Lord Of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring is an epic adventure fantasy movie 2001 directed by Peter Jackson based on the first volume of JRR Tolkien The Lord of the Rings 1954-1955). This is the first installment of the Lord of the Rings series, followed by The Two Towers (2002) and The Return of the King (2003) , based on the second and third volume The Lord of the Rings .
Located in Middle-earth, the story tells of the Dark Lord of Sauron (Sala Baker), who is looking for Ring One. The Ring has found its way into the young hobbit Frodo Baggins (Elijah Wood). The fate of Middle-earth depends on the balance when Frodo and the eight colleagues who formed the Fellowship of the Ring begin their journey to Mount Doom in the land of Mordor, the only place where the Ring can be destroyed.
Released on December 10, 2001, the film is highly acclaimed by critics and fans who regard it as an important milestone in filmmaking and achievement in the fantasy movie genre. It continues to be featured on the criticism list of the biggest fantasy movie ever made, in 2017. The film earned over $ 871 million worldwide and became the second best-selling film of 2001 in the US and around the world (behind Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone ).
It was nominated for thirteen Oscars at the 74th Academy Awards ceremony, including Best Movie, Best Director, and Best Supporting Actor for McKellen, winning four for Best Cinematography, Best Make Up, Best Original Score, and Best Visual Effects. He also won four UK Academy Film Awards, including the Best Film BAFTA Award and Best Director. The Special Extended Edition was released to DVD on November 12, 2002 and to Blu-ray Disc on June 28, 2011. In 2007, The Fellowship of the Ring was selected as No. 50 in the list of 100 greatest American films from the American Film Institute. AFI also chose it as the second largest fantasy movie of all time in their 10 Top 10 specials. The film is ranked # 24 on the list of the 500 greatest films of all time Empire 2008 of all time.
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Plot
In the Second World Age, the rulers of the Elves, Dwarves, and Men were given the Ring of Power. Unbeknownst to them, the Dark Lord of Sauron forged the Ring on Mount Doom, infusing it into it most of its power to dominate, through it and from afar, the other Ring, so he might conquer Middle-earth. The last alliance between men and elves fought against Sauron's forces in Mordor, where Prince Isildur of Gondor grabbed Sauron's finger, and the Ring with him, thus destroying his physical form. With Sauron's first defeat, the Third World Middle Era begins. Unfortunately, the influence of the Ring destroys Isildur, and, instead of destroying the Ring, Isildur takes it for himself. Isildur was later killed by the Orc, and the Ring was lost for 2,500 years, until it was discovered by Gollum, who had it for five centuries. The ring was later discovered by a Hobbit named Bilbo Baggins.
Sixty years later, Bilbo celebrates his 111th birthday in the Shire, reuniting with his old friend, Gandalf the Gray. Bilbo reveals that he intends to leave the Shire for one last adventure, and he leaves behind his inheritance, including the Ring, to his nephew, Frodo. Although Bilbo began to be undermined by the Ring and tried to keep it for himself, Gandalf intervened. Gandalf, suspicious of the Ring, told Frodo to keep it secret and to remain safe. Gandalf then investigated the Ring, discovered its true identity, and returned to warn Frodo. Gandalf also knows that Gollum was tortured by Orcs, and that Gollum uttered two words during his torture: "Shire" and "Baggins." Gandalf instructed Frodo to leave the Shire, accompanied by his gardener, Samwise Gamgee. Gandalf ascends to Isengard to meet his fellow magician Saruman the White, but learns that he has joined Sauron, who has released the Ringwraiths to find Frodo. After a brief battle, Saruman imprisoned Gandalf. Frodo and Sam join fellow hobbits, Merry and Pippin, and they avoid the Ringwraiths, arriving at Bree, where they are destined to meet Gandalf. However, Gandalf never came, and they were assisted by a ranger named Strider, a friend of Gandalf, who escorted them to Rivendell.
