Hey folks, Harry here... Generally I hate anything and everything that forces me to use the AOL Login that I have for Travel purposes, but about once a year I realize that it does come with a fringe benefit. Given that AO-hell owns just about everything, but a steady stock price, they can offer some primo content exclusives... this is sort of the mega-daddy of that sort of thing. I imagine we'll be seeing a massive amount of file transfers occurring Monday from folks at AOL to folks not at AOL, unless they have some sort of NON-SAVE thing going on, but then even though it is just 24 hours to wait for the regular version... there will be insane amounts of work by folks wanting to share what they can see because... well... we care to see TWO TOWERS footage that much! Here's the press release that went out today
For Immediate Release
FANS WORLDWIDE GET FIRST LOOK AT NEW LINE CINEMA'S THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS TRAILER AT 12:01AM ON MONDAY, September 30, 2002, EXCLUSIVELY ON AOL
Los Angeles, CA, September 24, 2002 - In anticipation of the December 18 release of the central film in Peter Jackson's epic trilogy, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, New Line Cinema will debut the film's main theatrical trailer at 12:01AM, Monday, September 30, exclusively on America Online worldwide.
America Online users will be the first to glimpse the trailer by logging onto AOL Keyword: Lord of the Rings. Available exclusively for 24 hours on AOL, the trailer will be live at the official site at midnight Monday.
"We are tremendously energized by the passion and dedication of the online community that have been such an important component of the worldwide phenomenon surrounding The Lord of the Rings trilogy," said Rolf Mittweg and Russell Schwartz, president and chief operating officer, worldwide distribution and marketing, and president, domestic theatrical marketing, respectively, for New Line Cinema.
The AOL launch will be accompanied by enriched and upgraded content on New
Line's official www.lordoftherings.net
In April 2000, New Line's website for the trilogy, www.lordoftherings.net
The new trailer for The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers will debut in North American theaters on Friday, October 4, and widen throughout the world through the month of October.
New Line Cinema presents The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, an epic adventure of good against evil set in a time of uncertainty in the land of Middle-earth, scheduled to open December 18, 2002. The trilogy represents an unprecedented undertaking - three films made simultaneously over a year and a half of production. The first film in the trilogy, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, was released December 19, 2001, to widespread critical acclaim and garnered $860 million worldwide. The film was nominated for 13 Academy Awards, more than any other film in 2001, and won four, including Best Visual Effects.
The central film in the trilogy, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, follows the three separate journeys of the splintered Fellowship - Hobbits Frodo (Elijah Wood) and Sam (Sean Astin) as they venture deeper into enemy territory, with the mercurial creature Gollum (Andy Serkis) serving as their guide; Merry (Dominic Monaghan) and Pippin (Billy Boyd) in the mysteriously alive Fangorn Forest; and the human Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen), the Elf archer Legolas (Orlando Bloom) and Gimli the Dwarf (John Rhys-Davies) in the besieged Rohan Kingdom. Together they must stand against the gathering darkness emanating from the Two Towers -- Orthanc Tower in Isengard, where the corrupted wizard Saruman builds his lethal army of Uruk-hai; and Sauron's fortress at Barad-dûr, deep within the dark lands of Mordor.
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers stars (in alphabetical order) Sean Astin, Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom, Billy Boyd, Brad Dourif, Bernard Hill, Christopher Lee, Ian McKellen, Dominic Monaghan, Viggo Mortensen, Miranda Otto, John Rhys-Davies, Andy Serkis, Liv Tyler, Hugo Weaving, Karl Urban, David Wenham, and Elijah Wood.
New Line Cinema presents a Wingnut Films Production, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, directed by Peter Jackson. The screenplay, by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Stephen Sinclair and Jackson, is based on the classic trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien. The film is produced by Barrie M. Osborne, Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh. The executive producers are Robert Shaye and Michael Lynne. Also executive producing is Mark Ordesky. The director of photography is Andrew Lesnie, A.C.S. The production designer is Grant Major. The editors are Mike Horton and Jaybez Ollsen. The co-producers are Rick Porras and Jamie Selkirk.
