11-19-02 Latest News

NZ Post wants YOU!!! Plus more on NZSO's LOTR Score Performance
Tehanu @ 9:41 pm EST

Newline and the New Zealand post are having a stamp launch for the new LotR:Two Towers stamps at 5pm on 2 dec 2002 at Parliament buildings in Wellington. They have graciously invited 20 LotR fans to come to the launch, in costume if they'd like. If you are interested in being on of those 20, please RSVP as soon as possible to stamplaunch@frodosgirl.net to reserve a spot (you will be able to get into the launch only if your name is on the list). [Launches are an attractive source of nice wine and nibbly cheesy things and yummy bits of salmon, in my experience, so if that sounds like fun and you also like the idea of meeting some other LOTR fans, by all means sign up for this! - Tehanu]

Direct from the Hollywood Bowl Wellington enters the ancient world of sorcerers and wizards through the power of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra on Thursday 5 December at the Michael Fowler Centre. Acclaimed Hollywood Bowl conductor John Mauceri leads the NZSO in a concert that will include music from the recent hit film Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, and the Southern Hemisphere premiere of Academy Award®-winning composer Howard Shore's new orchestral suite adapted from his score to The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. [More]

NEW LINE CINEMA'S THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS LIGHTS UP SCREENS AROUND THE WORLD
Xoanon @ 4:48 pm EST

World premieres set for New York, Paris, London, Los Angeles, Copenhagen, Seattle,Toronto, Wellington and Sydney in December

Los Angeles, CA, November 19, 2002 - New Line Cinema's The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, the central film in Peter Jackson's epic trilogy based on the J.R.R. Tolkien classic, is set to debut in premiere showings around the world, it was announced today by Rolf Mittweg, New Line Cinema's president and chief operating officer, worldwide distribution and marketing.

The film will make its North American bow in New York on December 5, followed by the European premiere in Paris on December 10 and the UK premiere on December 11 in London. On December 15, the film will premiere in Los Angeles and in Copenhagen, with the Queen of Denmark attending. A special screening in Seattle follows on December 16. The film premieres in New Zealand, where The Lord of the Rings trilogy was shot, in Wellington on December 18, and in Sydney, Australia on December 19.

"The opening of this film has truly become a global event," Mittweg said, "because The Lord of the Rings has been embraced by so many different cultures. The first film has shipped 35 million DVD and VHS units worldwide, a testament to the popularity of the trilogy and how widely the fan base has broadened. Multiple premieres of The Two Towers around the globe are a fun and appropriate way to celebrate both the universality of Tolkien's themes and the excitement and anticipation that is building among moviegoers."

New Line Cinema presents The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Peter Jackson's epic adventure scheduled to open December 18, 2002. The trilogy represents an unprecedented undertaking - three films made simultaneously over a year and a half of production. The first film in the trilogy, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, was released December 19, 2001, to widespread critical acclaim and garnered $860 million worldwide. The film was nominated for 13 Academy Awards, more than any other film in 2001, and won four.

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers stars (in alphabetical order) Sean Astin, Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom, Billy Boyd, Brad Dourif, Bernard Hill, Christopher Lee, Ian McKellen, Dominic Monaghan, Viggo Mortensen, Miranda Otto, John Rhys-Davies, Andy Serkis, Liv Tyler, Hugo Weaving, Karl Urban, David Wenham, and Elijah Wood.

New Line Cinema presents a Wingnut Films Production, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, directed by Peter Jackson. The screenplay, by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Stephen Sinclair and Jackson, is based on the classic trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien. The film is produced by Barrie M. Osborne, Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh. The executive producers are Robert Shaye and Michael Lynne. Also executive producing is Mark Ordesky. The director of photography is Andrew Lesnie, A.C.S. The production designer is Grant Major. Michael Horton is the editor. The co-producers are Rick Porras and Jamie Selkirk.

Jasmine Watson: Jeweller for Lord of the Rings
Xoanon @ 3:59 pm EST

As the jewellery designer for The Lord of the Rings, Jasmine Watson was responsible for the design and creation of the ornate and magical jewellery seen throughout the Academy Award winning film trilogy. Inspired by the beauty and fragility of nature, she brings you the first piece in her 2003 jewellery collection, the ‘Silver Leaf Pendant’ in the style of Art Nouveau.

Focusing on the theme of an unfurled leaf, this intricately crafted sterling silver pendant, priced at US $124.95, is limited to only 2000 pieces worldwide and is stamped with the British Hallmark of quality.

For more details visit www.jasminewatson.com

Trying To Catch The Latest TTT Trailers/Teasers?
Xoanon @ 1:44 pm EST

From: Lady Haldir

I am an Assistant Manager of a movie theater, and we got our order to put advance tickets for TTT on sale starting this Friday (Nov 22) (I assume most USA theaters part of major chains that will get the film will do this) I know for sure all Regal Entertainment Group (Regal , Edwards, and United Artists theaters form this company) theaters will be, as this is the chain I work for. This order included showtimes and an exact running time : 179 minutes!

Also to help anyone trying to see the TTT trailer on Harry Potter- it is a teaser, not the official trailer, but a different teaser than the one out before, and it is on the second and fourth prints of Harry Potter (DareDevil is on first and third) meaning theaters who have Harry Potter in only one theater will not have TTT at all. And if they have 3 prints it will only be on one, etc. But there is no way other than asking for non theater employees to know which prints are which, so they would still need to ask, but hopefully this info helps a little.

For anyone still trying to catch the final trailer on the big screen, it is still running on first and third prints (not 2nd) of Red Dragon for those theaters who still have it, also on Ghost Ship (1st prints) for any theaters still playing that. As far as I know, these are the only movies out now that are sure to have it (on the specified prints) , but some theaters may have added it on to various movies as replacements, as other trailers needed to be removed.

Dragonmeet announces Steve Long as special guest
Xoanon @ 1:34 pm EST

Dragonmeet, London’s friendliest games event, is proud to announce that Steve Long, lead designer on the new Lord of the Rings RPG and helmsman of the revitalised Hero Games, will be attending the convention as its Special Guest for 2002. The convention’s other Special Guest this year is John Kovalic, creator of the multiple Origins Award-winning Dork Tower.

Steve Long replaces Christian Moore of Decipher Games, who has been forced to drop out.

Dragonmeet is a one-day games convention in central London, covering all aspects of hobby gaming from RPGs to miniatures, CCGs, LARPs and more. There will be a demonstrations and tournaments, a large trade-hall, plenty of space for open gaming, a full programme of seminars, artist signings and special events including Dorkstock, the ever-popular charity auction, and the extraordinary Game in a Day, where we’ll be trying to create and publish a complete RPG from scratch in 12 hours.

Dragonmeet 2002 will be happening at Kensington Town Hall on Saturday 30th November 2002, from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m.

You can find more information on all of this and more, including useful bits like how to get there, at the convention’s website: http://www.dragonmeet.com. And you can also buy tickets online, which will save you money and queueing on the day.

THE LORD OF THE RINGS: 'RETURN TO MIDDLE EARTH' SPECIAL
Xoanon @ 10:33 am EST

The WB is thrilled to present an exclusive behind-the-scenes preview special for the year's most anticipated feature film - "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers." The first chapter in the "Rings" trilogy grossed over $900 million worldwide and became a pop culture phenomenon.

"Return to Middle Earth" follows the celebrated "Rings" cast as they return to New Zealand to shoot additional footage for the upcoming movie, "The Two Towers." Each cast member gives his/her personal take on the arduous three-year shoot and what is was like to be part of this historic filmmaking experience.

Viewers will get to know the people behind the films' amazing, heroic characters through a series of interviews with cast members Ian McKellan, Elijah Wood, Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen and Orlando Bloom (winner of this year's MTV Movie Award for 'Breakthrough Performance'). The audience will also be treated to multiple world-premiere clips from "The Two Towers," including an extended look at the film's climactic battle scene.

This one-hour special will air on December 4 at 8 p.m. ET.

COMPLETE Cast Crew/Credits For TTT!
Xoanon @ 12:24 am EST

NEW LINE CINEMA presents

a WINGNUT FILMS-production

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Director PETER JACKSON

Screenplay by FRAN WALSH, PHILIPPA BOYENS, STEPHEN SINCLAIR, PETER JACKSON

Based on the book by J. R. R. TOLKIEN

Production BARRIE M. OSBORNE, FRAN WALSH, PETER JACKSON

Executive Producer MARK ORDESKY, BOB WEINSTEIN; HARVEY WEINSTEIN

Executive Producers ROBERT SHAYE, MICHAEL LYNNE

Ddirector of photography ANDREW LESNIE, A.C.S.

Dproduction designer GRANT MAJOR

Film Editor MIKE HORTON and JABEZ OLSSEN

Co-Production RICK PORRAS, JAMIE SELKIRK

ELIJAH WOOD
IAN MCKELLEN
LIV TYLER
VIGGO MORTENSEN
SEAN ASTIN
CATE BLANCHETT
JOHN RHYS-DAVIES
BERNARD HILL
CHRISTOPHER LEE
BILLY BOYD
DOMINIC MONAGHAN
ORLANDO BLOOM
HUGO WEAVING
MIRANDA OTTO
DAVID WENHAM
BRAD DOURIF
and ANDY SERKIS as Gollumhttp://theonering.net/movie/char/smeagol.html

KARL URBAN
CRAIG PARKER

UK Casting JOHN HUBBARD & AMY MacLEAN
US Casting VICORIA BURROWS
New Zealand Casting LIZ MULLANE
Australian Casting ANN ROBINSON

Costume designers NGILA DICKSON, RICHARD TAYLOR
Music Composed, Orchestrated & Conducted by HOWARD SHORE
special-make-up, creatures, armour & miniatures RICHARD TAYLOR
visual effects JIM RYGIEL

Cast In Alphabetical Order

ALDOR Bruce Allpress
SAM Sean Astin
MADRIL John Bach
MAN FLESH URUK Sala Baker
GALADRIEL Cate Blanchett
LEGOLAS Orlando Bloom
PIPPIN Billy Boyd
SHARKU/SNAGA Jed Brophy
EOTHAIN Sam Comery
WORMTONGUE Brad Dourif
HALETH Calum Gittins
THEODEN Bernard Hill
GAMLING Bruce Hopkins
THEODRED Paris Howe Strewe
SARUMAN Christopher Lee
UGLUK Nathaniel Lees
HAMA John Leigh
MAUHUR Robbie Magasiva
MORWEN Robyn Malcolm
GANDALF Ian McKellen
MERRY Dominic Monaghan
ARAGORN Viggo Mortensen
EOWYN Miranda Otto
HALDIR Craig Parker
ROHAN SOLDIER Bruce Phillips
MORDOR ORC Robert Pollock
GIMLI John Rhys-Davies
GOLLUM Andy Serkis
FREDA Olivia Tennet
BEREG Ray Trickett
ARWEN Liv Tyler
EOMER Karl Urban
GRISHNAKH Stephen Ure
ELROND Hugo Weaving
FARAMIR David Wenham
FRODO Elijah Wood

STUNT COORDINATOR
George Marshall Ruge

SWORDMASTER
Bob Anderson

ASSISTANT STUNT COORDINATOR
Daniel W. Barringer

ASSISTANT SWORD MASTER
Kirk Maxwell

STUNT RIGGER
Paul Shapcott

HORSE STUNT COORDINATOR
Casey O’Neill

COORDINATOR
Alice Capper-Starr

STUNT PERFORMERS
Allan Smith Andrew B. Stehlin Are Manea Karati Brett Beattie Augie Davis Barrie Rice Branko Dordevich Jacob Tomuri David J. Muzzerall Greg (Danger) Morrison Gregory Paul Lane Lance Louez Jeff Barber Jeremy Sciascia Justin B. Carter Marcus Thorne Lani Jackson Mana Hira Davis Marcello Vuljan Sala Baker Morgan Evans Robert Young Rodney (RJ) Cook Tim McLachlan Shelley Hodder Steve Drage Steve Reinsfield Winham (Moo) Hammond Tim Wong Trevor Bau Vincent Roxburgh

Featuring VOICE OF TREEBEARD John Rhys-Davies

CREW

DIRECTOR Peter Jackson

SCREENPLAY Fran Walsh Philippa Boyens Stephen Sinclair Peter Jackson

Based on the book by J. R. R. TOLKIEN

PRODUCTION
Barrie M. Osborne
Fran Walsh
Peter Jackson

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Mark Ordesky
Bob Weinstein
Harvey Weinstein

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Robert Shaye
Michael Lynne

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Andrew Lesnie, A.C.S.

