The Hunt for Gollum is a 2009 British fantasy fan film based on the appendices of J. R. R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings". The film is set in Middle-earth, when the wizard Gandalf the Grey fears that Gollum may reveal information about the One Ring to Sauron. Gandalf sends ranger Aragorn on a quest to find Gollum. Filming took place in North Wales, Epping Forest, and Hampstead Heath. The film was shot in high definition video, with a budget of £3,000 (US$5,000). The production is completely unofficial and unauthorized, though Bouchard said he had "reached an understanding" with Tolkien Enterprises in 2009.
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The Hunt for Gollum
The Hunt for Gollum | Introduction
The film is set in Middle-earth, when the wizard Gandalf the Grey fears that Gollum may reveal information about the One Ring to Sauron. Gandalf sends ranger Aragorn on a quest to find Gollum. It is set in Middle-earth, when the wizard Gandalf the Grey fears that Gollum may reveal information about the One Ring to Sauron. Gandalf sends ranger Aragorn on a quest to find Gollum. The wizard Gandalf the Grey fears that Gollum may reveal information about the One Ring to Sauron. Gandalf sends ranger Aragorn on a quest to find Gollum. The film is set in Middle-earth, when the wizard Gandalf the Grey fears that Gollum may reveal information about the One Ring to Sauron. Gandalf sends ranger Aragorn on a quest to find Gollum.
arwen's dad in lord of the rings
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Her father was Elrond half-elven, a descendant of the Man Tuor.
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what is an elven?
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who created the aforementioned character?
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J. R. R. Tolkien
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are there any other names of the character?
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is the character referred in any literature?
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Yes, in "The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen".
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what kind of literary work is it?
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The tale is set in the Third and Fourth Ages of fictional universe.
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is it a novel?
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It is a story within the Appendices of J. R. R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings".
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what is the story about?
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It narrates the love of the mortal Man Aragorn and the immortal Elf-maiden Arwen, telling the story of their first meeting, their eventual betrothal and marriage, and the circumstances of their deaths.
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who is the mortal man?
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Aragorn is a fictional character who was a Ranger of the North, first introduced with the name Strider and later revealed to be the heir of Isildur, King of Gondor. He was a confidant of Gandalf and part of the quest to destroy the One Ring and defeat the Dark Lord Sauron.
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does he have any other names?
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"Trotter" "Strider" “Padathir” and "Du-finnion” to name a few.
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was he depicted in any film?
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Yes, "The Hunt for Gollum".
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The Hunt for Gollum is a 2009 British fantasy fan film based on the appendices of J. R. R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings". The film is set in Middle-earth, when the wizard Gandalf the Grey fears that Gollum may reveal information about the One Ring to Sauron. Gandalf sends ranger Aragorn on a quest to find Gollum. Filming took place in North Wales, Epping Forest, and Hampstead Heath. The film was shot in high definition video, with a budget of £3,000 (US$5,000). The production is completely unofficial and unauthorized, though Bouchard said he had "reached an understanding" with Tolkien Enterprises in 2009.
The Hunt for Gollum | Introduction
Gandalf explains his concerns about Gollum's knowledge of the Ring falling into enemy hands, and asks Aragorn to find the creature with his tracking skills. After initially having little luck, Aragorn crosses paths with a fellow ranger and distant kinsman named Arithir (Arin Alldridge), a Ranger of the North, who reports hearing rumours about a creature that has been stealing fish from open windows in local villages; the movie cuts to a scene of Gollum doing just that, and eating his ill-gotten gain atop the roof. Aragorn and Arithir part ways, and Aragorn encounters and kills a pair of orc scouts in the forest.
The Hunt for Gollum | Plot
The film is set during the timespan of "The Fellowship of the Ring". It takes place 17 years after Bilbo Baggins's 111th birthday party and just before Frodo Baggins leaves the Shire for Rivendell (an interval which was not outlined in the ). The wizard Gandalf fears that Gollum may reveal information about the One Ring to the Dark Lord Sauron, and sends the Ranger Aragorn, heir of Isildur, on a quest to find him. The story opens with a brief prologue about the ring's disappearance before cutting to Aragorn (Adrian Webster) and Gandalf (Patrick O'Connor) at an inn (presumably the Prancing Pony) in Bree.
The Hunt for Gollum | Plot
I was fooled the first time I saw it. ... the special effects in the trailer are flawless." A writer for the film website Rotten Tomatoes said, "the trailers suggest it'll be better than "Eragon" ... or "Krull"". The Tolkien scholar Robin Anne Reid wrote that "The consensus seems to be that the film is atypical of fan productions because of its professional production values" and calls it a "hybrid fan/pro film".
