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UK residents – win a unique LotR film cell
For a chance to win a unique LotR film cell enter the competition at Peterborough.net. The film cell comes in a frame together with LotR movie artwork and is valued at £50. The closing date for the competition is 22 May 2004.
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UK residents – win LotR goodies
There are 2 prize competitions over at BBC Oxford’s website. To enter the competition to win Fellowship of the Ring for Playstation 2 click here. For a chance to win a signed copy of Gollum: How we made movie magic by Andy Serkis and a pack of Tolkien stamps, click here.
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Peter Jackson talks about his crowning achievement
When Peter Jackson started making the LotR movies he tried to keep this vision in his mind, “to make a film I’d enjoy seeing myself.” In this interview at Digital Producer PJ talks about the making of the LotR movies. The article also contains interviews with Andrew Lesnie (cinematography) Barrie Osborne (producer) and Richard Taylor…
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Let The Hobbit Happen!
Join the online campaign to get The Hobbit made into a film. You can help by sending a postcard/letter, signing the online petition and by telling your family and friends to join in the campaign. For full details (including examples of what to write, downloadable cards/letters and the addresses of who to write to) click…
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Interview with Billy Boyd
Billy Boyd says he is, “constantly amazed by how many people have taken the Rings movies into their hearts. They refer to it everyday and even use certain words and terms from the film when they’re talking,” You can read the full interview with Billy at The Sun.
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Happy birthday Hugo!
Hugo Weaving (Elrond) was born on 4th April 1960, so today is his 44th birthday. There are some great pics in CoE’s gallery of Hugo here and of Elrond here. Happy birthday Hugo!
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Tom Shippey on the effectiveness of the LotR movies
Tom Shippey, who was one of Tolkien’s last students, gave an address at Hope College this Thursday on the effectiveness of the movies compared to the books. His view is, “The reason Jackson couldn’t capture the core of the original is because the cannons of narrative are different for the visual media compared to the…
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The Hobbit to be filmed in Shropshire?
ShropshireStar report that PJ is considering filming The Hobbit in Shropshire because of its associations with Tolkien. PJ visited the area today, 1st April and revealed that Ollo Frapi, a female hobbit is to be written into the screenplay as a love interest for Bilbo Baggins. He does acknowledge though that this “might enrage devotees…
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The Return of the King for Apple Mac
The RotK videogame is now available for the Apple Mac. There’s a review of the game at apple.com including screen shots, cheat codes and a trailer (QuickTime required). Sir Ian McKellen’s view is, “If you can’t be in the movie, you might as well play the game; it’s the next best thing.”.
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Viggo on Richard & Judy
Viggo Mortensen will be appearing on the UK TV show Richard & Judy on Thursday 1st April. According to their website at channel4.com, Viggo will be talking about, “his amazing experience playing Aragorn”. The show airs on Channel 4 at 5pm.