PRODUCTIONDESIGN
Grant Major

FILM EDITOR
Michael Horton
with Jabez Olssen

CO-PRODUCTION
Rick Porras
Jamie Selkirk

UK CASTING
John Hubbard & Amy MacLean
U.S. Casting by Victoria Burrows

NEW ZEALAND CASTING
Liz Mullane

CASTING AUSTRALIA
Ann Robinson

COSTUME DESIGN
Ngila Dickson
Richard Taylor

MUSIC COMPOSED, ORCHESTRATED & CONDUCTED by
Howard Shore

SPECIAL-MAKE-UP, CREATURES ARMOUR & MINIATURES
Richard Taylor

VISUAL EFFECTS
Jim Rygiel

UNIT PRODUCTION MANAGERS
Nikolas Korda
Zane Weiner

FIRST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Carolynne Cunningham

KEY SECOND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Guy Campbell

SECOND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Marc Ashton

EXECUTIVE IN CHARGE OF PRODUCTION
Carla Fry

EXECUTIVE IN CHARGE OF FINANCE
Paul Prokop

EXECUTIVE IN CHARGE OF POST PRODUCTION
Jody Levin

EXECUTIVE IN CHARGE OF VISUAL EFFECTS
Lauren Ritchie

CONCEPTUAL DESIGNERS
Alan Lee
John Howe

SUPERVISING DIGITAL COLOURIST
Peter Doyle

SUPERVISING SOUND EDITOR/CO-DESIGNER
Ethan Van der Ryn

SUPERVISING SOUND EDITOR
Michael Hopkins

SOUND DESIGNER
David Farmer

RE-RECORDING MIXERS
Christopher Boyes
Michael Semanick
Michael Hedges

ADDITIONAL RE-RECORDING MIXER
Gary Summers

MAKEUP & HAIR DESIGN
Peter Owen
Peter King

SUPERVISING ART DIRECTOR
Dan Hennah

ART DIRECTORS
(Peter) Joe Bleakley Rob Otterside Phil Ivey Mark Robins

ASSISTANT ART DIRECTORS
Jules Cook Ross McGarva Jacqui Allen

SET DECORATORS
Dan Hennah Alan Lee

SECOND UNIT DIRECTORS
John Mahaffie Geoff Murphy

SECOND UNIT DIRECTORS OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Allen Guilford John Cavill Simon Raby
Richard Bluck Nigel Bluck Alun Bollinger

SECOND UNIT PRODUCTION MANAGERS
Carol Kim Bridget Bourke

SECOND UNIT FIRST ASSISTANT DIRECTORS
Simon Warnock David Norris Liz Tan Richard Barker

SECOND SECOND ASSISTANT DIRECTORS
Joanne Pearce, Skot Thomas

SECOND UNIT KEY SECOND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Louise Harness

SECOND UNIT SECOND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Emma Cross

SECOND UNIT ADDITIONAL SECOND ASSISTANT DIRECTORS
Stephanie Westrate Marcus Levy Edith Thompson

THIRD ASSISTANT DIRECTORS
Eric Houghton Chris Husson Richard Matthews Zo Hartley

SET PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS/RUNNERS
Star Olson Katie Hutchinson Robert Halcrow
Philip Capil Hana Sullivan Emma Simmers

FINANCIAL CONTROLLER
Elena Azuola

PRODUCTION COORDINATORS
Elaine Burt
Niccola Sanderson Belcher Aubrey Tredget Kristie Breslin

ASSISTANT PRODUCTION COORDINATORS
Emily Lascelles Jeanne Stuart Fran Davey Brent Robb

ASSISTANTS TO PETER JACKSON & FRAN WALSH
Jan Blenkin Josie Leckie

ASSISTANTS TO BARRIE M. OSBORNE
Janine Abery Tanya Buchanan

PRODUCER’S ASSISTANT
Angela van de Weerdhof

ASSISTANT TO GEOFF MURPHY
Kivani Moriarty

TRAVEL & ACCOMMODATION COORDINATORS
Matthew Dravitzki Liz Taege

IT SUPPORT
Reece Geraghty Duncan Nimmo Helene Takacs

PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS/RUNNERS
Natalie Crane Lauren Anderson David Williams Nigel Nally Jonathan Harding Angela Waller Cindy Kahu Phil ‘The Hand’ Shaw Liz Hewson Troydon Lil Lee Harrison Kate Kennedy Ford Northfield Andy Cooper Olivia Holmes

WINGNUT PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS
Caroline MacKay • Cilla Leckie

WINGNUT FILMS RUNNER
Carter Nixon

WINGNUT FILMS ACCOUNTANT
Linda Klein-Nixon

ACCOUNTANTS
Rick Baer Emma Bendell Averil Mawhinney Linus Murphy

ACCOUNTS ASSISTANTS
Dianne Sugden Anne-Marie Davenport Dominique Fromont
Fa Suluvave Philippa Race Marc Tyron

PAYROLL
Denise Steele Sebastian Marr Andrew Cochrane

AERIAL UNIT DIRECTORS OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Phil Pastuhov • David Nowell

CAMERA PILOT
Alfie Speight

CAMERA OPERATORS
Peter McCaffrey Cameron McLean Gerry Vasbenter John Day Rewa Harre

FOCUS PULLERS
Colin Deane Ulric Raymond Dean McCarroll Paul Samuels
Adam Clarke Jac Fitzgerald Ian McCarroll Malcolm York
George Binnersley Luke Thomas

CLAPPER/LOADERS & CAMERA ASSISTANTS
Andrew McGeorge Sean Kelly Callan Green Kylie Plunkett
Charles Edwards Louise Moore Jock Fyfe Andrew Stroud
Jason White Adam Clark Philip Smith

TRAINEE
Stephanie Kuttner

SPACECAM TECHNICIAN
Gerald Ganger

WESCAM TECHNICIAN
Doug Monte

VIDEO ASSIST OPERATORS
Craig Madoc Simon Currie Anthony Sumich Guy Pottinger

VIDEO ASSISTANTS
Lucy Bowey Richard Shaw Michaela Maguire Jonny Bundellu Anthony Stehr

PRODUCTION SOUND MIXER
Hammond Peek C.A.S

BOOM OPERATORS
Corrin Ellingford

SOUND RECORDISTS
Ken Saville
Matt Cuirc
Malcolm Cromie
Luke Goodwin

CABLE
Eoin Cox

SCRIPT SUPERVISORS
Victoria Sullivan
Oksana Sokol Dianne Moffatt Pat Robins

SUPERVISING CHIEF LIGHTING TECHNICIAN
Brian Bansgrove

CHIEF LIGHTING TECHNICIANS
Colin Chase Simon Lythgoe David Brown
Stewart Sorby Greg Nalder

ASSISTANT CHIEF LIGHTING TECHNICIANS
Antony ‘Ants’ Farrell Warrick Peace Henare Mato Joe Stick Simon Ranginui

LIGHTING TECHNICIANS
Keri Manuel Chris Ruane Giles Cockburn James Kennedy
Jamie Couper Andrew Ayrton Jacob Bridge Mathew Ranginui
Jamie Nevill Dave Anderson Richard (Poss) Hogan Sam Marshall Matt Denton Jon Barltrop Hendrik De Jong Ollivier Ballister Dan Rabarts Byron Sparrow

GENE OPERATORS
Nigel MacLaurin Stacey Hoggard Alan Baird-Smith

RIGGING
Craig Bryant Chris Palmer Jason Robertson
Michael Hughes Stephen Head Ross Butler

LIGHTING COORDINATOR
Alex Cross

LIGHTING CONSOLE OPERATERS
Nigel Percy • Sam McLean

LIGHTING STOREMAN
Julian Baier

LIGHTING TRAINEE
Jessica Bluck

KEY GRIP/MOTION CONTROL
J C (Harry) Harrison

SUPERVISING KEY GRIP
Tony Keddy

KEY GRIPS
Hamish McIntyre Terry Joosten Murray Love Paul Murphy

DOLLY GRIPS
Andy Reid Dean Maxted Keith Watkins

BEST BOYS
Damien Kwocksun Geoff Tait Melissa Ririnui Dion Hartley

GRIP COORDINATOR
Annie Frear

TECHNICIAL CONTINUITY
Helen McNamara

LUNAR CRANE OP
Blair Muschamp

GRIPS
Huw Griffiths Paul Sawtell Kayne Asher Wayne Subritzky
Grant Harvey Brent Marsden Aaron Rangi Rob Mita
Marc Sim Joel McQueen Whare Jason Davis

BUSINESS & LEGAL AFFAIRS EXECUTIVE
Suzanne Rosencrans

EXECUTIVE IN CHARGE OF FILM INVESTMENT
Andrew Matthews

NEW LINE CONTROLLER
Jon Davidson

PRODUCTION ATTORNEY
Scott Kanyuck

CONTRACT ADMINISTRATORS
Sonya Thompsen Halsey • H. Matthew Israel

NEW LINE COORDINATOR
Emily Glatter

PUBLICIST
Claire Raskind Cooper

ASSISTANT PUBLICIST
Melissa Booth

STILLS PHOTOGRAPHER
Pierre Vinet

LANDSCAPE STILLS PHOTOGRAPHER
Craig Potton

ADDITIONAL STILLS
Chris Coad

SPECIAL PROJECTS COORDINATOR
Alyson McRae

WARDROBE MANAGER
Janis MacEwan

WARDROBE COORDINATOR
Elizabeth (Liz) McGregor

WARDROBE SUPERVISOR
Carolyn M. Fenton

EXTRAS COORDINATOR
Bob Buck

JEWELLER
Jasmine Watson

WARDROBE MANUFACTURING
Hayley May Philippa Lingard Libby Dempster Kerry Robinson Silvana Sacco Jackie Speedy Pauline Laws Mirinda Penny Annie Tatton Samantha Brown Sue Franklin Alison Hill Susan Casey Julie Zavala Ron Miriam Christie Sarah Shepherd Monique Cornes Lachlan Mayclair Erica Hackell Jessica Joe Kristelle Plummer Tom Caddy Tracy Duffy Joy Hanson Martine Bairstow Jasmin Easterbrook Emma Lumley Sheree Roud

WARDROBE ON-SET
Emma Harre Sian Evans Chantelle Bowkett Paula Goodall
Francesca King Simone Knight Amanda Neale Kirsten Sach
Andrea Plested Paula MacEwan Jane Wilson Catherine Anderton Anna Bosley Sophie Mills Ylona McGinty Liza Bishop

KEY MAKEUP & HAIR
Jose L. Perez

MAKEUP & HAIR
Jeremy Woodhead Rick Findlater Janine Schneider Lenore Stewart Kerryn Roberts Nancy Hennah Vivienne Macgillicuddy “Bliss” Margaret Aston Noreen Wilkie Tera Treanor Allie Rutherford Davina Lamont Tanya Travis Emma Moncrieff Catherine McGuire Gail Wilson
Angela Mooar

WIG TECHNICIAN
Caroline Turner

OPTOMETRIST
Andrew Black

WIGMAKERS
Jessica Lalande Gail Taylor Debbie Fitzpatric Elizabeth Pick Louise Leonard

CULTURAL FIGHTING STYLES
Tony Woolf

TRANSLATORS
Nutjaporn (Bow) Swasdiprom, Pon Swamy Gounder

SUPERVISING DIALECT COACH
Andrew Jack

DIALECT COACH
Róis'n Carty

ASSISTANT DIALECT COACH
Linda Cartwright

TOLKIEN LANGUAGE TRANSLATION
David Salo

ART DEPARTMENT MANAGER
Chris Hennah

ART DEPARTMENT COORDINATORS
Brigitte Yorke • Roxane Gajadhar

PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS/RUNNERS
Danielle Osborne James Wallace Penny Towns Ruben Allen

