
When he died, aged 76, from Covid-19 in March 2020, he was married to Australian voice coach Gabrielle Rogers. Top British dialect coach and actor Andrew Jack created the Middle-earth accents for the movies and taught them to the cast of the trilogy, including Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom and Elijah Wood.ĭuring a stellar career, he also worked on four Star Wars films, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and dozens of other blockbusters. The Lord of the Rings is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential film series ever made. Each film was critically acclaimed, with high praise for their innovative special effects, acting, set design, musical score and emotional depth, and heavily awarded, the series winning 17 Academy Awards.The ex-wife and the widow of a Lord of the Rings voice coach have become locked in an 'unfortunate Mexican standoff' over his £100,000 life insurance payout - with each claiming he no longer loved the other. Meanwhile, Aragorn, heir in exile to the throne of Gondor, along with Legolas, Gimli, Boromir, Merry, Pippin and the wizard Gandalf, unite to save the Free Peoples of Middle-earth from the forces of Sauron and rally them in the War of the Ring to aid Frodo by distracting Sauron's attention. The Fellowship eventually splits up and Frodo continues the quest with his loyal companion Sam and the treacherous Gollum. Set in the fictional world of Middle-earth, the trilogy follow the hobbit Frodo Baggins as he and the Fellowship embark on a quest to destroy the One Ring, to ensure the destruction of its maker, the Dark Lord Sauron. Guests will receive wristbands for reentry.


Following that film, there will be a 60 minute break for dinner at 7:15pm before The Return of the King at 8:15pm. There will be a 30 minute break before The Two Towers at roughly 3:15pm for afternoon tea. Your journey begins with The Fellowship of the Ring at 11am. Join us for this special marathon screening of Peter Jackson's epic, Academy-Award winning The Lord of the Rings trilogy.
