The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring was the link movie connecting Avengers: Doomsday and Ratatouille.
Linked through Ian McKellen and Ian Holm.
Both Ian McKellen and Ian Holm appeared in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.
About The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
"One ring to rule them all."
Young hobbit Frodo Baggins, after inheriting a mysterious ring from his uncle Bilbo, must leave his home in order to keep it from falling into the hands of its evil creator. Along the way, a fellowship is formed to protect the ringbearer and make sure that the ring arrives at its final destination: Mt. Doom, the only place where it can be destroyed.
Directed by Peter Jackson
Written by Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens
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At the 74th Academy Awards the film received thirteen nominations including Best Picture and won four Oscars: Best Cinematography, Best Makeup, Best Original Score, and Best Visual Effects. It was named one of AFI's 100 greatest American films in 2007 and was selected for preservation in the U.S. National Film Registry in 2021.
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Score by Howard Shore
The film's musical score received critical praise and won the Academy Award for Best Original Score at the 74th Academy Awards.
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The film was financed and distributed by New Line Cinema but filmed and edited entirely in Peter Jackson's native New Zealand, with production occurring concurrently with the other two parts of the trilogy.
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Before filming began the principal actors trained six weeks in sword fighting (with Bob Anderson), riding and boating to bond, acclimatize to life in Wellington, and were trained to pronounce Tolkien's verses properly.
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After the shoot the nine cast members who played the Fellowship got a tattoo of the Elvish symbol for the number nine; John Rhys-Davies did not get one—his stunt double got it instead.
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Ian McKellen based Gandalf's accent on a recording of Tolkien reading The Hobbit and, unlike his on-screen character, did not spend much time with the actors playing the Hobbits, instead working with their scale doubles.
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Viggo Mortensen replaced Stuart Townsend during filming when Jackson realized Townsend was too young; Mortensen read the book on the plane, took a crash-course fencing lesson, patched his own costume and carried his sword off-camera, becoming a hit with the crew.
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Andy Serkis was approached for Gollum while working on a 1999 six-episode Oliver Twist miniseries and was initially doubtful because his face would not appear onscreen; Gollum appears briefly in the prologue and is only heard or partially shown in later scenes.
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