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TORN just posted some links to some interviews with Peter Jackson from August 30, 1998! The writing of the scripts wasn't even complete and this was just after they switched from Miramax to New Line Cinema. Originally, with Miramax, they were only going to make two films with a very small budget. They were going to be titled The Fellowship of the Ring and The War of the Ring. Then New Line picked it up and the rest is history. But it's still very interesting to read this stuff since it was almost 4 years ago!! This was also before any casting had been done...some things have changed but some is still the same:
20 questions from the fans
Second Q&A done by AICN
Here's probably my favorite response to one of the fan questions, shows that PJ really does love LOTR and has good intentions with what he's doing:
<< 20. What gets you shaking like a kid on Christmas Morning on this project? In otherwords, when you look at the films, what are you dying to capture on film, and how will you do it?
These types of intangible questions are the toughest. I guess I'm lucky to have only one!
I want to take movie-goers into Middle-earth, in a way that is believable and powerful.
Imagine this: 7000 years has gone by. We take a filmcrew to Helm's Deep ... it's now looking a little older, but still impresses as a mighty fortress. The Art Dept set to work, patching up holes and removing tourist signs. The current owner strikes a hard bargain, but New Line money finally gets us permission to film there for 6 weeks. Rohan heraldry is studied and faithfully reproduced. Theoden's original saddle is in a museum - far too valuable to use in the movie, but an exact copy is made. Archeological expeditions have unearthed an incredibly preserved mummified Uruk-hai carcass. We make exact prothestic copies of these viscous killers ... use CG to give us a 10,000 strong army. We have cast actors who look like Aragorn and Theoden. In an amazing casting coup, Legolas has agreed to return from Valinor with Gimli to recreate their part in this cinematic retelling of the events at the end of the Third Age. They stand on the battlements of the Deeping Wall, wind blowing in their hair, leading a group of extras proudly portraying the brave garrison of Rohan soldiers ... Uruk drums roll up the valley ... huge lighting rigs flash simulated lightening ... rain towers send gallons of water into the air ... on an assistant director's signal, twenty 35mm cameras start rolling simultaneously ... the battle of Helm's Deep is about to be captured on film.
Sure, it's not really THE LORD OF THE RINGS ... but it could still be a pretty damn cool movie.
Cheers, Peter J
>>
isn't this the same stuff we got to see in the recent TTT preview?
OK, that's the last LOTR thread for a while! I promise!
20 questions from the fans
Second Q&A done by AICN
Here's probably my favorite response to one of the fan questions, shows that PJ really does love LOTR and has good intentions with what he's doing:
<< 20. What gets you shaking like a kid on Christmas Morning on this project? In otherwords, when you look at the films, what are you dying to capture on film, and how will you do it?
These types of intangible questions are the toughest. I guess I'm lucky to have only one!
I want to take movie-goers into Middle-earth, in a way that is believable and powerful.
Imagine this: 7000 years has gone by. We take a filmcrew to Helm's Deep ... it's now looking a little older, but still impresses as a mighty fortress. The Art Dept set to work, patching up holes and removing tourist signs. The current owner strikes a hard bargain, but New Line money finally gets us permission to film there for 6 weeks. Rohan heraldry is studied and faithfully reproduced. Theoden's original saddle is in a museum - far too valuable to use in the movie, but an exact copy is made. Archeological expeditions have unearthed an incredibly preserved mummified Uruk-hai carcass. We make exact prothestic copies of these viscous killers ... use CG to give us a 10,000 strong army. We have cast actors who look like Aragorn and Theoden. In an amazing casting coup, Legolas has agreed to return from Valinor with Gimli to recreate their part in this cinematic retelling of the events at the end of the Third Age. They stand on the battlements of the Deeping Wall, wind blowing in their hair, leading a group of extras proudly portraying the brave garrison of Rohan soldiers ... Uruk drums roll up the valley ... huge lighting rigs flash simulated lightening ... rain towers send gallons of water into the air ... on an assistant director's signal, twenty 35mm cameras start rolling simultaneously ... the battle of Helm's Deep is about to be captured on film.
Sure, it's not really THE LORD OF THE RINGS ... but it could still be a pretty damn cool movie.
Cheers, Peter J
>>
isn't this the same stuff we got to see in the recent TTT preview?
OK, that's the last LOTR thread for a while! I promise!
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