In 1995, director Peter Jackson conceived an ambitious project to bring JRR Tolkien's epic fantasy "The Lord o…f the Rings" to the big screen. Fans of the book, and of illustrator Alan Lee's beautiful renderings of Middle Earth, were at first dubious that Jackson could bring that world to life, but the Kiwi director knew he had the perfect backdrop for the fantastic stories right in his own backyar...
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