Name: What Is Peter Jackson's Favorite "LOTR" Scene? Stephen Gets The Answer
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"RETURN TO NEW ZEALAND: A MAGICAL LAND WHERE HUGS STILL

AS I CASUALLY MENTIONED EARLIER, WHILE I WAS IN NEW ZEALAND, I

GOT TO SPEND TIME FILMING A MOVIE TRAILER WITH ACADEMY

AWARD-WINNING WRITER-DIRECTOR SIR PETER JACKSON.

BUT I DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK I SPENT MY WHOLE TIME RUNNING

AROUND, NERDING OUT OVER "LORD OF THE RINGS."

I SPENT PLENTY OF TIME SITTING DOWN, NERDING OUT OVER "LORD OF

SO, HERE IS NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN FOOTAGE FROM THAT RARE INTERVIEW

THANKS SO MUCH FOR HAVING US DOWN HERE AT YOUR STUDIO.

WHAT-- WHAT IS THIS ACTUAL SPACE WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW?

>> WELL, THIS IS-- THIS IS A SECRET LOCATION SOMEWHERE IN NEW

>> HERE'S A SECRET LOCATION SOMEWHERE-- SOMEWHERE IN NEW

MOST OF THEM ARE FROM "LORD OF THE RINGS."

SO, MOST OF THESE ARE GETTING ON FOR 20 YEARS OLD.

>> Stephen: YOU'RE A SELF-TAUGHT FILMMAKER.

YOU STARTED MAKING LOW-BUDGET HORROR MOVIES LIKE "DEAD ALIVE."

WHAT WAS THE TRANSITION FROM THAT TO ACCLAIMED OSCAR-WINNING

>> THE TRANSITION WAS I-- WELL, FRAN WAS-- FRAN, MY PARTNER--

WAS INTERESTED IN A NEW ZEALAND MURDER CASE THAT HAPPENED IN THE

AND SHE WAS-- AND SO, I STARTED TO RESEARCH IT WITH HER, AND IT

BECAME "HEAVENLY CREATURES," WHICH IS KATE WINSLET'S FIRST

SO-- AND THEN AFTER THAT WE DID "THE FRIGHTENERS."

SO "THE FRIGHTENERS" WAS A VERY EARLY C.G.I. FILM.

AND SO, WHEN THAT FILM FINISHED, WE WERE STILL PAYING THESE

AND SO, WE-- WHAT CAN WE DO TO KEEP THESE 30 COMPUTERS GOING?

SO, I THOUGHT, WELL, I WANT THOSE FANTASY FILMS, BUT WITH

BCAUSE "JURASSIC PARK" WAS COMING OUT, AND WE HAD THE-- THE

WE WONDERED WHO HAD RIGHT TO "LORD OF THE RINGS."

>> Stephen: SINCE I GOT YOU, I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS ABOUT "LORD

WHAT WAS THE FIRST C.G.I. THING THAT YOU CREATED FOR "LORD OF

AND IN HOLLYWOOD FILMS, EVEN THOUGH, YOU KNOW, YOU SORT OF

SEE THESE BIG SPECTACULAR EPICS-- WHEN IT-- WHEN IT GETS

TO THE BIG CROWDS, THERE'S REALLY ONLY, LIKE, YOU KNOW,

MAYBE AT THE MOST, 1,000 PEOPLE, 2,000 PEOPLE.

AND, I MEAN, TOLKIEN WRITES ABOUT HELM'S DEEP, THERE'S,

SO, THE ONLY WAY TO DO THAT WAS TO DO IT IN A COMPUTER.

AND SO, WE CREATED A SOFTWARE CALLED "MASSIVE."

EACH OF THE COMPUTER PEOPLE HAD THEIR OWN BRAIN.

THE VERY FIRST TEST, WE HAD, LIKE, 30-- 30 C.G.I. PEOPLE

RUNNING IT THROUGH, IS THAT HALF OF THEM TURNED AND RAN-- RAN

( LAUGHS ) AND THEY WERE ACTUALLY THE SMART

SO, WE HAD TO MUS-- SO WE HAD TO DUMB THEM DOWN AND TELL THEM TO

YOU DON'T TURN AROUND, JUST-- >> Stephen: SO YOU DON'T KNOW

NO, YOU TEACH-- SO, IF YOU GOT-- IF YOU GOT ORCS FIGHTING ELVES,

ORCS ARE TAUGHT HOW TO FIGHT LIKE AN ORC.

THE C.G.I. ELVES ARE TAUGHT HOW TO FIGHT LIKE AN ELF,  WEAPONS

>> Stephen: YOU'RE CAPTURING THE ACTION, RATHER THAN, LIKE,

NO, YOU ARE LITERALLY NOT IN CONTROL OF IT, NO, NO.

SO, YOU HAVE THESE HUGE BATTLE SCENES WHERE THE-- WHERE THESE

HORSES, LIKE, IN "RETURN OF THE KING," LIKE, SIX-- 6,000 HORSES

ARE PLOWING INTO THIS-- INTO THIS FIELD OF ORCS.

AND THAT RENDERS FOR ABOUT THREE DAYS, AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT

SEE, WHAT'S GOING TO-- BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL-- THE HORSES ARE THE

RIDERS, THE ORCS, THEY'RE ALL GONNA MAKE THEIR OWN MIND UP FOR

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