re-release of the LotR movies {was GoF one movie? @ HPFGU-Movie}

[Petra Pan]

Tim:
> Have you heard that on the day
> before the release of RotK that they 
> are going to play the extended
> versions of FotR & TT followed by 
> RotK??  You can sit and watch all
> 10+ hours of LotR with intermissions
> between each film.  Mark Dec 16th on
> your calendar's for this special event.

Tim, later:
> Those are the only details so far...
> and I found those at Yahoo Movies.  The
> plan is to release the extended version
> of FotR in mid November... followed by
> the extended version of TT in early 
> December... then the special event of
> all three films on the 16th... followed
> by the release of RotK on the 17th.

Here are some more details, which don't 
quite mesh with what you've got.  Do you 
have an URL for me?  :)

According to Variety.com:

"Just two weeks before the Dec. 17 release 
of 'The Lord of the Rings: The Return of 
the King' -- the final installment of the 
Peter Jackson-helmed epic trilogy -- the 
first two 'Ring' entries [this time with 
additional scenes and footage added] will 
be unspooling worldwide."

FotR (208 minutes) is for the week of 
Dec. 5 then TT (214 minutes) for the week 
of Dec. 12 - all this leading up to a 
worldwide Dec. 16 daylong marathon, 
during which all three films will be 
shown back-to-back.  A 3 p.m. showing of 
FotR followed by TT at 7 p.m. then an 
11 p.m. screening of "Return of the King" 
is suggested by New Line.

It sounds like the US cities are already 
set but not so outside the US.  If you 
won't be in the US in these weeks, you 
might want to urge your favorite theaters 
to join the festivities by contacting 
their New Line account rep. ASAP.

You can get the "rest of the story" at:

http://tinyurl.com/lbep

(which is http://www.variety.com/
story.asp?l=story&a=VR1117891287&c=13)

Don't be rebuffed by the fact that this 
is a subscription-based site: they offer 
FREE trials.  :)

Well, well, well...<g>...this is one 
helluva way to campaign for the Oscars!

Petra
a
n  :)

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