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RINGERS Screening for Charity

Thursday, August 25th, 6:00 pm San Francisco, California

SF in SF Presents a special screening of the award-winning feature documentary RINGERS: LORD OF THE FANS. The evening will feature a discussion featuring the film's director, editor and fantasy author Peter S. Beagle. Doors and cash bar open at 6:00PM, the event begins at 7:00PM. The screening and discussion will be held in the Variety Preview Room Theater in San Francisco.

Peter S. Beagle is no stranger to The Lord of the Rings. He penned both the screenplay for the Ralph Bakshi animated adaptation and the introduction to the infamous 1970's Ballantine re-issue of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. Mr. Beagle is one of the many outstanding authors featured in RINGERS. A resident of Oakland, Beagle recently accepted the 2011 World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement.

Ringers: Lord of the Fans - One Book. One Ring. One World.

This award-winning documentary highlights the growth of Tolkien fandom, and how The Lord of the Rings has influenced Western popular culture over the past 50 years. Co-Produced & Directed by Bay Area filmmaker Carlene Cordova, RINGERS won the award for Outstanding Achievement in a Documentary at the 2005 Newport Beach Film Festival. The film was a co-production of leading Tolkien fan-site TheOneRing.net and was the Runner-up for the 2005 Slamdance Film Festival Audience Award along with a nomination for Best DVD Release at the 2006 Saturn Awards. RINGERS is distributed by Sony Pictures Entertainment.

"...Revealing documentary on the LOTR cult shows how hippies, head bangers, and even Leonard Nimoy helped make Middle-earth one of literature's most popular destinations."
- Wired Magazine

"...A serious, at times goofy, yet always affectionate exploration of the history and cultural impact of 'Rings'..."
-The Washington Post

Narrated by Dominic Monaghan (LOST, The Lord of the Rings), RINGERS traverses the hippie counter-culture and electronic age. From the animated films to Jackson's Oscar-winning trilogy; this documentary brings together extensive footage collected over 21 months -- across three continents. RINGERS: LORD OF THE FANS shows how an adventure story published in 1954 has had dynamic ripple effects. RINGERS carefully pulls away the veil between Tolkien's book and the creations of art, music, and community that have been inspired by it.

CAST: Dominic Monaghan - Narrator, Peter Jackson, Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Billy Boyd, Andy Serkis, John Rhys-Davies, Philippa Boyens, Barrie Osborne, Clifford Broadway, Sala Baker, Clive Barker, Cameron Crowe, David Carradine, Terry Pratchett, Peter S. Beagle, Terry Brooks, Lemmy Kilmister, Geddy Lee, Dr. Jane Chance, Christine Crawshaw, Colin Duriez, Chris Gore, Forrest J. Ackerman, Bill Mumy, Brian Sibley, Colleen Doran, Jill Thompson, and hundreds of Tolkien fans! RINGERS full cast and crew credits can be seen on it's IMDB page.

Filmmaker Carlene Cordova and Editor John Welch will be discussing the film along with Peter S. Beagle.