PROPS MASTER
Nick Weir

PROPS BUYER
Nick Riera

STANDBY PROPS
Simon Bright Joseph Wynyard Simon Harper

Setu Lio Victoria McKenzie
STANDBY ASSISTANTS
Patrick Walker Tristan (Stan) Alley Gareth Mills

PROPS MAKERS
Tim Abbot Kevin Bradshaw Pete Butters Murray Hunter
Daniel Kelly Vic Singe Hamish Wain Fiona McDonald
Kim Ferguson Ben Beemsterboer Erwin Koedijk Robert Reedy John Shearman Lesley Earle Templeton Daniel Reeve Rod Tervoort Simon Hames Nick Hoddinot Chris Streeter Tony Drawbridge Rob Brown Steph Casey Wayne Roberts Steve Manning

DRAUGHTSPERSONS
Clarke Gregory Russell Murray Tim Priest Helen Strevens
Philip Thomas Kate Thurston Gareth Jensen

MODEL MAKERS
Andrew Moyes Matthew Mellor

CONSTRUCTION SUPERVISOR
Ed Mulholland

SUPERVISING SET FINISHER
Kerry Dunn

GREENSMASTER
Brian Massey

SUPERVISING SCULPTOR
Sam Genet

SUPERVISING ENGINEER
Matt Wratten

HEAD SCULPTOR
Brigitte Wuest

SCULPTORS
Gary Hunt Heather Kilgour Virginia Lee Kirk Nicholls
Bill Ryalls Anthony Marrow Jonathan Rodgers Dave Roy
Stephen Belsten Ra Vincent David Guerin Andrew McLay
David Hegglun Andrew Baguley Daniel Aird

SET DRESSERS
Amber Richards Chris Meder David Kolff Gillian West-Walker Judy Alley Tanea Chapman Ben Whale

PAINTERS
Giles Smith Chris Ramsay Mike Travers Troy Hannett
Brian Campbell Wade Hannett Warren (Bino) Smith Stephen Crene Brett Larsen Richard Lomas Jason Holland Manu Pullyn Don Graham Paul Halton Henry Davies Saunoaga Lafai

CONSTRUCTION MANAGERS
Norman Willerton Mike Heffernan

CONSTRUCTION FOREMEN
Brett Blenkin Jim Marsden Bryan Wakelin
Alan Marshall Grant Fahey Trace Quinn

LEADING HANDS
Anton Buys Andrew Lloyd Derek Misseldine Russell Stoupe
Rob Wait Phil Williams Alan Wilson Alan Wyllie
Kevin Thian

CARPENTERS
Brent Sutton Karl Anton John Brien Jason Browning
Alan Davie Duncan Field Adam Fisher Clayton Gearry
Trevor Gillan Paul Hay-Chapman Ross Hoby Gareth King
Jon Lambert Robert McGovern Dave Moore Michael Paterson
Leon Pehi Scott Peters Ivan Poa Warren Robb
Tony Roberts Hokio Tarawhiti Dave Vernon David White
Thomas Kipa William McPhedron Ben Pringle Neil Cromie
Chris Gifford Robert King Chris Morrison Murray Robinson Geoff Goss Graeme Neal Chris Purdy Fraser Smith Hakota James Walker Rei Duncan John Howe Janice Van Rooijen Reece Nicol Hamish Quinney Mark Relph Stepan Skala Dean Smith Cathy Tracey Hans John Uivel Roger Houston Paul Carvell Peter Loveridge Brian McMillin

HAMMERHANDS
Michael Baker Jeff Clark Huia Davies Selwyn Davies
P M de Rijk Matt Duncan Matthew Easton Semi Feite
Garrick Ferguson Alistair Fyfe Andy Gee Charles Goodwin
Wendy Hatfield Michael Heerey Vaughan Hickson Jack Reid
Duncan Wait Timothy Ward Paul Williams Bill Lawton
Paul Lovato Joel Douglas Michael Gibson James Griffin Simon Marshall Matthew C. Oliver Anthony Norris Andre La Borde Jeerapong Pitakkul Sam Brown Andrew Hastings Ricky Sweeney Douglas Lotoaso Duncan J. Randall Graham Watkins Martin Ford

LABOURERS
Richard Sturkenboom John Suddaby Troy Major Richard Orrick Solomon Saalmon Mark Sheridan Wayne Tawhara Axel Wakelin James Whetu-Watene Mark Jephson Jeff Kingsford-Brown Coleman Fraser Peter Hill P. E. Kilpatrick Shanon Newson Shane Wood

CONSTRUCTION TRAINEES
Gerome Mills Dallas Kipa Joel Tomokino Dominic Williams
Amos Ibell Antonio De Gregorio Tristan Leniston-Mahoney Daena Nichols

GREENS
Josh Patterson Basil McGahan Dan King Kevin Silvester
Andrew Richardson Scott Richardson Andrew Fraser Andrew Kolfe Quinn Roberts Nigel Thomas Graeme Massey Lisa Twort

STANDBY GREENS
Simon Lowe Paula Carswell Brent Tasker Sam McDougall

STEELWORKERS
Nigel Sturgeon Phillip Unuia Archie Kennedy

ROCK & FOAM
Nick Williams Christopher Lawton James Tuapai
Michael Bonnar Mark O’Shea Raynia Pikari

PHYSICAL EFFECTS SUPERVISOR
Stephen Ingram

PHYSICAL EFFECTS ON-SET COORDINATORS
Rich E. Cordobes Blair Foord Karl Chisholm

PHYSICAL EFFECTS TECHNICIANS
Darryl Richards Geoff Curtis Phil McLaren Dave Booth
John Mowat Peter Zivkovic Scott Harens Warwick Yin
Mike McDonald Rodney Ford Ross Martindale Darian Lumsden Dean Powell Ben Vere-Jones Mike Seddon

SUPERVISING UNIT LOCATION MANAGER
Richard Sharkey

SUPERVISING LOCATION MANAGER
Robin Murphy

LOCATION MANAGERS
Jared Connon Harry Whitehurst Peter Tonks

LOCATION SCOUT
David Comer

LOCATION COORDINATOR
Alicia Williams

LOCATION ADMINISTRATION
Matthew Cooper

ADVANCE LOCATION COORDINATORS
Jenny Morgan Melanie Turner Jill Soper

SUPERVISING EDITOR
Jamie Selkirk

POST PRODUCTION SUPERVISORS
Rosemary Dority
Jonas Thaler

FIRST ASSISTANT EDITOR
Peter Skarratt

VISUAL EFFECTS EDITORS
Jenny Vial • Joanna Priest

ASSISTANT EDITORS
Mark Hawthorne Loren Squires Annie Collins
Brett Skinner Megan Doneman Matt Diezel

FILM CONFORMERS
Heather Small Alan Woodruff Basia Ozerski

EDITORIAL PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS
Megan Fowlds Meredith Dooley Michelle Robertson

PROJECTIONIST
Dave Turnbull

SOUND EFFECTS EDITORS
Brent Burge John McKay David Whitehead
Craig Tomlinson Hayden Collow Kyrsten Mate Comoglio

FOLEY EDITORS
Katy Wood Mike Jones

DIALOGUE EDITORS
Jason Canovas Ray Beentjes Polly McKinnon
Nigel Stone Mark Franken

ADR RECORDIST
Chris Ward

FIRST ASSISTANT SOUND EDITOR
Peter Mills

ASSISTANT DIALOGUE EDITOR
Martin Kwok

ASSISTANT SOUND EDITOR
Grant Johnson

SOUND IT SUPPORT
Chris Winter

FOLEY ARTISTS
Phil Heywood Paul Huntingford Carolyn McLaughlin Narelle Ahrens

FOLEY ENGINEERS
Martin Oswin Robyn McFarlane

HERO ORCS
Victoria Beynon-Cole Lee Hartley Philip Grieve

CUTE ROHAN REFUGEE CHILDREN
Billy Jackson & Katie Jackson

DOUBLES & STAND-INS
Kiran Shah Praphaphorn (Fon) Chansantor Paul Randall Martin Leniston Gray Jarl Benzon Sean Connell Lindsay Cope Penny Dean Frank Goldingham Chris Guise Jason Hood Brian Hotter Bhoja Kannada (BK) Kenny King Brent McIntyre Hamish Matheson Blair Morton Tristan Murdoch Bruce Phillips Roland Tuck Julia Walshaw

RIDING DOUBLES
Jane Abbott Len Baynes Kelly Black Jed Brophy Briar Carter Basil Clapham Jay Frost Evans Richard Gardner Jason Hill Craig Jackson Marcus James Chris Kirkham Marty McCormack Adam Slade Carl Taylor Winston Walker Damon Wyman Will Yonge

NZ CAST COORDINATOR
Cynthia Morahan

EXTRAS CASTING COORDINATORS
Tina Cleary

EXTRAS WRANGLERS
Karl Kite-Rangi (Payne)
Miranda Rivers
Christina Hazard

CASTING OFFICE MANAGER
Amanda Duncan
Matt Spicer

HORSE COORDINATOR
Steve Old

HEAD ANIMAL WRANGLER
Dave Johnson

HORSE TRAINER
Don Reynolds

ADDITIONAL HORSE TRAINER
Grahame Ware Jr.

STABLE FOREMAN
Lee Somervell

WRANGLER/MAKEUP ARTIST
Mark Kinaston-Smith

VETERINARY SURGEON
Ray Lenaghan

HORSE DEPARTMENT ASSISTANT
Heather Kinaston-Smith

TECHNICAL ADVISORS
John Scott

RIDING INSTRUCTORS
Robbie Miller
Lyle Edge
Helen Young

WRANGLERS
Kerrie Morgan Carla Gammons Christopher Rutten Paulina Saxton

SAFETY RIDERS
Dion Church Wayne McCormack

TRANSPORT MANAGER
Ravi Dubé

TRANSPORT COORDINATORS
Murray O’Neil Glenn Shaw

TRANSPORT CAPTAINS
Carl McHugh Arthur Matthews Kent Greenwood Michael Strickland

DRIVERS
Arthur (Art) Fell Betty Graham Jerram Murray Bruce Bartley Spencer Faulkner Stuart Karena Brent Ormsby Georgina Wells Alistair Howden Jim Martin Vicky Hancock

MECHANICS
Gary Tudor • Rob Koch

TRANSPORT ASSISTANT
Tamsin Webber

WETA WORKSHOP TRANSPORT LIAISON
Reg Gibson

UNIT MANAGERS
Peta Sinclair Mike Turner Rua Howe Kevin Magill

UNIT COORDINATOR
Jessica Hogan

UNIT
Missy Rika Neville Turner Andy South Mark Ross
Wesley Priest Pania Howe Dion Tamihana Jocelyn Karaitiana Peter Clarke Kosta Vatselias Tim Borrell Jake Koroi Joseph Winiata Wayne (Red) Wickman Jonathon Aitken Jaunnie Ilolahia Nigel Loughnan

PARAMEDIC/SAFETY
Mike Hayden

SAFETY/MEDICS
Steve Butler

NURSE
Diane Moynagh
Andy Buckley R.N

SECURITY COORDINATOR
Barry Thomson

SPECIAL MAKE-UP, CREATURES, ARMOUR, WEAPONS AND MINIATURES BY WETA
WORKSHOP LTD. NEW ZEALAND
WORKSHOP MANAGER
Tania Rodger

WORKSHOP SUPERVISOR
Jason Docherty

WORKSHOP ACCOUNTANT
Andrew Smith

SENIOR PRODUCTION MANAGER
Annette Wullems

PROSTHETICS SUPERVISOR
Gino Acevedo

ART DIRECTOR
Kayne Horsham

PRODUCTION MANAGERS
Hannah Bianchini Savannah Green Sue Hardy

PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS
Jacq Burrell Nicci Lock Pip Reisch Tich Rowney

ON SET COORDINATORS
Lisa Wildermoth Jamie Wilson

DESIGNER/SCULPTORS
Mike Asquith Jamie Beswarick Shaun Bolton Daniel Falconer Warren Mahy Ben Wootten Sacha Lees

