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Nienor SharkAttack
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Posted: Sat 31 Oct , 2009 2:14 pm
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This made me happy. :) Highly deserved, and about time.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2009/oct ... topher-lee

And yay that he will be in Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland", I didn't know that! :D

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Oh, that is cool! :toast:

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Yes, it's great news - it was announced back in June in the Queen's birthday honours list over here.

His​ knighthood​ is​ for​ services​ to​ drama​ and​ charity.​ He​ is​ a​ leading​ supporter​ of​ UNICEF,​ particularly​ the​ charity’s​ Child​ Survival​ Campaign.​

http://www.looktothe​stars.org/celebr ... pher-leeâ€


He​ is​ also​ in​ the​ Guiness​ Book​ of​ World​ Records​ for​ having​ have​ credits​ in​ over​ 300​ movie​ and​ TV​ productions,​ making​ him​ the​ most​ credited​ movie​ actor​ in​ history.​

And​ as​ an​ aside,​ he's​ also​ registered​ in​ the​ Guiness​ Book​ of​ World​ Records​ as​ the​ world's​ tallest​ leading​ actor​ (6'5")​ ;-​ )

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Posted: Mon 02 Nov , 2009 1:32 pm
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I think he should kust be Deified. He's got the voice. :)

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:toast: That's very cool!

Sometimes I think these knighthoods are given out to people who don't quite deserve them, but I can see this one, particularly as you think about what he has contributed to New Zealand (its international recognition, tourism, national pride, etc.).

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Oh, definitely very well-earned! :bow: Sir PJ now, eh?

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LalaithUrwen wrote:
:toast: That's very cool!

Sometimes I think these knighthoods are given out to people who don't quite deserve them, but I can see this one, particularly as you think about what he has contributed to New Zealand (its international recognition, tourism, national pride, etc.).

unlike the Nobel Peace Prize


[ img ] Peter Jackson.

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Ara-anna wrote:
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:toast: That's very cool!

Sometimes I think these knighthoods are given out to people who don't quite deserve them, but I can see this one, particularly as you think about what he has contributed to New Zealand (its international recognition, tourism, national pride, etc.).

unlike the Nobel Peace Prize


[ img ] Peter Jackson.

You are a brat. :P

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ToE, folks, take it to ToE! :heya:

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What the hell is that thing doing to that shield?
Dunno, but if he wants some lessons on handling that sword, my friends can oblige...

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:scratch: Oh, where'd he go?

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Who needs a King or Prince.

Once a Knight is good enough for me! ;)


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Happy fucking day, they've got what, a few letters in front of their name? A few letters with an association of centuries of repression, colonialism, conservatism and herediatism? Who needs a knighthood!?

What I say is congratulations Huxley, Britten, Hawking, Faraday, Lowry, Yeats, Vaughan Williams, Hardy, Pinter and all the rest who recognised the knighthood for what it was: a completely arbitrary set of letters that meant that some ignorant old sot liked them, and that all that really matters is achievment.

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Happy New Year to you too, Crucifer :drunk:

PJ is now Sir Peter Jackson, KNZM (Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit).
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“One of the best things about growing up in New Zealand is that if you are prepared to work hard and have faith in yourself, truly anything is possible,” says Wellington’s newly-knighted Peter Jackson.

He sees his knighthood (which was announced today) as “recognition of the collective achievement of our terrific crews and our film pioneers … who trailblazed a path towards the creation of a modern Kiwi film industry”.

In the New Zealand Herald, Sir Peter says “I didn’t think anything would surpass the 2004 Academy Awards, but I was wrong. The feeling of gratitude and pride I have in accepting this honour from my home country is profound.”

The Herald is quoting from a written statement. It seems that Sir Peter is away on holiday – his first for many years.

http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=18568

Interesting tidbit on the background to the honours system in NZ:

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New Zealand has made its most famous film-maker a knight in the reinstatement of the title for the first time in a decade.

Peter Jackson, maker of the Oscar-winning Lord of the Rings trilogy, said the award was "better than the Oscars".

Former Prime Minister Helen Clark, who had abolished British knighthoods in 2000, was made a member of the Order of New Zealand.

This is the highest honour available in the country.

It carries no honorific and is limited to 20 living New Zealanders at any one time.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-p ... 435718.stm

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Crucifer, next time you should tell us how you really feel. ;)

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Heh. Slightly tipsy I may have been, but I stand by my post above! :horse:

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Sir Peter Jackson. It has a nice ring to it. Besides, it will drive the purists absolutely batty.

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A nice what to it? :Q :Q :Q

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A nice [ img ] to it....
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