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• The Fellowship of the Ring: Scale

  Behind the scenes documentary of the Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

• The Fellowship of the Ring: Cameras in Middle-earth

  Documentary directed about the scene rehearsals, set locations, and camera logistics in the production of the Peter Jackson's 2002 film The Fellowship of the Ring.

• The Fellowship of the Ring: From Book to Script

  Recounting of the long process of adapting the text of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring for film, a project that had begun in 1997. This involved countless adjustments of scenes, about a hundred screenplay revisions, and constant reordering of key moments from the story to fit the brevity of a film.

• The Fellowship of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Cast

  The nine cast members of the Fellowship, other actors, and director Jackson tell of one another, and of their initial meetings and bonding. They introduce the scale-double actors for the four hobbits (mainly Kiran Shah, Elijah Wood's double), who were essential in scenes that displayed the hobbits' height difference.

• The Fellowship of the Ring: Designing and Building Middle-earth + Weta Workshop + Costume Design

  This documentary introduces Wētā Workshop (and its design crew of sculptors and set-designers), renowned artists Alan Lee and John Howe who were brought on to join them in conceptual design, and costume designer Ngila Dickson. Topics covered include the design of Middle-earth cultures portrayed in the film, the making of props and settings for Hobbiton, Rivendell, the Orthanc interior, and Caras Galadhon, and the complexity of prosthetics.

• Discovering Treasure: The Story of 'The Treasure of the Sierra Madre'

  An overview of the making of John Huston's 1948 classic "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre."

• The Making of 'Atlantis: The Lost Empire'

  A documentary about the making of the cult classic Disney Movie Atlantis.

• Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong'

  Following the immense success of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Peter Jackson directs King Kong (2005). This documentary follows him, and the immense project from start to finish. It turns out that this one film may actually be a larger task to complete than all 3 of the Lord of the Rings films together.

• From Book to Script: Finding the Story

  From Book to Script - Finding the Story is a 19-minute documentary discussing the how the plot lines of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Two Towers were fit and adjusted into the scheme of the film trilogy.

• A Day in the Life of a Hobbit

  A behind the scenes documentary for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring in which Sean Astin, Elijah Wood, Billy Boyd, and Dominic Monaghan describe the daily life of becoming and portraying the four primary Hobbits of Peter Jackson's films