Posted on 03/14/2002 5:07:26 AM PST by HairOfTheDog
Does anyone know if that little snippet of Sam's poetry is from the book? It sounded familir to me, but I have no idea if it's in there or not.
Yay! We get some poetry....finally!
excerpt:
[Regarding LoTR:]....New Zealand's center-left government stepped in by lending its small armed forces to work as extras, while a cabinet minister was given the additional portfolio of minister of Lord of the Rings to help boost the country's profile. It also underwrote Friday's party at the plush Beverly Hills Hotel.DIRECTOR PERFORMS IN CIRCUS
Peter Jackson, the Oscar-nominated director, producer and screenwriter of "The Lord of the Rings," attended the event, as did several of his actors, including Sean Bean, Orlando Bloom and McKellen. Also on hand were Andrew Adamson, the New Zealand-born co-director of the hit animated film "Shrek," and Australian singer Kate Ceberano.
With Hollywood in fever-pitch preparation for its biggest night of the year on Sunday, the low-key Jackson told reporters he was somewhat dismayed by all the buzz.
"It's a bit of a circus, let's face it, and we're all the performers in the circus," he said. "So you just have to go along and enjoy the ride, I guess. I am trying to look on it as a once-in-a-lifetime experience and I may never be here again. And so I'll just soak it all in and take from it what I can."
He downplayed his Oscar chances, forecasting he would lose the adapted screenplay and director races. The film's best hope, among the major categories, is best picture, he said.
Richard Taylor, a triple-nominee for visual effects, makeup and costume design, told Reuters he also had mixed emotions.
"People keep saying, 'Are you excited?' It's not at all that we're cocky about it, we just don't understand the hype of what this is about. It makes it very, very unusual being here. It's very special, though. We do appreciate that we've been recognized at this level."
And Bloom can actually hit a target with that bow!
Loved seeing some of the scenery too...
Houghton Mifflin LOTR Day Video Clips
Looks like it's one special about the movie production split into several short media files. FYI, they take a long time to download, even with a DSL line, I am saving all of them to my hard drive.
Shouldn't we post notices on the threads which will not be active redirecting people to where we will be, or should we just have everybody do their own thing without even advising them where us activist hobbits are? (I used to be an activist organizer type, some habits [or is that hobbits] never die!)
I will begin hanging out in the chat room when the E! pre-red carpet show starts (9:00 Pacific), and announce anything I hear or see here too. ABC and E! are both showing red carpet shows prior to it airing (ABC 5:30 pacific), so we should split between the two so we know when our boys are on either!
I don't know what other sites to monitor... any ideas?
The Ring Ping King will undoubtedly let everyone know.
Now, what to fix for breakfast!
I haven't have any breakfast yet. Ponies eat first and they are still waiting for me to have more coffee!
Well we could have a FR browser window open to search on 'Rings' in a post title and if a new post appears go to that thread and suggest that folks might want to go where most discussion is going on (most likely here or the Guild threads, a little late to ask them to join the Yahoo site before the ceremony of course [I guess we would prefer to get used to them here before we invite them there, of course]).
Should we flag ecurbh here to share our thoughts (he isn't taking the day off, is he??!!).
I'll be checking in often during the day, but I, my wings (developed quite a fondness for hot wings!), and my pints are watching the race.
For what it is worth. Not much, of course, we can't sue him.
My horses are acting very strange today. Something is in the air.
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