Great news, "Lord of the Rings" junkies. The Hobbiton film set -- the village where the films were made, which was turned into a tourist attraction in 2002 -- opened the Green Dragon Inn up to visitors on December 1. The structure, which was also used to film scenes in The Hobbit, is now a working pub.
The inn's food and beverage manager, Shayne Forrest, overseas a menu that includes drinks like Girdle Fine Ale, Sackville Cider, Oak Barton Ale and Southfathing Ginger Ale.
An official ribbon cutting was important enough to draw the likes of New Zealand Prime Minister John Key, as well as several actors who played hobbits in the films.
The interior of the Green Dragon is intricately detailed -- it is, after all, part of a movie set. NoosaNews writes that an 80-person was required to transform the pub into working condition.
The Daily Mail writes that with the release of "The Hobbit,...
The inn's food and beverage manager, Shayne Forrest, overseas a menu that includes drinks like Girdle Fine Ale, Sackville Cider, Oak Barton Ale and Southfathing Ginger Ale.
An official ribbon cutting was important enough to draw the likes of New Zealand Prime Minister John Key, as well as several actors who played hobbits in the films.
The interior of the Green Dragon is intricately detailed -- it is, after all, part of a movie set. NoosaNews writes that an 80-person was required to transform the pub into working condition.
The Daily Mail writes that with the release of "The Hobbit,...
- 12/12/2012
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
I've never been to New Zealand but it's a place I've always wanted to visit and hopefully one day will. If that day ever comes I will take the Middle Earth tour and go hang out for awhile at this new Hobbit pub called The Green Dragon that just opened up!
The pub is located in the tourist village of Hobbiton, which is a town that's been around since 2002. Nearby is Matamata, which is where the Hobbit village was built for the Lord of the Rings films back in 1998. The addition of the pub just makes the town even more awesome! Hobbiton manager Russell Alexander said he estimates that the release of the film The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey will help bring in 100,000 visitors over the next 12 months.
As you will see in the photos the pub completely recreates everything that we love about Hobbiton and Middle Earth. WingNut Films...
The pub is located in the tourist village of Hobbiton, which is a town that's been around since 2002. Nearby is Matamata, which is where the Hobbit village was built for the Lord of the Rings films back in 1998. The addition of the pub just makes the town even more awesome! Hobbiton manager Russell Alexander said he estimates that the release of the film The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey will help bring in 100,000 visitors over the next 12 months.
As you will see in the photos the pub completely recreates everything that we love about Hobbiton and Middle Earth. WingNut Films...
- 12/12/2012
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Roger Savage; photo by Zorro Gamarnik
A 40-year veteran of the Australian film industry has been recognised for his achievements by the Australian Screen Sound Guild Awards.
The Syd Butterworth lifetime Achievement Award went to sound mixer Roger Savage at a ceremony last night at Sydney’s The Establishment.
Savage’s first film was a surf documentary about the 1970 World Championship, Getting Back To Nothing, directed by Tim Burstall in 1971. His next film was Mad Max in 1979 Mad Max, as well as other classics Star Wars: Return of the Jedi and Crocodile Dundee. More recently Savage has worked on Mao’s Last Dancer and Mental.
Elsewhere at the awards, Burning Man won the best film sound recording beating out Wish You Were Here, Swerve, Lore and Killer Elite.
In a similar list of nominees, the best Film Sound Design went to Wish You Were Here ahead of Burning Man, Lore,...
A 40-year veteran of the Australian film industry has been recognised for his achievements by the Australian Screen Sound Guild Awards.
The Syd Butterworth lifetime Achievement Award went to sound mixer Roger Savage at a ceremony last night at Sydney’s The Establishment.
Savage’s first film was a surf documentary about the 1970 World Championship, Getting Back To Nothing, directed by Tim Burstall in 1971. His next film was Mad Max in 1979 Mad Max, as well as other classics Star Wars: Return of the Jedi and Crocodile Dundee. More recently Savage has worked on Mao’s Last Dancer and Mental.
Elsewhere at the awards, Burning Man won the best film sound recording beating out Wish You Were Here, Swerve, Lore and Killer Elite.
In a similar list of nominees, the best Film Sound Design went to Wish You Were Here ahead of Burning Man, Lore,...
- 11/26/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
The Australian Sound Guild has announced the winners of.the 2012 Assg Awards.
Held yesterday at The Establishment Ballroom in Sydney, well over a hundred guests were in attendance.
The Assg has reported this year saw a record number of nominations.
Roger Savage (Babe, Moulin Rouge, Mental) was honoured with the Syd Butterworth Lifetime Achievement Award, and in his acceptance speech spoke of the difficulties the industry is currently facing.
.The problem we all face is low budgets,. he said. .We need to adapt to this new environment. It.s not just in Australia, it.s global. What we need to do is adapt and change.
.It is a collaborative industry and I.d like to share (this award) with everyone associated with sound, both past and present..
Best film sound mixing and best soundtrack both went to Killer Elite while Best Film Sound Design was awarded to Wish You Were Here.
Held yesterday at The Establishment Ballroom in Sydney, well over a hundred guests were in attendance.
The Assg has reported this year saw a record number of nominations.
Roger Savage (Babe, Moulin Rouge, Mental) was honoured with the Syd Butterworth Lifetime Achievement Award, and in his acceptance speech spoke of the difficulties the industry is currently facing.
.The problem we all face is low budgets,. he said. .We need to adapt to this new environment. It.s not just in Australia, it.s global. What we need to do is adapt and change.
.It is a collaborative industry and I.d like to share (this award) with everyone associated with sound, both past and present..
Best film sound mixing and best soundtrack both went to Killer Elite while Best Film Sound Design was awarded to Wish You Were Here.
- 11/25/2012
- by Emily Blatchford
- IF.com.au
Can’t wait for Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey to come out this December? Tourism New Zealand is offering fans a sneak peek at the Hobbiton movie set with the Hobbiton Movie Set Tours package now open to the public! Check out the press release below for details on the tour that’s only one of 30 different Lotr-themed tours:
Middle-earth tourists grab sneak preview of New Zealand’s Hobbiton Movie Set
ahead of December 2012 launch of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
If you loved The Lord of the Rings trilogy then prepare to be hooked on The Hobbit with two films being released over the next two years. “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,” the first of two films adapting the enduringly popular masterpiece The Hobbit from Oscar-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson, will be released on December 14, 2012 in the USA with the second film, “The Hobbit: There and Back Again,...
Middle-earth tourists grab sneak preview of New Zealand’s Hobbiton Movie Set
ahead of December 2012 launch of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
If you loved The Lord of the Rings trilogy then prepare to be hooked on The Hobbit with two films being released over the next two years. “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,” the first of two films adapting the enduringly popular masterpiece The Hobbit from Oscar-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson, will be released on December 14, 2012 in the USA with the second film, “The Hobbit: There and Back Again,...
- 7/20/2012
- by Lillian 'zenbitch' Standefer
- ScifiMafia
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