The Lord of the Rings (film trilogy)
The movie trilogy The Lord of the Rings created by Peter Jackson based on the work of the same name by JRR Tolkien consists of the following parts:
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Script and changes to the original book
The plot of the films largely follows that of the book , but has some cuts, changes or additions in detail:
- The whereabouts of the other rings and their meaning are not dealt with further in the film adaptation, but the Extended Version shows at one point in the third part that Gandalf is wearing one of the Elven rings on his hand.
- The figure of Tom Bombadil , who in Tolkien's work meets the hobbits on their journey and who u. a. his immunity to the effects of the Ring of Power does not appear in the film.
- Instead of the Elf Glorfindel, the Elf Arwen appears in the first film to bring the injured Frodo to Rivendell. For dramaturgical reasons , her character and the love affair with Aragorn are also thematized in a number of scenes that are not included in the books.
- When Theoden and his people move to Helm's Deep, they are attacked by orcs. The “loss” of Aragorn shown here, who later returns to Helm's Deep, does not correspond to the books.
- Saruman dies in the film version after the Battle of Isengard. His reign of terror over the Shire and the later liberation by the hobbits Frodo, Samweis, Peregrin and Meriadoc are missing in the third part.
- Instead of Erkenbrand, Éomer appears as reinforcement at Helm's Deep. Furthermore, Éomer is already present in the book at the beginning of the battle and no Elves appear to reinforce it.
- In the book, the army of the dead only drives the corsairs off their ships and does not advance to Minas Tirith . Instead, Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli are accompanied by the Gray Company.
- The Olifanten, belonging to the people who have joined Sauron, are free beings in the books who spread mischief among the archers after the attack by Faramir on the southerners.
success
| publication | Movie | Gross profit | Box office earnings USA |
Box office earnings outside the US |
Production costs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | The Lord of the Rings: The Companions | $ 871.4 million | $ 314.8 million | $ 556.6 million | $ 93 million |
| 2002 | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | $ 926.3 million | $ 341.8 million | $ 584.5 million | $ 94 million |
| 2003 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | $ 1,118.9 million | $ 377.0 million | $ 741.9 million | $ 94 million |
The Lord of the Rings has been nominated for an Oscar 30 times and has won 17 Oscars. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is number 24 (as of August 8, 2020) on the list of the most successful films worldwide according to grossing results and was the only one of the three parts to be awarded the Oscar for best film , with all three parts for the Grand Prize had been nominated.
Cast and dubbing
The German dubbed version was produced by Film- & Fernseh-Synchron in Munich and Berlin based on the dialogue book by Andreas Fröhlich and under his dialogue direction .
- Legend
- The fellows
- Gondor
- Rivendell and Lorien
- Isengard and Fangorn
- Mordor
- Rohan
- Shire and Bree
Genre classification
The trilogy belongs to the genre of fantasy , action and monumental films.
Prequel
With The Hobbit in 2012, 2013 and 2014 came a three-part prequel to the Lord of the Rings trilogy in theaters. The plot is based on a novel of the same name by JRR Tolkien.
Trivia
- At the end of 2012, the game manufacturer Lego released some toy construction sets and a video game for the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
- The non-profit films The Hunt for Gollum and Born of Hope are stylistically based on Jackson's films. They play chronologically during or before the original trilogy.
- In the American cartoon series South Park , the film trilogy The Lord of the Rings was parodied in episode 92 with the title The Return of the Companions of the Ring to the Two Towers .
- Sean Connery turned down the role of Gandalf due to the long filming.
Web links
- Official website (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Lothar Mikos, Susanne Eichner, Elizabeth Prommer , Michael Wedel: The 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy . UVK Verlagsgesellschaft, Konstanz 2007, p. 245.
- ↑ Boxofficemojo.com: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) , accessed January 6, 2019
- ↑ Boxofficemojo.com: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) , accessed January 6, 2019
- ↑ Boxofficemojo.com: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) , accessed January 6, 2019
- ↑ Top Lifetime big things. Box Office Mojo, accessed August 8, 2020 .
- ↑ a b The Lord of the Rings in the German dubbing index
- ↑ a b The Lord of the Rings in the German dubbing index
- ↑ a b The Lord of the Rings in the German dubbing index
- ↑ http://www.filmstarts.de/kritiken/27070.html
- ↑ Test report on insidegames.ch
- ↑ The return of the companions of the ring to the two towers on southpark.de