SENIOR PROSTHETICS
Vance Hartwell Brad Greenwood Rogier Samuels

CREATURES/PROSTHETICS
Freya Blackwood Carola Brockoff Rob Burns Norman Cates
Woody Clayton Chris Covich John Craney Jorkas Damen
Sarah Durno Susan Durno Xander Forterie Ben Hawker
Luke Hawker Darran Holmes Nori Honda Rich Mayberry
Les Nairn Megumi Ogo Roman Reyes Gareth Selwood
Carlos Slater Steve Unwin Mark Viniello Mike HG Bates
Ryk Fortuna Kenny Miller Bill Perryman Karen Purvis
Mike Stringer

PROSTHETICS SUPERVISORS
Marjory Hamlin Kym Sainsbury Dominie Till

PROSTHETICS MAKEUP
Karen Adcock Andrew Beattie Sean Foot Bill Hunt
Tami Lane Dan Perry Deb Watson

HAIR
Lynne Walsh Gilly Fiford Hil Irwin Megan Bint
Sharon Thomas Gavin Skudder Fiona Sole

MECHANIST/ENGINEERS
Dominic Taylor Bill Thomson Warren Beaton
Gordon Barrell Tama Berkeljon

HEAD OF ARMOUR WEAPONS
Gary Mackay

SWORD SMITH
Peter Lyon

LEATHER CRAFTSMAN
Mike Grealish

ARMOURSMITHS
Stu Johnson

CHAIN MAILLE
Carl Payne
Warren Green

ARMOUR WEAPONS/STANDBY
Gudrun Abbott Michael Abott Erica Anderson Matt Appleton Jeremy Barr Clare Beaton Lesley Bourkes-Harding Matt Brebner Michele Bryant Alex Dyer John Caldwell Chris Guise Glyn Carter Darin Gordine Byron Darling John Harding Michael Hughes Simon Jay Simon Lamason Pietro Marson Robynne McIntyre Kerry McSaveney Nardeen Mitchell Brad Murphy Paul Murphy Kent Parker Fenella Probert Shane Rangi Jeremy Ryder Heidi Skeet Chris Smith Ben Stenbeck Suzanne Sturrock Neil Testa Janet Thomas Wineke Van’thof Adrian Walker Paul Walton Annemiek Weterings Greg Tozer Tim Tozer Mike Wallace Greg Allison Keith Barclay Dave Barson Morgan Boehringer Angela Brown Duncan Brown Lyndon Burford Tim Castelow Jo Dunckley Rob Gillies Paul Hambleton Sukhita Langford Ray Massa Fiona McDonald Gareth McGhie Pranee McKinley Ben Price Ian Ruxton Emily-Jane Sturrock John Harvey Jan Kofzler Graham Piddington Simon Ward Hamish Brown Carlos Wedde Valerie Metin

PAINT FX
Alastair Maher Gary Bennett Jonathon Brough
Sourisak Chanpaseuth Tony Ferrier

MINIATURE BUILDERS
John Baster Mary Maclachlan Rebecca Asquith Jon Ewen
Liam Dunstan Andrew Durno Brett Harman Iain Hutton
Roger Lewis Tim Marwick Bruce McNaught Scott Schneider
Neil Schrader David Tremont Rob Uivel Tim Wigmore

VISUAL EFFECTS PRODUCER
Dean Wright

VISUAL EFFECTS PRODUCTION MANAGER
Libby Hazell

VISUAL EFFECTS Pas
Kirsty Lancaster

VISUAL EFFECTS PRODUCTION COORDINATOR
Aaron Cowan
Lisa Thomas

VISUAL EFFECTS CONSULTANT
Mark A. Stetson

VISUAL EFFECTS ART DIRECTORS
Paul Lasaine • Jeremy Bennett

PREVISUALISATION SUPERVISOR
Christian Rivers

PHOTOSHOP ARTIST
Gus Hunter

COORDINATOR
Marion Davey

PRODUCTION ASSISTANT
Penelope Jones

3D PREVIZ ARTISTS
Jacob Leaf • Kyle Ashley

DIGITAL VISUAL EFFECTS DESIGNED AND CREATED BY WETA DIGITAL LTD., WELLINGTON,
NEW ZEALAND

VISUAL EFFECTS SUPERVISOR
Joe Letteri

VISUAL EFFECTS PRODUCER
Eileen Moran

ANIMATION DESIGNED & SUPERVISED BY
Randall William Cook

VFX CINEMATOGRAPHER Brian Van’t Hul
SOFTWARE DEV SUPERVISOR Richard Addison-Wood
DIGITAL MODELS SUPERVISOR Matt Aitken
ANIMATION SUPERVISOR Richard Baneham
CREATURE SUPERVISOR Eric Saindon
ANIMATION DEPT HEAD Adam Valdez
2D SUPERVISOR John P. Nugent
DIGITAL SYSTEMS ARCHITECT Jon Labrie
MASSIVE CROWD SUPERVISOR Jon Allitt
CHIEF TECHNICAL OFFICER Scott Houston
PRODUCTION MANAGER Robin Saxen
MOTION CAPTURE SUPERVISOR Remington Scott

SENIOR ANIMATORS
Brad Booker Stephen A. Buckley Andrew Calder Benjamin Cinelli Melanie Cordan Patricia A. Hannaway Scott Holmes Steven Hornby Keith Huggins Heather Knight Matt Logue Chad Moffitt Mike Murphy Carlos Rosas Atsushi Sato Jason Schleifer Mike Stevens Paul Story Mary Victoria

ANIMATORS
Elisabeth Arko Paul Charisse Richard Dexter Adam Dotson
Oliver Exmundo Avi Goodman Christopher Hatala Linda Johnson Ken Keys Ken ‘Satchel’ King Matt Majers Michelle Meeker Justin Mettam Richard Moore Annabel Page Shane Prigmore Tim Rowlandson Dan Smiczek Scott Smith

3D SEQUENCE LEAD TD’S
Cory Bedwell Greg Butler Geoff Harvey Gray Horsfield
Dan Lemmon Seth Lippman Ken McGaugh Kevin Smith
Wayne ‘Taz’ Stables Mark Tait Guy Williams

3D LEAD TD’S
Kiki Candela Stephen Coren Steve Demers Colin Doncaster
Mike Perry Theresa Rygiel Brian Samuels Chu Tang

3D TD’S / LIGHTERS
Kelly Bechtle-Woods Jill Berger Bernard O. Ceguerra, PE Christian Cunningham Colin Doncaster Alexandre Ethier Mark Fattibene Eric Fernandes Shine Fitzner Chris George David Gould Mikael Hakansson
Todd Alan Harvey Matt Hightower Ian House Dave R. Howe
Sandip Kalsy Tom Kluyskens Michael Lemmon Shanna C. Lim
Michael Manza Betsy McClung Nick McKenzie Matthias Menz
Jane S. O'Callaghan Todd Perry Jean-Colas Prunier Frank Ritlop Sean Schur Roger Shortt Lee F. Sullivan Eric Tablada Zachary Tucker Craig Wentworth Xiaohong Liu Sean Lewkiw

2D SEQUENCE LEADS
Colin Alway Julian Bryant G.G. Heitmann Demers Katie Hecker David Houghton-Williams Alex Lemke Mark Tait Lewis Saki Mitchell Lisa (Elizabeth) Moore Alfred Murrle Charles Tait Patrick Bergeron

SENIOR COMPOSITORS
Jonathan Bowen Sonia Calvert Craig Clarke Paul Conway
Jason Greenblum Paul ‘Krusty’ Kirwan Laure Lacroix Keith MacGowan Fred Place Tom Proctor Matt Welford Klaus Wuchta

COMPOSITORS
Holly Acton Chris Burn Norman Cates Dan Cobbett
Kelly Fischer Moritz Glaesle Laura Hanigan Roger Huynh
Claire Inglis Jeff A. Johnson Matt Kelly Jolene McCaffrey Samantha McGee Michael F. Miller Tor-Bjorn Olsson Michael Pecchia Donny Rausch Marc Dominic Rienzo Campbell Rose Karim Sahai Tomoko Shin Guerdon Trueblood Deborah Wagner Erik Winquist

VFX PLATE SPVR ISENGARD SEQ
James E. Price

LEAD ENVIRONMENT TD’S
Hiroaki Muramoto

COLOUR TIMER
Mel Kangleon
Imery Watson

CREATURES DEPT HEAD
Dana Peters

SENIOR CREATURE TD’S
John Feather

CREATURE FACIAL LEAD
Bay Raitt
Felix Balbas

PAINT & ROTO SUPERVISOR
Nika Dunne

INFERNO ARTIST
Sebastien Moreau

MATTE PAINTERS
HEAD OF MATTE
PAINTING
Max Dennison SENIOR MATTE

PAINTERS
Yanick Dusseault

MATTE PAINTERS Mathieu Raynault Roger Kupelian
Laurent Ben-Mimoun Wayne Haag

DIGITAL MODELLERS
Kyla Bendall Sam Bui Andrew Camenisch Dave Cardwell
Glen Christie Tibor Madjar James Ogle Robert O'Neill

CREATURE TD’S
Julian Butler Bradford deCaussin Briana Hamilton Sven Jensen Louis Lefebvre Eric Leven Jeff Martin Andrea Merlo Patricia Pawlak Steve Preeg David Scott Steve Unterfranz

TEXTURE PAINTERS
Peter Baustaedter Darren Bedwell Paul Campion Mel James
Jennifer Jung Kim Dmitri Krasnokoutski Sergei Nevshupov Lance Powell Lopsie Schwartz Hillary Yeo Tze Ann

MASSIVE CROWD TD’S
John Haley Joosten Kuypers Ollie Rankin Geoff Tobin Lisa Wild Lila Veseley

MOTION CAPTURE MOCAP COMBAT CHOREOGRAPHERS
Carrie Thiel • Sharon James

MOCAP TD’S
Mark Schaefer • John Curtis
MOCAP TECHNICIAN James Van Der Reyden MOCAP PROP DESIGN Frank Cowlrick
MOTION EDITOR LEAD Sandra Warren

MOTION EDITORS
Patrick Runyon Iwan Scheer Robin Akin Brad Clark
Delphine Buratti Alastair Macleod Bassim Haddad Kevin Cushing

SENIOR CAMERA TD’S
Lee Bramwell Jake Lee Sean Mathiesen
Tim McCallum Matt Mueller Stephan Remstedt

CAMERA TD’S /ON-SET TECHNICIANS
Alexander Kramer Erina Fon Eric Gambini Richard Hopkins
Malcolm Angell Nic Marrison Shaun Scott Albrecht Steinmetz Brian McMillin Dale Pugh Daniel Story

SOFTWARE SENIOR SOFTWARE DEV
Jeff Hameluck SOFTWARE DEVELOPER Martin Preston

SOFTWARE DEVELOPER Philip Hunter SOFTWARE ENGINEER Bret Hughes

2D SOFTWARE DEVELOPER
Shane Cooper PIPELINE ENGINEER Remy Torre

SENIOR PAINT & ROTO ARTISTS
David Brunette Jim Croasdale Brett Dix Quentin Hema
Alex Mein Smith Barry Metin George Edwin Oliver Jr. Helen Paul Emrys Plaisted David Swift Kara Vandeleur Phil Van Der Reyden Christine Watkins Doug Wright

PAINT & ROTO ARTISTS
Paula Bell Hans Butler Marie Campbell Sergei Koudriavtsev Jacob Luamanuvae Jeanette Lask Karin Last Letia Lewis Lauren Morimoto Sarah Rausch Nicole Samarron Joyce Young

PRODUCTION SEQUENCE COORDINATORS
Cyndi Ochs Cheryl Kerr Sandy Coco
Taylor Marvyn Young Naomi Bowden

ANIMATION COORDINATORS
Fiona Foster
3D DEPT COORDINATOR
Susie Kleis
Monica Singh Haley
2D DEPT COORDINATOR
Steven McKendry

