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- Director: Peter Jackson
- Released by: New Line Cinema
- Shot in New Zealand
- Academy Awards: 17
- Special Effects Company: Weta Workshop
- 3,420 special effects shots in the extended edition of the trilogy
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The Lord of the Rings film series includes the many film adaptations of the major works of English author J.R.R. Tolkien, especially the epic Peter Jackson-directed film trilogy from New Line Cinema. Also of note are three animated adaptations from the 1970s.
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Synopsis
Bilbo Baggins has unwittingly found an all-powerful magic ring whose keeper bears the burden of the ring's ability to rule the world. Bilbo's nephew Frodo (played in the Jackson trilogy by Elijah Wood) and friends must suffer through many tests of will to deliver the ring to its place of origin to be destroyed.
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The Lord of the Rings Film Timeline
- Note: The links in this timeline are to IMDb, which has pop-ups.
- 1977: The Hobbit
- 1978: The Lord Of The Rings
- 1980: The Return Of The King
- 2001: The Fellowship Of The Ring
- 2002: The Two Towers
- 2003: The Return Of The King
- 2009: The Hobbit
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