The Lord of the Rings/Trivia: Difference between revisions

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== Book ==

* [[Shout-Out]]: There are several to ''[[Macbeth]]'', all taken from Act IV, Scene i, when the Witches tell Macbeth their prophecies of his death. First of all, the phrase "Crack of Doom" was coined by [[William Shakespeare|Shakespeare]] in this scene. The Ents' besiegement of Isengard and the Witch-King's defeat by Éowyn are references to two of the three prophecies—namely, that it will not happen until "Great Birnam Wood...shall come against him" and that "[[No Man of Woman Born|none of woman born]] shall harm" him. Of course, the trees do come to the castle when Macduff's army uses their branches as camoflauge, just as the Ents come to Isengard, and Macbeth is killed by a man who was not ''[[Exact Words|born]]'', but removed from his mother's womb, just as the Witch-King, who can be killed by "no living man," is killed by a woman.

** To "Arabian Nights", oddly enough. Compare [http://www.wollamshram.ca/1001/Payne/tnon/p06_tale143.htm this tale] from "1000 and 1 night" and chapter "The voice of Saruman" and try to find the differences.

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*** Denethor originally being less harsh towards Faramir - in fact, in the first draft, it was Faramir's idea to retake Osgiliath, and Denethor reluctantly agreeing, but Tolkien eventually switched this around to make Faramir more sympathetic.

== Film ==

* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: The Japanese dub have a cast of very well-know voice actors playing some of the main characters:

** Frodo [[Daisuke Namikawa|is]] [[Black Lagoon|Rock]] and [[Gantz|Kei Kurono.]]

** Legolas [[Daisuke Hirakawa|is]] [[School Days|Makoto Itou]].

** Gimli [[Kenji Utsumi|is]] [[Fist of the North Star|Raoh]] (Even more funnier if you know that Raoh is [[Large and In Charge|BIG]]).

** Aragorn [[Hochu Otsuka|is]] [[Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam|Yazan Gable]] and [[Naruto|Jiraiya]].

** Boromir [[Rikiya Koyama|is]] [[Naruto|Yamato]] and [[Metroid: Other M|Adam Malkovich.]]

** Éomer [[Koichi Yamadera|is]] [[Cowboy Bebop|Spike Spiegel]] and [[Neon Genesis Evangelion|Ryoji Kaji]].

** Éowyn [[Takako Honda|is]] [[Godannar|Kiriko Aoi]].

** Faramir [[Mitsuru Miyamoto|is]] [[The Big O|Roger Smith]].

* [[What Could Have Been]]: In the animated adaption, [[So Cool Its Awesome|Ralph Bakshi originally wanted to include music by]] [[Led Zeppelin]]. Unfortunately, Saul Zaentz insisted he use an orchestral score because he wouldn't be able to release the band's music on his Fantasy Records label. Bakshi later said that he hated the final orchestral score, as he found it too cliche.

* [[Academy Award]]: ROTK is in a three-way tie with ''[[Titanic]]'' and ''[[Ben-Hur]]'' for the most Oscars won by a single film -- eleven. Moreover, the film series ''The Lord of the Rings'' won more Oscars than '''any''' other film series.

** Despite all of the series' wins and nominations, the trilogy's cast was [[Award Snub|snubbed]]: the only acting Oscar nomination was [[Ian McKellen]] for the first film. Most notably, Andy Serkis was not eligible for being nominated for best supporting actor because his character was CGI.

*** Granted, it could be less of an [[Award Snub]] and more a case of "we can't decide ''just who to give it to''." Every actor spent years working on these films. By Return Of The King, they weren't acting anymore, they had ''become'' their characters. You try narrowing it to just one person who deserves an award more than the rest.

** Peter Jackson was still putting the finishing touches on the extended cut of ''Return of the King'' when it won Best Picture, prompting him to muse in one behind-the-scenes clip how he could still be working on a film that has ''already won'' Best Picture.