The Hunt for Gollum

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Movie
Original title The Hunt for Gollum
Country of production United Kingdom
original language English
Publishing year 2009
length 38 minutes
Rod
Director Chris Bouchard
script Based on :
JRR Tolkien
Dialogue and plot : Chris Bouchard
Julianne Honey-Mennal
Sabina Sattar
Stuart Price
production Executive Producer:
Chris Bouchard

Co-Producer:
Brian Lavery
Gladys San Juan
Julianne Honey-Mennal

Spencer Duru
music Chris Bouchard
Adam Langston
Andrew Skrabutenas
camera Mike Ritchie
Stein Stie
John Paul Frazer
Neill Phillips
Chris Child
cut Lewis Albrow
occupation
  • Adrian Webster: Aragorn
  • Patrick O'Connor: Gandalf
  • Arin Alldridge: Arithir
  • Rita Ramnani: Arwen
synchronization

The Hunt for Gollum ( German : The Hunt for Gollum ) is a fantasy film from 2009, based on the book The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien . It tells an intermediate episode, which is described in The Companions and the Appendices, and falls under the heading of no-budget film .

The film makes a strong visual reference to Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy . The Hunt for Gollum is only available on the Internet , where the film can be viewed for free.

action

Like Peter Jackson's trilogy, The Hunt for Gollum is set in the fictional world of Tolkien, Middle-earth . The film is temporally located during the book The Lord of the Rings - The Companions . It takes place between Bilbo Baggins' 111th birthday and the departure of his nephew Frodo Baggins from the Shire .

The film begins with a pub scene in which the magician Gandalf and the ranger Streicher (actually Aragorn , the secret heir to the throne of Gondor ) meet. Gandalf informs Aragorn that Sauron , Lord of Mordor , has come to power again and is looking for the One Ring , a powerful magical relic that he once lost and that is now in the possession of the hobbit Bilbo Baggins. Gandalf fears the rule of evil should the ring fall into Sauron's hands. Few people know where the ring is, but there is a risk that Gollum , a solitary , vile creature who once took the ring from Bilbo (Gollum regards him as a thief, which he is not, see The Hobbit ) , could fall into the hands of Sauron, betraying Bilbo's name and the Shire as the location of the One Ring.

To prevent Sauron from blackmailing Gollum's knowledge of the ring, Gandalf asks Aragorn to locate Gollum and ask him about his knowledge of Bilbo and the ring.

Aragorn goes on a search for Gollum in the vicinity of the Mirkwood and learns that a horde of orcs is also looking for the creature. He finally succeeds in finding Gollum and taking him prisoner. However, they are ambushed by orcs, against which Aragorn can only defend himself with difficulty. Eventually there is an encounter with a Ringwraith , from which Aragorn and Gollum are only saved by the unexpected appearance of a group of Elves .

Eventually Aragorn meets Gandalf again, who is extremely concerned about Gollum's knowledge and decides to get the ring out of the Shire as soon as possible.

production

The project started in early 2007 when director Chris Bouchard developed the concept. The first filming finally began in September 2007. The budget for The Hunt for Gollum was less than £ 3,000. The shoot took place in North Wales , Hampstead Heath and Epping Forest . In the shooting were 160 volunteers volunteer as extras involved. From the start, Chris Bouchard intended to model the film on the Peter Jackson trilogy : “Peter Jackson's style was very inspiring for us; it was an adventure for us to play in the world he had created. ”Accordingly, the look of the roles is very similar to the Jackson films. The most difficult aspect of the film, according to Bouchard, was the role of Gollum:

“I didn't want to back down knowing at the same time that Gollum's appearance would be an important part of the film. We really used just about every trick in the book to get Gollum to appear on screen without the Weta Digital capabilities . "

- Chris Bouchard

For example, Aragorn transports the captured Gollum in a sack, so that no elaborate detailed Gollum animation was necessary.

The film was recorded in HD format . The subsequent processing of the sound recordings and the soundtrack took place in the Futureworks Studios in Manchester .

Publication and reception

The Hunt for Gollum was designed as a fan project from the beginning, non-commercial . In the run-up, trailers were first published, which could be found on the project's homepage as well as on YouTube . On May 3, 2009, the finished film finally premiered at the Sci-Fi London Film Festival.

The Hunt for Gollum was then put online on the Dailymotion platform . While the trailers had already received mostly positive reviews from the audience, the finished project was also judged very favorably.