The Hobbits were ambushed by the Ringwraiths, and one stabbed Frodo with the accursed blade of Morgul. Arwen, the elf and Strider's lover, came to help Frodo and managed to take him to Rivendell, where he was healed. Frodo met Gandalf, who escaped from Isengard behind a giant Eagle. Arwen's father, Lord Elrond, holds a council that breaks the Ring to be destroyed on Mount Doom. While the members argued, Frodo volunteered to take the Ring, accompanied by Gandalf, Sam, Merry, Pippin, Legolas elves, Gimli Dwarves, Boromir of Gondor, and Strider, who was handed down to Aragorn, the heir of Isildur and the rightful King Gondor.. Bilbo gave Frodo his sword, Sting. The Fellowship of the Ring begins, but the Saruman magic forces them to travel through the Mines of Moria, much to Gandalf's displeasure.
Fellowship finds that the dwarves inside Moria have been killed, and they are attacked by orcs and troll caves. They defeated them, but were confronted by an ancient devil called Balrog. Gandalf threw Balrog into a vast chasm, but it dragged Gandalf into darkness with him. The rest of Fellowship, now commanded by Aragorn, reaches LothlÃÆ'³rien, home to the Galadriel and Celeborn fairies. Galadriel personally told Frodo that only he could complete the mission, and one of his friends would try to take the Ring. Meanwhile, Saruman creates Uruk-hai's troops to track down and kill the Fellowship.
Fellowship leaves LothlÃÆ'³rien via the river to Parth Galen. Frodo wanders and is confronted by Boromir, who tries to take the Ring in despair. The fear of the Ring ruined his friends, Frodo decided to travel to Mordor alone. Fellowship is then ambushed by Uruk-hai. Merry and Pippin were taken captive, and Boromir was badly wounded by the chief of Uruk. After killing the chief, Aragorn saw Boromir die calmly. Sam followed Frodo, accompanying him to keep his promise to Gandalf to protect Frodo, while Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli went to rescue Merry and Pippin.
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Cast
Jackson, Walsh, and Boyens make many changes to the story, for the purpose of pacing and character development. Jackson says his main desire is to make a film focusing primarily on Frodo and the Ring, the "backbone" of the story. Prologue accompanies Tolkien's backstory, where the Last Alliance's seven-year siege against Barad-dÃÆ'Â »r is a single battle, where Sauron proves to be exploding, though Tolkien simply says his spirit fled.
The events of this book are summarized or eliminated altogether at the beginning of the film. The time between Gandalf left the Ring to Frodo and returned to reveal his writings, the 17 years in the book, compressed for reasons of time. Frodo also spent several months preparing to move to Buckland, on the eastern border of the Shire. This step is removed, and related events, including Merry and Pippin's involvement, are altered and combined with him leaving for Bree. People such as Tom Bombadil and incidents in the Old Forest and Barrow Downs were left to simplify the plot and increase the threat of the Ringwraiths. Such a sequence was left to allow time to introduce Saruman, who did not appear in the book until Gandalf's account at the Elrond Council. While some characters are left out, some are referenced like Tom, Bert, and William to show how The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings series are intertwined. Saruman's role is enhanced: he is to blame for the snowstorm at Caradhras, a role taken from Sauron and/or Caradhras himself in this book. The capture of Gandalf by Saruman was also expanded with a sequence of fights.
Barliman Butterbur's role in Prancing Pony is largely removed for time and dramatic flow. In the film Pippin is seen to identify Frodo explicitly with the phrase "why is there Baggins there" whereas in Pippin's book only tells the story of Bilbo's disappearance when Strider tells Frodo to make a distraction, which he does by singing a song.
Events in Weathertop were also changed. The location of the fight against Ringwraiths was converted into a ruin on a hill rather than a campsite at its base. When Frodo was stabbed in the book, the party spent two weeks traveling to Rivendell, but in the film it was shortened to less than a week, with Frodo's condition deteriorating at a higher rate. Arwen was given a greater role in the film, accompanying Frodo to Rivendell, while in the book Frodo confronts the Ringwraiths alone in the Ford of Bruinen. The Glorfindel character is removed entirely and the scene is also given to Arwen. He is secretly credited with the rising river against Ringwraith, which is the work of his father Elrond with the help of Gandalf in the book.
