The Lord of the Rings film trilogy
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The Lord of the Rings film trilogy are three live-action fantasy epic films: 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 trilogy is based on the book The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien.
The film trilogy was directed by Peter Jackson. The screenplay was written by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Peter Jackson. It was distributed by New Line Cinema.
It was first live action Lord of the Rings films that were made. They were filmed together in New Zealand from October 1999 to December 2000, and released separately in December 2001-2003.
[change] Cast
The cast includes:
- Elijah Wood as Frodo Baggins
- Ian McKellen as Gandalf
- Viggo Mortensen as Aragorn
- Sean Astin as Samwise "Sam" Gamgee
- Dominic Monaghan as Meriadoc "Merry" Brandybuck
- Billy Boyd as Peregrin "Pippin" Took
- Orlando Bloom as Legolas
- John Rhys-Davies as Gimli and the voice of Treebeard
- Sean Bean as Boromir
- Ian Holm as Bilbo Baggins
- Hugo Weaving as Elrond
- Cate Blanchett as Galadriel
- Liv Tyler as Arwen
- Christopher Lee as Saruman
[change] Trivia
- Together the three films were nominated for 30 Oscars at the Academy Awards. They won 17 Oscars, 11 of which were for Return of the King.
- The 3 movies cost 281 million dollars to make.
- Much of the filming was done in New Zealand, but some areas were made using computers.
- Each movie has a Special Extended Edition DVD which has a longer version of the movie.
- Together the movies are longer than 11 hours
- There are more than 3,500 special effects.
- Each movie was released a few weeks before Christmas in 2001, 2002, and 2003.
- The movies made nearly 3 billion dollars.
[change] See also
The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien | |
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Book | The Fellowship of the Ring • The Two Towers • The Return of the King |
Characters: | Frodo • Sam • Merry • Pippin • Bilbo • Gandalf • Aragorn • Legolas • Gimli • Boromir • Sauron • Saruman • Arwen • Elrond • Galadriel • Théoden • Éomer • Éowyn • Wormtongue • Faramir • Denethor • Gollum • Witch-king • Treebeard • Tom Bombadil |
Other books: | The Hobbit |
Films | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring • The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King • The Lord of the Rings (1978 film) |