The Hunt for Gollum | Critical response
"The Hunt for Gollum" debuted at the Sci-Fi-London film festival and on the Internet, free to view, on 3 May 2009. By 20 October, it had been viewed by 5 million people, and over 13 million times by February 2015 (including views of the REDUX version with improved audio).
The Hunt for Gollum | Introduction
He soon locates Gollum by a fish pond afterwards and captures the creature in a snare trap. Having secured the whining and protesting Gollum inside a sack, Aragorn sets out for Mirkwood. On the way, he briefly spots one of the nine Ringwraiths in the woods, but avoids it. Later that same day, he is attacked by an orc squad and defeats them, but is hit by a poison dart which takes effect after he dispatches his last attacker. He collapses beside a patch of Athelas flowers and has a vision of Arwen (Rita Ramnani) in Rivendell.
The Hunt for Gollum | Plot
"The Hunt for Gollum" had a shooting budget of less than £3,000. Location filming took place in North Wales, Epping Forest and Hampstead Heath. 160 people volunteered as crew members for the production. The production design was based on Peter Jackson's "Lord of the Rings" films. Director Chris Bouchard said, "Peter Jackson's individual look was a big inspiration, it's been an adventure for us to play in that world that he created." The fight scenes were "a huge technical challenge".
The Hunt for Gollum | Principal photography
It is unclear whether the production violates the rights held by the Tolkien Estate and New Line films. Fred von Lohmann, director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, told National Public Radio that the high quality of the film and its global reach via the internet could potentially create legal issues.
The Hunt for Gollum | Legal issues
"The Hunt for Gollum", a fan film based on elements of the appendices to "The Lord of the Rings", was released on the internet in May 2009. It is set between the events of "The Hobbit" and "The Fellowship of the Ring", and depicts Aragorn's quest to find Gollum. The film's visual style is based on that of the Jackson films. Although it is completely unofficial, it has received coverage in major media. Another fan made feature film, "Born of Hope", produced and directed by Kate Madison, was released online on December 1, 2009 on Dailymotion and later on YouTube.
Middle-earth in film | Fan films
The VFX crew was headed by Adam Thomas while Maciej Kuciara supervised the Digital Matte works. Alban Kasikci, Brett Frame, Daren Horley, Dennis Fraser, Corey Butler, Guillaume Benamout, Ismail Kemal Ciftcioglu, Joe Kormendi, Hesam Bani-Eghbal, Kaustav Sinha, Michael James, Nick Marshall, Tiberius Viris and Vladimir Teneslav were Matte Painters. With almost 160 people down the crew list the film crew had 60 on visual effects shots for the film over the internet.
The Hunt for Gollum | VFX
"The Hunt for Gollum" debuted at the Sci-Fi-London film festival and on the Internet, free to view, on 3 May 2009. By 20 October, it had been viewed by 10 million people. The Balticon Film Festival for amateur short films awarded "The Hunt for Gollum" their Best Live Action award in 2009.
The Hunt for Gollum | Release
Gollum is a character in British writer J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional universe of Middle-earth. Gollum may also refer to:
Gollum (disambiguation) | Introduction
It takes place before the events of "The Hobbit". The film can be streamed freely on its main website. Like "The Hunt for Gollum", this film triggered reviews in various media.
Middle-earth in film | Fan films
The film had 3 million views in the first 3 months of release and was well received. It was generally praised for being one of the best made fan films available on the internet. Shortly after its May 2009 release, it became the "fourth most watched release in the US in terms of viewing numbers". The trailer for the film was well received online. A blogger for "Entertainment Weekly" said that based on the trailer, the film "looks "awesome"", and added that the filmmakers "seem to have nailed a passable low-budget version of Peter Jackson's best-epic-movie-ever visuals." Similarly, a blogger for Wired News said that ""The Hunt for Gollum" looks pretty stunning for a film made 'by fans for fans.'" On National Public Radio's "All Things Considered", reporter Laura Sydell said, ""The Hunt for Gollum" looks just like the Hollywood version.
The Hunt for Gollum | Critical response
The plot of the second film, "", introduces a significant deviation from the book: Faramir does not at first let Frodo, Sam, and Gollum go, but decides to bring them and the Ring to Gondor. He takes them to Osgiliath and not until the Nazgûl attack the city and Frodo comes under the threat of capture does he release them.
Faramir | Film
In "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings", the character Gollum speaks with reduplicated plurals, often complaining about "sneaky little hobbitses".
