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Friday, January 16, 2004

Airs weekdays at noon
Andy Serkis’s work as Gollum in “The Lord of the Rings” began as just a three-week voiceover commission, but it turned into a five-year project. He is here to explain how he brought Gollum to life.

Andy Serkis

Andy Serkis has just written Gollum: A Behind the Scenes Guide of the Making of Gollum.

See the film’s website.

•Music: Lord of the Rings: Return of the King: #1,9, 11, & 18 (composed by Howard Shore)

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Ken Wells

The new book Herd on the Street: Animal Stories from The Wall Street Journal tells stories of depressed dogs, chimpanzees retired from the Air Force, and taste-tester cats. Ken Wells is the book’s editor.

Read more about the book.

•Music: Raymond Scott The ...

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Saadi Yacef

Battle of Algiers The 1965 agitprop film “The Battle of Algiers” was based on producer and star Saadi Yacef’s memoirs. It’s now showing at the Film Forum through January 29th.

Visit the Film Forum’s website


•Music: ...

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