MOVIEThe Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Movie Trailer
SCENEBoromir and Aragorn
FILM FORMAT35mm
YEAR2001
CERTIFICATE IDNFV-000001806
FILM NOTES
New Line Cinema released The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring in December 2001, adapting Tolkien's novel through Peter Jackson's direction and launching a trilogy that reshaped blockbuster fantasy filmmaking. Shot entirely in New Zealand and marketed with an unprecedented promotional campaign, the film's teaser and full trailers became cultural events in their own right, previewing Middle-earth to audiences who had never seen it rendered with such scale and conviction. The trailer's success helped set expectations for the franchise's theatrical run and its eventual sweep of major awards.
This cell preserves a moment from that promotional reel featuring Boromir and Aragorn, two members of the Fellowship whose dynamic anchors much of the story's tension around leadership, lineage, and duty. Trailer cells like this one offer collectors a glimpse of how the film was first introduced to the public, distinct from the final theatrical print. Boromir and Aragorn's pairing carries particular weight given their intertwined arcs concerning Gondor's throne, making any surviving frame of the two together a point of interest for those tracing the character relationships as they were originally teased to audiences.
Authentication Findings8 checks
Consistent with a 35mm positive trailer print for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.
Gauge
35mm, four perforations per frame visible on both edges; the strip holds three frames.
Perforations
Four per frame on both edges, evenly spaced; punched edges appear clean with no torn or missing perforations visible.
Soundtrack
Not visible in this capture; the area beside the picture frames is obscured by the decorative border overlay.
Edge print
Not visible in this capture.
Base & colour
Base appears with a cool-neutral tint; dye image shows saturated colour with no visible fading or red shift.
Projection history
No scratches, splice marks, or cue marks are visible in this capture.
Picture
Positive colour image; all three frames appear to be the same or near-identical shot, consistent with a trailer title-card hold; the title text 'The Return of the King' is visible on each frame, which is consistent with a Fellowship of the Ring trailer closing on a sequel date card.
Era check
A positive colour print with saturated dye and clean perforations is consistent with a 2001 release-era 35mm theatrical trailer print.
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 000063666
Original Film CaptureAs received
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