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Florent Maksuti

So, My favorite movie so far is The Lord of the Rings (LOTR) Trilogy. History and all about the Movie:

The Lord of the Rings// film trilogy** consists of three live action fantasy epic films: The //Fellowship of the Ring// (2001), //The Two Towers// (2002) and //Return of the King// (2003).The trilogy is based on the three-volume book //The Lord of the Rings// by J. R. R. Tolkien. The Movie is all about a young hobbit and a ring, which the ring contains bad(dark side) powers. Set in the fictional world of Middle-earth, the three films follow the young hobbit Frodo Baggins as he and a Fellowship embark on a quest to destroy the One Ring, and thus ensure the destruction of its maker, the Dark Lord Sauron. The Fellowship becomes divided and Frodo continues the quest together with his loyal companion Sam and the treacherous Gollum. Meanwhile, the wizard Gandalf and Aragorn, heir in exile to the throne of Gondor, unite and rally the Free Peoples of Middle-earth, who are ultimately victorious in the War of the Ring.
 * //The Lord of the Rings film TRILOGY:

The films were directed by Peter Jackson and distributed by New Line Cinema. Considered to be one of the biggest movie projects ever undertaken, with an overall budget of $280 million, the entire project took eight years, with the filming for all three films done simultaneously and entirely in Jackson's native New Zealand. Each film in the trilogy also had Special Extended Editions, released on DVD a year after the theatrical releases. The trilogy was a great financial success, with the films being the 15th, 8th, and 2nd highest-grossing films of all time, respectively, unadjusted for inflation. The films were critically acclaimed, winning 17 out of 30 Academy Awards nominated in total, and received wide praise for the cast and for the innovative practical and digital special effects.

Development: Director Peter Jackson first came into contact with //The Lord of the Rings// when he saw Ralph Bakshi's 1978 film, which he found confusing. Afterwards, he read a tie-in edition of the book during a twelve-hour train journey from Wellington to Auckland when he was seventeen. Jackson's reaction was, "I can't wait until somebody makes a movie of this book because //I'd// like to see it!" In 1995, Jackson was finishing //The Frighteners// and considered //The Lord of the Rings// as a new project, wondering "why nobody else seemed to be doing anything about it".With the new developments in computer-generated imagery following //Jurassic Park//, Jackson set about planning a fantasy film that would be relatively serious and feel "real". By October, he and his partner Fran Walsh teamed up with Miramax Films boss Harvey Weinstein to negotiate with Saul Zaentz who had held the rights to the book since the early 1970s, pitching an adaptation of //The Hobbit// and two films based on //The Lord of the Rings//. Negotiations then stalled when Universal Studios offered Jackson a remake of //King Kong//.Weinstein was furious, and further problems arose when it turned out Zaentz did not have distribution rights to //The Hobbit//; United Artists, which was in the market, did. By April 1996 the rights question was still not resolved.Jackson decided to move ahead with //King Kong// before filming //The Lord of the Rings//, prompting Universal to enter a deal with Miramax to receive foreign earnings from //The Lord of the Rings// whilst Miramax received foreign earnings from //King Kong//.

Cast: Special Effects: The first film has around 540 effect shots, the second 799, and the third 1,488 (2,730 in total). The total increases to 3,420 with the extended editions. 260 visual effect artists began work on the trilogy, and the number doubled by //The Two Towers//. The crew, led by Jim Rygiel and Randy Cook, worked long hours, often overnight, to produce special effects within a short space of time. Jackson's active imagination was a driving force. For example, several major shots of Helm's Deep were produced within the last six weeks of post-production of //The Two Towers//, and the same happened again within the last six weeks on //The Return of the King//.
 * Elijah Wood as Frodo Baggins
 * Sean Astin as Samwise Gamgee
 * Viggo Mortensen as Aragorn
 * Ian McKellen as Gandalf the Grey/White
 * Dominic Monaghan as Merry
 * Billy Boyd as Pippin
 * Orlando Bloom as Legolas
 * John Rhys-Davies as Gimli/Voice of Treebeard
 * Sean Bean as Boromir
 * Hugo Weaving as Elrond
 * Liv Tyler as Arwen
 * Ian Holm as Bilbo Baggins
 * Cate Blanchett as Galadriel
 * Andy Serkis as Gollum
 * Christopher Lee as Saruman
 * Bernard Hill as Théoden
 * Miranda Otto as Éowyn
 * Karl Urban as Éomer
 * David Wenham as Faramir
 * Brad Dourif as Wormtongue
 * John Noble as Denethor
 * Paul Norell as the King of the Dead
 * Marton Csokas as Celeborn
 * Craig Parker as Haldir/Voice of Gothmog
 * Sala Baker as Sauron/"Maggoty-Bread" Uruk/Stunts
 * Harry Sinclair as Isildur
 * Lawrence Makoare as Lurtz/Gothmog/The Witch-king of Angmar/Stunts
 * Bruce Spence as the Mouth of Sauron
 * Nathaniel Lees as Uglúk/Stunts
 * Bruce Hopkins as Gamling
 * Jed Brophy as Sharku/Snaga
 * Peter McKenzie as Elendil
 * Mark Ferguson as Gil-galad
 * Bret McKenzie as Figwit/Elf Escort

Music: The score is primarily played by the London Philharmonic Orchestra, and many artists such as Ben Del Maestro, Enya, Renee Fleming, Sir James Galway, Annie Lennox and Emiliana Torrini contributed. Even actors Billy Boyd, Viggo Mortensen, Liv Tyler, Miranda Otto (extended cuts only for the latter two), and Peter Jackson (for a single gong sound in the second film) contributed to the score. Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens also wrote the lyrics to various music and songs, which David Salo translated into Tolkien's languages. The third film's end song, //Into the West//, was a tribute to a young filmmaker Jackson and Walsh befriended named Cameron Duncan, who died of cancer in 2003.

Releases: //The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring// was released 19 December 2001. It grossed $47 million in its U.S. opening weekend and made around $871 million worldwide. A preview of //The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers// was attached at the end of the cinema release for the film. A promotional trailer was later released. The trailer contained some music re-scored from the film //Requiem for a Dream//. //The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers// was released 18 December 2002. It grossed $62 million in its first U.S. weekend and out-grossed its predecessor, grossing $926 million worldwide. The promotional trailer for //The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King// was debuted exclusively before the New Line Cinema film //Secondhand Lions// on 23 September 2003.Released 17 December 2003, its first U.S. weekend gross was $72 million, and became the second film (after //Titanic//) to gross over $1 billion worldwide.