Cast
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC" ! Role !! Actor |- | Frodo Baggins || Elijah Wood |- | Gandalf the White || Ian McKellen |- | Arwen Evenstar || Liv Tyler |- | Aragorn (Strider) || Viggo Mortensen |- | Samwise Gamgee || Sean Astin |- | Galadriel || Cate Blanchett |- | Gimli son of Glóin || John Rhys-Davies |- | Théoden || Bernard Hill |- | Saruman the White || Christopher Lee |- | Peregrin Took (Pippin) || Billy Boyd |- | Meriadoc Brandybuck (Merry) || Dominic Monaghan |- | Legolas || Orlando Bloom |- | Elrond || Hugo Weaving |- | Éowyn || Miranda Otto |- | Faramir || David Wenham |- | Éomer || Karl Urban |- | Gollum || Andy Serkis (voice and motion capture) |- | Gríma Wormtongue || Brad Dourif |- | Haldir of Lórien || Craig Parker |- | Treebeard || John Rhys-Davies (voice) |- | Boromir (Extended version only) || Sean Bean |- | Denethor (Extended version only) || John Noble |}

Additionally to numerous characters giving from either a number 1 film, Them Towers featured Éowyn, a noble lady of Rohan who yearns to be a warrior; Éomer, a stalwart Marshal of Rohan and brother to Éowyn; Théoden, a troubled king, uncle of Éowyn and Éomer; and his treacherous counsellor, Gríma Wormtongue. the mortal actors were supplemented by a total of special effects creatures including treelike Ents, the pterodactyl-like flying steeds of the Nazgûl, and, especially, Gollum, widely acclaimed as the first fully realized CGI character in a live-action film. His movements & facial expressions were modelled on the actor world health organization provided his voice, Andy Serkis. Lone glimpsed in a 1st film, Gollum on this text becomes a polar character by using the possible to vary the fate of the story's globe; he wrestles by using inner demons & becomes the source of friction around Sam & Frodo's antecedently unshakeable friendly relationship.

Synopsis

A living members of the Fellowship of the Ring have split into three groups. Frodo & Sam face numbers of perils in their continuing quest to save Middle-Earth by destroying the One Ring in the fires of Mount Doom. Merry & Pippin throw off a Orcs and must convince a Ents to join the battle against evil. Aragorn, Gimli & Legolas encounter the cryptically transformed Gandalf & battle Saruman's army at Helm's Deep.

Filming locations

Fabricated Location	Specific Location around Future Zealand	General Region around Up to date Zealand
Plains of Rohan	Greenstone Station	Kinloch
Rohan	Poolburn Lake	Maniototo Plain
Edoras	Mount Sunday	Rangitata Valley
Dead Marshes	Kepler Mire	Te Anau
A Black Gate	Rangipo Desert	Lake Taupo
Helm's Deep	Hayward's Hill	Lower Hutt

Deviations from the source material

Jackson's Them Towers differs from either Tolkien's inside many significant ways. Arwen doesn't come out in the 2nd book in the least. Interviews by owning Jackson & a more writers on a extended DVD version of the picture show produce it clear that it is fully caring of the implications one changes withwithin terms of the original story, & keep close at hand chosen to produce the babies non away from ignorance however sequentially to produce the story operate better in terms of motion picture storytelling.

Notably a meaning of the title itself, 'Them Towers', has been changed. Tolkien considered several imaginable combinations, however finally fixate Orthanc and Minas Morgul being the '2 towers'. Nevertheless, around Jackson's picture Saruman instead list the children when Orthanc & Barad-dûr, which is also reflected in the movie poster.

Structure

Tolkien divided Them Towers into ii distinct area. A foremost told a stories of Merry, Pippin, Aragorn, Gimli, Legolas & Gandalf. A 2nd caring Frodo, Sam & Gollum. Jackson chose to intercut between them to present a cases within chronological the correct sequence.

Jackson's structure changes the tale from either the pure quest to a war story. Apiece of the film's ternary independent threads produce a point that a war has began & that my heroes come in the midst of it.