A significant new addition was Aragorn's self-doubt, which led him to hesitate to claim the kingdom of Gondor. This element is not in the book, where Aragorn intended to claim the throne at the right time. In this book Narsil was restored immediately when he joined the Fellowship, but the show was held until the Return of the King in the film to symbolically coincide with his acceptance of his title. These elements are added because Peter Jackson believes that every character must be forced to grow or change throughout the course of the story.
Elrond's character gets the edge of hostility; he expressed doubts in the power of Man to fight Sauron's evil after Isildur's failure destroyed the ring as depicted in the prologue. Jackson also shortened the Council of Elrond by spreading the exposition to the beginning of the film. Elrond's adviser, Erestor - who advised the Ring to be given to Tom Bombadil - was completely absent from this scene. Gimli, Glóin's father, is also considered unnecessary. In addition, the film seems coincidentally that the Fellowship is made up of nine companions, while in Elrond's book there are nine in fellowship in response to nine NazgÃÆ'Â »l.
Moria order tone was changed. In the book, following the defeat in the street of Caradhras, Gandalf advocated the path of Moriah against the opposition of the rest of the Fellowship (except Gimli), suggesting "there is hope that Moriah is still free... there is even a chance the Dwarves are there," though nobody seems to think like this. Frodo suggested they take the company vote, but the discovery of Wargs in their path forced them to accept Gandalf's proposal. They only realize the dwarves die after they reach the tomb of Balin. The filmmakers chose Gandalf to reject Moria's plan as a sign device. Gandalf told Gimli that he preferred not to enter Moria, and Saruman was shown to be aware of Gandalf's doubts, revealing an illustration of Balrog in one of his books. The bodies of the dwarves were shown instantly as Fellowship entered Moria. One detail criticized a lot by critics is the fact that, in the novel, Pippin throws pebbles into a well in Moria ("They then hear a sound like a hammer knocking in the distance"), whereas in the film he knocks the entire skeleton in (" Next, the skeleton... falls into the well, also drags the chain and the bucket. It sounds great. ")
In terms of dramatic structure, the book simply ends; no climax, because Tolkien wrote "trilogy" as a story published in three volumes. The Jackson version incorporates the first chapter of "The Two Towers" and makes its show, told in real time instead of flashback, along with Breaking of the Fellowship. This final is played as a climax battle, in which he introduces Uruk-hai called Lurtz in the script. In the book, Boromir can not tell Aragorn which hobbit was kidnapped by Orcs before he died. From there, Aragorn sums up Frodo's intentions when he realizes that a boat is missing and Sam's backpack is gone. In the film, Aragorn and Frodo have a common scene where Frodo's intentions are explicitly stated.
Production
Development
Peter Jackson began working with Christian Rivers on a series storyboard in August 1997, and got Richard Taylor and Weta Workshop to begin creating his interpretation of Middle-earth. Jackson told them to make Middle-earth a reasonable and credible place to think of Middle-earth in a historical way.
In November, Alan Lee and John Howe became the mainstream designers of film trilogy, who had previous experience as illustrators for books and other tie-ins. Lee works for the Arts Department creating places like Rivendell, Isengard, Moria and LothlÃÆ'³rien, giving Art Nouveau and geometry influences to Elves and Dwarves respectively. Although Howe contributed with Bag End and Argonath, he focused on working on the armor after learning it all his life. Weta and the Arts Department continue to design, with Grant Major changing the design of the Department of Art into architecture, and the location of Dan Dan's guide. On April 1, 1999, Ngila Dickson joined the crew as a costume designer. He and 40 tailors will create 19,000 costumes, 40 per version for their actors and doubles, aging and wearing it for an age impression.
