The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

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New Zealand film epic fantasy film film

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers is the second epic fantasy film in Peter Jackson’s adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s novel, following the fractured Fellowship as they confront the growing power of Sauron and the war for Middle-earth.

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Statements (86)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	New Zealand film → epic fantasy film → film →
academyAward	Academy Award for Best Sound Editing →
academyAwardNomination	Academy Award for Best Art Direction → Academy Award for Best Film Editing → Academy Award for Best Picture → Academy Award for Best Sound → Academy Award for Best Visual Effects →
authorOfSourceWork	J. R. R. Tolkien →
basedOn	The Lord of the Rings → The Two Towers →
boxOfficeWorldwideUSD	over 900000000 →
castMember	Andy Serkis → Bernard Hill → Billy Boyd → Brad Dourif → Christopher Lee → Dominic Monaghan → Elijah Wood → Hugo Weaving → Ian McKellen → John Rhys-Davies → Karl Urban → Liv Tyler → Miranda Otto → Orlando Bloom → Sean Astin → Viggo Mortensen →
cinematographer	Andrew Lesnie →
composer	Howard Shore →
countryOfOrigin	New Zealand → United States →
director	Peter Jackson →
distributor	New Line Cinema →
editor	Michael J. Horton →
filmingLocation	New Zealand →
followedBy	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King →
franchise	The Lord of the Rings →
genre	adventure film → fantasy film → war film →
goldenGlobeNomination	Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama →
mainCharacter	Aragorn → Frodo Baggins → Gandalf → Gimli → Gollum → Legolas → Merry Brandybuck → Pippin Took → Samwise Gamgee → Saruman → Théoden → Éomer → Éowyn →
mpaaRating	PG-13 →
narrativeFocus	Frodo and Sam's journey to Mordor → war for Rohan →
notableElement	introduction of Gollum as a major character →
notableScene	Battle of Helm's Deep →
originalLanguage	English →
partOf	The Lord of the Rings film trilogy →
precededBy	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring →
producer	Barrie M. Osborne → Fran Walsh → Peter Jackson →
productionCompany	New Line Cinema → WingNut Films →
ratingSystem	Rotten Tomatoes →
releaseDate	2002-12-18 →
releaseYear	2002 →
runtimeMinutes	179 →
runtimeMinutesExtendedEdition	223 →
screenwriter	Fran Walsh → Peter Jackson → Philippa Boyens → Stephen Sinclair →
setInFictionalUniverse	Middle-earth →
soundMix	DTS → Dolby Digital → SDDS →
theme	corrupting power of the One Ring → friendship and loyalty → struggle against Sauron →
visualEffectsCompany	Weta Digital →

Referenced by (50)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bernard Hill → Billy Boyd → Christopher Lee → Dominic Monaghan → Elijah Wood → Fran Walsh → Howard Shore ("The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (score)") → Hugo Weaving → J. R. R. Tolkien ("The Two Towers") → John Rhys-Davies → Karl Urban → Liv Tyler → Miranda Otto → New Line Cinema ("The Two Towers") → Peter Jackson → Philippa Boyens → Sean Astin → Viggo Mortensen → Weta Digital → WingNut Films →	notableWork
Aragorn ("The Two Towers") → Bilbo Baggins ("The Two Towers") → Frodo Baggins ("The Two Towers") → Gandalf ("The Two Towers") → Gimli → Gollum ("The Two Towers") → Legolas ("The Two Towers") → Legolas ("The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (film)") → Samwise Gamgee ("The Two Towers") →	appearsIn
Elijah Wood → Hugo Weaving → Ian McKellen → Miranda Otto → Orlando Bloom →	portrayedIn
Fran Walsh → Philippa Boyens →	wroteScreenplayFor
Bernard Hill →	appearedIn
Weta Workshop →	awardedFor
John Rhys-Davies →	awardReceivedFor
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers ("The Two Towers") →	basedOn
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring →	followedBy
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King →	follows
The Lord of the Rings film trilogy →	hasPart
Middle-earth film series →	includesFilm
Saturn Award for Best Special Effects →	notableRecipient
Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form →	notableWinner
Andy Serkis →	portrayedInWork
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King →	precededBy
Fran Walsh →	produced
Mount Ngauruhoe →	usedAsFilmLocationFor