January 27, 2010.
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The Lord of the Rings film trilogy consists of three live action fantasy epic films: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), The Two Towers (2002) and The Return of the King (2003). The trilogy is based on the three-volume book The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien. While they follow the book's general storyline, the films also feature some additions to and deviations from the source material.
Set in the fictional world of Middle-earth, the three films follow the hobbit Frodo Baggins as he and a Fellowship embark on a quest to destroy the One Ring, and thus ensure the destruction of its maker, the Dark Lord Sauron. The Fellowship becomes divided and Frodo continues the quest together with his loyal companion Sam and the treacherous Gollum. Meanwhile, the wizard Gandalf and Aragorn, heir in exile to the throne of Gondor, unite and rally the Free Peoples of Middle-earth, who are ultimately victorious in the War of the Ring.
The films were directed by Peter Jackson and distributed by New Line Cinema. Considered to be one of the biggest and most ambitious movie projects ever undertaken, with an overall budget of $285 million, the entire project took eight years, with the filming for all three films done simultaneously and entirely in Jackson's native New Zealand. Each film in the trilogy also had Special Extended Editions, released on DVD a year after the theatrical releases. The trilogy was a great financial success, with the films being among the highest-grossing films of all time. The films were critically acclaimed, winning 17 out of 30 Academy Awards nominated in total, and received wide praise for the cast and for the innovative practical and digital special effects.
Films: (click to watch)
-The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
-The Two Towers (2002)
-The Return of the King (2003)
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The Happening is a 2008 American thriller film written, co-produced and directed by M. Night Shyamalan that follows a man and his family as they try to escape from an inexplicable natural disaster. The plot revolves around a mysterious neurotoxin that causes any person coming into contact with it to commit suicide.
The protagonist, a science teacher named Elliot Moore (Mark Wahlberg), attempts to escape from the substance with his wife and friends as hysteria grips the East Coast of the United States. The film does not feature the director's trademark of a twist ending, one of his few films not to have one.
It was advertised as being M. Night Shyamalan's first R-rated film and received mostly negative reviews from film critics.
Cast:
- Mark Wahlberg as Elliot Moore, a high school science teacher from the city of Philadelphia, who is married to Alma.
- Zooey Deschanel as Alma Moore, Elliot's estranged wife.
- John Leguizamo as Julian, a high school math teacher and Elliot's best friend.
- Ashlyn Sanchez as Jess, Julian's daughter.
- Spencer Breslin as Josh, a teenage boy who with his friend Jared joins up with Elliot, Alma, and Jess.
- Frank Collison as The Nursery Owner, the greenhouse owner, who also believed what was causing the events.
- Betty Buckley as Mrs. Jones, a woman who lives alone in an isolated house in rural Pennsylvania.
- Jeremy Strong as Private Auster, a Private First Class in the United States Army who fled from his base after finding all of the Soldiers there have killed themselves using barbed wire.
- M. Night Shyamalan is credited as "Joey", the man with whom Alma secretly meets, although the character does not appear on-screen.
- Victoria Clark as Botanist's Wife, the wife of the nursery owner.
- Robert Bailey Jr. as Jared, Josh's friend.
- Reggie Kania as Reggie, Jared's friend.
- Yonathan Parra as Zito, Josh's friend.
- Don Castro as Philadelphia Police Officer, traffic cop in Rittenhouse Square Park.
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