Bilbo Baggins sends in these scanns from the Ottawa Citizen. [Scan 1 Scan 2 Scan 3]
Category: Cannes 2001
Lord Of The Rings Works Its Magic At Cannes
Crispian Balmer
It’s not in competition, it’s not even finished, but the Hollywood adaptation of “The Lord of the Rings” still managed to cast a spell over the Cannes Film Festival. [More]
So many fans have written to me in the last 8 hours about the Balrog that I thought I would get the big question out of the way.
YES! The Balrog has wings!!!!
Highlight the blank spot above for the answer.
(I know Jincey and the Barlimans crowd are going to have a great time with this! Heh)
Ou revoir!
ps – Today’s itinerary is to relax and prepare for the PARTY. Look for a report later if I can find an adapter that works in my hotel! The ones here aren’t the normal European ones! eek!
From: Ryan
Thought that I would mention that E! News Daily will be showing a segment on LOTR at Cannes on Monday’s show. They say that they will be “inside.” I assume that this means that they will be at the thing at the castle. I don’t think that they will show footage, but anything is possible!!
From: Alexander
Here is a pic from the swedish paper aftonbladet. It was attached to the article about Cannes.
Everybody’s Tolkien about it
Twenty-five minutes from the first of the long-awaited Lord Of The Rings movie trilogy is being screened at the Cannes Film Festival.
The excerpts show “the scope, drama, action and humour of the film”, says New Line Cinema boss Rolf Mittweg. [More]