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The Two Towers
The Two Towers DVD Cover
General Facts:
- Released on December 18, 2002
- Tagline: "A New Power Is Rising."
- produced by New Line Cinema
- Directed by Peter Jackson
- Screenplay written by Peter Jackson, his wife Fran Walsh, and Philippa Boyens
- Filmed in New Zealand with the rest of the films between October 11th 1999 to December 22 2000.
- Alan Lee and John Howe were the primary art directors of this film, as well as the rest of the trilogy
- Weta workshop, doubled its staff for the Two Towers, producing 73 minutes of digital effects with 799 shots
- The musical score was composed by Howard Shore, and recorded at Abbey Road, where Jackson, Shore, and two producers took a picture of themselves crossing Abbey Road, Beatles-Style
- the theatrical version runs 179 minutes long, while the special extended edition is 223 minutes
- It is the ninth highest-grossing film of all time, at $921,600,000 (IMDB)