Location filming
Filming takes place in various locations in New Zealand. A list of filming locations, sorted by sequence of appearances in the movie:
Special effects
The Fellowship of the Ring makes extensive use of digital, practical and make-up special effects throughout. One real illusion that appears in almost every scene involves setting the right scale so that all characters have the right height. Elijah Wood, who plays Frodo, has a height of 5Ã, ft 6 in (1.68 m) in real life, but the character of Frodo Baggins is almost four feet tall. Many different tricks are used to describe the hobbits (and Gimli the Dwarf) as small stature. (In an exciting coincidence, John-Rhys Davies - who plays Gimli - is as tall as a Hobbit actor because his character needs to be compared to their character, so he does not need to be filmed separately as a third height variation, and higher than Orlando Bloom, who plays Legolas.) Double-scale large and small are used in certain scenes, while entire duplicates of a particular set (including Bag End in Hobbiton) are built on two different scales, so the characters will appear to be the appropriate size. At one point in the film, Frodo walked along the corridor in Bag End, followed by Gandalf. Elijah Wood and Ian McKellen were filmed in separate versions of the same corridor, built on two different scales, and the camera pan quickly hides the editing between the two. Forced perspectives are also used, so it will look as if short Hobbits interact with Men and Elves higher. Even the simple use of kneeling, to the surprise of the filmmaker, turns out to be an effective method of creating illusions.
For the battle between the Last Alliance and the Sauron forces that started the film, the complicated CGI animation system, called MASSIVE, was developed by Stephen Regelous; it allows thousands of individual "character" animations in the program to act independently. It helps give the illusion of realism to the battle sequence. The "Making of" Lord of the Rings DVD reports some interesting initial issues: in the first execution of battles between groups of characters, the wrong groups attack each other. In other early demos, some soldiers on the edge of the field could be seen running away. They initially move in the wrong direction, and have been programmed to keep going until they meet the enemy.
The digital creature is important because Jackson's requirements about biological make sense. Their surfaces are scanned from large maquettes before much of the digital detail of the skeleton and their muscles are added. In the case of Balrog, Gray Horsfield created a system that mimics the image of the recorded fire.
Score
The music score for The Lord of the Rings was made by Howard Shore. It was performed by the 100-strong Symphony Orchestra of New Zealand, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Voices, The London Oratory School Schola, and Maori Samoan Choir, and featured several vocal singers. Shore wrote nearly four hours of ending music for the film (which is just over three hours used as the bottom line), featuring a number of non-orchestra instruments, and a large number (49-62) main motifs.
The original two songs, "AnÃÆ'ron" and the final theme "May It Be", were composed and sung by Enya, who allowed his label, Reprise Records, to release the soundtrack and its two sequels. In addition to these songs, Shore composed "In Dreams", which was sung by Edward Ross of the London Oratory School Schola.
Release
A special behind-the-scenes trailer was released in 2000. Two teasers featured before Spy Kids and Pearl Harbor (movies) . The final trailer is with the premiere of Angel's , Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone , and on DVD and VHS Rush Hour 2 .
Home media
The Fellowship of the Ring was released on VHS and DVD in August 2002.
Theatrical release and extended
In November 2002, an extended edition was released on VHS and DVD, with 30 minutes of new material, adding special effects and music, plus 20 minutes of fan club credit, for a total of 228 minutes. The DVD set includes four comments and over three hours of additional material.
In August 2006, the limited edition The Fellowship of the Ring was released on DVD. The sets include both theatrical editions and the extended film on a two-sided disc along with all the new bonus material.
Blu-ray Edition
The Blu-ray drama version of The Lord of the Rings was released in the United States in April 2010. There are two separate sets: one with digital copies and one without. The individual Blu-ray Disc The Fellowship of the Ring was released in September 2010 with the same special features as the complete trilogy release, except for no digital copies.
The extended Blu-ray edition was released in the US in June 2011. This version has a runtime of 238 minutes (extended edition includes the names of all fan club members at the time of their release, an additional 9 minutes on Blu- ray version is due to extended member rolls instead additional story material).
Reception
box office
The Fellowship of the Ring was released on December 19, 2001 at 3,359 theaters where it grossed $ 47.2 million on its opening weekend. World premiere was held at Odeon Leicester Square in London. The company generates $ 314.7 million in North America and $ 555.9 million worldwide for a total of $ 870.7 million worldwide. Box Office Mojo estimates that the film sold more than 54 million tickets in the US in an early theatrical drama.
