The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

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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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instanceOf New Zealand film
epic fantasy film
film
academyAward Academy Award for Best Sound Effects Editing
surface form: 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 film trilogy
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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 of America
surface form: 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 film trilogy
surface form: 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

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