From: relayer@minddrive.com (Relayer) Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien Subject: Scenes that didn't make the final cut Date: 23 Dec 2001 00:33:09 -0800 Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Lines: 47 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 204.157.41.13 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1009096390 10796 127.0.0.1 (23 Dec 2001 08:33:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 23 Dec 2001 08:33:10 GMT Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.mailgate.org!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:65733 A whole lot of stuff got cut from the movie. I believe almost an hour worth of film. This is what I've gathered so far, anyone have anything to add? I know about these from film stills, previews, trailers, making-of specials, interviews, on set reports, etc. Also check the Decipher cards. They're good for seeing lots of cut footage http://decipher.com/lordoftherings/cardlists/fellowship/index.html Lots of stuff from the Prologue, including the full story of Smeagol/Deagol The hobbits at the Green Dragon Inn (film stills) Gandalf saying "The choice, it seems, is to submit to you or Sauron. I shall do neither!" (E! Online set report) Sam's father, the Gaffer (film stills) Sam and Frodo see elves leaving in boats after they depart(film stills - pprobably the most common pic used in magazines) The hobbits and Strider/Aragorn acquire Bill the pony Crossing The midgewater marshes(film stills) The hobbits and Aragorn hear wolves howling in the forest (saw this on an early preview) The hobbits and Aragorn talk about the trolls turned to stone from the HObbit (if you look fast, you will see those stone trolls, after weathertop)(film stills) Gandalf gets up to speak at the Council of Elrond(film stills) - Frodo watching Arwen in Rivendell (E! Online set report) - Elrond talking to Arwen in Rivendell (film still) - Gandalf and Elrond discussing Gollum's escape (E! Online set report) - Elrond bidding farewell to the Fellowship (E! Online set report) - Merry and Pippin standing behind Gimli in Moria, looking at something (Balin's tomb maybe?) (film still, commonly used in magazine articles) - Sam's "fireworks" contribution to Frodo's poem about Gandalf (LOTR Celebration video) - Fellowship being pursued by arrow-shooting Orcs into Lothlorien, but being saved by Elven archers (E! Online set report, trailer) - Fellowship being pulled up into trees by Elves (E! Online crew interview) - Fellowship on Haldir's flet (film crew) - Gimli becoming smitten by Galadriel (John Rhys-Davies interview) - Elven maidens running through Lothlorien (trailer) - Elven folk giving cloaks to Fellowship (trailer) - More Frodo/Galadriel conversation (various stills, trailer, ect.) - Galadriel giving daggers to Merry and Pippin (film still) - Galadriel in her swan boat (film still) - Merry and Pippin talking to Boromir in the elven boat (film still) ###### From: "Conan Ford" Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien References: Subject: Re: Scenes that didn't make the final cut Lines: 5 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Message-ID: <19hV7.40733$OY3.910698@news3.calgary.shaw.ca> Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2001 09:07:09 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.71.223.146 X-Complaints-To: abuse@shaw.ca X-Trace: news3.calgary.shaw.ca 1009098429 24.71.223.146 (Sun, 23 Dec 2001 02:07:09 MST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2001 02:07:09 MST Organization: Shaw Residential Internet Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.mailgate.org!out.nntp.be!propagator-SanJose!in.nntp.be!pd2nf1so.cg.shawcable.net!residential.shaw.ca!news3.calgary.shaw.ca.POSTED!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:65704 Interesting point on the elven cloaks...the characters did have the cloaks later, just no explanation of where they got them from. ###### From: "Daniel P. Duffy" Newsgroups: rec.arts.books.tolkien Subject: Re: Scenes that didn't make the final cut Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2001 08:33:55 -0500 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: References: X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 X-Complaints-To: newsabuse@supernews.com Lines: 53 Path: chonsp.franklin.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.mailgate.org!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!sn-xit-03!sn-post-02!sn-post-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail Xref: chonsp.franklin.ch rec.arts.books.tolkien:65688 Maybe we'll see them all on the DVD directors cut version. "Relayer" wrote in message news:a329c949.0112230033.2f9e568d@posting.google.com... > A whole lot of stuff got cut from the movie. I believe almost an hour > worth of film. This is what I've gathered so far, anyone have anything > to add? > > I know about these from film stills, previews, trailers, making-of > specials, interviews, on set reports, etc. Also check the Decipher > cards. They're good for seeing lots of cut footage > http://decipher.com/lordoftherings/cardlists/fellowship/index.html > > Lots of stuff from the Prologue, including the full story of > Smeagol/Deagol > The hobbits at the Green Dragon Inn (film stills) > Gandalf saying "The choice, it seems, is to submit to you or Sauron. > I shall do neither!" (E! Online set report) > Sam's father, the Gaffer (film stills) > Sam and Frodo see elves leaving in boats after they depart(film > stills - pprobably the most common pic used in magazines) > The hobbits and Strider/Aragorn acquire Bill the pony > Crossing The midgewater marshes(film stills) > The hobbits and Aragorn hear wolves howling in the forest (saw this > on an early preview) > The hobbits and Aragorn talk about the trolls turned to stone from > the HObbit (if you look fast, you will see those stone trolls, after > weathertop)(film stills) > Gandalf gets up to speak at the Council of Elrond(film stills) > > - Frodo watching Arwen in Rivendell (E! Online set report) > - Elrond talking to Arwen in Rivendell (film still) > - Gandalf and Elrond discussing Gollum's escape (E! Online set report) > - Elrond bidding farewell to the Fellowship (E! Online set report) > - Merry and Pippin standing behind Gimli in Moria, looking at > something (Balin's tomb maybe?) (film still, commonly used in magazine > articles) > - Sam's "fireworks" contribution to Frodo's poem about Gandalf (LOTR > Celebration video) > - Fellowship being pursued by arrow-shooting Orcs into Lothlorien, but > being saved by Elven archers (E! Online set report, trailer) > - Fellowship being pulled up into trees by Elves (E! Online crew > interview) > - Fellowship on Haldir's flet (film crew) > - Gimli becoming smitten by Galadriel (John Rhys-Davies interview) > - Elven maidens running through Lothlorien (trailer) > - Elven folk giving cloaks to Fellowship (trailer) > - More Frodo/Galadriel conversation (various stills, trailer, ect.) > - Galadriel giving daggers to Merry and Pippin (film still) > - Galadriel in her swan boat (film still) > - Merry and Pippin talking to Boromir in the elven boat (film still)