[Ti] OT - Academy Awards

[Simon Chapman]

At 10:59 am -0800 2/3/04, Tom Hamilton wrote:
>Well, not completely off topic as you will see.
>
>Much is being said about the recently concluded Academy Awards.
>However, Billy Crystal wasn't quite right when he said there wasn't
>anyone in New Zealand left to thank. (snip)

Well said, Tom. And congratulations to Glenn ....who is presumably booked
up for the foreseeable future -- helping to create a large monkey...and
maybe another Oscar or two.

What a night that was for the NZ film and technical industries! No doubt
the NZ government helped Peter Jackson financially but they have been
repaid many times over with the great worldwide publicity that Oscar night
generates.

Simon