2003

Tolkien-related events that took place in 2003.

March

• 23 - Peter Jackson's The Two Towers wins two Oscars, out of six nominations, at the 75th Academy Awards.
• 25 - The first Tolkien Reading Day

April

• 15 - The Art of The Two Towers is published.
• 30 - J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography (Greenwood Biographies) by Leslie Ellen Jones is published.

May

• 5 - Artist Ben Lee dies of Duchenne.

June

• 5 - Andy Serkis wins an MTV Movie Award, category "Best Animated Character", for his role as Gollum. His immortal acceptance speech would win a Hugo in 2004.
• 15 - Philip Stone, who voiced Théoden in Ralph Bakshi's The Lord of the Rings, dies.
• 16 - British Writers: Classics, Volume II is published.
• 30 - The Lord of the Rings Strategy Battle Game: Shadow and Flame is published.

July

• 10 - Tolkien Thing V.
• 25-28 - Mythcon XXXIV.

September

• 18-21 - Oxonmoot 2003.
• 22 - The Eleventy-First Birthday Party is held in Frankenmuth, Michigan.
• ? - The Origins of Tolkien's Middle-earth For Dummies is published.

October

• 1 - The Gospel According to Tolkien is published.
• ? - Tolkien and C.S. Lewis: The Gift of Friendship is published.

November

• 3 - Meditations on Middle-earth is published.
• 4 - The Essential J.R.R. Tolkien Sourcebook is published.
• 4 - The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring is released in the US.
• 26 - Gordon Reid, who provided several voices in The Lord of the Rings radio series, dies.
• ? - Vinyar Tengwar 45 is published.

December

• 1 - Gollum: How We Made Movie Magic is published.
• 3 - David Hemmings, who played Bergil in The Lord of the Rings (1955 radio series), dies.
• 17 - Peter Jackson's The Return of the King premieres in Wellington, New Zealand.
• 17 - Alan Tilvern, who voiced "Innkeeper" in Ralph Bakshi's The Lord of the Rings, dies.
• 23 - Parma Eldalamberon issue 14 is published.

?

• ? - Tolkien in Translation is published.
• ? - Tolkien Through Russian Eyes is published.

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