Reduplicated plural | Introduction
In the first edition of "The Hobbit", Tolkien made no reference to Gollum's size, leading illustrators such as Tove Jansson to portray him as very large. Tolkien realised the omission, and clarified in later editions that Gollum was "a small slimy creature." "The Two Towers" characterises him as slightly larger than Sam; and later, comparing him to Shelob, one of the Orcs describes him as "rather like a spider himself, or perhaps like a starved frog." "The Hobbit" states that Gollum had pockets, in which he kept a tooth-sharpening-rock, goblin teeth, wet shells, and a scrap of bat wing; it describes him as having a thin face, "big round pale eyes", and being "as dark as darkness".
Gollum | Characteristics
In 1973, a genus of ground sharks was named "Gollum" by the taxonomist Leonard Compagno, who noted that the slender smooth-hound "bears some resemblance in form and habits" to the Tolkien character. In 1992, a genus of intertidal sea slugs was named "Smeagol" in reference to the original name of the Tolkien character. In 2015, a species of cave-dwelling harvestmen was named "Iandumoema smeagol".
Gollum | In zoology
Deitch was unaware of "The Lord of the Rings" until later in the scripting process, when he incorporated the concept of the Ring of Power into the Gollum (or Goloom, as he's called in the piece) episode later in the writing, making a sequel based on "The Lord of the Rings" possible.
Middle-earth in film | Rembrandt films
Gollumjapyx smeagol is a species of dipluran, named after Gollum, a fictional character from J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium. It was first discovered in caves in the Spanish province of Castellón
Gollumjapyx | Introduction
The film is a depiction of various scenes, usually violent or bizarre, that somehow relate to hunting. Each scenario is presented one after the other with little regard for narrative continuity. The opening scene introduces a Patagonian hunter who hunts stags to survive. The opening credits play over as he chases after a stag, which he ultimately shoots, kills, and beheads. Afterwards, one of the numerous scenes of anti-hunting gatherings is shown, this one in Cape Cod. The attention quickly shifts to wildlife hunting, where a monkey is killed by a leopard, and then a squirrel monkey by an anaconda.
Ultime grida dalla savana | Synopsis
Best Fiction Produced for the Web for "The Hunt for Gollum" at the 2009 Cinéma Tous Ecrans festival.
Chris Bouchard | Awards and honours
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MovieCat! | Introduction
In the making of the films, especially for the motion capture process that yielded Gollum, a special suit had to be worn, covered in sensors. This allowed for a much more accurate and precise motion capture result than the suit-less camera-based demonstration in the Exhibit, but the basic idea remained the same.
The Lord of the Rings Motion Picture Trilogy: The Exhibition | Special effects
Bilbo at first thought to kill Gollum in order to escape, but was overcome with pity, and so merely leaped over him. As Bilbo escaped, Gollum cried out, "Thief, Thief, Thief! Baggins! We hates it, we hates it, we hates it forever!"
Gollum | "The Hobbit"
In the 1977 Rankin/Bass adaptation of "The Hobbit" and its 1980 "The Return of the King", Gollum was voiced by Brother Theodore. He appeared somewhat froglike. In Ralph Bakshi's 1978 animated film adaptation of "The Lord of the Rings", Gollum was voiced by Peter Woodthorpe. In the Soviet-era television film "Сказочное путешествие мистера Бильбо Бэггинса, Хоббита" (The Fairytale Journey of Mr. Bilbo Baggins, The Hobbit), a green-faced Gollum is portrayed by Igor Dmitriev.
Gollum | Film and stage adaptations
The film is short and lacking in detail, barely resembling the original story with the exception of Bilbo Baggins's encounter with Gollum; there is a battle with a dragon named 'Slag', and Bilbo marries Princess Mirka of Dale.
The Hobbit (1967 film) | Plot
In the end, the CGI Gollum was rotoscoped and animated on top of these scenes.
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Special effects
But no print of the film is known to survive, making it a lost film.
Dhaasippen | Introduction
While dancing with joy at the retrieval of his "Precious", Gollum falls into Mount Doom's magma chamber, taking the Ring with him, and Sauron perishes. Sam and Frodo are rescued by the Eagles from the erupting Mount Doom. A few months later, Aragorn is crowned King of Gondor. The story concludes with Frodo agreeing to accompany Bilbo, Gandalf, and Elrond as they leave Middle-earth. He gives the Red Book (consisting of Bilbo's memoirs with some spare pages) to Sam, assuring him that a good life is still in store for him. Gandalf assures them that hobbits shall someday have descendants among humans, to preserve their own existence; and the film terminates in Frodo's departure from the Grey Havens.
