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Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring

Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring. Directed by Peter Jackson Also directed The Frighteners Written by Fran Walsh Also wrote King Kong (2005) Starred Elijah Wood as Frodo Also in Sin City Starred Sean Astin as Samwise Also in Rudy Starred Orlando Bloom as Legolas

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Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring

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  1. Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring

  2. Directed by Peter Jackson • Also directed The Frighteners • Written by Fran Walsh • Also wrote King Kong (2005) • Starred Elijah Wood as Frodo • Also in Sin City • Starred Sean Astin as Samwise • Also in Rudy • Starred Orlando Bloom as Legolas • Also in the Pirates of The Caribbean movies • Budget was $93 million, Gross was over $314 mil. • Over $66 mil. in its first weekend

  3. Ian Holm, Bilbo Baggins, voice Frodo in the 1981BBC radio adaptation • Stuart Townsend originally cast as Aragorn but was fired because too young. • John Astin, Sean’s father, auditioned for Gandalf. • Eight of the nine members of the fellowship got a tattoo of the word “nine” spelled in Elvish. • John Rhys-Davies , Gimli, declined to get the tattoo. • Elijah wood dressed in costume and went out to the hills to tape his audition. • Daniel Day-Lewis turned down role of Aragorn • Howard Shore was influenced by Wagners music

  4. Alan Lee and John Howe, renowned Tolkien artists, were hired to work on the film. • Bridge in Hobbiton was built by the New Zealand army. • Bilbo’s cake had 111 candles on it and it was so hot that it burned the polystyrene cake. • Two sets of Bag End, Bilbos home, were built. • One full size and one at 33% scale. • Some actors in the Prancing Pony were on stilts. • Big trees in Lothlorien were made of rubber • Climactic fight scene was shot in the middle of a heatwave.

  5. Legolas’s arrows in the final battle were computer generated. • At least three people were arrested for trying to break onto the set. • JRR Tolkine estate didn’t like Peter Jackson’s adaptation but couldn’t do anything because they sold the rights in the 60’s for $15,000 • Dwarvish language is real and all the writings in Balin’s tomb were acurate according to a Tolien scholar. • Stayed in the US top ten for 13 weeks straight. • Hobbiton was built a year before production began • 1800 feet of Hobbiton were built.

  6. 29 Ring Wraith costumes were made. During the Council of Elrond scene about half a dozen crew members were positioned above the set to drop leaves. Illuminated door that leads to the Mines of Moria was painted with the material that cats eyes and road signs are painted with. Galadriel’s home at Lothloriwn was the largest miniature set built for the trilogy Ian Holm never shot the beginning scenes at Hobbiton on location, he was against a blue screen. Nocturnal screams of possums were used for the screeches of the Orcs.

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