EXCLUSIVE! New RINGERS Trailer and Pre-Orders Now Online!
One Book. One Ring. One World.
ABOUT THE FILM:
Narrated by Dominic Monaghan (star of ABC’s Lost and the Academy Award
winning Lord of the Rings trilogy), RINGERS garnered outrageous
attention from audiences and press alike during its smash festival
circuit run. Screenings continuously sold out in Newport Beach,
Dallas, and Park City -- with many enthusiasts camping out in Utah’s
freezing January weather just to be the first to get tickets.
Premiere magazine proclaimed what eager audiences and fans have waited
to hear: "There's a new documentary to take you back to The Shire" --
while The Toronto Star called RINGERS "comprehensive, entertaining and
informative pop cultural history." The Indie Film uber-website
FilmThreat loudly praised: "It is a documentary that will always be a
salient part of “Lord of the Rings” history.... See it, absorb it, love
it!"
RINGERS charts the ongoing influence of “The Lord of the Rings” on pop
culture, which continues at full speed more than 50 years after the
books’ first publication. Filled with exceptional interviews with
legendary rock musicians, filmmakers, professors, actors, authors, and
true-blue Ringer fans, the film breathlessly weaves together five
decades of Western popular culture. Infused with a dynamic rock score,
irreverent cut-out animation (a la Terry Gilliam), and even a
centerpiece audience Sing-a-long, RINGERS is a genre-busting
documentary that shows how a single literary work continues to spark
the minds and hearts of millions.
RINGERS: LORD OF THE FANS is a feature-length documentary that explores
how "The Lord of the Rings" has influenced Western popular culture over
the past 50 years. Moving beyond “cult classic” and over several
different generations, the film unearths countless people gathered
under the banner of ‘Ringer’ -- academics, musicians, movie stars,
authors, filmmakers, and a plethora of pop junkies. Celebrity
interviewees include Peter Jackson, Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Clive
Barker, and David Carradine.
RINGERS features a dynamic rock-driven score with musicians who were
influenced by J.R.R. Tolkien. Several indie recording artists have
provided new covers of songs from previous “Rings” adaptations.
Produced in association with the popular fan-site TheOneRing.net,
RINGERS stands as the most comprehensive film document of the ongoing
impact of “The Lord of the Rings.”
From the hippie counter-culture to the electronic age; from the Bakshi
animated film to Jackson’s epic trilogy; this documentary brings
together extensive footage collected over 21 months -- across three
continents.
What began as the private amusement of a tweedy Oxford professor has
now become a new mythology for the 21st century. RINGERS: LORD OF THE
FANS shows how an adventure story published in 1954 has had dynamic
ripple-effects through Western pop-culture. RINGERS carefully pulls
away the veil between Tolkien’s book and the creations of art, music,
and community that have been inspired by it.
RINGERS interviewees include: Writer/Director/Producer - Peter
Jackson, Actor - Elijah Wood, Actor - Sir Ian McKellen, Actor - Viggo
Mortensen, Actor - Sean Astin, Actor - Dominic Monaghan, Actor - Billy
Boyd, Actor - Andy Serkis, Actor - Orlando Bloom, Screenwriter -
Philippa Boyens, Author/Interviewer - Cliff Broadway, Author/Filmmaker
- Clive Barker, Writer/Director/Producer - Cameron Crowe, Actor - David
Carradine, Author - Terry Pratchett, Author - Peter S. Beagle, Author -
Terry Brooks, Musician - Lemmy Kilmister, Musician - Geddy Lee, Tolkien
Scholar - Dr. Jane Chance, Chairperson of the Tolkien Society -
Christine Crawshaw, Author - Colin Duriez, Filmmaker/Critic - Chris
Gore, Writer/Publisher - Forrest J. Ackerman, Actor - Bill Mumy,
Author/Broadcaster - Brian Sibley, Illustrator/Author - Colleen Doran,
Illustrator/Author - Jill Thompson, and hundreds of Tolkien fans!
