![]() The film received numerous accolades at the 75th Academy Awards, it was nominated for six awards, including Best Picture, winning for Best Sound Editing and Best Visual Effects. Like the other films in the trilogy, The Two Towers is widely recognized as one of the greatest and most influential films ever made as well as one of the greatest sequels in cinema history. Following subsequent reissues, it has, as of 2021, grossed over $947 million. It grossed over $936 million worldwide, making it the highest-grossing film of 2002 and the third highest-grossing film of all time at the time of its release, behind Titanic and Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. It received praise for its direction, action sequences, performances, musical score, and CGI, particularly for Gollum. The film was acclaimed by both critics and audiences, who considered it to be a landmark in filmmaking and an achievement in the fantasy film genre. It premiered on 5 December 2002 at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City, and was then released on 18 December in the United States and on 19 December in New Zealand. The Two Towers was financed and distributed by American studio New Line Cinema, but filmed and edited entirely in Jackson's native New Zealand, concurrently with the other two parts of the trilogy. Merry and Pippin escape capture, meet Treebeard the Ent, and help to plan an attack on Isengard, fortress of Saruman. Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli come to the war-torn nation of Rohan and are reunited with the resurrected Gandalf, before fighting against the legions of the treacherous wizard Saruman at the Battle of Helm's Deep. Frodo and Sam continue their journey towards Mordor to destroy the One Ring, meeting and joined by Gollum, the ring's former keeper. It features an ensemble cast including Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Cate Blanchett, John Rhys-Davies, Bernard Hill, Christopher Lee, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Orlando Bloom, Hugo Weaving, Miranda Otto, David Wenham, Brad Dourif, Karl Urban, and Andy Serkis.Ĭontinuing the plot of the previous film, it intercuts three storylines. The sequel to 2001's The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, the film is the second instalment in The Lord of the Rings trilogy. She leaves Gawen and Erena Glover at Ten Towers in the care of her mother, Alannys, and aunt, Gwynesse Harlaw, but continues on to Deepwood Motte with the captive Lady Glover.The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers is a 2002 epic fantasy adventure film directed by Peter Jackson from a screenplay by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Stephen Sinclair, and Jackson, based on 1954's The Two Towers, the second volume of the novel The Lord of the Rings by J. A Dance with DragonsĪfter Euron Greyjoy is chosen King of the Iron Islands in the kingsmoot, Asha flees from Old Wyk to Ten Towers. ![]() ![]() He offers to name her heir to Ten Towers, but Asha refuses and wants the Seastone Chair instead. Asha meets her uncle, Lord Rodrik Harlaw, within the Book Tower. Īfter meeting with the steward Three-Tooth and her mother, Alannys Harlaw, Asha has the captive Lady Sybelle Glover and her children, Gawen and Erena, quartered in one of the towers instead of the dungeon. Harlaw cousins supporting her include Boremund, Hotho Humpback, Ser Harras, and Sigfryd Silverhair. Supporters of Asha Greyjoy who assemble at Ten Towers include Botleys, Myres, Stonetrees, and Volmarks. Lord Baelor Blacktyde briefly visits Ten Towers before continuing on to Old Wyk. Ten Towers, by Franz Miklis © Fantasy Flight Games A Feast for Crows Rodrik once kept septons at the castle to maintain his library. She enjoyed racing amongst Ten Towers' walks and bridges and reading in Lord Rodrik Harlaw's library. While growing up Asha Greyjoy felt more at home at Ten Towers than at the Greyjoy seat of Pyke. There is good fishing off the Long Stone Quay. The new castle was built at a better site, but the mercurial Theomore constructed ten towers different in appearance. The newest castle in the Iron Islands, Ten Towers was built by Lord Theomore Harlaw, who blamed the deaths of three infant sons on the dampness of ancient Harlaw Hall, which often flooded. It is octagonal and made of large block stones. The Book Tower is the fattest of the ten towers. The Widow's Tower is so called due to the presence of Lord Rodrik Harlaw's sister, Lady Gwynesse Harlaw, who came back to Ten Towers after the death of her husband and stayed for the rest of her life, grieving her loss. Two giant scythes of beaten silver crossed hang crossed above the seat. The main hall is the location of the high seat of House Harlaw. 5 Chapters that take place at Ten Towers.
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