QUEST FOR THE RING: The Making of The Lord of The Rings Aired Thu 29 Nov 2001 19:00 CST on Fox Transcribed by Banazir the Jedi Hobbit (banazir@ringil.cis.ksu.edu) [This transcript is produced for the enjoyment of fans. All material from this special feature is copyrighted by Arden Entertainment and New Line Cinema.] [Left and right-hand frames show Ring-verse on a misty background] CATE BLANCHETT: ... total passion behind this project, which I don't think I've ever witnessed to this extent. [Wipe-left to set depicting Hugo Weaving as Elrond, leading Elves in a charge, probably during the siege of the Barad-Dur in the Second Age.] [Wipe to set showing Elijah Wood as Frodo Baggins, at Weathertop] [Cut to Elijah Wood seated outside in Frodo's jacket (earlier interview of which one line was shown in first Internet preview)] ELIJAH WOOD: Three movies at one time... I'm so blessed and lucky to be a part of this project. Fade to Wood fleeing through a sunlit forest set with a camera on a boom following him. [Candid cuts of Liv Tyler as Arwen, Viggo Mortensen as Aragorn (on Caradhras set), Cate Blanchett as Galadriel, and Sean Bean as Boromir (laughing on the set), shown during Tyler's commentary] LIV TYLER: Everyone that was a part of this gave up two years of their life, and I think that that really comes across in the film. [Sidebar shows Arwen kissing Aragorn] [Shots shown during narrator's voiceover: - tile floor inside Bag End, pan-up to view of the front walk and Hobbiton - marker on Shire scene with Sam and Frodo in the field, cf. screen saver - Ian MacKellen on red carpet at Cannes - reporters snapping photos at Cannes - Sean Astin (Samwise Gamgee), Dominic Monaghan (Meriadoc Brandybuk), Elijah, and Billy Boyd (Peregrin Took) at Cannes] NARRATOR: During the next half hour, we'll discover why the opening of _The Fellowship of The Ring_, the first movie in the _Lord of The Rings_ trilogy, has fueled unprecedented anticipation... [Shots shown during narrator's voiceover: - Viggo fighting with torches at Weathertop set - Liv getting an adjustment made to her costume - Orlando Bloom as Legolas, flourishing a long knife - Orlando in brown-tinted shades and a mohawk - Orlando on a platform at an NZ park * zoom out to mountain * cut to Orlando in bungee harness, pinwheeling arms and looking surprised - Flash through several shots, mostly from Trailer 2 * Nazgul pursuing Arwen and Frodo on Asfaloth to the ford of Bruinen * Arwen brandishing a scimitar against the Nazgul * Now-famous shot of Frodo standing on a leaf-strewn road * Legolas nocking arrow * Frodo on foot, pursued to ferry by mounted Nazgul * Aragorn fighting (at Weathertop?) * Nazgul reaching * Aragorn throwing torch -- fade to -- - "Quest for The Ring"] NARRATOR: ... we'll join its international cast in New Zealand, for adventures on and off the set... ORLANDO: Yeah, I'm going, I'm going now! Wh-- woah! NARRATOR: ... and we'll get an exclusive sneak preview of one of the movie's most exciting scenes. Welcome to "Quest for The Ring". IAN MCKELLEN: I'm sure the audience watching will be full of fear and anticipation. [Cut to scene of Aragorn fighting armored orcs in a sunlit forest, with Anduril] IAN MCKELLEN: It's the ultimate adventure story. [Shots shown during narrator's voiceover: - Hobbits carrying torches through a nighttime forest. -- fade to -- - Map of Middle-earth stretching from western Mordor to the northern edge of Fangorn, centered roughly on Minas Tirith. Zoom in on southern coastline of Gondor. -- fade to -- - Sunset over a New Zealand forest (resembling the Eriador fly-over from Trailer 1). -- fade to -- - Elves in pseudo-Grecian bronze armor marching through mist. -- fade to -- - Female Elves in Lorien or Rivendell. -- cut to -- - Orcs in plate mail and visored helmets, running -- fade to -- - Nighttime forest set with people running -- fade to -- - Skull-like glyph -- fade to -- - Hobbiton scene with several dozen hobbits going to market and a farmer leading a pig -- cut to -- - Many hobbits raising a cheery toast at Bilbo's birthday party -- cut to -- - Gandalf dancing in the middle of a large crowd of hobbits -- cut to -- - Hobbit laughing drunkenly and drawing on the