MOCAP/MASSIVE COORDINATOR
Mahria Sangster

R&D/POST PROD COORDINATOR
Kevin L. Sherwood

SCHEDULE COORDINATOR
Genevieve McMahon

MATTE PAINTING COORDINATOR
Annie Taunga

DIGITAL RESOURCE WRANGLER
Roland Watson

DIGITAL RESOURCE MANAGER
Adrian Samuels

HEAD OF FACILITIES
Suzanne Labrie

FACILITY MANAGER
Kim Rickard

PRODUCTION ACCOUNTANT
Steve Bayliss

ACCOUNTS ASSISTANT
Donyale Hema

RECRUITMENT/PUBLICITY
Leslie Oliver

FACILITIES COORDINATOR
Hannah Clarke

HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGERS
Rachel Thompson

HOUSING COORDINATOR
Jacqui Pryor
Susan Cuthbert

FACILITIES TECHNICIAN
Mike Gunn

HUMAN RESOURCES ASSISTANT
Cathy Adams

ASSISTANTS TO PRODUCTION
Ema Pomare • Troy Ramsey

PRODUCTION RUNNERS
Mia Askew Jacob Botting Laura Callaghan Paul Everitt
Kathryn Horton Luaan Ruaine Rodney Tervoort Michael Wallis

VFX EDITOR
Matt ‘mad-e’ Holmes

1st ASSISTANT EDITOR Lucas Putnam SCANNING COORDINATOR
Jade Lorier

2ND ASSISTANT EDITOR Martin Simcock EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Jessica Cowley

HEAD OF DIGITAL IMAGING
Pete Williams

DIGITAL IMAGING ENGINEER
Roman Gadner

SCAN & RECORD SUPERVISOR
Nick Booth

SCAN & RECORD TECHNICIAN
Brad Selkirk • Mohan Ramachandran

IT DEPARTMENT DIGITAL OPERATIONS MANAGER
Milton Ngan

TECHNICAL SUPPORT MANAGER
Rebecca Downes

SYSTEMS MANAGER
Shane McEwan

TECH SUPPORT LEAD
Campbell Taylor Fairweather

IT COORDINATORS
Ann Cloet
Campbell “Sasquatch” March
Alexandra Cook

WRANGLER LEAD
Marco Vidaurre

SYSTEM ADMINISTRATORS
Glen Sharah Paul Gunn Evan John Fraser Niklas Preston James Millington

TECH SUPPORT
Katherine Hurst Malcolm Aitchison Ben Hall Tim Ward Geoff Hadfield

SYSTEM CODER
David Gilligan Ben Britton Svend Andersen

RENDER WRANGLERS
Loren Brookes Aaron Caskey Michael O’Neill Tristan McMahon David Howes

DATA WRANGLERS
Graeme Demmocks Ed Wilkie Murray Nuttall

VISUAL FX PRODUCER R&D/PRE
Charlie McClellan

DIGITAL FX SUPERVISOR R&D/PRE
John Sheils

ASSISTANT TO R&D VFX PRODUCER
Lisa Josephs

PRODUCTION MANAGER R&D/PRE
Albert Mason

Sony Pictures Imageworks Inc.

VFX SUPERVISOR
Jim Berney

VFX PRODUCER
John Clinton

VFX EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Jenny Fulle

CG SUPERVISOR
Peter G. Travers

COMPOSITING LEAD
Jake Morrision

VFX DIGITAL PRODUCER
Chris Juen

VFX EDITOR
Kevin J. Jolly

VFX DIGITAL COORD
Katherine Cullano Concepcion
TDs Dan Abrams Grant Anderson Max Bruce Grady Campbell
Alan Chan Doug Creel Quentin Frost Jep Hill
MacDuff Knox Stephen R. Lunn Darren Lurie Jim “Big Dog” McLean Sarah Moore Bob Peitzman Rosendo Salazar David J. Stephens Baudouin Struye Robert Winter

MATCH MOVERS
Jay Banks

ROTOSCOPE/PAINT ARTISTS
Nicolle Lynne Cornute
David Worman
Andrew Goldstein
Lea C. Lambert

SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATION
Jennifer Hunt J. C. Cornwell Andrea Lackey Pace David Miya

Oktobor Films

VFX PRODUCER
Robyn Isaacs

VFX SUPERVISOR
Dean Lyon

DIGITAL ARTISTS
Paul Freeman Martyn Moose Tony Cole Jonny Kofoed
Craig Speakman Rachel Guidera Jedrzej Wojtowicz

ADDITONAL MATTE PAINTINGS
Hatch FX • Michael Lloyd

MINIATURES UNIT VISUAL EFFECTS DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Alex Funke

MINIATURES
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Chuck Schuman

MOCON PROGRAMMER
David Hardberger

FOCUS PULLERS
Justin Topzand Aniko Safran

CLAPPER LOADERS
Matthew Parsons Stephen Allanson Nigel Burton

FIRST ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Marty Walsh

SECOND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR/COORDINATOR
Belindalee Hope

SCRIPT SUPERVISOR
Merrin Ruck

ASSISTANT COORDINATOR
Veronique Lawrence

VIDEOSPLIT/PROJECTIONIST
Tam Webster

PRODUCTION ASSISTANT
Dean Johnston

RUNNER
Mathew Cutfield

CHIEF LIGHTING TECHNICIAN
Rob Kerr

SECOND CHIEF LIGHTING TECHNICIAN
Chris “Tito” Matthews

LIGHTING TECHNICIANS
Reagan Jones James Barr Edward Tyrie Alan Baird Smith Ruben Morrison

KEY GRIPS
Olly Coleman Miles Murphy Jonathan Woolf

GRIPS
Richard Turton Damon Selkirk Peter Smith Peter Kruk

MOTION CONTROL
Hugh Smith Henk Prins Chris Davison
Mike Kelly Gerald Thompson Jens Normann

MOTION CONTROL/CAMERA ENGINEER
Moritz Wassmann

PHYSICAL EFFECTS TECHNICIAN
Sven Harens

MODEL TECHNICIANS
Paul Van Ommen Rob Townshend Verena Jonker Alastair Maher Kyle Gudsell Dimitri Frost Alan Pilkington Simon Greenway

TRAINEE
James Couling

STAGE HELPER
Andrew Funke

EXECUTIVE IN CHARGE OF MUSIC
Paul Broucek

MUSIC BUSINESS AFFAIRS EXECUTIVE
Lori Silfen

ASSOCIATE MUSIC PRODUCER
David Gleeson

SCORE RECORDED BY
John Kurlander

SCORE MIXED BYPeter Cobbin at Abbey Road Studios, London

MUSIC PERFORMED BY
The London Philharmonic Orchestra
The London Voices The London Oratory School Schola

FEATURED SOLOISTS
Isabel Bayrakdarian
Sheila Chandra
Elizabeth Fraser
Ben Del Maestro

CHOIR MASTERS
Terry Edwards

MUSIC CONTRACTORS
Ruth Cornes
Michael McCarthy
Isobel Griffiths

MUSIC PRODUCTION COORDINATORS
Karen Elliott (London)
Charles Portney (NY)

RECORDED AT
CTS Colosseum,
Watford
Abbey Road Studios Air Lyndhurst Studios Henry Wood Hall,
London

MUSIC EDITORS
Michael Price Andrew Dudman Steve Price Mark S. Willsher Malcolm Fife Nigel Scott Jonathan Schulz Becca Gatrell Raphael Mouterde

EVENTONE EDITORIAL, TUXEDO, NY
Jeff Grace John Wriggle Tim Starnes Matt Rocker
Jim Bruening Bill Foley Greg Laporta Jason Poss
Tim Stritmater

MUSIC PREPARATION
Vic Fraser Jill Streater Ann Barnard Kevin Mahonchak
Mark Brooks David Gill Ian Hayter Mike Hornett
Edmund Sanders

ADDITIONAL MUSIC TEAM
Mirek Stiles Andy Bradfield Chris Cozens Toby Wood
Alex Swift Peter Lewis James Bellamy James Rhodes
Bill Thwaites Richard Lancaster Erik Jordan Jake Jackson Ollie Moira Chris Clark Mike Cox Haley Glennie-Smith Nadia Jeddaoui Hugo Ward Alex Letts

MUSICAL SOUND DESIGN
Janet Roddick David Donaldson Steve Roche David Long

GOLLUM’S SONG
Music by Howard Shore
Lyrics by Fran Walsh

SOUNDTRACK AVAILABLE ON REPRISE / WMG SOUNDTRACKS

CATERING BY FLYING TRESTLES
The filmmakers wish to extend their personal thanks to the following for their contribution to the making of this movie

E-Film • Department of Conservation Te Papa Atawhai • Wellington City Council • Wellington Regional
Council's Parks and Forests • New Zealand Defence Force Te Ope Kaatua O Aotearoa • Bill Welden •
Tom Shippey • Scott Reynolds • Richard Reiner • Richard Glenn • Hamish McHardy • Andreas
Ahlmann • Phillip Prior
Special thanks to Peter Nelson & Ken Kamins
And to the thousands of others who helped make this film a reality

This film is dedicated to

Carla Fry • Brian Bansgrove • Brent Robb

People we loved

He maungärongo ki te whenua
He whakaaro pai ki ngä tängata katoa

Filmed on location in New Zealand and at Camperdown Studios, Wellington, New Zealand

DIGITAL COLOUR GRADING THE POSTHOUSE LEAD DIGITAL COLOURISTS Florian “Utsi” Martin

DIGITAL COLOURISTS
Warren Lynch Jan Kruse

COLOURIST ASSISTANT
Damian McDonnell

TECHNICAL OPERATIONS SUPERVISOR
Grace Lan

IMAGING TECHNOLOGY SUPERVISOR
Harald Brendel

CONFORMING & I/O SUPERVISOR
Holger Spill

POST PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR
Fiona Fry

PRODUCTION MANAGER
Fridtjof Stechmann

DIGITAL FILM GRADING SYSTEM
Colorfront

LEAD DEVELOPER
Mark Jaszberenyi

LEAD PROGRAMMER
Gyula Priskin

PROGRAMMERS
Ferenc Bechtold
Gabor Forgacs

RE-RECORDING FACILITY
The Film Unit Ltd, New Zealand

SOUND FACILITY MANAGER
John Neill

FOLEY RECORDING
Redline Sound Studios, Sydney

ADR FACILITIES
Camperdown Studios, Wellington •
Pinewood Studios, London • The Farmhouse, Malta

PRINTS BY
Deluxe
PHOTOGRAPHED ON
Kodak Motion Picture Film
COLOUR & TELECINE DAILES BY The Film Unit Ltd, New Zealand

TITLES DESIGNED BY
Pacific Title

TELECINE
Jon Newell & Shanon Moratti

COLOUR TIMER
Lynne Reed

LAB LIAISON
Andy Wickens

LAB MANAGER
Dean Evans

NEGATIVE CUTTER
Upper Deck Film Services

FILM UNIT CEO
31
Sue Thompson

NEW LINE POST PRODUCTION SERVICES
Jack Deutchman • Bob Doyle • Brent Kaviar

NEW ZEALAND LEGAL COUNSEL
Deborah Fox, Simpson Grierson

RISK MANAGEMENT
Laurie Cartwright • Jennifer Mount • Julianna Selfridge

SAFETY & LOSS CONTROL
Jeff Egan

SPACECAM Aerial Camera System
WESCAM provided by WESCAM
provided by SPACECAM SYSTEMS, INC

Motion Capture Technology provided by Giant Studios, Inc

Scanned on IMAGICA

MASSIVE CROWD SOFTWARE DEVELOPER Stephen Regelous
MPAA # 39418
www.lordoftherings.net

ARRI Logo LIGHTING EQUIPMENT SUPPLIED BY AFM LIGHTING

TTT Texas Fundraiser.
Tehanu @ 11:54 pm EST

RAVE MOTION PICTURES HICKORY CREEK 16 TO SPONSOR DENTON COUNTY MHMR TOY AND FOOD DRIVE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS PROMOTION

HICKORY CREEK, Texas - RAVE MOTION PICTURES is proud to announce sponsorship of Denton County Mental Health and Mental Retardation's toy and food drive "Holiday Helping Hands." Beginning Dec. 1 a donation of either one new, unwrapped toy or two non-perishable food items can be made at the theater in exchange for a coupon good for one free small popcorn. The donor's name will also be entered in a drawing for various other prizes including a package of 10 free movie passes. Donations will be taken until Dec. 20. Winners will be posted the evening of Dec. 21.

