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Jackson's Original Scripts

Legomir
Ossiriand

Apr 24, 6:28pm

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Jackson's Original Scripts Can't Post

Hi everyone!

I haven't posted here in about 5 years, and the last time before that was probably around 2013 - but I've loved TheOneRing.net since the early 2000s and I just want to point that out! I love that this place still exists.

As a historian and shameless/hungry Jackson fan deeply nostalgic for the time of the original Lord of the Rings movies, I figured I'd make a new post inquiring about whether or not anyone knows about the availability of early script drafts for the Jackson Middle-earth movies.

These could include the 2-film Miramax drafts, which I believe were online at some point in the distant past, and the 2-film Hobbit movie scripts (which would be fascinating). But the real golden goose for me would be the shooting scripts of The Lord of the Rings films. I've seen them pop up every once in a while on movie memorabilia auction sites, but never anywhere else. They have the codename "Jamboree." From a film history POV, I'd be fascinated to see the progression of their scripts, before on-set rewrites and 2001--2003 pick-ups.

I doubt they'll ever be readily available online, or if anyone who might have them will ever have the time to scan them all into PDFs for people like me, but I figure it can't hurt to throw it out there one more time.

Thanks for reading, everyone! I'm sure I'm not alone in that I miss the time when these movies were at the top of people's minds and I'm desperate for something to scratch that itch for myself. So here I am with "just a fool's hope" Smile


Junesong
Nargothrond


Apr 25, 11:53am

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Not to sound like King Herod but... [In reply to] Can't Post

If you find it, let me know

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CuriousG
Gondolin


May 11, 10:42pm

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This looks like the final script, so while not what you asked, maybe it can help someone [In reply to] Can't Post

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) - Script Slug

Once upon a time I did find a site hosting early drafts of scripts, but that was about 6 computers ago, alas.

 
 

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