tap of a barrel somewhat larger than he is -- cut to -- - Frodo outdoors, turning to look behind him seriously -- cut to -- - Frodo and Sam at a campfire with a cooking pot over it -- cut to -- - Frodo camped outdoors, rising -- cut to -- - Shots from trailers of * envelope burning away in the fireplace of Bag End to reveal the One Ring * Gandalf watching with Frodo * Frodo's right hand opening on the Ring -- cut to -- - Frodo's right hand hefting the Ring -- cut to -- - Scene from Trailer 2 showing Hobbiton in flames (conjectured to be Sam's vision in the mirror of Galadriel)] NARRATOR: _The Lord of The Rings_ takes place in a world called Middle-earth, a vision of our own planet predating recorded history. It is an age when peace and freedom are under attack from dark forces bent on destruction. Unaware of the approaching danger are the hobbits, a small, peace-loving people closely related to humans. One hobbit, Frodo Baggins, has led a simple life - until he inherits a ring. He learns from the wizard Gandalf that it is, in fact, the One Ring, an instrument of absolute evil forged by the Dark Lord, Sauron. [Shots show during Sir Ian McKellen's voiceover: - From Trailer 2 * Frodo holding the Ring with the inscription glowing on the outside * Frodo with the inscription reflected on his face - McKellen in glasses, subtitled "Gandalf Ian McKellen" - Gandalf ducking his head to enter Bilbo's living room - McKellen being interviewed] IAN MCKELLEN: This simple band of gold, which contains in its very essence the blood of evil - ultimate evil - that ring will corrupt whoever has it in his possession. And Gandalf isn't sure that he, a superhuman immortal - he's not sure that he can resist the force of the Ring; but he has faith that a hobbit can. Very touching. [Cut to Frodo's hand closing on the Ring, then to --] FRODO: What must I do? GANDALF: (looks on as voices chant in background) [Shots shown during with Elijah Wood's voiceover: - Frodo riding to the right of Gandalf and smiling at him, in a waggon on the party grounds passing in front of blue-and-white tents - Elijah being interviewed, subtitled "Frodo Elijah Wood" ELIJAH WOOD: Frodo has an amazing amount of trust in Gandalf, and anything that Gandalf would ask Frodo to do, Frodo would know that it would be for the best. [Shots shown during narrator's voiceover: - Fade through hazy star (on the White Tree banner?) to Sean (blowing smoke through a thin pipe) and Billy, seated on an outdoor set -- pan-up to -- - Elijah and Dominic, standing -- cut to -- - Elijah and Sean, walking through a Shire field with walking sticks -- cut to -- - Peter Jackson viewing Elijah, Sean, Billy, and Dominic (in costume) with a small scope or camcorder as they enter an indoor set -- cut to -- - Shot of Orodruin from trailers -- cut to -- - Shot of huge orc army on the march, also from trailers -- fade to -- - Close up of color illustration of Ring-inscription -- fade to -- - John Howe's "Fingolfin's Challenge to Morgoth" http://fan.theonering.net/rolozo/images/howe/challenge.jpg http://ringil.cis.ksu.edu/Tolkien/ -- fade through -- - (2 other paintings whose Rolozo links I shall post as I identify them; the first one is the signature illustration of my research group, which is why I recognized it so quickly! :-)) -- fade to -- - Photograph of J. R. R. Tolkien in tweed jacket and tie, circa 1970 -- fade to -- - Open gate of Oxford -- fade to -- - Copies of FoTR, TTT, RoTK with plain yellow/green/brown covers showing a tangle design -- fade to -- - Polish cover: "Wladca Pierscieni (Ilustracje: ALAN LEE)" -- fade to -- - Danish cover: "Ringenes Herre (Illustreret af Alan Lee)" -- fade to -- - Croatian cover: "Gospodar Prstenova" -- fade to -- - Lotholorien set (shot similar to first Internet preview) -- fade to -- - Shot of Nazgul racing on black chargers, followed by a camera crew in a pickup truck -- cut to -- - Human (Viggo?) fighting dozens of extras in orcish-looking armor in front of a large edifice, possibly Helm's Deep -- cut to -- - Jackson at a camera -- cut to -- - Camera on a track being pushed alongside running extras in elf costume -- cut to -- - Weaving leading an Elven battalion on a Second Age set -- cut to -- - Shot of cavalry (probably from same set) -- zoom out to -- - Camera crew with one cameraman on a high crane, with a snow-capped NZ mountain (depicting Mindolluin?) in the background] NARRATOR: Accompanied by his friends - Sam, Merry, and Pippin - Frodo sets out on a quest to destroy the Ring. But that can only be accomplished by throwing it into the fires of Mount Doom, in the heart of the Dark Lord's territory. This heroic quest sprang from the imagination of J.R.R. Tolkien, professor of ancient languages and mythology at England's Oxford University. Tolkien spent 14 years writing the three-volume epic, read by more than 100 million people around the globe. For five decades since it was published, most assumed the enormous scope of _The Lord of The Rings_ would prevent it from ever being made into a live-action movie. Then New Zealand filmmaker Peter Jackson took up his own quest to bring Tolkien's masterpiece to the screen. [Shots shown during Peter Jackson's voiceover: - Jackson seated on sofa, being interviewed, subtitled "Peter Jackson Director" - Jackson with a telephoto scope - other cuts of Jackson on various sets * generic * outdoors with Lawrence Makoare as Lurtz * in front of a miniature of the Lothlorien set, behind the (cut-off) model of a very large mallorn - Moria, with unidentified construction crew person (Nick Williams?) - outdoors, facing actors (playing rangers?) on horses in barding, next to Bloom in costume; gestures and says, "You're too far away; just ease your horse back in as the scene progresses, you know - just keep it... alive.") - WETA Digital studio; seated facial motion-capture actor and female producer (Libby Hazell or Eileen Moran?) - face of a motion-capture actor for Gollum, covered with dots (sensors or position markers? I should know, but I don't) - over-the-shoulder shot of rough render of Gollum from the first Internet preview - two quick shots of motion-capture actor for cave troll in Moria - computer-generated animation (CGA) of troll, layer by layer; the skeleton part of this was in the preview Header: "(C) Weta Ltd. 1998" Footer: Shot Creature (Troll Muscle Dynamics) Artist Paul Story 01 Dec 1998 Troll Motion Dynamics * skeleton * muscle * flesh * skin (bump-mapped) - troll taking a swing at Legolas] JACKSON: It's taken 50 years for _The Lord of The Rings_ to be adapted into a live-action movie, and I think there's two key reasons for that. The first is that New Line Cinema supported the idea of not just making one film but three films. You don't adapt the most beloved book of all time in a way that you have to cut half of the good stuff out. (Shot with mounted actors) The other reason _Lord of The Rings_ can be made today is because of the advances in technology that have only come about in the last seven or eight years. We are able to now just push through the barrier of what is possible to show. [Shots shown during narrator's voiceover] NARRATOR: Jackson believed that, to do _The Lord of The Rings_ justice, a revolutionary approach was required. He decided to shoot the entire movie trilogy nonstop over a 2-year period. BARRIE OSBORNE (Producer): _Lord of The Rings_ is a production that, for the first time in the history of cinema, has tackled making three films at once, and the complications of doing that are exponential from making one film or even making two films at the same time. NARRATOR: At the earliest stage of preproduction, Jackson collaborated with Richard Taylor, who heads up WETA workshop. JACKSON: Richard has, with enormous dedication and enthusiasm, taken on one of the most difficult jobs of creating every single piece of armor, every single weapon; building the miniatures; and the various creatures that are appearing in the films have always originated from his workshop. RICHARD TAYLOR (WETA President): The first thing that I realized I had to do was hire experts in the fields of armor and weapons manufacture, so we employed a very skilled swordsmith, Peter Lyons, who has hand-ground all of the live-steel, spring-steel blades as they were done hundreds of years ago. NARRATOR: For cast members like Viggo Mortenson, who plays the rugged loner Aragorn, the authenticity