This is all leading up to Hickory Creek 16's "ONE NIGHT TO RULE THEM ALL." This is a one-night extravaganza on Dec. 21 celebrating one of the most anticipated sequels of all time, New Line Cinema's "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers," the second edition to J.R.R. Tolkien's world renowned trilogy and follow-up to 2001's four-time Academy Award winner The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. The third installment, "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" comes to theaters in December 2003.

"One Night to Rule Them All" festivities will take place between 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. The theater staff is preparing right now, constructing 18-feet tall paper mache replicas of the TWO TOWERS to be displayed in the lobby and a 10-foot tall window painting including the film's logo and main characters. For the night, staff members will be dressed as various characters from the movies and as other hobbits and elves. On hand will be a local medieval acting troop performing sword fights exhibitions and a fabulous face painter. Lord of the Rings and Tolkien trivia contests will be held before each "Two Towers" showing during the allotted hours.

Advance tickets will be available at the box office or online at RaveMotionPictures beginning Nov. 22.

For more information or to donate prizes please contact Nikki Daniel at the theater at 940-321-2836, by cell phone 940-390-3137 or by e-mail at ndaniel@ravemotionpictures.com. For more information on Denton County MHMR contact Megan Harris at meganh@dentonmhmr.org. All prize donors will receive in-theater advertisement for the event.

The Legacy of the Lord of the Rings
Tehanu @ 11:48 pm EST

The Legacy of _The Lord of the Rings_ has been essentially completed for broadcast. Canada's premiere arts channel, Bravo!, has offered to broadcast the documentary. The date hasn't been finalized, but the possibilities are either just before or after the release of New Line Cinema's "The Two Towers".

Among the most interesting features are interview footage of J.R.R. Tolkien, the artwork of Ted Nasmith, and many interviews with Tolkien experts and writers, such as Tom Shippey, Verlyn Flieger, Peter Beagle, and Philippa Boyens (writer of the New Line Cinema films).

For a description and video clip of the documentary, visit their web site

JRD Is Recovering Well After The Operation
Xoanon @ 11:59 am EST

John Rhys Davies, after a multi-hour operation, performed on friday night by dr Ivan Kirin, has been placed at the Trauma ward of the Rijeka General Hospital and, according to dr Stipe Bezevan, is feeling well.

The actor, famous for his parts in the movies "Victor, Victoria", "Raiders of the lost Ark" and his latest role of the dwarf Gimli in the cult movie "The Lord of the Rings", as well as the TV series "War and memories" and "Shogun", will be one of the most famous patients of the Rijeka Hospital for the next 8 to 10 days, dr. Kirin told us. In addition to a severe arm fracture, he has a large cut on his head, which caused substantial bleeding, but, fortunately, his scull is not fractured. We found out from very reliable sources that J. R. Davies is pleased with his treatment by the doctors and the medical staff, although, doubting the capabilities of our medical experts, immediately after the accident he demanded to be transfered for operation into one of the American hospitals.

While one of the musketeers is forced to rest at the Rijeka Hospital, the filming of "La Femme Musketeer" has been continued on location in Pazin, we have been confirmed in a phonecall by one of the leading members of the Croatian part of the crew, Hrvoje Matasovic. The set knocked over by strong wind which caused injury to J. R. Davies has been repaired, and until the injured musketeer is feeling better, they will be filming scenes which don't require his presence. ..."

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Cast Movie Round Up
Xoanon @ 5:29 pm EST

John Rhys-Davies (Gimli) plays Presidente Hugo Luis Ramos 'Coronado', the Claudio Fäh directed wartime comedy/actioner has a website an impressive trailer online. [More]

Craig Parker (Haldir) is set to lend his voice to narrate the TV movie 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show', this special is described as an 'Updating of the much-loved 1975 Tim Curry flick, to be released early in 2003 to coincide with the original show's thirtieth anniversary'.

Brian Sergent (Ted Sandyman) is in 'Blessed', this drama is directed by first time writer/producer/sctress/director Rachel Douglas.

Native Kiwi Nathaniel Lees (Ugluk) is not the only star from LOTR that will enter the computerized world of The Matrix, look for Lees to play Mifuno in both 'Revolutions' and 'Revelations' in 2003

Brad Dourif (Wormtounge) is set to star in 'Vlad', a thriller directed by first time director Michael D. Sellers, the film was made in Bucharest and Transylvania, Romania.

Weekly Cast Watch
Xoanon @ 5:07 pm EST

To get more information, use the sites I use like the ones below. Simply find a movie or actor you want to see, go to one of the sites below and see if the film is playing in your area. mydigiguide.com, tv-now.com and IMDB.com

Note: These are films that are listed as being on TV THIS WEEK ONLY, this is NOT a list of all the films the cast has done

Christopher Lee Correction Plus!
Xoanon @ 4:29 pm EST

Dave and Tracey write:

We've just been over to the Christopher Lee Web website to check out further details on his signings in Nottingham in the UK. The official site says he is there 14.00-17.00. Not from 13.00, as stated in your snippet, nor is he signing any personal items in addition to purchases on the day.

The web address is www.christopherleeweb.com which you can check further if you wish. We'll be going to meet him all the same, been huge fans most of our lives-and we have friends in Nottingham to stay with! Will mail any snippets in we may have for TORN in due course. On that note, a friend of ours met with Brian Sibley and Jude Fisher on the 12th of this month in Cambridge here in the UK. (Got us two books personally messaged and signed).

They had some nice tidbits/stories to share with him, not the least of which was a wee tale regarding Laurence Makoare in full-body Lurtz make up, being led about the sets because he couldn't see due to his heavy make up and contact lenses limiting his mobility and the fact the that the poor man had to stay in make up for ten hours plus at a time, because it took to long to take all his prosthetics, etc off and on between takes. Imagine, sitting next to Lurtz at lunch! Will get hold of more tales from our friend Dave, when we next have the opportunity.

Andrew Lesnie Talks TTT, PJ and More!
Xoanon @ 4:17 pm EST

Frank writes: Not sure if this is has already been reported or not by other sources but I though it was interesting. A member of the Home Theater Forum, which is one of the most respected HT discussion boards on the net, recently posted the following message on the FotR EE DVD thread. Now this may be unconfirmed as it is coming from a 3rd party, but the members of this forum are very trustworthy.

Vickie should know that a friend of mine met Andrew Lesnie at a special cinematographer's seminar here in Melbourne a couple of months ago and spoke to him for about 15 minutes. He said Lesnie was very nice, open and friendly and happy to chat about anything - my friend also said you could tell Lesnie was buzzed about the movie and his involvement with it. (The seminar had just rescreened the 'Mines of Moria' sequence and Lesnie looked proud as punch - what a scene to put on your resume...). Some comments Lesnie made to my friend, some of which may have appeared elsewhere on the web...

THE TWO TOWERS is much, much bigger in scale than FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING. Lesnie really had a 'wait till you see it!' vibe about it.

THE TWO TOWERS will look a lot better in theaters than FELLOWSHIP did. The entire Super-35 to digital grading to final print process entailed some generation loss with the final theatrical print of FELLOWSHIP, giving the film a slightly grainy look that many HTF folk would probably recognise from other Super-35 theatrical releases. Lesnie said they were now using a new procedure for the release of THE TWO TOWERS that enabled them to make a direct transfer to the final print (?) at a particular stage of post, rather than utilising an intermediate transfer as they did with FELLOWSHIP. Essentially, THE TWO TOWERS will appear a generation or more sharper than FELLOWSHIP did in theaters, giving it a cleaner look and one that more accurately represents what they originally shot. Lesnie seemed confident that they had the problem 'licked' and that you'll notice the difference when THE TWO TOWERS finally comes out.

Lesnie's first meeting with Jackson was a funny one. Jackson asked Lesnie if he'd seen any of his previous movies, and Lesnie mentioned that he'd seen BRAINDEAD (known as DEAD/ALIVE in the States). Jackson asked Lesnie what he thought of it, and Lesnie (who doesn't like films that are too gory) was somewhat embarassed to admit that he thought it was disgusting and that he wasn't able to get through it. Jackson didn't mind and was happy that Lesnie was honest about it. Lesnie also seemed pleased that they'd developed such a good working relationship since.

Finally, my friend asked Lesnie a little about the circumstances following Lesnie's 'sacking' from the shoot of John Woo's MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 2 in Sydney, a professional set-back that luckily allowed Lesnie to work on Jackson's trilogy. (Lesnie shot BABE here in Australia and was hired for Woo's movie with a lot of publicity - he was later taken off the project amid lots of rumours and speculation as to the reason why). My friend asked if Lesnie had ever seen the final movie, given the evident 'bad blood' at the time (which Lesnie dismissed a little, saying that his removal from the project was one of those things and Cruise and Woo were both good guys). Jackson apparently flew an early print of MISSION IMPOSSIBLE 2 over to the NZ site and he and Lesnie had a bit of a giggle watching it in a private theater whilst in the middle of their own shoot.

Media Watch: Starlog Magazine
Xoanon @ 3:55 pm EST

Ringer Spy Melanie May sends along these great scans from December issue of Starlog Magazine, this issue features Dominic Monaghan (Merry), take a look!

Misconceived Error With FOTR:EE DVD
Strider @ 2:00 pm EST

Many of you have written in to us describing a problem you have had with your Extended Edition of FOTR, where the disc appears to stall between Boromir's conversation with Aragorn and the Mirror of Galadriel. Well, TORn staffer Pippin Took points out that this is not in fact an issue with the DVD itself but with the DVD player;

'It's called a layer change, when the DVD player's laser switches from one layer of information on the disc to the second layer. This is normal, and the only way around it is to buy one of the higher-end DVD players, which are better equipped to handle the layer changes more smoothly and with less of a pause while the laser switches over.'

John Rhys Davies Injury Article
Arathorn @ 1:16 pm EST

TORn Staffer Mia sends in a translation of the article posted in the Croatian newspaper Vecernji List yesterday concerning John Rhys-Davies' very unfortunate accident on the set of "Musketeers". We've deliberated about posting this, given the somewhat distasteful manner in which JRD's privacy appears to have been violated by the press - but in the interests of keeping his concerned fans as best informed as possible, here's the translation:

ACTOR BADLY HURT AT THE SET OF "LA FEMME MUSKETEER"
John Rhys-Davies in the central Rijeka hospital - background props collapsed on one of the musketeers.

John Rhys-Davies, who plays one of the musketeers (Porthos, btw - M.) in the film "La Femme Musketeer" was badly hurt yesterday afternoon during the filming in Pazin. The heavy construction of a background prop had collapsed and hit the actor, who was immediately transferred to the ER section of the Rijeka main hospital. The group of doctors led by Ivan Kirin, MD, stated there was a major head injury with severe bleeding, and a fracture of the right arm. The actor also had chest injuries but no fractures. John Rhys-Davies, known for his role as the Dwarf in the film "The Lord of the Rings", will have to stay in the hospital for the next week, which will probably result in stopping the filming of "La Femme Musketeer". The film crew met last night at the Lovran Excelsior to discuss further filming plans. The American and Croatian actors involved with the film have had a chain of bad luck; last week the actress Nastassya Kinski slipped and hurt her knee, but the injury was not a serious one.

Ananova are also running this story.

We at TORn wish John the very best and a speedy recovery.

Fellowship of the Ring Codes for XBox
Flinch @ 1:56 am EST

XBox Cheats

Infinite Ammo:
While playing, quickly press X, B, Y, A, X, B.

Infinite health:
While playing, quickly press Y, A, X, B, A, Y.

Infinite Ring Use (Frodo):
While playing, quickly press Y, B, A, B, Y, X.

Helpful Tips

Sinking box
When you are in the Shire and have to find the Clanker, before you get it, go on the place where the bell is anyway. At the bottom left hand corner are some boxes. Pick one up, walk over to the stairs, and let go. The box will sink into the stairs.

Stuck in building
In Bree while playing as Aragorn, get the bundle of hay for the dummies that you need to make. If you save the game in the building that you get the hay in, you will be unable to leave. The entrance will act like a wall. You will not be able to continue the game.

