The Millstream Project, a city nature reserve in Birmingham, has been re-named The Shire Country Park. Richard Crawshaw, from the Tolkien Society hopes, “renaming the park was the first step towards creating a centre dedicated to the author”. You can read the full story at Scotsman.com.
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Nominations for RotK EE DVD
The nominations for the fifth annual DVD Exclusive awards have been announced and The Return of the King – Extended Edition has received a total of seven nominations. These include nominations in the New Movie Scenes and Behind the Scenes Program categories. There’s a full list of all the nominations at dvdexclusive.com. The winners will…
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A toast to “The Professor”
Today, 3rd January, is the birthday of J.R.R. Tolkien. He was born 113 years ago on 3rd January 1892 in Bloemfontein, South Africa. The Tolkien Society suggest that at 9pm in your local time you raise a glass and celebrate his life and work with a toast to “The Professor”.
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The Oxford experience
A one week residential course on The Inklings will be held at Christ Church College, Oxford, UK from 31st July to 5th August 2005. The course will be led by Jonathan Thorpe and will explore, “the ways in which Tolkien and Lewis fuse culture, philosophy, religion and literary traditions in their stories”. There are further…
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Tolkien lecture
On Tuesday January 11th Michael Drout, Tolkien scholar and associate professor of English at Wheaton College will give a talk entitled, “Understanding J.R.R. Tolkien and the Lord of the Rings”. The venue is Fiske Library, Wrentham, MA. There are further details at TownOnline.com and at the Fiske Library website here.
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Win “The Last Alliance”
Enter the contest at sideshowtoy.com for a chance to win a Last Alliance busts set. There are 4 busts in the set; Elrond, King Elendil, Prince Isildur and Gil-galad. The contest is open to e-newsletter members and the closing date is 10am (PST) on 30th December.
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Mistakes of the Rings
The list of movie errors at moviemistakes.com has been updated and now includes some from the recently released extended edition of RotK.
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The Ring Thing
Mail & Guardian Online report on The Ring Thing, a Swiss parody of The Lord of the Rings movies. Filmed in the mountains of Switzerland and featuring Edward Piccin as Friedo, the film is set to become the biggest Swiss box office hit of 2004.
