Consideredone of the most ambitious projects in film history, it took eight years to bring The Lord of the Rings to the screen. The result was an artistic and popular success of the highest order, with the trilogy winning a total of 17 Academy Awards®, and all three films among the highest-grossing of all time.
TheHost of the West surrounded by Orcs of Mordor in The Return of the King film. Mustering []. Initially, the Host of the West consisted of 7,000 men, but a strong force was left to guard the Cross-roads.Part way through Ithilien the army was ambushed by Haradrim and Easterlings, but they were easily detected by the Rangers of Ithilien and driven off with few casualties. Themighty conflict is at an end. And we, the dazed and shellshocked audience for Peter Jackson's colossal fantasy über-epic are permitted to disperse, as across the battlefield at sunset SUPER THE LORD OF THE RINGS BLACK SCREEN: EXT. RIVER ANDUIN - DAY ANGLE ON: SMÉAGOL and his cousin, DÉAGOL, sit in a SMALL CORACLE, their FISHING LINES draped over the side SUNSHINE glinting off the surface of the water. An idyllic image. SUDDENLY DÉAGOL'S FISHING ROD BENDS under the weight of a LARGE FISH. DÉAGOL (excited) TheLord of the Rings is a film series of three epic fantasy adventure films directed by Peter Jackson.The films, subtitled The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King, were released serially worldwide between December 2001 and December 2003.They are based on J. R. R. Tolkien's epic fantasy novel, The Lord of the Rings, adapted for the screen by Jackson, Fran Walsh VKTP.