of WETA's 48,000 pieces of armor and weaponry brought Middle-earth to life. VIGGO MORTENSON: A lot of times you'll see a movie that the extras, or the people in the background, their weapons or their uniforms or their clothing, they're just good enough to get by, but in this, every single thing has been done exquisitely. BLANCHETT: (laughs) It sounds ridiculous, but one of the major reasons I wanted to play Galadriel was for the ears, because (laughs) I've always wanted to have pointy ears. Of course I wanted to work with Peter, and of course I love the books, but I was interested in being part of something which had that fantastical element. NARRATOR: Five separate units filmed daily throughout New Zealand, often in remote locations accessible only by helicopter. JACKSON: New Zealand is ideally suited to bringing Middle-earth to the screen, because Tolkien wrote the book as a mythic prehistory. It was supposed to take place in a Europe that existed in a dark age that we've long since forgotten. MCKELLEN: Middle-earth is a real place, and it's New Zealand. NARRATOR: As with the book, the movie begins in Hobbiton, a rural village in the heart of the hobbits' idyllic land, the Shire. JACKSON: Hobbiton was a very important location for us to find. We explored the country - north, south, east, and west - and found this little pocket of land. We then had to put 20 or 30 hobbit holes in the sides of the hills, and I said that "look, one of the things that's essential with Hobbiton is that this place has to look like hobbits have lived here for hundreds of years". And so we actually started to plant vegetables in the gardens of Hobbiton about a year before our filming. NARRATOR: Jackson felt it was crucial for the audience to relate to the hobbits, a people small in stature, but large in heart. SEAN ASTIN (Samwise): Hobbits are a pastoral, sort of an agrarian species; a settled community. BILLY BOYD (Pippin): They love life. They love to eat. I mean, their whole day can be based around their meals. DOMINIC MONAGHAN (Merry): Some of my favorite days filming have been in Hobbiton. It's just hobbits in their element, having fun. [Scene where Merry and Pippin play with Gandalf's fireworks and some blow up in their faces] DOMINIC MONAGHAN: And that was great to see, because from then on in the movie, there's so much toil and, you know, danger. NARRATOR: As the hobbits set out on their journey, they cannot imagine the evil forces arrayed against them. By the time they do, it will be too late to turn back. NARRATOR: Coming up: The heroes and villains of Middle-earth; and a world premiere clip from _The Fellowship of The Ring_. [Commercial: Nike "enjoy the weather"] [Commercial: McDonald's] [Commercial: trailer for _Impostor_, 25 Dec 2001] [Commercial: _The Simpsons_] [Commercial: _The Sound of Music_, 30 Nov 2001] SAMWISE: Mr. Frodo's not goin' anywhar withoot me. NARRATOR: The first film of the _Lord of The Rings_ trilogy is named for the company of heroes joining Frodo on his Quest. ELROND: You shall be the fellowship of the Ring. NARRATOR: Gandalf the wizard, Legolas the elf, Gimli the dwarf, the hobbits Merry, Pippin, Frodo, and Sam, and humans Boromir and Aragorn. Each has his own ideas about the Ring of Power. SEAN BEAN (Boromir): He's a Man, and he's coming with a very clear opinion about what he wants, and how he thinks the Ring could assist him and bring his homeland back to what it was before, because at the moment, it's in ruins; it's sort of devastation, it's been attacked from all fronts, and he sees the Ring as a solution to that. NARRATOR: Aragorn is the story's most physical character. Viggo was intent on doing all his own riding... fights... and stunts. OSBORNE: Viggo's the kind of an actor that one day got his tooth split - knocked off by a sword - and asked if they could glue it back on with super glue so he could finish the scene. VIGGO MORTENSEN: They would have to drag me kicking and screaming from doing any of it, really. NARRATOR: Dwarves are represented in the fellowship by Gimli. JOHN RHYS-DAVIES (Gimli): Gimli the dwarf, that exciting, vivacious, dynamic character. He's a ferocious warrior. NARRATOR: Equally capable in battle