Frodo: Please, what does it always mean, this... this "Aragorn"?
Elrond: That's his name. Aragorn, son of Arathorn.
Aragorn: I like "Strider."
Elrond: We named the *dog* "Strider".
A discussion of Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King. If you're a pervy hobbit fancier, this is the place for you.
PLEASE LET THIS BE TRUE:
An employee of the Odeon theater chain in the U.K. has posted a message on a Lord of the Rings website disclosing that the chain has been notified that the three extended versions of the Rings films will be distributed to theaters in October, ahead of their DVD release in December. Another employee of a theater in Denmark said that his managers received a message from the films' distributors noting that the three extended versions will be shipped to "a select number of cinemas" in Denmark in "mid-October."
And let it be applicable here.
t hyperventilating
They wouldn't NOT do it here... right?
I think the question to ask is could they make dumptrucks full of money doing it. I'm pretty sure they could.
Someone at New Line is probably looking at the spreadsheets and thinking "Well, the DVD release will make lots of money, but damn, I wish we were going to get that nice Christmas present of a new theatrical release this year--wait ..."
I'm on record as hoping they'd make an annual Christmas tradition of running the entire trilogy of extended editions theatrically. Wouldn't that be a fun annual tradition?
There's some precedent.
Gone With The Wind
was re-released multiple times, which was highly unusual for a film back then. But it just kept making tons of money, so every five years or so they'd put it back into release.
I think that the GwtW re-releases were unusual for non-children's films, but Disney made a mint on re-releases. Of course, successful films stayed in the theaters for much longer pre-video than they do now; IIRC, Sound of Music was in first release for over two years.
I think that would be an excellent Christmas tradition.
They should film that....and, y'know, show it every Christmas.
Um.
An employee of the Odeon theater chain in the U.K. has posted a message on a Lord of the Rings website disclosing that the chain has been notified that the three extended versions of the Rings films will be distributed to theaters in October, ahead of their DVD release in December.
::crossing fingers. damn. the toes won't cross::
I hope they come to theaters here too, despite the shameful lack of toe crossing! Just imagine all of the popcorn sales for people stuck overjoyed to be in the theater for over 10 hours.
Guh. I think I stopped breathing for nearly a minute.
I can't imagine they wouldn't release the extended editions here. The only question now is how hard it will be to get tickets.