Laura Sydell was impressed by the quality of the fan production on National Public Radio : “ The Hunt for Gollum looks exactly like the Hollywood version. I fell for it the first time I saw it [...]. The special effects in the trailer are impeccable. ”Simon Vozick-Levinson of Entertainment Weekly said that those responsible“ apparently created a worthy low-budget version of Peter Jackson's 'Best-Picture-Ever-Visuals' ”.

In German-speaking countries, the fantasy film magazine Nautilus - Abenteuer & Phantastik published a multi-page making-of and an interview with director Chris Bouchard in issue 66, 09/2009, as part of a retrospective on Middle-earth independent films. Otherwise there were only a few reactions that were mainly limited to private blogs . In addition, for example, Dave Dempsey recommended the film on the Austrian radio station FM4 .

Legal Aspects

The producers of Hunt for Gollum move with their film in a legal gray area. In the film's trailer, those responsible make it clear that the film is a fan project and that they are foregoing any income. Nevertheless, the legal situation between Chris Bouchard on the one hand and Middle-earth Enterprises and New Line Cinema as rights holders on the other is unclear. Fred von Lohmann , Chairman of the Electronic Frontier Foundation , pointed out that the high quality of the production and its worldwide distribution via the Internet could well lead to legal disputes. However, Bouchard stated on BBC News :

“We got in touch with Tolkien Enterprises and made an agreement that as long as we are non-commercial, we will not violate their rules. We need to be careful not to infringe on their intellectual property . They support the fans in their attempts to express their enthusiasm. "

- Chris Bouchard

Film music

The score was composed by Chris Bouchard, Adam Langston and Andrew Skrabutenas. It is not commercially available, but it can be downloaded for free.

The soundtrack contains the following tracks:

  1. "Prologue" (Langston)
  2. "Hunt for Gollum Theme" (Bouchard)
  3. "First Steps" (Langston)
  4. "The Vision" (Skrabutenas)
  5. "Ancient Bloodline" (Bouchard)
  6. "Crossing the Mountains" (Langston)
  7. "The Road is Long" (Skrabutenas)
  8. "Arithir the Ranger" (Bouchard)
  9. "Finding Gollum" (Skrabutenas)
  10. "Aragorn and Gollum" (Skrabutenas)
  11. "Orcs Approaching" (Skrabutenas)
  12. "Athelas and the Evenstar" (Langston)
  13. "The Nazgul of Dol Guldur" (Langston)
  14. "The Elves of Mirkwood" (Skrabutenas)
  15. "Frodo Must Be Protected" (Skrabutenas)
  16. "Aragorn's Quest (Trailer 1)" (Bouchard)

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Hunt for Gollum - About . Retrieved June 19, 2009.
  2. ↑ a b Tim Masters: Making Middle-earth on a shoestring . In: BBC News . BBC . April 30, 2009. Retrieved May 1, 2009.
  3. ↑ a b Brent Hartinger: Will “The Hunt for Gollum” Be as Cool as It Looks? . In: The Torch Online . April 27, 2009. Retrieved May 4, 2009.
  4. ↑ a b c d Laura Sydell: High-Def “Hunt For Gollum” New Lord Of The Fanvids . In: All Things Considered . National Public Radio . April 30, 2009. Retrieved May 1, 2009.
  5. ↑ Lord of the Rings prequel, “The Hunt for Gollum”, hits Futureworks . How-do. April 30, 2009. Archived from the original on May 3, 2009. Retrieved May 1, 2009.
  6. ^ The Hunt for Gollum . Sci Fi London . Retrieved June 19, 2009.
  7. ↑ a b High-Def “Hunt For Gollum” New Lord Of The Fanvids . Dailymotion . April 27, 2009. Retrieved June 19, 2009.
  8. ↑ Simon Vozick-Levinson: The Hunt for Gollum: How awesome is the new trailer? . In: Entertainment Weekly . Popwatch blog. April 24, 2009. Retrieved June 19, 2009.
  9. ↑ Middle-earth Independent - making-ofs and interviews on current and upcoming The Lord of the Rings films: The Hunt for Gollum, Born of Hope, Luthien's dream . In: Nautilus - Adventure & Fantastic, Issue 66, 09/2009 . Adventure Media Publishing House . August 14, 2009. Archived from the original on April 24, 2012. Retrieved on August 14, 2009.
  10. ↑ Dave Dempsey: Today's webtip: Lord of the Fan Films . In: FM4 . April 30, 2009. Retrieved June 19, 2009.
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