MOVIEThe Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Movie Trailer
SCENEBoromir
FILM FORMAT35mm
YEAR2001
CERTIFICATE IDNFV-000001790
FILM NOTES
New Line Cinema released The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring in December 2001, the first installment of Peter Jackson's adaptation of Tolkien's trilogy. Shot back to back across New Zealand, the production was a gamble few studios would have backed, yet it reshaped fantasy filmmaking and set new standards for practical effects, location work, and ensemble casting. The teaser and theatrical trailers that preceded release became cultural events in their own right, building anticipation for a saga that would go on to dominate awards ceremonies and box office charts alike, cementing New Line's place in blockbuster history.
This cell preserves a frame of Boromir from the trailer campaign, a piece prized by collectors for its early placement in the film's marketing rollout. Boromir, son of Gondor's steward, remains one of the Fellowship's most complex figures, and his presence here reflects the character's early positioning within the ensemble before audiences fully understood his arc. Trailer cells like this one capture the promotional groundwork laid before a film's release, offering a glimpse of how a character was introduced to the public ahead of the story's unfolding on screen.
Authentication Findings8 checks
Consistent with a 35mm theatrical release print of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Movie Trailer (2001).
Gauge
35mm, four perforations per frame visible on both edges; the strip holds three frames.
Perforations
Four per frame on both edges; spacing appears even and the punched edges appear clean with no torn or deformed holes visible.
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical track is visible running along one edge beside the picture area, with what appears to be a second narrower track adjacent, consistent with a stereo optical pair; Dolby Digital pixel blocks are visible in the inter-perforation gaps on the lower strip edge; a thin DTS timecode line appears present at the outermost edge of that same strip.
Edge print
Not clearly legible in this capture due to orientation and resolution; partial characters are present along both edges but cannot be reliably quoted.
Base & colour
The base appears with a slight cyan-blue tint consistent with modern safety polyester stock; the dye image reads as neutral to slightly warm with no obvious fading or red shift.
Projection history
Light horizontal abrasion lines are visible across the frame area consistent with a print that has passed through a projector gate; no splices or cue marks are visible in this capture.
Picture
Positive colour image; all three frames appear to be consecutive frames from a single continuous shot, consistent with a release print of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring trailer.
Era check
The combination of Dolby Digital inter-perforation data blocks, optical stereo tracks, and DTS timecode line is consistent with a 2001-era theatrical release print carrying the standard multi-format soundtrack configuration used on major studio releases of that period.
Read from the original intake capture shown below. Observations only — film is authenticated, not graded.
This original motion picture film element has been examined and authenticated by Crown Grading in partnership with National Film Vault, and encapsulated for archival preservation.
Why so little survivesRelease prints were leased to theaters, not sold. When the run ended they went back to the distributor to be destroyed, and most were. What collectors hold today came from the prints that escaped that order, and no new 35mm prints of these films are being struck.
CROWN SERIAL 000063650
Original Film CaptureAs received
Photographed on the light panel at intake, before encapsulation — tap to open full size
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