is Legolas the elf. ORLANDO BLOOM (Legolas): An elf is always alert and poised, ready for action. He's an assassin. [Extended shot from Trailer 2: Legolas's arrow hits the orc archer in the head and he falls into a chasm.] NARRATOR: The Fellowship's courage and fighting skills are impressive, but not enough to discourage the evil creatures pursuing them. Most terrifying of all are the Ringwraiths, servants of the Dark Lord, who will stop at nothing in their pursuit of Frodo and the Ring. JACKSON: They have very poor eyesight, but they have this incredible sense of smell, so they're like hounds, bloodhounds sniffing the Ring. They're scary; they're the sort of things, uh, which nightmares are made from. NARRATOR: Gandalf has long known of the Ringwraiths' descent into evil. But when he seeks advice about the Ring from Saruman the White, chief of the wizards' order. CHRISTOPHER LEE (Saruman): Saruman is Number One. Saruman is definitely the most brilliant, the most powerful, with the greatest intellect and the greatest knowledge. Gandalf, well, he's Number Two. But his whole character becomes perverted, distorted, and he lusts for power, and gradually, as it very often does - the old but famous quote, "power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely". NARRATOR: The heroes of _The Lord of The Rings_ cannot triumph over evil with swords and physical strength alone. Victory will depend on more intangible weapons - courage, friendship, and love. In one of the story's most poignant relationships, the elven princess Arwen knows she must sacrifice her immortality if she is to wed the man she loves. LIV TYLER (Arwen): The idea, really, that I give up my immortality for him is so strong - you know, that I give up the life that I have and everything that's comfortable to me, and my family and my people and everything. It's this exceptional love story. [Scene: Arwen and Aragorn on a bridge. (I have heard that this is in Rivendell rather than Cerin Amroth in Lothlorien as the book had it, but I have not confirmed this.)] ARWEN: I choose a mortal life. [Fade back to profile shot of the lovers standing on the bridge.] NARRATOR: Deep bonds of loyalty and friendship are woven throughout _The Lord of The Rings_. JACKSON: The friendship between Frodo and Sam is a very, very powerful friendship. I see it, really, as being an example of pure friendship, of friendship without strings attached - that "I am here for you, I am here to help you, and I don't expect anything in return." ASTIN: Sam loves Frodo and wants to protect Frodo, and Frodo is extremely protective of Sam, and so what you have are these two people locked in this journey together, even if it means right into Mordor and into death. [Fade to map and zoom in on Mordor] NARRATOR: Just as Frodo and Sam spend every day together on their quest, actors Elijah Wood and Sean Astin begin every day together in the makeup trailer. WOOD: Every day we come into work at the same time, get up at 5:00 in the morning, put our feet on. You know, we're there every step of the way. [Shot of a prosthetic hobbit foot made of latex being glued onto Elijah Wood's heel] ASTIN: This is how we discover our day: we come in, it's dark, the world is not awake yet; we get our feet on, and we look outside. [Shot of NZ sunrise] WOOD: That's half of why this film is so amazing (points at sunrise). This kind of stuff every day. (laughs, walks off camera) [Shot of Sean Astin with hairy hobbit feet] WOOD: Our journey through making this film kind of mirrors the journey of Frodo and Sam, and it's definitely one of the closest relationships I've had. I mean, I feel like I've gained a brother in Sean. NARRATOR: When we return, the cast braves snowstorms, celebrates birthdays, and finds unique ways to enjoy New Zealand. [Commercial: Earthlink] [Commercial: _Willow_ Special Edition DVD] [Commercial: Wendy's] [Commercial: _The X Files_, Sun 02 Dec 2001] [Commercial: Billboard Music Awards 2001] [Commercial: (Local)] [Commercial: (Local)] [Commercial: Subway Mediterranean sandwich] [Commercial: (Local)] NARRATOR: _The Lord of The Rings_ can most simply be described as a journey - but Frodo and the Fellowship are not the only