00:00The internet played a major role in promoting the first film.
00:03Fan blogs were often filled with scoops and other photos from the set.
00:06which Jackson willingly leaked because he knew it could only be beneficial.
00:10When a 25-minute montage was screened at Cannes in 2001, it was a sensation.
00:14The press is speechless.
00:15The few fans who managed to make their way in are overexcited
00:18and the rumor begins to spread.
00:20The film's success will be unprecedented.
00:22And this success will allow Peter Jackson to develop additional funds
00:25in order to shoot additional scenes for the sequels.
00:27And New Line has every interest in letting it do so.
00:30It was a risk to shoot all three trilogies simultaneously.
00:33But the bet paid off since the three films will accumulate more than 3 billion dollars at the global box office,
00:37rave reviews and a total of 17 Oscars, including 11 for The Return of the King, an absolute record.
00:50After that, the extended versions will appear on video.
00:53with always careful work to insert them into the original film,
00:56the effects still supervised by Weta
00:58and Howard Shore who re-orchestrated everything to make the long versions the official versions,
01:01I think we can easily say that today.
01:03New Zealand was also able to benefit from this success,
01:06doubling the number of tourists between 2000 and 2005.
01:09And inevitably, with all that, Tolkien's universe was not going to remain asleep for long.
01:13And the Hobbits would soon emerge from their holes.
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