The Return of the King (1980 film) | Plot
Gollum was introduced in "The Hobbit" as "a small, slimy creature" who lived on a small island in an underground lake at the roots of the Misty Mountains. He survived on cave fish, which he caught from a small boat, and small goblins who strayed too far from the stronghold of the Great Goblin. Over the years, his eyes adapted to the dark and became "lamp-like", shining with a sickly pale light. Bilbo Baggins stumbled upon Gollum's lair, having found the Ring in the network of goblin tunnels leading down to the lake. At his wits' end in the dark, Bilbo agreed to a riddle game with Gollum on the chance of being shown the way out of the mountains.
Gollum | "The Hobbit"
As Sam holds Gollum off, Frodo reaches the Crack of Doom; but is subverted by the Ring. At the same time, Gondor's neighboring country, Rohan, helps it claim victory in the Battle of Pelennor Fields, where King Théoden and the Witch-King of Angmar are slain. Upon his own arrival, Aragorn plans to confront Sauron at the gates of Mordor. Here, he quarrels with the Mouth of Sauron and the two armies prepare for battle. After days of searching for Frodo in Mount Doom, Sam discovers Gollum and Frodo fighting over the Ring, which results in Gollum biting off Frodo's finger to claim it.
The Return of the King (1980 film) | Plot
He felt that selective omission would be better than compression as in the script he was shown, with "resultant over-crowding and confusion, blurring of climaxes, and general degradation".
The Lord of the Rings: film versus book | Tolkien's fantasy novel
Set in the fictional world of Middle-earth, the films follow the hobbit Frodo Baggins as he and the Fellowship embark on a quest to destroy the One Ring, to ensure the destruction of its maker, the Dark Lord Sauron. The Fellowship eventually splits up and Frodo continues the quest with his loyal companion Sam and the treacherous Gollum. Meanwhile, Aragorn, heir in exile to the throne of Gondor, along with Legolas, Gimli, Boromir, Merry, Pippin and the wizard Gandalf, unite to rally the Free Peoples of Middle-earth in the War of the Ring in order to aid Frodo by distracting Sauron's attention.
The Lord of the Rings (film series) | Introduction
A team led by Randy Cook performed the animation using both motion capture data and manual recreation of Serkis' facial reference. Gollum's CG model was also redesigned during 2001, now using a subdivision surface model instead of the NURBS model for "Fellowship" (a similar rebuild was also done for the digital doubles of the lead actors), when Serkis was cast as Sméagol, Gollum's form before he is cursed by the One Ring, so as to give the impression that Serkis as Sméagol transforms into the CG Gollum. The original model can still be glimpsed briefly in the first film. Over Christmas 2001, the crew proceeded to reanimate all the previous shots accordingly within two months.
Production of The Lord of the Rings film series | Animation and computer graphics effects
In "The Two Towers", rangers of Ithilien wonder if he is a tailless black squirrel. According to Sam in "The Fellowship of the Ring", he had "paddle-feet, like a swan's almost, only they seemed bigger" when Gollum was following their boat by paddling a log down the River Anduin. In a manuscript written to guide illustrators to the appearance of his characters, Tolkien explained that Gollum had pale skin, but wore dark clothes and was often seen in poor light. In "The Fellowship of the Ring", Aragorn states that "his malice is great and gives him a strength hardly to be believed in one so lean and withered." In "The Two Towers", Gollum's grip is described as "soft, but horribly strong" as he wrestles with Sam.
Gollum | Characteristics
Dale Nelson, writing in the "J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia", suggests that Gollum may derive from H. G. Wells's Morlocks in his 1895 novel "The Time Machine". They have "dull white" skin with a "bleached look", "strange large grayish-red eyes" with "a capacity for reflecting light", and run in a low posture somewhere close to all fours, looking like "a human spider", through having lived for generations underground in darkness.
Gollum | Degenerate
The filmmakers have actively defended their work, responding to most criticisms.
The Hunting Ground | Introduction
Gollum is a fictional character from J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium. He was introduced in the 1937 fantasy novel "The Hobbit", and became important in its sequel, "The Lord of the Rings". Gollum was a Stoor Hobbit of the River-folk, who lived near the Gladden Fields. Originally known as Sméagol, he was corrupted by the One Ring and later named Gollum after his habit of making "a horrible swallowing noise in his throat". Sméagol obtained the Ring by murdering his relative Déagol, who found it in the River Anduin. Gollum referred to the Ring as "my precious" or "precious", and it extended his life far beyond natural limits.
Gollum | Introduction
Because the film is lost, its full length is unknown.