travellers. The film's cast and crew signed on for their own multi-year adventure. [Shot of Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Elijah Wood, and Sean Astin in sweatshirts, practicing with barrow blades in a salle (probably under Bob Anderson's tutelage).] NARRATOR: Before any of the other cast members arrived, Jackson brought his hobbit foursome, believing their relationship would be key to the cinematic quest that lay ahead. [Shots shown during Sean Astin's voiceover: - Billy Boyd (wielding a barrow blade) disarming Elijah Wood (wielding a small sword that looks like the Sting model currently being marketed by United Cutlery) - Sean Astin and Billy Boyd reading in a library - Elijah Wood in a life jacket, pushing someone into a lake ("Yeah!" shouts Elijah Wood) - Elijah Wood disarming Billy Boyd and mock-stabbing him with "Sting" as both laugh] ASTIN: We had six weeks of preparation together, and in that six weeks, we really bonded. We did sword training together, we did dialect coaching together, we did script meetings together. [Shots shown during Billy Boyd's voiceover: - Billy Boyd and Dominic Monaghan rowing in a modern canoe - Billy Boyd being interviewed] BOYD: We had six weeks of training, kind of sword fencing and canoeing, and going to the gym, getting that (gestures over belly) hobbit physique. (laughs) [Shots shown during narrator's voiceover: - Elijah Wood, in costume, blows out candles on a cake - this is not the Long-Expected party because there are modern plastic chairs all around - Viggo Mortensen, in Bree costume, cuts a strawberry and chocolate-fudge cake with a large knife - shots from Caradhras set and rainy set] NARRATOR: For the whole Fellowship, nearly all of whom celebrated two birthdays during filming, the production's length and intense physical demands made _Lord of The Rings_ a formidable quest to complete. [Shots shown during Sir Ian McKellen's voiceover: - McKellen as Gandalf, hiking up snow-covered hill - As Gandalf on Isengard set, depicting duel with Saruman (and clearly losing) - As Gandalf looking very serious] MCKELLEN: You sometimes had to climb up mountains again and again and again, and tramp through the countryside in inclement weather, and get up early in the morning, and if you're 61, you begin to say to yourself, "Is this really how I want to spend my time?" (chuckles) But the answer is "yes", because the project's worth doing. [Shots of cast shown during voiceovers: - hobbits rolling downhill - Mortensen fighting, laughing - aerial view of a lagoon in NZ - Mortensen fishing - Mortensen being interviewed - Bloom suiting up to go skydiving - Bloom jumping out of an airplane, pulling a parachute ripcord, and mouthing "WOO-HOO" at a camera (carried by another skydiver?) - Bloom snowboarding - Bloom bungee jumping and shouting "WHOA!"] NARRATOR: On days off, when they weren't nursing bumps and bruises, cast members enjoyed the beauty of New Zealand, in their own personal way. MORTENSON: When I'm not working, I do like to spend a certain amount of time by myself. I mean, nobody gets much time on this movie to themselves. BLOOM: What do I do on days off? Well, most recently, I've been throwing myself out of airplanes... and sliding down snow on a board. I've been throwing myself out of cable cars... it's amazing. [Shots of Jackson and cast shown during voiceovers: - Jackson walking and running on several sets - Jackson being interviewed - Jackson shouting "cut" on an Isengard scene ("I'll tell you what, Chris, there was just one...") - Wood being interviewed - Wood with Jackson on Rivendell set and other sets - Blanchett being interviewed - Blanchett with Aragorn and Jackson, filming Farewell to Lorien - Lee being interviewed - Jackson with a bullhorn, coaching the Last Alliance - Weaving leading an elven battalion in a charge] NARRATOR: On this voyage, the person with the least time off is the man at the helm, Peter Jackson. JACKSON: Mental tiredness, mental fatigue is, I guess, the biggest problem on a film like this - and the way I combat that - I just say to myself: "Is there anything I would rather be doing? Would I rather be anywhere else than making this film?" And obviously, the answer