Show r— ' 'jamMi S2 fflo Vinos’ mmttion or w6uld-b- e Hobbits Elves and wiz aids it was a can’t-miopportunity “Lad of the Rings" fans enjoyed “Trilogy Tuesday” a " maradion of all three films including the first public screenings of the third and final movie “The Return of the King" Reaction to the first film was wildly F ss Die-ha- rd ' - : enthusiastic at the Senator Theatre in rs Baltimore with each of the major getting cheers fa their first appearance The most piercing: screams were reserved fa Orlando Bloom who plays the Elf warrior ' Legolas “If I could just stop the fan girls in' the back from acting like high school fan girls then it would be great” said Chris Baryliek a graduate" student at George Washington V ' University He comxded that sitting through three extremely long movies in one day would not be easy ' ' “I was kind of hitting the wall during the first presentation'’ he said “My : upper back was saying ’What are you doing to me?”’ Most of the tickets had been pur- ebased hours after they went on sale in : October but fans lined up long before the trilogy ’s start to stake a claim on the best seats The 99 theaters participating in the trilogy marathoo arranged numerous treats fa fans with some setting up bufr breaks the between-mov- ie lets student Michael Brown a at Johns Hopkins University was first in Senator arriving at i line at die 900-se10:45 am Monday with a tent a sleeping bag and a box of PowerBars “I spent 10 hours waiting for ‘the ‘‘Two Towers’ to open and about the :yV same fa one ofthe ‘Harry Potter movies I try to be first in line fa just about everything that premieres here” Brown said “I do this to myself because 1 love movies and I feel like if I’m going to go see the movies I might as well do it right” Ordinary moviegoers though may feel daunted by the New Line Cinema trilogy directed by Peter Jackson and starring Elij ah Wood Viggo Mortensen Ian McKellen and Sean Astin It began with t)se “extended edition" of “The Fellowship of the Ring” from noon to 3:30 pjn “TheTWo Towers” also in extended form was to follow at 4:30 pm leaving time faabreak of an 't iiour and 45 minutes before die 10 pm start of ‘The Return of the King” But for fans the more “Rings” footage they get to see fhe better chair-acte- on-scre-en : i1 fa ‘ i' i l’- ' at AP photos Above: Jason Quillen Center adds hair to the ears of fellow “hobbit" Bobby Pratt left as Robbie Bolton right helps while they wait at the Jackson 10 Tuesday Dec' 16 in Jackson Mich for the open- ing of “Lord of the Rings: Return of the as elves Crim King’ Below: Schroyer left 16 of New Market Md and his sister Corry Schroyer 22 of Pikesville Md wait with about 800 fans outside Baltimore's Senator Theatre of the Tuesday to see all three “Lord " Rings movies in succession Demand fa trilogy tickets has ban huge with ticketsselling on the auction site eBay and online ticket brokers fior : $250 apiece ‘ 'upto “I scheduled this a year ago” said : Nancy Pierson a toxicologist from Boston who paid$120 on eBay for a''- ticket and drove to Albany NY for the marathonT couldn’t get anything clos- - Under a fjiarit image of a Lord of the Rings character “GoHum arierriotionally conflict- hobbit eager moviegoers made their way into the showings of The' Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King atCarmjke Cinema af th'& Oakwood Mall Tuesday er In New York City Daisy Martinez wore a green hooded cloak ' studded with pins of the characters anri closed at the neck with a leaf pin that merchan'was part of :the official movie NEWyORK (AP)—One of thc: fhc morning tosee it again " " dising V' : stairs ofthe “Lord bf the Rings”1 v!j!“No one seeing the movie at 2 “It speaks to the times it speaks to V con- -' ' is going to tell that they're not GoHum is an emotionally the inner child inside everybody’’ : if flicted hobbit — but fans were any- -' said Prassas “I y impressed” thought Martinez said of author' JRR Tolkien’s as they left early 'Covered all the points in the book : but thing is the it tells that that “The wok 9t6iy The truth of the matter is it’s a terrific screenings of the trilogy’s final install- littlest person can make a huge differ-ven' i ' film I was very excited" ment early Wednesdays i 1 in the world and just feel that lived up to all fhe hype" said V On : “It 99 across theaters the Tuesday with the stuff that’s going on in the Columbia University student Alex in all the narion showed three films r world today we need to believe that” Davis 2 L who planned to take a final with ‘King’’ trilogy At a Tampa Fla theater Tony ' exam five hours after a screen : leaving midnight 29-debuting Wednesday! 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