The Head of Janus | Introduction
In the new version, Gollum pretended that he would show Bilbo the way out if he lost the riddle-game, but he actually planned to use the Ring to kill and eat the hobbit. Discovering the Ring missing, he suddenly realised the answer to Bilbo's last riddle—"What have I got in my pocket?" (a question at first not meant as a riddle, but as a self-asked one)—and flew into a rage. Bilbo inadvertently discovered the Ring's power of invisibility as he fled, allowing him to follow Gollum undetected to a back entrance of the caves. Gollum was convinced that Bilbo knew the way out all along, and hoped to intercept him near the entrance, lest the goblins apprehend Bilbo and find the Ring.
Gollum | "The Hobbit"
Films about ancient Roman "convivia" often feature a "stibadium" rather than a "lectus".
Stibadium | Introduction
During the period between the filming of "" and "" they had no furniture or props, but could be entered with vistas of the farm viewed from inside them. A "Welcome to Hobbiton" sign has been placed on the main road. In 2011 parts of Hobbiton began to close in preparation for the three new movies based on the first Tolkien novel, "The Hobbit".
Matamata | Introduction
Tolkien describes Gollum's personality after he had been captured by Frodo and Sam: Gollum hates everything Elf-made. In "The Two Towers", Sam bound Gollum's neck with Elven rope, which caused Gollum excruciating pain by its mere presence. He was unable or unwilling to eat the "lembas" bread Sam and Frodo carried with them, and rejects cooked rabbit in favour of raw meat or fish.
Gollum | Personality
A review in the "Monthly Film Bulletin" referred to the film as "dispiriting compendrium of strip-cartoon cliches whose rousingly and absurdly crowded climax fails to compensate for inexperienced direction, murky colour photography and shame-faced cutting."
Goliath Against the Giants | Reception
The film is set during the time of "The Fellowship of the Ring". It takes place after Gandalf has discovered the true nature of Bilbo's ring and just before Frodo leaves the Shire for Rivendell.
Aragorn | Film
Much to his surprise, when he opens it, a reel of film pops out. This he transports (off-camera) back to his hole and views through his own film projector. During the opening, a variety of clashes take place amidst the palm trees and other tropical surroundings, i.e. dinosaurs fighting each other (an inaccuracy) including a Brontosaurus chased by a Tyrannosaurus rex, a Mastodon and a Parasaurolophus, a sabre-toothed tiger and a "Pteranodon" and a Stegosaurus and an Allosaurus battling, before we are introduced to Elmer Fuddstone, who emerges from his cave and announces that he is hunting a sabre-toothed rabbit.
Pre-Hysterical Hare | Plot
These doubles were scanned from having actors perform movements in a motion-capture suit, and with additional details created using ZBrush. There are even morphs between the doubles and actors at times. Horses also performed with mo-cap points on them, although deaths are keyframe animation. Weta began animating Gollum in late 1998, using a generic human muscle system, to convince New Line Cinema they could achieve it. Andy Serkis played Gollum by providing his voice and movements on set, as well as performing within the motion capture suit. His scenes were filmed twice, with and without him. Originally Gollum was set to solely be a CG character, but Jackson was so impressed by Andy Serkis' audition tape that they used him on set as well.
Production of The Lord of the Rings film series | Animation and computer graphics effects
The early chapters "A Conspiracy Unmasked", "The Old Forest", "In the House of Tom Bombadil", and "Fog on the Barrow-Downs" are essentially omitted completely, though brief mentions of these are made later. The penultimate chapter "The Scouring of the Shire" is omitted, though its scene of the death of Saruman is retained in the extended version.
The Lord of the Rings: film versus book | Omissions
Surprising the makers of the film, the simple act of kneeling down was used to great effect. Some actors also wore oversized costumes to make average-sized actors look small, and there were numerous scale doubles who were disguised with costumes (and even latex faces for the hobbit doubles) and an avoidance of close-ups and numerous back shots.
Production of The Lord of the Rings film series | Scale
He also wants to question Gollum, who had borne the ring for many years. Gandalf searches long and hard for Gollum, and often has the assistance of Aragorn. Aragorn eventually succeeds in finding Gollum. Gandalf questions Gollum, threatening him with fire when he proves unwilling to speak. Gandalf learns that Sauron has forced Gollum under torture in Barad-dûr to tell what he knows of the ring. This reinforces Gandalf's growing suspicion that Bilbo's ring is the One Ring.
Gandalf | Gandalf the Grey
The film was shot on 35mm black-and-white film, running to one reel of 725 feet in length.
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes; or, Held for Ransom | Introduction
The oddness of the word "pompatus" occasioned some attention and further use, including being used in the title of a movie.
