The LORD OF THE RINGS Films | A Complete Retrospective

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The world is changed. Over a period of 8 years, a group of filmmakers created one of the greatest film trilogies of all time. Now, 20 years later, we recount their journey and discover how exactly these films came to be. From development, to production, to the building excitement among fans. Covering the good, the bad, and everything in between. This is... THE LORD OF THE RINGS - A COMPLETE RETROSPECTIVE MAIN SOURCES: The Lord of the Rings - The Appendices Parts 1 to 6 Charlie Rose interviews Peter Jackson in 2002: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ggVDYcvNxg Charlie Rose interviews Peter Jackson, Elijah Wood, and Viggo Mortensen in 2002: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=API3_OC_XSI THE COMPLETE TIMELINE: 00:00 - The World is Changed… 00:03:18 - 1978: The Ralph Bakshi Film 00:03:59 - 1980: Rankin/Bass Return of the King 00:04:31 - 1995: The Turn of the Tide 00:06:17 - 1997: Development Begins for Miramax 00:07:44 - 1998: Production Leaves Miramax 00:09:49 - 1998: The Last Shot with New Line 00:11:24 - 1998: Adapting The Lord of the Rings 00:18:31 - 1998: Storyboards/Pre-Vis 00:19:43 - 1998: Weta Workshop 00:20:23 - 1999: Weta Workshop, cont. 00:23:25 - 1999: The One Ring 00:24:07 - 1999: Designing Middle-Earth 00:25:40 - 1999: Miniatures 00:26:36 - 1999: New Zealand’s Locations 00:27:47 - 1999: Casting 00:31:13 - 1999: The Beginnings of Gollum 00:33:09 - 1999: Principal Photography Begins 00:33:43 - 1999: Recasting Aragorn 00:34:50 - 1999: The Second Units 00:35:52 - 1999: Daily Prosthetics by Weta Workshop 00:36:51 - 1999: Daily Script Revisions 00:37:11 - 1999: The Stairs to Cirith Ungol Vol. 1 00:38:37 - 2000: A Wizard is Never Late 00:39:00 - 2000: Scale 00:42:18 - 2000: The First Teaser Trailer 00:44:10 - 2000: New Cast Members 00:44:31 - 2000: Andy Serkis joins as Gollum 00:46:02 - 2000: The Filming of Helm’s Deep 00:47:19 - 2000: The Glorious Sets and Locations 00:48:29 - 2000: Howard Shore joins 00:49:22 - 2000: The Stairs to Cirith Ungol Vol. 2 00:50:03 - 2000: The Last Week of Production 00:52:29 - 2001: A New Teaser Trailer 00:53:51 - 2001: Editing - Film One 00:55:35 - 2001: Fellowship - Trailer #1 00:57:20 - 2001: Pick-Ups - Film One 00:58:22 - 2001: Weta Digital - Film One 00:59:55 - 2001: Fellowship - Trailer #2 01:01:02 - 2001: Music - Film One 01:02:37 - 2001: Sound Design - Film One 01:03:40 - 2001: Film One Complete 01:05:36 - 2001: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (Theatrical) 01:18:56 - 2001: Reception to Fellowship of the Ring 01:20:04 - 2002: The Oscars 01:20:57 - 2002: Editing - Film Two 01:24:04 - 2002: Excitement Builds for Film Two 01:25:03 - 2002: The Two Towers - Trailer #1 01:26:58 - 2002: Weta Digital - Film Two 01:29:09 - 2002: The Taming of Smeagol 01:32:57 - 2002: The Two Towers - Trailer #2 01:34:13 - 2002: Music - Film Two 01:35:19 - 2002: Sound Design - Film Two 01:36:34 - 2002: The Battle to Finish Film Two 01:38:12 - 2002: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING (Extended) 01:41:59 - 2002: Film Two Complete 01:44:19 - 2002: THE TWO TOWERS (Theatrical) 02:01:55 - 2002: Reception to The Two Towers 02:02:55 - 2003: The Oscars 02:03:38 - 2003: Editing - Film Three 02:05:08 - 2003: Return of the King - Trailer #1 02:05:53 - 2003: Pick-Ups - Film Three 02:09:13 - 2003: Weta Digital - Film Three 02:12:46 - 2003: Return of the King - Trailer #2 02:14:02 - 2003: Music - Film Three 02:15:41 - 2003: Sound Design - Film Three 02:16:52 - 2003: THE TWO TOWERS (Extended) 02:20:01 - 2003: The Battle to Finish Film Three 02:22:50 - 2003: Film Three Complete 02:24:40 - 2003: THE RETURN OF THE KING (Theatrical) 02:45:05 - 2003: Reception to Return of the King 02:46:32 - 2004: The Oscars 02:49:07 - 2004: The Last Shot 02:49:52 - 2004: THE RETURN OF THE KING (Extended) 02:54:26 - The End of All Things Twitter: https://twitter.com/ThePrimeTheater Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/prime_of_gamer/ Outro Music: Running in the 80s 1.5x speed Galvatron: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2UkUpgwb1fRC0NsTx8Sg8g