French Return Of The King Premiere Ruined By Protesters

WireImage ^ | 12/13/2003

[maquiladora]

"Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" Opening Party and Premiere in Paris Interrupted by Protesters

"Intermittents du Spectacle" (Showbiz Intermittents) attack the Francois Mitterrand National Library in order to protest against globalization and the French Minister of Culture & Communication. The exposition of cinematographic memorabilia from the movie accompanying the "The Lord of the Rings" event as well as the premiere in Paris were ruined by the group of protesters and celebrities had to be evacuated.

[maquiladora]

These creeps make me sick.

[Redcloak]

Les Orcs!

[maquiladora]

Sad news. Want to ping the ringers?

[HairOfTheDog]

ecurbh is on his way..... What the heck?

[ecurbh]

Ring Ping!!

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[HairOfTheDog]

Anarchist WTO types? What have they got against LoTR?

[maquiladora]

Probably just the fact that there was going to be a big media presence there, also general feelings of hatred towards anything Western that makes a lot of money. Attention whores.

The genuine French LOTR fans who showed up must be feeling sick with embarrasment.

[Alouette]

I suppose they were angry that the Orcs don't win?

[HairOfTheDog]

Wonder which celebs were there?

I'd be more than sick with embarrassment.

I'd be ticked off at anyone who wrecked this for me. Pity the person behind me that talks or plays with plastic wrappers!

[maquiladora]

Not sure who was there, but it looks like nobody was hurt.

I think we might see PJ adding some Frenchie decapitations in the ROTK EE.

[BenLurkin]

That would be an apt analogy for their political sentiments.

[Corin Stormhands]

Pity the person behind me that talks or plays with plastic wrappers!

Unlike TTT, we are NOT going with Jr's friend and his dad.

[Lil'freeper]

A premiere in Paris? Talk about casting pearls before swine.

[Killborn]

They see it as the another product of the "inferior, imperialist, and idiotic" Yankee culture polluting their "sophisticated, superb, and sublime" French culture.

[HairOfTheDog]

French Protesters Disrupt ROTK Premiere
12/13/03, 5:45 pm EST - Xoanon

Wireimage: Intermitent du Spectacle attacks the Francois Mitterand National Library in order to protest globalisation and the French Minister of Culture. They then proceeded to trash the exposition of cinemagraphic memorabila from the film. The exposition as well as the opening acompanying the "The Lord of the Rings" arrival in Paris were ruined by the group and numerous celebrities were displaced.

Butt-heads.

[Restorer]

The New Zealanders are taking over the world!

[The Iguana]

And people wonder why Tolkien hated French.

[BradyLS]

Pity the person behind me that talks or plays with plastic wrappers!

Have little pity. You're going to see ROTK a dozen times in the theaters, at least, aren't you?

[HairOfTheDog]

Prolly! - though later on when the theaters empty out I can relocate if there is a 'wrapper krinkler' behind me.

Until then.... I have a PFFFFFFFT! that can hush a whole theater.

[JCB]

French culture is a joke.

I hope it goes the way of Mordor.