Two Towers Cheat Codes
Flinch @ 1:49 am EST

Feel free to try out these codes, but be warned only Restore Health, Max Missle, 1000 Exp, and Level 2-5 Skills can be used until you've beaten the Secret Level with the Secret Character.

Restore Health

Begin playing any mission.  Pause game play by pressing the Start button.  While paused, press and hold all 4 "shoulder buttons" (R1, R2, L1, and L2).  While holding the 4 shoulderbuttons down, press Triangle, Down, X, Up.  Release the shoulder buttons and un-pause the game by pressing the Start button.

Get 1000 Experience

Begin playing any mission.  Pause game play by pressing the Start button.  While paused, press and hold all 4 "shoulder buttons" (R1, R2, L1, and L2).  While holding the 4 shoulder buttons down, press X, Down, Down, Down.  Release the shoulder buttons and un-pause the game by pressing the Start button.

Get level 2 Skills

Begin playing any mission.  Pause game play by pressing the Start button.  While paused, press and hold all 4 "shoulder buttons" (R1, R2, L1, and L2).  While holding the 4 shoulderbuttons down, press Circle, Right, Circle, Right.  Release the shoulder buttons and un-pause the game by pressing the Start button.

Get level 3 Skills

Begin playing any mission.  Pause game play by pressing the Start button.  While paused, press and hold all 4 "shoulder buttons" (R1, R2, L1, and L2).  While holding the 4 shoulderbuttons down, press Triangle, Up, Triangle, Up.  Release the shoulder buttons and un-pause the game by pressing the Start button.

Get level 4 Skills

Begin playing any mission.  Pause game play by pressing the Start button.  While paused, press and hold all 4 "shoulder buttons" (R1, R2, L1, and L2).  While holding the 4 shoulderbuttons down, press Square, Left, Square, Left.  Release the shoulder buttons and un-pause the game by pressing the Start button.

Get level 5 Skills

Begin playing any mission.  Pause game play by pressing the Start button.  While paused, press and hold all 4 "shoulder buttons" (R1, R2, L1, and L2).  While holding the 4 shoulder buttons down, press X, X, Down, Down.  Release the shoulder buttons and un-pause the game by pressing the Start button.

Be Invincible

Begin playing any mission.  Pause game play by pressing the Start button.  While paused, press and hold all 4 "shoulder buttons" (R1, R2, L1, and L2).  While holding the 4 shoulderbuttons down, press Triangle, Square, X, Circle.  Release the shoulder buttons and un-pause the game by pressing the Start button.

Max Ammo

Begin playing any mission.  Pause game play by pressing the Start button.  While paused, press and hold all 4 "shoulder buttons" (R1, R2, L1, and L2).  While holding the 4 shoulder buttons down, press X, Down, Triangle, Up.  Release the shoulder buttons and un-pause the game by pressing the Start button.

Unlimited Missile Weapons

Begin playing any mission.  Pause game play by pressing the Start button.  While paused, press and hold all 4 "shoulder buttons" (R1, R2, L1, and L2).  While holding the 4 shoulderbuttons down, press Square, Circle, X, Triangle .  Release the shoulder buttons and un-pause the game by pressing the Start button.

Awesome Attacks

Begin playing any mission.  Pause game play by pressing the Start button.  While paused, press and hold all 4 "shoulder buttons" (R1, R2, L1, and L2).  While holding the 4 shoulderbuttons down, press Square, Square, Circle, Circle.  Release the shoulder buttons and un-pause the game by pressing the Start button.

Slow Motion

Begin playing any mission.  Pause game play by pressing the Start button.  While paused, press and hold all 4 "shoulder buttons" (R1, R2, L1, and L2).  While holding the 4 shoulderbuttons down, press Triangle, Circle, X, Square.  Release the shoulder buttons and un-pause the game by pressing the Start button.

Get Tiny Enemies

Begin playing any mission.  Pause game play by pressing the Start button.  While paused, press and hold all 4 "shoulder buttons" (R1, R2, L1, and L2).  While holding the 4 shoulderbuttons down, press Triangle, Triangle, X, X.  Release the shoulder buttons and un-pause the game by pressing the Start button.

All Combo Upgrades

Begin playing any mission.  Pause game play by pressing the Start button.  While paused, press and hold all 4 "shoulder buttons" (R1, R2, L1, and L2).  While holding the 4 shoulderbuttons down, press Triangle, Circle, Triangle, Circle.  Release the shoulder buttons and un-pause the game by pressing the Start button.

Get Tower of Orthanc Level

Finish the game using Aragon on level 10

Be Isildur

Beat the game with all 3 standard characters Gimli, Aragorn & Legolas

Get Orlando Bloom Interview

Get to level 5 with Lagolas

Get John Rhys-Davis Interview

Get to level 5 with Gimli

Get Viggo Mortenson Interview

Get to level 5 with Aragorn

Get Secret Photos

Beat Balin's Tomb to get Fellowship of the Ring photos

Beat Plains of Rohan to get Helm's Deep and Rohan photos

Get Character's Secret Level

Beat Helm's Deep and get level 10 with Gimli, Legolas or Aragorn

Images From Decipher's Two Towers TCG!
Strider @ 6:06 pm EST

On November 6th, Decipher released on sale the complete The Two Towers Trading Card Game. TheOneRing.net hopes to have all 365 cards as soon as possible! In the meantime, here's a taste of what's in store from these incredibly revealing pictures:

(from L to R): The Forbidden Pool, a herd of Oliphaunts, Men of Rhûn, the Black Gate, some more Oliphaunts, a group of Southron warriors, some faces in the Dead Marshes, the fallen bodies of the Uruk-hai, the Caves under Helm's Deep and Saruman overlooking his Orcs.

No More Sex In TTT!
Xoanon @ 9:18 am EST

Not that there ever was any in the first place...check this out from Fergus: I recieved this update from Odeon concerning TTT - it seems the sexual content was a mistake! The fil has been confirmed as a 12A which means there may be more violence than FOTR.

1) The actual release date for The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers is December 18th and NOT December 13th as reported.

2) The certificate for The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers is confirmed as 12A. However, the correct certificate addendum is in fact, "contains intense combat and fantasy horror scenes". It is NOT, "contains moderate action, violence and one sex scene" which was attached by mistake. This is in fact the correct certificate addendum for James Bond: Die Another Day.

UK Rates TTT For Sexual Content?
Xoanon @ 2:09 pm EST

Fergus writes: Just thought you might like to know that odeon in the UK are listing TTT as a 12A (which is a new cert) and higher than lst years PG rating for FOTR.

And Doddy sends this in:

I just recieved an e-mail from Odeon cinema UK, with this info on TTT;

Lord of the Rings: Two Towers (12A*)
Released 13th December
Eagerly awaited sequel to last year's blockbuster The Fellowship of the Ring.
*Contains moderate action, violence and one sex scene.

Any number of queries with that - is 13th a typo? And what sex scene? Although this is the first confirmation I've seen of a certification, and it's using the new (in the UK) 12 advisory rating.

Region 2 Easter Egg Mystery
Demosthenes @ 6:48 am EST

I've received dozens of reports from people throughout Europe about the R2 Easter Egg mystery.

Summarising quickly:

Everyone seems to have been able to play the second Easter Egg fine. However, a number have had issues with the MTV clip. These people all seem to live in the UK and Ireland.

Nevertheless, a (not insignificant) number have not had trouble with it. This includes people in Sweden, Finland, Germany, Norway, France and the Netherlands. No-one in the UK or Ireland has been able to play the MTV clip so far.

Conclusions:

It could be that the MTV was the bit that fell victim to the axe of the BBFC (British Board of Film Classifications). Although, Mad_Iguana points out that BBFC has no jurisdiction in Ireland, so what's going on still remains somewhat of a mystery. We shall continue to investigate.

Thank you to the dozens of people who wrote in and helped contribute to this report.

Update: I followed this up with the BBFC. They wrote back saying that they had never passed the MTV Spoof and that it was not included on the UK R2 release.

The full reply is below. This discusses the MTV Spoof fairly explicitly. If you are easily offended, you may wish to read no further.

"Thank you for your e.mail.

Two DVD extras for THE LORD OF THE RINGS caused the BBFC difficulties. The first was a 'behind the scenes' documentary in which bad language and offensive hand gestures were used by members of the cast. These would have been unacceptable at the 'PG' level so the bad language was dubbed out and the hand gestures removed, allowing the documentary to receive a 'PG'. These cuts are reflected in the website record you mention (1 minute 16 seconds cut).

The second extra that caused us problems was the MTV spoof you refer to. Unlike the above documentary, however, the entire sequence was a problem at 'PG' and could not be saved by cutting.

The sequence in question showed a spoof of the Council of Elrond at which one of the characters announces that, after a drunken session in a piercing parlour, the Ring has been attached to his penis! We gave the distributors the option of removing this sequence entirely so that the disc could retain its 'PG' or, alternatively, accept a '12' certificate - in which case the whole box set would have to become a '12'. The distributors decided they did not want to raise the box set to a '12' so they did not proceed any further with this particular sequence. This is why there is no formal record for the MTV sequence on our website - the work was simply never passed by us in any version.

We hope this clarifies the situation."

Hall of Fire Chats For November
Demosthenes @ 3:25 am EST

Been wondering what's on the cards for Hall of Fire for the rest of November? Here's the schedule for you ...

November 16&17
Everything about the Palantiri

What are these "stones of seeing"? How do they work? What's the difference between a minor and a major stone. How vital were they during the War of the Ring and could they have saved Arthedain/Arnor from destruction?

And how is it that Denethor uses one and (eventually) goes nuts while Saruman goes to "the dark side"? What is the influence of the attitude of the user in the success in one's will or integrity? (And much much more ... remember there's a whole chapter of reading in Unfinished Tales on these things!)

November 23&24
The Two Towers - Book 4, Ch 9: Shelob's Lair

"Presently they were under the shadow, and there in the midst of it they saw the opening of a cave. `This is the way in,' said Gollum softly. `This is the entrance to the tunnel.' He did not speak its name: Torech Ungol, Shelob's Lair ...."

Nov 30 & Dec 1
Gender imbalance in LoTR

Is there a gender imbalance in LoTR? A simple head count supports this, but what of the relative strengths of the characters in this?

What is the effect of gender imbalance on LoTR? Does it reduce the tale to a giant "boys own adventure"? If so, is this a bad thing? And how does this affect/diminish one's reading of the book. (Could be some interesting personal experiences here)

Look forward to seeing you at one of our upcoming chats.

The Spikey Wheel Is Baaaaaaaaaaack!
Xoanon @ 4:21 pm EST

Dennis sends this along

I know that there has been a lot of back and forth talk about the "Death of Saruman" on the spiked wheel thing, but as I was sifting through the 4th disc looking at the stills from the Orthanc miniature, two pictures of a EXACT replica in miniature of the spiked wheel in the picture that shows a white robed figure with a beard impaled on one of the spikes!

Xoanon here, I've gone through our archives to provide you with a little background on this story. Years ago when the films were being made a NZ newspaper crew captured this fascinating picture of what appears to be a white wizard with a LONG beard impaled by a spikey water wheel of some sort.

Click here for the picture and article in question.

TheOneRing.net was also given highly sensetive call sheets (day to day information on what, who, where, when, and how many things were being filmed on any given day) from the same day.

Click here for a scan of the exact shot being refrenced

It mentions Saruman bring impailed by the wheel and dropping the palantir into some water.

'Nuff said!

Media Watch: Popular Science
Xoanon @ 3:22 pm EST

Ringer Spy Jimmy J sends along these scans from the latest issue of Popular Science magazine, take a look, they're talking MASSIVE here!

Extended Edition Easter Eggs
Demosthenes @ 1:29 pm EST

We reported this a couple weeks ago, but with the Extended Edition now in general release, it's worth reviewing the easter eggs that are floating around on your new DVD!

Update:Okay, I'm receive reports that these are not on the R2 DVDs. Is this solely a R1 phenomenon? That'd be a shame for non-R1 people (like me!). If you happen to have a non R1 DVD and can pull up these easter eggs, drop me a line!

