I just saw this over at TORN:

ROTK: EE Screening in Ontario

1/20/05, 10:55 pm EST - Xoanon

Michael writes: One of the independent theatres in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, a restored 1920s cinema called the Movie Palace, has been showing ROTK:EE this month. Their final showing is Sunday, Jan 30th, at 12:30 pm. From all reports, the restoration of the theatre alone, which was done late last year, is worth the measly price of admission ($9.00 Cdn).

The website is here.

The review of the RotKEE I've been waiting for is finally out--I love reading DVDverdict.com's reviews (their Firefly, Angel and Buffy reviews are not to be missed), and they really do a good job of including all the elements I enjoy on the LotREE sets.

This is goofy. And yet hilarious: [link]

Aha! I'd heard about that but never saw it. SO FUNNY!

t wipes tears from eyes

Oh, WAY hilarious! Hee!

An interview with Billy Boyd from The Scotsman.

There's another one ... see JSw's post: JohnSweden "LotR - The Return of the King: "We named the *dog* 'Strider'"." Jan 19, 2005 11:21:58 am PST

Love that interview, sumi!

Billy’s Danny provides the much-needed comic relief, spending much of the movie prancing about in skimpy pink knickers.

For someone who spent three years in false feet, fake ears and a curly Hobbit wig, this was evidently no great hardship. "The knickers were more enjoyable than furry feet, that’s for sure," says Billy with his distinctive, defensive chuckle. "And it could have been worse. The director originally wanted me to wear a G-string. I put my foot down there. But I did try on lots of knickers. Big knickers, really small knickers. I’m an expert now. If there’s anything you want to know about knickers, I’m your man."

Kathy, thanks for the link to DVDVerdict...that was actually one of the better reviews I've read of the ROTK:EE. I've bookmarked them to check for other DVDs, since they discuss both the technical aspects of the format and the more artistic aspects of the content.

We've been inviting people over to watch the trilogy as a way to christen our new TV, and so far of the Americans at the embassy, only one has seen one of the movies (and she saw ROTK. Didn't like it, unsurprisingly). Several Greeks have seen them, but aren't that into them. One of the Greeks said to us, "You know there are only 8 fans of fantasy or sci-fi in the country."

I'm still boggled about why someone would go to ROTK without having seen the first two.

I see a 2005 release date, but was this really filmed after LotR? I don't like JRD, but I'd have thought he could find better work.