The Lord Of The Rings (Part 2)

WHAT WENT WRONG

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Hollywood, Acting, Directing, Blockbuster, Movie, Flop, Film, Disaster, History, Tv & Film

4.9 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2023

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

In Part 2 of our coverage of Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings, Chris & Lizzie learn how Sean Connery missed out on half a billion bucks, Stanley Kubrick inadvertently gave us Wolverine and Gandalf, and New Line’s decision to bet the franchise on a $2M blowout at Cannes.

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0:30.0	Welcome back to part two of our three episode journey into the making of Peter Jackson's
0:47.6	The Lord of the Rings.
0:49.3	Folks, if you haven't listened to part one, I encourage you to do so now.
0:52.6	But before we begin, a quick recap.
0:55.3	We last witnessed our intrepid heroes Peter Jackson and friend Walsh as they walked
0:59.8	into the last studio in town willing to hear their pitch to bring the Lord of the Rings
1:03.8	to the big screen.
1:05.4	Upon arriving at New Line Cinema, they were told by the studio head Bob Shea that what
1:09.4	they'd walked into was an effect to courtesy meeting however.
1:12.5	This intrepid duo from New Zealand armed with the wonderful design of countless artists
1:16.4	back home at Way to Digital and what a workshop somehow managed to save their film at the
1:20.7	last minute.
1:21.7	New Line not only wanted to back the movie, they wanted to make it a trilogy.
1:25.3	Hell yeah.
1:26.3	Hell yeah.
1:27.3	Well, what Peter Jackson didn't know is that New Line was in a bit of a dry spell.
1:35.0	They'd had a series of flops which would culminate in Warren Beatty's town and country
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