Mock trial set for "The Lord of the Rings" director
WAX2002020201 - 02 FEBRUARY 2002 - YPSILANTI, MICHIGAN, USA: Defense attorney and literature professor Henry Russell, Ph.D., will serve as prosecutor during a mock trial on Feb. 7, 2002, at Ave Maria College, of Peter Jackson "for the desecration of 'The Lord of the Rings.'" The question is wether Jackson's movie rendition of the popular J. R. R. Tolkien trilogy passes muster with tried-and-true Tolkien fans. rlw/HO UPI..
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