LOTR fanatic reaps fruit of labour as her £25,000 prequel scores 500,000 views on the internet

Daily Mail ^ | February 10, 2010 | Andrew Levy

[C19fan]

One cost more than £200 million, took eight years to film using the spectacular scenery of New Zealand and won 17 Oscars. The other cost £25,000, was filmed over a year in muddy English locations, and has not been nominated for any awards. But for Lord Of The Rings trilogy fanatic Kate Madison, filming a prequel was the purest form of art - a labour of love.

[C19fan]

Good for her. I have to check it out.

[ClearCase_guy]

The film follows Arathorn and Gilraen, from their first meeting to their journey across a fantasy landscape where they lead their people, the Dunedain, into battle against orks and trolls.

Orks?

[tarawa]

I’ll have to sit down in front of the computer at home and give this a watch...

[cvq3842]

Sounds great. But will the copyright owners sue her? Hope things turn out OK for her.

[pgkdan]

bump.

[ClearCase_guy]

I’m no expert on copyright, but the story of Arathorn and Gilraen is merely touched upon in Tolkien’s works. I don’t know if taking the mere concept and creating a movie about it would really violate copyright.

[Snickering Hound]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_ekugPKqFw

1.5 million views at a fraction of the budget...

[cvq3842]

I hope that’s the case.

[Domandred]

Tag to watch later. Could be worth it.

[PapaBear3625]

Sounds great. But will the copyright owners sue her? Hope things turn out OK for her.

I think Tolkien's copyrights have expired by now. She just needs to be careful about references to the movie.

[al_c]

ping

[Deb]

That’s all fine till she tries to make .12c on it, then she can expect the giant metal fist of Mr. Saul Zaentz to come down hard.

[libertarian27]

Bookmark

[Deb]

Saul Zaentz owns every word, period and comma of LOTR. And he’s VERY tenacious about protecting his property.

[SnakeDoctor]

>> LOTR fanatic reaps fruit of labour as her £25,000 prequel scores 500,000 views on the internet

I’m not sure I’d define “views” as a “fruit of labor”. Has she made any money off of it ... recouped her costs?

SnakeDoc

[AzSteven]

Orks?

Daily Mail is a UK paper - the writer is probably flashing back to his days playing Warhammer as a teenager. The Orks are one of the major factions in this gaming universe, but are much sillier than Tolkien's orcs.

[Niuhuru]

Mainly because she didn’t have to pay the salaries of celebrities.

[I still care]

She’s an attractive woman, and is acting in the film. What she’s really doing is putting out a very creative advertisement.

Even if she gets sued, the giant ad is doing what it’s meant to do. Other actresses would spend that money putting new boobs in.

[airborne]

Very cool! She even starred in the movie, and, IMHO, she's hot!

[athelass]

I’ve been following this film for a year, so exciting for us LOTR fanatics. Also a blow against the destructive power/culture of Hollywood. Spread the word, gotta support the independent film makers. BTW, is Andrew Levy our TV’s Andy Levy? Probably not, but it’s funny.