is "no"; this is exactly what - I'm doing what, you know, I would love to do. WOOD: Pete's passion and vision for this movie, his knowledge of the books, his devotion to re-creating Tolkien's vision - all of those things are just amazing, and I have the utmost respect for him. BLANCHETT: He's incredibly exacting, and, um, a perfectionist, which I admire, and warm to; but he's very good-humored, and I think that is absolutely vital in a director who is tackling these stories. LEE: He /is/ the "Lord of The Rings". NARRATOR: It seems appropriate that _The Lord of The Rings_, a life-consuming work for its author, should prove to be the most challenging movie project ever. JACKSON: Doing three movies with all the complexity and detail that these films have, all crunched together at the same time, is (smiles and shakes head) something I will probably never want to do again in my life. This is the first and only time. [Cut to Jackson on set.] JACKSON: Cut! Good. Okay, we'll do just one more. [Fade to map, centered on Rohan.] NARRATOR: For moviegoers, December 19 marks the beginning of a three-year adventure through Middle-earth. [Fade to Gandalf drawing Glamdring and the Fellowship in the Chamber of Mazarbul.] NARRATOR: For those who can't wait, stay tuned for an exclusive preview! [Commercial: XBOX - _Dead or Alive 3_] [Commercial: Applebee's] [Commercial: _Behind Enemy Lines_] [Commercial: M&Ms "Santa Claus does exist!"] [Commercial: _Temptation Island 2_, 29 Nov 2001] [Commercial: _Family Guy_, 29 Nov 2001] [Commercial: (Local)] JACKSON: ... that has the heart and spirit of the books, that the characters come alive and feel real in the way that they do when you read the books - then all of that will be totally accessible to an audience that have not read the books. They'll simply be thrust into the middle of a great story - which, ultimately, _Lord of The Rings_ is. NARRATOR: As promised, tonight we premiere an exclusive clip from _The Fellowship of The Ring_. The Fellowship has entered the once-great underground kingdom of the Dwarves, Moria, now overrun by evil forces. They had hoped to pass through unnoticed. [Fellowship in Chamber of Mazarbul: Gandalf looks at Pippin, who looks at the well; pounding is heard and torchlight appears at the end of a tunnel, accompanied by distant screeching. Frodo draws Sting, which glows a ghostly blue.] LEGOLAS: Orcs! [More screeching as Boromir dashes to the door, ducking back suddenly just as two arrows embed themselves where his head was a split second before.] ARAGORN: Stay close to Gandalf! [Hobbits are herded to center of Company.] BOROMIR: (exasperatedly) They have a cave troll. [Legolas tosses two battle axes to Boromir and Aragorn, who bar the door with them. The hobbits look on in fearful anticipation as Gandalf draws Glamdring. Suddenly their faces take on a fierce resolve as they draw steel in unison. The door resonates as the orcs pound upon it from outside.] GIMLI: Aargh! Let them come. (Climbs atop Balin's sarcophagus and stands on it.) There is one dwarf yet in Moria who still draws breath. [Pounding continues as Frodo wields a fiercely glowing Sting with a slightly shaking hand. Camera pulls back to show Gimli towering over Aragorn and Legolas with bows drawn and Boromir with sword and shield in hand. The door splinters and a hole appears, through which Legolas shoots an arrow. An orc is heard screeching on the other side. Aragorn shoots through the hole as well, but the door suddenly shatters. An intense melee begins as the cave troll lumbers in behind the orcs. Legolas shoots it in the shoulder as it hurls its crude club down at Sam, who ducks... =*= THE LORD OF THE RINGS The Fellowship of The Ring] NARRATOR: On December 19 - the quest begins with _The Fellowship of The Ring_, opening on 10,000 screens across the globe. Wherever you are in the world, your movie ticket is a passage to Middle-earth, where we'll join Frodo and the Fellowship on the adventure of a lifetime! Arden Entertainment New Line Television AOL Time Warner [Credits roll] Executive Producer: Dan Arden Writer: Dan Arden Producer: John Furbush Supervising Producer: Sandra Murray Editor: F. Paul Benz Narrator: Greg O'Neill (!)