Events

Jackson & his co-writers added many cases to the story, notably: In a film, Faramir speaks of ingesting the Ring from either Frodo, for the defence of Gondor; in the book, he denies getting any such want: non possibly in case I personally incurred it per side of the road, he repetition. Based on data from Jackson, this doesn't function dramatically, when Faramir has there are no "character arc" (i personally.e. he doesn't vary as a character from either his number 1 scene to his survive). Jackson justifies this vary as the means of making Faramir seem additional of a fat character. In the picture show, Faramir will require Frodo, Sam & Gollum to the besieged city of Osgiliath, but afterward lets the babies last. In the theatrical version these are non clear how else Frodo & his companions develop back from either Osgiliath to Ithilien, but this is explained in the extended cut - it escape through the ruined city's sewers then have gotten out behind a enemy lines. (These are non explained how come a Gondorians own mass produced there are no military have of this apparent plus.) An attack on the Rohirrim travelling to Helm's Deep by Orcs mounted in wargs results inside Aragorn's close demise; he is revived by the vision of Arwen around the dream sequence. Nothing rather this is present in the book. Galadriel persuades Elrond (via long-few feet away telepathy) to send Elven archers to Helm's Deep. Interestingly, it pop up nevertheless to become Elves of Lórien, one of whom (Haldir) we met antecedently in the Golden Wood. Jackson originally aforethought to develop Arwen herself fighting at Helm's Deep & filmed a few scenes along people lines, however abandoned that tack. These are however conceivable to pick her call at the battle, when occasionally footage was utilized in the Extended Edition. Arwen has the vision of her first which is taken somewhat loosely from either A Tale of Aragorn & Arwen in the books' Appendices. Elrond virtually forcibly sends Arwen "to the West". Her final judgment on the matter, & her understanding for making it, is revealed in The Go to of the King.

2 significant cases from either Tolkien's Them Towers did non produce it into a film, however were held complete for the next of these: Gandalf & Saruman's confrontation at Isengard; this was originally intended to come out at a beginning of The Link to of the King, however the late guide by Peter Jackson intended that this scene was non section of the theatrical version, though it has since been involved in the extended cut. Sam & Frodo's encounter sustaining a monstrous Shelob. (This is foreshadowed by Gollum's line: "We could let her do it!") Shelob's Den did indeed feature conspicuously in the third film.

Characters

4 of the characters in the film come presented somewhat other than than their counterparts in the book: Faramir takes good deal additional convincing to let Sam & Frodo prove my point in their quest; in a book he immediately recognizes the wisdom of allowing the children to leave freely. He is shown when existence the very much further blemished character than in the book, however nevertheless of these world health organization is however capable of wisdom. Treebeard, chief among a Ents, is unaware of what is happening on the borders of his woods & has to exist as "tricked" into attacking Isengard. In the theatrical release he is non seen sending Huorns to Helm's Deep, but does and then in the extended videos version - watch following. Continuing a trend from either the number 1 motion picture, Elrond (who doesn't come out in the book) is good deal supplementary hard of Arwen & is just about antagonistic toward Aragorn, thus a Thingol portrayal and a stereotypical "father-daughter theme" are each apparent. King Théoden's reaction upon learning of Gríma's treachery differs greatly from a novel: In the book, he offers Wormtongue a risk to redeem himself by riding to war by having the Rohirrim, whereas in the film, a dazed Théoden endeavors to personally execute the traitor.

Théoden's attitude towards a coming conflict is likewise presented otherwise around Jackson's film: In the novel, Théoden chooses to ride to war, & lone attend Helm's Deep sequentially to assist Erkenbrand's forces, which had been dealt the kill by Saruman's armies. In the film, he opts to refrain from open confrontation, & treats Helm's Deep as a shelter for the civilian people of Rohan. Merely a following orc beleaguering forces him into battle.

A King's feel of self-self-distrust is greatly magnified in the film, sequentially to provide him by owning the character arc, equally was done using Faramir.

