The ‘Lord of the Rings in Concert’ tour launched last night in Glendale, Arizona with eight more dates in other cities through the rest of October. Lord of the Rings movie prop and costume collector Troika will be traveling with the symphony and putting some of his remarkable collection on display for concert attendees. Troika will be on hand at each concert to meet with fans and other original prop collectors. [Read more…]
The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra will be presenting another series of concert performances featuring music from the Lord of the Rings trilogy of films. As was the case in 2008, there will be an extensive exhibit of original props and costumes from the movies on display for the benefit of those attending the event. [Read more…]
Reporter Joseph Barratt authored a news feature in this past weekend’s “Herald on Sunday” (published online by The New Zealand Herald) titled “Fraud of the Rings?” which focused on Troika Brodsky and his collection of original movie props used in the Academy Award-winning Lord of the Rings film trilogy directed by Peter Jackson. The collector was both surprised and dismayed by the story that was published, questioning his credibility and the authenticity of the pieces in his collection created by Weta Workshop and sourced from highly publicized, direct from the studio sources (New Line Cinema Auctions and a Hasbro sweepstakes contest). [Read more…]
Total Film Magazine, one of my two favorite movie magazines (the other being Empire Magazine, both out of the UK) has a feature in the November 2008 issue covering the Weta Workshop exhibit at the Royal Armouries (see “The Wonderful World of Weta” Exhibition in UK) and talks with Richard Taylor about the Lord of the Rings franchise. [Read more…]
This is a follow-up to the two prior articles (first, second) noting the exhibition of original props and costumes on display at The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra performance of Howard Shore’s score for the Lord of the Rings films this past weekend. [Read more…]
Below is a photo preview of some of the Lord of the Rings original props and wardrobe on display tonight and tomorrow night at the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra event (as announced yesterday): [Read more…]
The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra will be performing Howard Shore’s score for the Lord of the Rings films on September 19th and 20th. This event is sold out. However, a private collector will have on display a number of original props from the Trilogy. [Read more…]
There is a nice little video on BBC News providing good coverage of the props and costumes on display at the Royal Armouries (see “The Wonderful World of Weta” Exhibition in UK). [Read more…]
