MOVIEThe Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Movie Trailer
SCENEBoromir
FILM FORMAT35mm
YEAR2001
CERTIFICATE IDNFV-000001810
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 entirely in New Zealand and marketed with an unprecedented theatrical trailer campaign, the film reintroduced epic fantasy to mainstream audiences and set the template for blockbuster franchise filmmaking in the new millennium. Its trailers, cut with care and anticipation, became cultural events in their own right, previewing a world of hobbits, wizards, and warriors months ahead of release.
This cell preserves a frame of Boromir from that trailer reel, a character whose arc of loyalty, temptation, and sacrifice made him one of the Fellowship's most compelling figures. Trailer cells hold particular value for collectors because they capture a film's promotional identity, the moment audiences first glimpsed a character before full context was known. A single frame from a trailer strip offers a tangible fragment of that early anticipation, distinct from the finished picture itself.
Authentication Findings8 checks
Consistent with a 35mm theatrical release print of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
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 visible tearing
Soundtrack
A variable-area optical track is visible running along the lower edge beside the picture area, appearing as a single-track analog stripe; Dolby Digital pixel blocks are visible in the inter-perforation gaps on the lower edge
Edge print
Not clearly legible in this capture; faint markings appear along both edges but cannot be quoted with confidence
Base & colour
Base shows a light blue-cyan tint consistent with a tinted safety base stock; dye image appears neutral to slightly warm with no obvious fading or red shift
Projection history
Horizontal abrasion lines are visible across the lower edge area, consistent with a print that has passed through a projector gate
Picture
Positive color 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
Era check
The combination of analog variable-area optical track, Dolby Digital inter-perforation data blocks, cyan-tinted safety base, and color positive image is consistent with a theatrical release print from the early 2000s
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 000063670
Original Film CaptureAs received
Photographed on the light panel at intake, before encapsulation — tap to open full size
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