Preorder 'Ringers' here:
USA (Region 1)
UK (Region 2)
Click here to watch the trailer
One Book. One Ring. One World.
ABOUT THE FILM:
Narrated by Dominic Monaghan (star of ABC’s Lost and the Academy Award
winning Lord of the Rings trilogy), RINGERS garnered outrageous
attention from audiences and press alike during its smash festival
circuit run. Screenings continuously sold out in Newport Beach,
Dallas, and Park City -- with many enthusiasts camping out in Utah’s
freezing January weather just to be the first to get tickets.
Premiere magazine proclaimed what eager audiences and fans have waited
to hear: "There's a new documentary to take you back to The Shire" --
while The Toronto Star called RINGERS "comprehensive, entertaining and
informative pop cultural history." The Indie Film uber-website
FilmThreat loudly praised: "It is a documentary that will always be a
salient part of “Lord of the Rings” history.... See it, absorb it, love
it!"
RINGERS charts the ongoing influence of “The Lord of the Rings” on pop
culture, which continues at full speed more than 50 years after the
books’ first publication. Filled with exceptional interviews with
legendary rock musicians, filmmakers, professors, actors, authors, and
true-blue Ringer fans, the film breathlessly weaves together five
decades of Western popular culture. Infused with a dynamic rock score,
irreverent cut-out animation (a la Terry Gilliam), and even a
centerpiece audience Sing-a-long, RINGERS is a genre-busting
documentary that shows how a single literary work continues to spark
the minds and hearts of millions.
RINGERS: LORD OF THE FANS is a feature-length documentary that explores
how "The Lord of the Rings" has influenced Western popular culture over
the past 50 years. Moving beyond “cult classic” and over several
different generations, the film unearths countless people gathered
under the banner of ‘Ringer’ -- academics, musicians, movie stars,
authors, filmmakers, and a plethora of pop junkies. Celebrity
interviewees include Peter Jackson, Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Clive
Barker, and David Carradine.
RINGERS features a dynamic rock-driven score with musicians who were
influenced by J.R.R. Tolkien. Several indie recording artists have
provided new covers of songs from previous “Rings” adaptations.
Produced in association with the popular fan-site TheOneRing.net,
RINGERS stands as the most comprehensive film document of the ongoing
impact of “The Lord of the Rings.”
From the hippie counter-culture to the electronic age; from the Bakshi
animated film to Jackson’s epic trilogy; this documentary brings
together extensive footage collected over 21 months -- across three
continents.
What began as the private amusement of a tweedy Oxford professor has
now become a new mythology for the 21st century. RINGERS: LORD OF THE
FANS shows how an adventure story published in 1954 has had dynamic
ripple-effects through Western pop-culture. RINGERS carefully pulls
away the veil between Tolkien’s book and the creations of art, music,
and community that have been inspired by it.
RINGERS interviewees include: Writer/Director/Producer - Peter
Jackson, Actor - Elijah Wood, Actor - Sir Ian McKellen, Actor - Viggo
Mortensen, Actor - Sean Astin, Actor - Dominic Monaghan, Actor - Billy
Boyd, Actor - Andy Serkis, Actor - Orlando Bloom, Screenwriter -
Philippa Boyens, Author/Interviewer - Cliff Broadway, Author/Filmmaker
- Clive Barker, Writer/Director/Producer - Cameron Crowe, Actor - David
Carradine, Author - Terry Pratchett, Author - Peter S. Beagle, Author -
Terry Brooks, Musician - Lemmy Kilmister, Musician - Geddy Lee, Tolkien
Scholar - Dr. Jane Chance, Chairperson of the Tolkien Society -
Christine Crawshaw, Author - Colin Duriez, Filmmaker/Critic - Chris
Gore, Writer/Publisher - Forrest J. Ackerman, Actor - Bill Mumy,
Author/Broadcaster - Brian Sibley, Illustrator/Author - Colleen Doran,
Illustrator/Author - Jill Thompson, and hundreds of Tolkien fans!
Preorder 'Ringers' here:
USA (Region 1)
UK (Region 2)
Click here to watch the trailer