Pompatus | Introduction
Another problem was that the crew realized that the cast performed better in the versions of the film with Serkis. In the end, the CG Gollum was often animated on top of these scenes and Serkis would be painted out. Due to Gollum's not being human, shots such as him crawling down a sheer cliff were shot with no live reference. Serkis also did motion-capture for the character which would drive the body of the model, whilst animators did all fingers and facial animation. Gino Acevedo supervised realistic skin tones, which for the first time used subsurface scattering shader, taking four hours per frame to render.
Production of The Lord of the Rings film series | Animation and computer graphics effects
The Hunt for the Bride (German: Die Jagd nach der Braut) is a 1927 German silent film directed by George Jacoby and starring Georg Alexander, Stewart Rome and Elga Brink. The film's art direction was by Franz Schroedter and Hermann Warm.
The Hunt for the Bride | Introduction
The Tolkien scholar Charles W. Nelson described Gollum as an evil guide, contrasted with Gandalf, the good guide (like Virgil in Dante's "Inferno") in "Lord of the Rings". He notes, too, that both Gollum and Gandalf are servants of The One, Eru Ilúvatar, in the struggle against the forces of darkness, and "ironically" all of them, good and bad, are necessary to the success of the quest.
Gollum | Evil guide
Harty, editor of a collection of essays called "Cinema Arthuriana", says that the film is "slightly indebted to, rather than, as Warner publicity claims, actually based on" Chapman's novel.
Quest for Camelot | Critical response
Most of the symbols and runes depicted in the film were taken from a 17th Century text called "Lesser Key of Solomon".
Antrum (film) | Development
Kjell Sundvall agreed to this at first but later changed his mind.
The Hunters (1996 film) | Introduction
The films also embellished upon Tolkien's descriptions of swords (and other weapons) by making up inscriptions for these items.
Middle-earth weapons and armour | Swords
Colossus and the Headhunters (), is a 1963 Italian "peplum" film directed by Guido Malatesta.
Colossus and the Headhunters | Introduction
It was nominated in the same category at the 2013 Golden Globe Awards.
The Hunt (2012 film) | Introduction
His testimony alerted Sauron to the existence and significance of hobbits in general and the Baggins family in particular. He was freed, but was soon caught by Gandalf and Aragorn, who interrogated him about the Ring and placed him in the care of the Wood Elves of Mirkwood. He escaped them (with the help of Sauron's Orcs) and descended into Moria.
Gollum | "The Lord of the Rings"
For "The Two Towers", Weta Digital doubled their staff of 260. In total, they would produce 73 minutes of digital effects with 799 shots. The film would feature their first challenge in creating a battle scene, as well as creating two digital characters who needed to act rather than be a set piece, unlike 's Cave Troll and Balrog. Weta began animating Gollum in late 1998 to convince New Line they could achieve the effect. Andy Serkis "played" Gollum by providing his voice and movements on set, as well as performing within the motion capture suit later on. His scenes were filmed twice, with and without him.
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Special effects
The sound mix was completed at the Futureworks studio in Manchester. The composers for "The Hunt for Gollum" were Adam Langston, Andrew Skrabutenas and Chris Bouchard. The soundtrack has never been released on CD. The soundtrack was released for free music download.
The Hunt for Gollum | Audio
The film is about potholes that are used as death traps.
Veruli | Introduction
Commentators have described Gollum as a psychological shadow figure for Frodo, and as an evil guide in contrast to the wizard Gandalf, the good guide. They have noted, too, that Gollum is not wholly evil, and has a part to play in the will of the omnipotent god of Middle-earth, necessary to the destruction of the Ring. For Gollum's literary origins, scholars have compared Gollum to the shrivelled hag Gagool in Rider Haggard's 1885 novel "King Solomon's Mines", and to the subterranean Morlocks in H. G. Wells' 1895 novel "The Time Machine".
Gollum | Introduction
Serkis had earlier provided the voice and performance for Gollum in J. R. R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy.
Computer animation | Modeling
The final scenes shot were Aragorn escaping the Skull avalanche, and Frodo finishing his book. The cast also received various props associated with their characters, although John Rhys-Davies burned his final Gimli prosthetic. Viggo Mortensen headbutted the stunt team goodbye. Pick-ups ended on 27 June 2003.
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Pick-ups
The Tolkien scholar David Bratman discusses various scholarly and critical defences of the films, and writes refutations of all of them, concluding that Jackson has "taken out just about everything that makes "The Lord of the Rings" a strikingly unique work, one which we love, and reduced it to a generic sword-and-sorcery adventure story ... Condensation is not the issue: the evisceration of Tolkien's spirit is the issue." He writes that he did enjoy "those few moments which come straight from the book", such as Frodo and Gandalf's discussing the moral issue around Gollum, which he calls "scenes from a different movie, the one I wish Jackson had made".
