The Lord of the Rings (film series)
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| The Lord of the Rings | |
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| Director | Peter Jackson |
| Producer | Peter Jackson Fran Walsh Barrie M. Osborne Philippa Boyens Tim Sanders |
| Writer | Peter Jackson Fran Walsh Philippa Boyens Stephen Sinclair |
| Starring | Elijah Wood Ian McKellen Viggo Mortensen See cast section below for more |
| Music | Howard Shore |
| Cinematography | Andrew Lesnie |
| Studio | The Saul Zaentz Company WingNut Films |
| Distributor | New Line Cinema[note 1] |
| Released | The Fellowship of the Ring: 19 December, 2001 The Two Towers: 18 December, 2002 The Return of the King: 17 December, 2003 |
| Runtime | 557 minutes (Theatrical Edition) 681 minutes (Extended Edition) |
| Country | New Zealand United Kingdom United States |
| Language | English |
| Website | Official Website |
The Lord of the Rings is a movie series consisting of three films. The Fellowship of the Ring , The Two Towers, and The Return of the King. they are three live-action films which were directed by Peter Jackson and based upon the books by J.R.R. Tolkien.
Principal photography for all three films took place in New Zealand over a continuous eighteen-month period — the first time that three films had ever been shot together in this way, although some pairs of films had. There were several later "pick-up" shoots over the following months and years as the films were edited, special effects were added and the script was honed and revised.
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring was released in December 2001, and won the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation of 2001.
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers was released in December 2002.
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King was released in December 2003, and won all eleven of the Academy Awards for which it was nominated, including the award for Best Picture.
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[edit] Differences from the book
The films for the most part follow the storyline of the book (see J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings); however there are some major deviations as detailed within the entry for each film.
[edit] Cast
Principal actors and actresses include:
[edit] Facts and figures
- Amount of film shot during production: Over 6 million feet (over 1,800 kilometers)
- Swords, axes, shields and makeup prosthetics created: 48,000
- Background actors cast: 20,602
- Costumes produced by the wardrobe department: 19,000
- New Zealand cricket fans enlisted to create the Orc army's grunts: 10,000
- Behind-the-scenes crew members: 2,400 at the height of production
- Pairs of prosthetic Hobbit feet created: 1,600
- Most real horses in one scene: 250
- Computer special-effects artists employed: 180
- Total speaking roles: 114
- Locations in New Zealand used as backdrops: 100
- Tailors, cobblers, designers, et al. in the wardrobe department: 50
- Actors trained to speak fictional dialects and languages: 30
- Total years of development for all three films: 7
- Combined running time of the series (extended DVD editions): 680 minutes (11 hours and 20 minutes)
- Combined worldwide box-office gross: US$2,916,544,743 (source)
- International all-time box office rankings: 2 (Return of the King), 5 (Two Towers), 7 (Fellowship of the Ring)[1]
[edit] Academy Awards
If all three films are counted as one, the trilogy was nominated for 30 Academy Awards, of which it won 17.[2]
The Awards were as follows (A Win is marked by a "W"):
- Art Direction [Fellowship, Two Towers, King (W)]
- Cinematography [Fellowship (W)]
- Costume Design [Fellowship, King (W)]
- Directing [Fellowship, King (W)]
- Film Editing [Fellowship, Two Towers, King (W)]
- Makeup [Fellowship (W), King (W)]
- Music (Original Score) [Fellowship (W), King (W)]
- Music (Original Song) [Fellowship: "May It Be", King: "Into the West" (W)]
- Best Picture [Fellowship, Two Towers, King (W)]
- Sound [Fellowship, Two Towers]
- Sound Editing [Two Towers]
- Sound Mixing [King (W)]
- Supporting Actor [Fellowship: Ian McKellen ("Gandalf")]
- Visual Effects [Fellowship (W), Two Towers (W), King (W)]
- Writing (Previously Produced or Published) [Fellowship, King (W)]
Notes
- ↑ The films' distribution rights were transferred to Warner Bros. Pictures in 2008.
References
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| Licensed film adaptations of J.R.R. Tolkien's works |
| The Hobbit (1966) · The Hobbit (1977) · The Lord of the Rings (1978) · The Return of the King (1980) · The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) · The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) · The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) · The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) · The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) · The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014) |