The Lord of the Rings (film series)

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'''''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring''''', '''''The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers''''', and '''''The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King''''', known collectively as '''''The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy''''', are three live-action films which were directed by [[Peter Jackson]] and based upon [[J.R.R. Tolkien|J.R.R. Tolkien's]] ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''.

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.

==Differences from the book==
The films for the most part follow the storyline of the book (see [[J.R.R. Tolkien|J.R.R. Tolkien's]] ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''); however there are some major deviations as detailed within the entry for each film.

==Cast==
Principal actors and actresses include:
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Role !! Actor
|-
| [[Frodo Baggins]] || [[Elijah Wood]]
|-
| [[Gandalf]] || [[Ian McKellen]]
|-

| [[Aragorn]] || [[Viggo Mortensen]]
|-
| [[Arwen]] || [[Liv Tyler]]
|-
| [[Samwise Gamgee]] || [[Sean Astin]]
|-
| [[Saruman]] || [[Christopher Lee]]
|-
| [[Legolas]] || [[Orlando Bloom]]
|-
| [[Gimli]], voice of [[Treebeard]] || [[John Rhys-Davies]]
|-
| [[Elrond]] || [[Hugo Weaving]]
|-
| [[Galadriel]] || [[Cate Blanchett]]
|-
| [[Meriadoc Brandybuck]] || [[Dominic Monaghan]]
|-
| [[Peregrin Took]] || [[Billy Boyd]]
|-
| [[Éowyn]] || [[Miranda Otto]]
|-
| [[Éomer]] || [[Karl Urban]]
|-
| [[Théoden]] || [[Bernard Hill]]
|-
| [[Gríma|Gríma Wormtongue]] || [[Brad Dourif]]
|-
| [[Boromir]] || [[Sean Bean]]
|-
| [[Faramir]] || [[David Wenham]]
|-
| [[Denethor II]] || [[John Noble]]
|-
| [[Gollum|Gollum/Sméagol]] || [[Andy Serkis]]
|}

==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 [[Orcs|Orc]] army's grunts: '''10,000'''
* Behind-the-scenes crew members: '''2,400''' at the height of production
* Pairs of prosthetic [[Hobbits|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''' ([http://www.boxofficemojo.com/search/?q=lord%20of%20the%20rings&p=.htm source])
* International all-time box office rankings: 2 (Return of the King), 5 (Two Towers), 7 (Fellowship of the Ring)[http://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/alltime/intl.htm]

==Academy Awards==

If all three films are counted as one, the trilogy was nominated for 30 Academy Awards, of which it won 17.[http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/DisplayMain.jsp?curTime=1129999202923]

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)] 

== External links ==
* '''[http://www.lordoftherings.net Official website]'''

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