The Lord of the Rings: film versus book | Unacceptable
The film is in Technicolor and CinemaScope.
Demetrius and the Gladiators | Introduction
Originally, Gollum was set to solely be a CGI character, but Jackson was so impressed by Serkis' audition tape that they used him on set as well. Gollum's CGI model was also redesigned during 2001 when Serkis was cast as Sméagol, Gollum's former self, so as to give the impression Andy Serkis as Sméagol transforms into the CGI Gollum. The original model can still be glimpsed briefly in the first film. Over Christmas 2001, the crew proceeded to reanimate all the previous shots accordingly within two months. Another problem was that the crew realized that the cast performed better in the takes which physically included Serkis.
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Special effects
"The Golem: How He Came into the World" is a prequel to "The Golem" from 1915 and as the only one of the three films that has not been lost, is the best known of the series.
The Golem: How He Came into the World | Introduction
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Theater Ulüm | Introduction
The film received universal acclaim. It has an approval rating of 93% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 134 reviews, with an average rating of 7.82/10. The website's critical consensus states: "Anchored by Mads Mikkelsen's sympathetic performance, "The Hunt" asks difficult questions with the courage to pursue answers head on." The film also has a score of 77 out of 100 on Metacritic based on 30 critics, indicating "generally favourable reviews".
The Hunt (2012 film) | Critical response
The film is believed to be a lost film.
The Man Hunter | Preservation
The Ring twists his body and mind, and he becomes the creature Gollum (Peter Woodthorpe) who takes it with him into the Misty Mountains. Hundreds of years later, Bilbo Baggins (Norman Bird) finds the Ring in Gollum's cave and brings it back with him to the Shire. Decades later, during Bilbo's birthday celebration, the wizard Gandalf (William Squire) tells him to leave the Ring for his nephew Frodo (Christopher Guard). Bilbo reluctantly agrees, and departs for Rivendell. Seventeen years pass, during which Gandalf learns that evil forces have discovered that the Ring is in the possession of a Baggins. Gandalf meets Frodo to explain the Ring's history and the danger it poses; and Frodo leaves his home, taking the Ring with him.
The Lord of the Rings (1978 film) | Plot
Instead, to describe the unseen, unheard story, all that was used was a symbol, "?" However, the movie had to be released with a written title "Question Mark" due to censorship rules. It delves into the found footage genre.
?: A Question Mark | Introduction
"The Return of the King" was shot during 2000, though Astin's coverage from Gollum's attempt to separate Frodo and Sam was filmed on 24 November 1999, when floods in Queenstown interrupted the focus on "The Fellowship of the Ring". Some of the earliest scenes shot for the film were in fact shot last. Hobbiton, home of the Hobbits, was shot in January 2000 with early scenes from "The Fellowship of the Ring", with the exterior shot at a Matamata farm, while interior scenes were shot at Stone Street Studios in Wellington, shared with the Grey Havens sequence. Due to the high emotions of filming the scene, the cast were in despair when they were required to shoot it three times, due to a continuity flaw in Sean Astin's costume, and then negatives producing out-of-focus reels.
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Principal photography
Gopala Gopala may refer to any of the following films:
Gopala Gopala | Introduction
The Horn and dagger are again lost. Later, Thom's apprentice Dena is murdered for Thom's involvement with Rand.
The Great Hunt | The Hunt Begins
Gollum speaks in an idiosyncratic manner, often referring to himself in the third person, and frequently talks to himself. In "The Hobbit", he always refers to himself as "my precious". When not referring to himself in third person, he sometimes speaks of himself in the plural as "we", hinting at his split personality. The rare occasions when he actually says "I" are interpreted by Frodo as an indication that Sméagol's better self has the upper hand. Gollum also uses his own versions of words similar to the original words. He usually adds -es to the end of a plural, resulting in words such as "hobbitses" instead of hobbits or "birdses" instead of birds.
Gollum | Speech
He wandered in the wilderness for a few years until he finally retreated to a deep cavern in the Misty Mountains. The Ring's malignant influence twisted his body and mind, and prolonged his life well beyond its natural limits. Gollum left his cave in pursuit of Bilbo a few years after losing the Ring, but the trail was cold. He made his way to the edge of Mordor, where he met the monstrous spider Shelob and became her spy, worshipping her and bringing her food. He was eventually captured by Sauron's forces and tortured, revealing to Sauron the names of "Baggins" and "the Shire".
Gollum | "The Lord of the Rings"
In the rush to print, Remington had no time to read the book, and surprised Tolkien with details such as a tree with pumpkin-like fruits, and a lion, which was painted out for later editions.