Awards and critical opinion
Academy Awards Winner: Visual Effects, Sound Editing. Candidate: Best Picture, Best Art Direction - Set Decoration, Best Editing, and Best Sound. Our contries Film Institute: Digital Results, Production Project, Pic of the Year Apex Awards: Better Actor inside the Supporting Role (Viggo Mortensen), Right Production Project, Better Original Song Score, Better Ocular Results, Right Produce-up 2003 Art Directors Guild: Right Production Project (Time period or even Fantasy feature) Australian Film Awards: Right Foreign Film British Academy Film Awards: Right Costume Project, Right Favorite Visual Results, Orange Film of the Month (voted in per public) Broadcast Film Critics Association: Right Digital Acting Performance (Gollum) Central Ohio Film Critics: Right Cinematography Cinemarati Awards: Better Film, Better Ensemble Cast, Better Director (Peter Jackson), Better Film Editing Dallas Fort Worth Film Critics: Better Director (Peter Jackson) Empire Awards: Best Picture Golden Satellite Awards: Spectacular Motion Picture Ensemble, Better Ocular Effects Golden Trailer Awards: Right Action Trailer Hollywood Makeup Creative person & Hairstylist Guild Awards: Right Character Makeup, Right Character Hair Styling, Better Favorite Makeup Effects Hugo Award (World Science Fiction Society): Better Striking Presentation - Long Form International Three-D Awards (computer graphics industry): Right Feature Film VFX (Weta) Kansas City Film Critics: Better Director Las Vegas Film Critics: Better Director (Peter Jackson), Better Costume Project, Better Cutting, Right Ocular Effects Phoenix Film Critics Awards [http://www.moviecitynews.com/awards/phoenix_fca.htm]: "Best Picture", "Best Ensemble Acting", "Best Screenplay Adapted from Another Medium", "Best Cinematography", "Best Production Design", "Best Visual Effects", & "Best Makeup" "Gollum's Song", a theme played when you took a prevent credits, won a award for "Best Original Song". A song was written by Howard Shore and sung by the Icelandic singer Emiliana Torrini. Rotten Tomatoes Awards: Better Film Saturn Awards: Better Fantasy Film, Better Costume (Ngila Dickson), Better Supporting Actor (Andy Serkis) Ocular Results Society Awards: Right Favorite Results, Better Results witharound Art Counsel, Better Ocular Results around Photography, Better System & Miniatures, Better Performance by an Actor around an Results Film, Better Character Animation inside the Survive-Action Feature, Right Compositing & Ocular Results in an Results-Caused Film Followers of the Oscars predicted that the film experienced a unfortunate risk of winning Right Picture, because it received there is no more nominations in the major Oscar categories (Director, Actor and Actress, Supporting Actor and Actress and Screenplay). This proved to exist as confessedly, though a film did win a Academy Award for Visual Effects. It was been speculated that a Academy was biding its instance for the last film, The Return of the King, to be freed & so that it may honour Peter Jackson for creating such the successful and acclaimed film trilogy. A third film was awarded Eleven Oscars around 2004.

Video release

A theatrical editiin of the motiin picture was freed on VHS & DVD on Tuesday, August 26, 2003. the DVD was a Two-disc placed by having extras on the 2nd disc. This was designed to exist as the coincidental worldwide release, however occasionally British stores began selling the video in Friday 22 because it was a Bank Holiday weekend, much to the ire of the film's UK distributor, which has threatened to withhold advance the diapers of subsequent streaming videos releases.

A long versiin of the moving picture including 44 proceedings of extra lessin was freed on videos on Tuesday, November 18, 2003, with the aggregate of 22Ternion transactions (3 hours, 43 proceedings). One of the extra scenes features Sean Bean & John Noble, world health organization don't come out around the theatrical version, in a flashback where brothers Boromir and Faramir are seen together with their father Denethor. This is available in VHS & in a quaternity-disc DVD placed, by having the film in discs One & Two including four audio comment per crew & actors, & extensive bonus material on discs Three & Four. There exists besides the "Special Edition" DVD pack containing the Four-disc placed, a sculpture of Gollum, a folder just about a run of designing Gollum for the flick & a short DVD docudrama on the run of designing payable sculptures according to the pic' characters & artifact.

Inside December, 2003 there were also limited consecutive-to-back theatrical releases of the extended versions of The Fellowship of the Ring & Them Towers followed by premieres of The Link to of the King, all told nine hours & 17 proceedings hanker.