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Marquette University – weekly Tolkien presentations
From 14th January, the Department of Special Collections and University Archives of Marquette University (Milwaukee) are holding weekly presentations about their Tolkien collection. The presentations are free and open to all. The Department are also hosting a conference on 22-23 October on; “The Lord of the Rings: 1954-2004”. For further details visit their website here.
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Sideshow collectibles to be won!
Sideshow Collectibles have three fantastic prize draws. You could win a Balrog statue, Gollum bust or Witch-King crown. To enter follow the links at Sideshow Collectibles. To enter the draws you have to be 18 years or older, resident in the US, Canada or EU and a newsletter subscriber. Closing date is 15th January
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UK RotK premiere interviews – Viggo, Liv, Billy and more!
There are some great video clips (recorded at the UK premiere) at the BBC Film 2003 website here. Jonathan Ross interviewed 6 of the cast and PJ. There are 4 separate clips: Liv and Viggo, Dom and Billy, Andy Serkis and Sean Astin and Peter Jackson. Real Player is required (there is a transcript of…
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Book vs movie Frodo
How is “book” Frodo different to “movie” Frodo?. A thoughtful article at National Review discusses the changes made by Peter Jackson to the character of Frodo.
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Where is Bag End now?
An article at the Wairarapa News reveals that PJ has installed part of the Hobbiton film set, including Bag End, in the grounds of his house near Masterton, NZ where it will be used as a guest house!. For the full story go to the times-age website.
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Interview with Billy Boyd
In an interview at WPXI Billy Boyd (Pippin) talks about how he came to write the music for “The Steward of Gondor” the song that he sings in RotK.
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Did Middle England inspire Middle Earth?
There’s an interesting article at BBCi about Tolkien’s early years in the Birmingham area of the UK. The article talks about how some of the real life areas Tolkien knew may have been the inspiration for places such as the Old Forest and the Two Towers.
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UK residents – win RotK goodies!
CBBC is giving away 5 goodie bags (t-shirt, CD holder, cap and bag) in their RotK prize competition. To enter the competition click here. Closing date is 29th December. While you’re on the website take some time to vote for your favourite thing here and your favourite celebrity here (there’s a choice of 4 RotK…
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RotK box office take is $8 million!
BBCi reports that the box office take from midnight screenings of Return of the King was $8 million (£4.5 million).
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Exclusive LotR interviews at Empire Online
This week Empire Online is presenting exclusive interviews with the cast and crew of LotR, two are published every day. On Monday it was Andy Serkis and John Rhys-Davis, on Tuesday, Christopher Lee and Bernard Hill and today it’s Sir Ian McKellen and Barry Osbourne. Check the website daily for new interviews!