If having two discs filled with amazing special features wasn't enough, the four-disc Extended Edition of The Fellowship of the Ring features two very cool Easter Eggs that just add to the awesomeness of the set.

These first two eggs are found on discs one and two of the set, and each one is of a video that many LOTR fans would be quite happy to have on DVD.

The first one is actually the MTV Movie Awards spoof on the Council of Elrond scene that is pretty hilarious. I've wanted to see this again since it first aired (and was repeated a thousand times on MTV), and now it's on DVD.

To find this one, go into the Scene Selection menu on disc one, and head to the final page where you'll find the real Council of Elrond scene. High light that scene and press "down" to find an image of the Ring. Press enter to view the entire clip from MTV complete with an introduction from Peter Jackson.

(NB: This Easter Egg is not necessarily kiddie-safe. Parents might want to watch this bit themselves before they unleash their children on it.)

The second egg can be found on disc two, and is the awesome four-minute "Fan Preview" of The Two Towers that was shown at the end of The Fellowship of the Ring this past March as it was on the way out of the theaters.

To watch this awesome trailer, go to the Scene Selection menu and navigate your way to the final page where you'll find the chapter with the Fan Club Credits. Move the cursor to the numbers on the far right of the screen, and when it's on "48" press down to make an image of the Two Towers appear. Press enter to view the trailer in full anamorphic widescreen and Dolby Digital 5.1 audio.

Thanks to Bernie and TORn staffer Scorpio for this information.

SHOP: The Three Wizards
Calisuri @ 10:46 am EST

For about a week now, I have been fighting with a nasty case of the flu, confined to bed, and barely getting to check the latest news on TORn. Last Friday, I opened my frontdoor to discover a 'get well' package. Lo and Behold, someone had sent me the newest collectible from LOTRshop.com: 'The Three Wizards.' Yeah, you know, the 'Three Wizards' prize from a few contests ago has finally shown itself, and I must say, it is AMAZING.

So what is it?

It is a limited edition framed photograph of Gandalf (Ian McKellen), Saruman (Christopher Lee), and Peter Jackson as they are preparing for a scene outside of Orthanc.

Now this isn't any normal cheap computer print-out. This is an actual photograph captured by Pierre Vinet, one of the still photographers on set during the filming of The Lord of the Rings. The frame is equally as valuable. The photo is perfectly mounted in a black wood frame with off-white matte and covered by UV-filtering plexiglass.

The true test of the quality of this product was how my SOTORN would react to it. (SOTORN? Yeah, you know, Significant Others of Tolkien Obsessed Reactive Ninnies) Well, she loves it. So much so, she said, "I would rather have this in our living room than The Two Towers poster!" She is also a photographer by trade, so that gives you a good idea of the quality of this piece in the eyes of someone who knows about such things.

Here is the description from the LOTRshop.com which includes dimensions and other important info:

A stunning juxtaposition of Middle-earth and twenty-first century filmmaking, it shows Gandalf, Saruman, and Peter Jackson during production of The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy. Still photographer Pierre Vinet captured this defining moment on location in New Zealand as Ian McKellen (Gandalf), Christopher Lee (Saruman) and writer/director Peter Jackson prepared to shoot another scene. Each wizard is dressed in his powerful garb -- Gandalf and Saruman wear their flowing robes, while Jackson strolls beside them in his trademark shorts -- and each holds his magic-making device -- Gandalf and Saruman carry their staffs, while Jackson holds his notes for the day's shooting. The photograph is a full 12 by 18 inches, is professionally matted and framed in an 18 1/2 by 23 1/2 inch black wood frame, and is protected by UV-filtering Plexiglass. A holographic New Line Cinema sticker is affixed to the rear of the frame to certify the photograph's authenticity. Perfect for display in your home or office, this exclusive item is available in strictly limited quantities. Don`t miss the opportunity to own this amazing photograph which shows these three masters as they bring The Lord of the Rings to life!

If you are looking for that perfect gift for someone this season, this is something that will brighten any Holiday.

Purchase today at LOTRShop.com

Tolkien Artist Ted Nasmith Announces Launch of New Web Site
Xoanon @ 12:31 am EST

TORONTO - November 12, 2002. Ted Nasmith, world renowned for his richly detailed realistic paintings depicting the fantasy worlds of J. R. R. Tolkien, announced today the opening of his new internet web site at www.tednasmith.com

The new motion pictures by Peter Jackson based on The Lord of the Rings have created an unprecedented interest in the mythical realms of J. R. R. Tolkien. Long before the films, Ted Nasmith was bringing the extremely visual worlds of Tolkien to life in paintings, with finely detailed work depicting the rich landscape and unique characters of Middle-earth. "The fans are very interested in the idea of faithful interpretations, but at the same time there's a wide tolerance for a diverse range of styles and interpretations," says Nasmith.

Early in his career, Nasmith sent copies of some of his Lord of the Rings-inspired paintings to Tolkien himself and was greatly encouraged by the author's positive response and constructive suggestions. First published in the yearly Tolkien Calendar of 1987, Nasmith's work has now been featured in more Tolkien Calendars than any other artist.

"Discovering Tolkien had a very profound effect on me, and helped lead to much that I now count most dear. It opened up in me a dormant love of lost and misty times, myth and legend," Nasmith says. "Not since childhood had I felt such a sense of 'home' -- the excitement of depicting Middle-earth never seems to diminish."

He is currently hard at work on the paintings for his third Tolkien Calendar in a row, featuring artwork inspired by The Return of the King, for 2004. "I have set out to create a combination of major and minor scenes that will complement my earlier artwork as well as enter new places not well trodden," says Nasmith. Visitors can now find a special sneak-peak of this and other projects on Nasmith's new official web site.

In the mid-nineties, Nasmith was asked by the Tolkien Estate and HarperCollins to create a special series of paintings for a new edition of The Silmarillion. Artwork based on this period of Middle-earth's history is rare, and Nasmith's work -- in a signature style that echoes the Luminist landscape and Victorian neo-Classical schools of art -- has greatly helped bring this important book to life for legions of Tolkien fans.

Although illustrating Tolkien's extensive works is Nasmith's primary love, visitors to his web site will also find samples of his automotive paintings and architectural renderings, and gain a new appreciation for the wonderful work of this important contemporary Canadian artist.

More than a hundred and fifty paintings, as well as information about ordering prints and other publications, can be found on Ted Nasmith's web site at: www.tednasmith.com

Media Watch: Creative Screenwriting Magazine
Xoanon @ 12:18 am EST

Asfaloth writes:

I found this great interview with our friend Philippa Boyens in the latest issue of Creative Screenwriting magazine. (Bill Condon is on the cover. BTW - Bill Condon is the talented writer/director who made the film "Gods and Monsters" starring Sir Ian McKellen.)

In the interview Phil discusses the collaborative effort she shared in writing "The Lord of the Rings." The article focuses on "The Two Towers," but includes information about FOTR and "The Return of the King."

If you haven't read the book yet, there are some serious spoilers in the article. Philippa explores the differences between the book and the films, and comments on her approaches to character development. She even discusses "The Empire Strikes Back."

Noro Lim!

Asfaloth

Do You Want To Hear Tracks From the TTT Score?!?!
Demosthenes @ 3:56 pm EST

Ringer Spy Brian sends along a track from the Two Towers Score! Take a listen to 'The Riders of Rohan'!

Take a listen to this! (64kbps mp3, 4:36 minutes)

Updated! Thanks to Ringer Spy Maquiladora on the boards, we also have alternative copies of The Riders Of Rohan and Forth Eorlingas for your previewing pleasure!

These have been taken from Classic FM, a UK radio station which is previewing tracks on a day-by-day basis. These are both 160kbps mp3s, 4:03 and 3:09 mins respectively. Warning that all three files suffer from some serious digital artifacts.

Update 2: Ringer Spy Russtavo has been able to provide an improved version of The Riders of Rohan. The filesize is 3.7Mb.

Ringer Spy GullyFoyle has also been hard at work, and as a result we have a higher-quality version of Forth Eorlingas for your listening pleasure. It's 6.0Mb in size.

The duration is 4:02 and 3:13 respectively.

If you like what you hear, don't forget that you can pre-order the soundtrack from Amazon.com. Both the standard edition and 'limited edition' will be available and shipping from December 10th, 2002.

And remember to tune into Classic FM because they'll be previewing tracks every day this week!

McKellen NOT To Play Dumbledore
Xoanon @ 1:53 pm EST

After Christopher Lee (Saruman) has come out and specifically denied rumors that he is to play Dumbledore in any future Harry Potter films, all fingers started pointing at another LOTR star, Sir Ian McKellen. If you want confirmation on something, go to the source, so we did just that.


In a recent phone interview with McKellen (while staying in Vancouver to finish up X2), I asked him point blank about playing Dumbledore, and he expressly denied being asked about the part, being approched or even considered for it.

On the contrary he's planning on staying in Vancouver for a while and work with some local talent, then off to England.

Watch this space for the entire interview with Ian McKellen (Gandalf) next week!

The Two Towers Exhibit Video & Interviews!
Xoanon @ 10:22 am EST

TheOneRing.net was recently invited to Toronto as the only website representing all of fandom for a press junket featuring Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, and behind the scenes talent such as John Howe, Alan Lee and Chris and Dan Hennah.

Take a look at part 1 of 2 segments from the exhibit, featuring our interviews with Billy Boyd and Dominic Monaghan. The boys sit down with us to discuss the exhibit, being sill pranksters and the special edition DVD which is out today!

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Dunland Wildman Cameo Action Figure?
Demosthenes @ 4:59 am EST

Okay, maybe I'm going crazy, but I'm not the only one to see a resemblance to the Great One in this Toybiz action figure here.

You do think I'm crazy? Thought so. Check out this photo, then. You want to look at the the third wildman to the left of Saruman's staff. Look familiar?

(Incidentally, you might have spotted the guy in a t-shirt on a platform in the background in that photo. Random crewmember of the month, perhaps?)

Next, check out this Elfenomo.com image.

Finally, here's Peter Jackson without his firebrands and war paint, courtesy of TBHL.

Now go back and put a pair of glasses on that Wildman. ;)

Thanks to Ringer Fan Eikitchi for writing in about the action figure!

Fan Support knows no bounds!
Flinch @ 2:21 am EST

Earlier today we posted this article asking for help in supporting our Youth Gaming League, since then donations and supportive e-mails have been flooding our boxes! One such e-mail comes from a Teacher in Illinois who uses the LOTR Miniature War Game to introduce his students to the world of Tolkien!

Dear Havens,

      I am very pleased to see that you're interested in how Tolkien gaming is important to the future of his literary works. I run a very large league of gamers in Illinois that play the LOTR Strategy Battle Game from Games Workshop. Many of the younger kids seemed bored with the other traditional games and were looking for something new. What they found, was something very special.

      When I first introduced the LOTR game, many kids were skeptical. It was a new skirmish game set in a world they did not know. However, once they saw the ease in which the game was played, they were drawn in. What happened next was something quite refreshing. Here were kids telling me that they had found lots of "great scenarios" after READING the books. The kids were telling ME about the battles and the great adventures. Furthermore, I was fielding thousands of questions about this, that, and the other thing. Here were pre-teen to teenage kids finding a new world in which to set their minds free. They were no longer discussing the trivial mindless nonsense of the pop culture but having debates on what the Fellowship should've done, or what actions might have been taken. My personal favorite came from a nine year old who asked why Gandalf and Frodo didn't fly to Mount Doom with Gwaihir and just throw the ring in and leave. LOL.

      I was so proud of what I had accomplished! Here were a dozen young minds taken from the claws of the pop culture and placed in a refreshing world of literary genius. They were having intelligent discussions and then playing out their "what-if" scenarios on the gaming table. Furthermore, I even had parents telling me how happy they were that their KIDS WERE READING!!! I believe that no matter what, I have made our world a better place for bringing young minds into Tolkien's world.

-SauronsWrath

Let us know of other ways Tolkien's works and games based on those works have had a positive impact on your life, drop a line to Flinch@TheOneRing.net today!

Click here for the Original Article!

TTT Images Galore!
Xoanon @ 12:41 am EST

Eowyn sends along these great pics from TTT, take a look!