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* [[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.
* [[Actor Allusion]]: In the first movie, [[Hugo Weaving|Elrond]] sure liked expressing his [[The Matrix|disgust]] of [[Transformers|the human race]].
** A more obvious one, though, is [[Sean Bean|Boromir]] cutting his finger with the Shards of Narsil and going "Ah, [[Sharpe|still sharp]]..."
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** In addition to the lead actors who were trained on horses, and numerous digital extras, the Riders of Rohan were portrayed by regular horse riders from all across New Zealand who came with their own horses to act as extras.
** For ''[[The Return of the King]]'', The New Zealand Army provided extras for the final battle in front of the Black Gate. Behind the scenes commentary on the DVD's makes note of how good they were as following directions and setting up formations, as well as how much enthusiasm they brought to the combat scenes.
* [[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]].
* [[Media Research Failure]]: Nazgûls = flying reptiles? So say every popular media on the subject. So distressingly common that Peter Jackson and [[Did Not Do the Research|many cast and crew]] bought into it. No wonder the Witch-King's dialogue with Eowyn was omitted... it makes no sense under this interpretation.
** Nazgûls are the Ring Wraiths themselves, the flying reptiles are their mounts/steeds, described as "Fell Beasts".
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** Arwen was originally planned to be at Helm's Deep, giving Aragorn his sword Anduril, the Flame of the West, and also fighting alongside him.
** The idea of Sauron taking form (specifically ''[[Heavenly Creatures|Kate Winslet's]]'' form - The Eye was really [[Bishonen]] back in the day) and almost kicking Aragorn's ass at the final battle was also briefly entertained, and then mercifully abandoned in place of a troll.
** The episode with [[Magical Native American|Ghan-Buri-Ghan]] and the [[Wacky Wayside Tribe|Wood Woses]] (who were hunted and killed by the Rohirrim [[Fantastic Aesop|for sport]]) was cut out... but we have [https://web.archive.org/web/20111129150156/http://www.tuckborough.net/images/ghan-buri-ghan.jpg a production still of what he would have looked like.]
*** Looks awful blue-skinned. In the book, the Gondorians were encroaching on their forest to mine it. [[Avatar|Hmmm...]] Yeah, Tolkien did it first.<ref>David Boyle wrote: "The good Woses have disappeared completely from the narrative, with their implicit message that indigenous peoples, too, are folk worthy of respect. If there are Maori experts on Tolkien..."</ref>
** The movies were originally planned as duology because Jackson thought making a trilogy was going to be a hard sell. Thankfully, when he pitched it as a duology to New Line, they responded with "why do you want to make ''two'' movies?" and just as Jackson was about to launch into his defense of why it couldn't possibly be done in one film, they continued... "this is ''three'' movies."
** Stuart Townsend was actually cast as Aragorn and in New Zealand filming. A couple of days in they realized it wasn't going to work out and called up Viggo Mortensen. [
*** Jackson didn't realize until four days into filming that Aragorn should be an older, mature type.
** Sean Astin lobbied for his father, [[The Addams Family|John Astin]], to be given the part of Gandalf.
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** Sean Connery was originally offered the role of Gandalf, but turned it down because he didn't like the first script. (Another version of this says he "didn't understand the story".) Russell Crowe was another actor who turned down a role from this movie (as Aragorn) because he didn't like the shooting schedule.
** [[Christopher Lee]] originally auditioned for the role of Gandalf.
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