Facts about LOTR

Source: Chicago Sun-Times Article: Welcome to Wellington, home of the happy Hobbits, December 14, 2003, BY JAE-HA KIM STAFF REPORTER

First day of principal shooting: Oct. 11, 1999.
Last day of principal shooting: Dec. 22, 2000.
Number of days spent filming pickup shot this year: 50.
Number of dialect coaches hired for the actors: 2.
Products stylists used to keep the elves' hair so shiny and flaxen: Frizz Ease and Bryl Cream.
The man who could've been king: Stuart Townsend, who was replaced by Viggo Mortensen.
Number of extras: 26,000.
Number of horses: 380.
Number of horses that didn't get make the cut: 750.
Why PETA should love them: In many of the battle scenes, filmmakers used fake horses filled with foam.
Number of prop skulls: 1,000.
Number of links knitted for the chain armor: Twelve million.
Number of artisans who handknitted the armor: Two.
Number of feet created for the hobbits: Almost 2,000.
Number of noses created for Gandalf: 150.
Worldwide gross for "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring": 860 million dollars.
Worldwide gross for "The Lord of the Rings: Two Towers": 950 million dollars. [Pic: TheOneRing.net]

Comments

[Amy]

That is a hell of a lot of noses for 1 person don't you think!
I am amazed at these facts.

[Zsarina]

Eh..chain armour needs to be knitted?

Loved your most recent blog on LOTR...yes indeed...see you at KLCC, Mr. Haxa!