The Lord of the Rings Beauty Completes 'Airline to Middle-Earth' Themed Fleet.To download high-resolution, print-ready JPEG JPEG in full Joint Photographic Experts Group Standard computer file format for storing graphic images in a compressed form for general use. JPEG images are compressed using a mathematical algorithm. images, click on the thumbnail image above. WARNING: these images are very large (800K+) Click here for caption Entertainment Editors/Business Editors/Travel Writers MULTIMEDIA AVAILABLE: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/mmg.cgi?eid=4523975 LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 25, 2003 Air New Zealand Parameter not given Error... ''Template needs its first parameter as beg[in], mid[dle], or end. Parameter not given Error... , Airline to Middle-earth, today unveiled the fourth and final aircraft in its unique Lord of the Rings themed fleet. Celebrating the role of women in The Lord of the Rings films, an Airbus A320 rolled out of Air New Zealand's main Auckland, New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland. , hangar to reveal its eye-catching design. The Airbus billboard brings together two of the strong women of the motion picture trilogy with powerful images of New Zealand's dramatically beautiful landscape. The faces of characters Arwen (Liv Tyler) and Eowyn (Miranda Otto) are set against a glorious backdrop of remote George Sound in New Zealand's Fiordland National Park Fiordland National Park Park, southwestern South Island, New Zealand. Established in 1952, it is one of the largest national parks in the world, with an area of 4,834 sq mi (12,519 sq km). , captured by top New Zealand landscape photographer Andris Apse. Air New Zealand Vice President Western Region Gus Gilmore said, "As the world's media increasingly focuses on New Zealand and its integral role in the motion picture trilogy, our flying billboards will play a major role in increasing awareness of New Zealand's appeal to international visitors. These evocative images will help us tell that story in the most impactful way possible, wherever we are in the world." The decision to feature a Southern Lakes landscape on the final Lord of the Rings aircraft reinforces the link between the record-breaking motion picture trilogy and the landscape in which it was filmed. As the newest aircraft in the Air New Zealand fleet, the Airbus will fly predominantly on the busy Tasman routes between New Zealand and Australia and to various Pacific Islands ensuring the Middle-earth message is seen throughout the South Pacific. The four aircraft that make up Air New Zealand's Lord of the Rings themed fleet will criss-cross the world, carrying the images of Middle-earth Images of Middle-Earth is an international Tolkien art exhibition includes more than 170 artworks. The exhibition was first held in August 2002 at the Agolanti Fortress, Riccione. It continued on to Forlì, Rome, Ancona, Forlì, and San Daniele del Friuli. to up to 22 international gateways including Los Angeles, Honolulu and London. Images of all four aircraft are available. Motion Picture Photography motion picture photography or cinematography, photographic arts and techniques involved in making motion pictures. See also photography, still. , Artwork and Related Indicia Signs; indications. Circumstances that point to the existence of a given fact as probable, but not certain. For example, indicia of partnership are any circumstances which would induce the belief that a given person was in reality, though not technically, a member of a given (C) MMIII MMIII Mega Man 3 (video game) New Line Productions, Inc. The Lord of the Rings, and the names of the characters, events, items and places therein, are trademarks of The Saul Zaentz Company d/b/a Tolkien Enterprises under license to New Line Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved. MULTIMEDIA AVAILABLE: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/mmg.cgi?eid=4523975 |
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