Peter Jackson's handpicked chaos: the unfiltered, sweaty, glorious truth of Middle-earth.
A behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of 2002's "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers." Created by filmmaker Costa Botes, personally selected by director Peter Jackson, this documentary uses raw footage to reveal the inside story on how the greatest adventure film franchise was born.
Direction
Costa Botes' invisible camerawork lets Jackson's panic become poetry.
Practical Effects
Gollum's birth: tennis balls, Andy Serkis losing his mind, pure alchemy.
Production
New Zealand's weather wars and the army that almost quit.
Director
Costa Botes
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
NZ
US