Critical response
The Fellowship of the Ring has been recognized by film critics and is one of the best films reviewed in 2001. The film holds a 91% approval rating on the Rotten Tomatoes aggregate review site based on 227 reviews and the average score 8.2/10. The main consensus of the site reads "Full of special effects that appear in the eye, and featuring a perfect cast, Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring brings JRR Tolkien's classical life to real life ". The film holds a score of 92 out of 100 on Metacritic based on 34 reviews, showing "universal recognition".
Roger Ebert gave the film three of the four stars and declared that although it was not "the true visualization of Tolkien Middle-earth" it was "a work for, and of, our times, it will be embraced, I suspect, by" Many Tolkien and take the cult aspect. This is a candidate for many Oscars. This is a remarkable production in its courage and breadth, and there is the right little touch. " USA Today also gave this movie three of four stars and wrote," the movie version of this beloved book should please the bakta and also the uninitiated. "In his review for The New York Times, Elvis Mitchell writes," The cute grief of Mr. Jackson's direction provides a lighter touch of life, a gesture that usually does not show up in mind when Tolkien's name is ". Entertainment Weekly magazine gave the movie "A" and Lisa Schwarzbaum wrote, "The cast takes on their role by being courtesy, of course, but Jackson also makes it easy for them: He The Guild flowing, never linger to admire her own beauty... Every detail that captivated me I may never change Tolkien's page, but I know the charm when I see it.
In his review for The Washington Post, Rita Kempley praised the performers, in particular, "Mortensen, as Strider, is a revelation, not to mention really beautiful, and McKellen, carrying a burden of thousands of years." The value of the struggle against evil, is Merlinesque positive. ' Richard Corliss praised Jackson's work: "The film achieved what was the best fairy tale: the creation of an alternative, sensible and persuasive world, where young people - and not just young people - can lose themselves. And perhaps, in identifying with the little Hobbit who can, find themselves better. "In his review for The Village Voice, J. Hoberman writes," Peter Jackson's adaptation of course succeeds by itself. "< i> Rolling Stone Magazine Peter Travers writes, "This is an emotion that keeps the Guild stern in memory... Jackson deserves to have fun in his success. He made a three-hour movie. which makes you want more. "However, in his review for The Guardian , Peter Bradshaw writes," there is a strange lack of plotters, nothing happens, all the more confusing because the story goes back mystical and imbecile mystic that we must cross before anything happens at all ".
In a CinemaScore poll conducted during the opening weekend, cinema audiences gave this movie an average rating of "A-" on A to F scale.
Accolades
In 2002, the film won four Academy Awards from thirteen nominations. The winning categories are for Best Cinematography, Best Visual Effects, Best Make Up, and Best Original Score. It was also nominated for Best Actor in Supporting Role (Ian McKellen), Best Art Direction, Best Director, Best Movie Editing, Best Original Song (Enya, Nicky Ryan and Roma Ryan for "May It Be"), Best Picture, Best Sound Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Gethin Creagh and Hammond Peek), Best Costume Design and Best Adaptation Scenario.
In January 2014, this was the 31st best-selling movie worldwide, with US $ 871,530,324 worldwide receipts for cinema offices.
The film won the 2002 Hugo Award for Best Drama Performance. It also won the Best Film Film award, as well as five BAFTAs, including Best Film, David Lean Award for Best Direction, Audience Award (voted by public), Best Special Effect, and Best Makeover. The film was nominated for MTV Film Award for Best Fight between Gandalf and Saruman.
In June 2008, AFI revealed "10 Top 10" - the top ten films in ten genres of American "classic" movies - after a vote of over 1,500 people from the creative community. The Fellowship of the Ring is recognized as the second best film in the fantasy genre. The film is also listed as the 50th best film in the 100 Year AFI... 100 Film (10th Anniversary Edition) of 2007.
References
External links
- Official website
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring script on Internet Movie Script Database
- Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring at IMDb
- Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring at AllMovie
- Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring at Rotten Tomatoes
- Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring at Box Office Mojo
- Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring at Metacritic
- Location of filming on Google Maps
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