The Lord of the Rings | Illustrations
Tordenskjold or Tordenskiold may refer to: People: Film:
Tordenskjold (disambiguation) | Introduction
Render time refers to the amount of time it took the computer to process the image into a usable format; it does not include the amount of time it took the texture artists to "draw" the frame. The hair dynamics of CG Gollum in "The Two Towers" were generated using Maya Cloth. Because of its technical limitations, Weta subsequently moved to the Syflex system for "The Return of the King".
Production of The Lord of the Rings film series | Animation and computer graphics effects
During the night, they are attacked by goblins, and Bilbo is knocked unconscious. He awakens alone and lost. As he wanders through the underground passages, he finds a ring, and encounters a creature named Gollum (Daran Norris). Gollum makes a deal with Bilbo; they will play a game of riddles. If Gollum wins, he will eat Bilbo, but if Bilbo wins, Gollum will show him the way out. Bilbo wins the game, and Gollum says he must get something before he can lead Bilbo out. He realizes his ring is gone. Bilbo puts the ring on and discovers it makes its wearer invisible.
The Hobbit (2003 video game) | Plot
He worked as a janitor at Stanford University, where he demonstrated his prowess at chess by beating 30 professors simultaneously, and later became a dockworker in San Francisco. (It should be kept in mind that "facts" such as these are based on not-necessarily-reliable and unsupported statements about himself.) He played a bit part in Orson Welles' 1946 movie "The Stranger". This was one of the several movie appearances he made beginning in the 1940s and continuing into the 1990s. These were mostly small parts in B-movies, although he did provide the voice of Gollum in the 1977 made-for-television animated version of "The Hobbit" and the follow-up adaptation of "The Return of the King" (1980).
Brother Theodore | To America
The Hunt for Death () is a 1920 German silent film directed by Karl Gerhardt and starring Lil Dagover. It was followed by three sequels. The film's art direction was by Hermann Warm.
The Hunt for Death | Introduction
The story of the characters is linked to the Sumerian myth of Inanna and her descent to the underworld and to Aeschylus's tragedy "Prometheus Bound". It is divided in two parts dedicated to the seasons of Summer, entitled "The Lost Deus of Sumer", and Fall, called "Evenfall Leaves".
Vellum (novel) | Introduction
Chris Bouchard is a British film producer and director of "The Hunt for Gollum", an independent Lord of the Rings fan film. The budget was kept to £3,000 using crowd-sourced visual effects. The film was released on streaming platforms in May 2009. In its first week it was the fourth most watched film in the US “topped only by "X-Men Origins: Wolverine," "Star Trek" and a romantic comedy starring Matthew McConaughey.” As of October 2009 it had been watched by 3.5 million people. Following this he directed feature length crime drama Hackney’s Finest in 2014, which was produced by London film studio Framestore.
Chris Bouchard | Introduction
He then went on to become a professor of education at Boston University and at Stonehill College. Many of Cullum's pedagogical experiments and class performances were captured on film by filmmaker Robert Downey Sr..
Albert Cullum | Introduction
Film's introduction:
Walk Like a Dragon | Plot
Giving the Hobbits provisions, he sent them on their way to continue their quest, but warned Frodo that their guide, Gollum, was a treacherous creature, and that an unknown terror lived in Cirith Ungol, where Gollum was leading them.
Faramir | "The Two Towers"
Gonnema himself, however, escaped once again.
Gonnema | Introduction
Principal photography for the film took place in Rome.
Into the Labyrinth (film) | Production
The sequence describing the deer hunt is relatively unspecific and nonviolent, with an air of relaxation and exhilaration. The first seduction scene follows in a similar vein, with no overt physical advances and no apparent danger; the entire exchange is humorously portrayed. The boar-hunting scene is, in contrast, laden with detail. Boars were (and are) much more difficult to hunt than deer; approaching one with only a sword was akin to challenging a knight to single combat. In the hunting sequence, the boar flees but is cornered before a ravine. He turns to face Bertilak with his back to the ravine, prepared to fight.
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight | Hunting and seduction
Dickson decided to give the Hobbits shorts due to their bare feet, and specifically worked on long sleeves for the Elves for a gliding impression. Dickson also took great pains to distinguish the colors worn by the Gondorians (silver and black) and the Rohirrim (brown and green).
Production of The Lord of the Rings film series | Costumes
Finally, an exotic army invades the western coast.
The Great Hunt | Introduction
Gor is a 1987 science fiction and fantasy film based loosely on the 1966 novel "Tarnsman of Gor", written by philosophy professor and author John Frederick Lange Jr. under his pen name John Norman. There was a sequel, "Outlaw of Gor" (1989).
Gor (film) | Introduction