Facts about The Two Towers

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   J.R.R. Tolkien's The Two Towers is the second volume of The Lord of the Rings, divided into Book Three and Book Four.

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   Peter Jackson's decision to split J.R.R. Tolkien's single novel into three films meant The Two Towers had to conclude mid-story, ending with the Battle of Helm's Deep rather than the book's actual ending.

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   Andy Serkis performed Gollum's voice and motion-capture movements across 160 days of filming for The Two Towers, creating the character entirely through digital technology.

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   In 2002, The Two Towers earned 947 million dollars worldwide, making it the second highest-grossing film of that year behind only Spider-Man.

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   Filmed across 438 days from 1999 to 2000, The Two Towers required 150 Weta Workshop artists to create 10,000 individual armor pieces.

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