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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2002
· Movie
· 179 min
A
MEANRANK
89/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #11
- IMDb #13
- Google retired #133
- Rotten Tomatoes #78
- Metacritic #39
- Letterboxd #29
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- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #372
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #71
- Metacritic Critics #282
- Metacritic Audience #4
- Criticker #131
- Douban #32
- Kinopoisk #18
- AlloCiné #11
- Trakt #7
Every rating
72–96
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Criticker on 72, highest is Google on 96.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →The Fellowship is broken. Frodo and Sam continue their perilous journey to Mordor, guided by the treacherous Gollum. Meanwhile, Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli pursue the Uruk-hai army that has captured their friends Merry and Pippin. All paths converge at the kingdom of Rohan, where they must rally its people for a last stand against the forces of darkness.
Details
- Director
- Peter Jackson
- Writers
- Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson, Philippa Boyens, Stephen Sinclair
- Based on
- The Two Towers by J. R. R. Tolkien
- Released
- 18 December 2002
- Country
- New Zealand, United States
- Language
- English, Sindarin, Old English
- Runtime
- 179 min
- Rated
- PG-13
- Budget
- $79.0M
- Box office
- $926.3M
- Awards
- 8 wins, 19 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 27 →2 major awards won · 8 wins from 27 nominations across 4 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 2002 | Best Sound Editing | Ethan Van der Ryn and Michael Hopkins | Winner |
| Academy Awards 2002 | Best Visual Effects | Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook and Alex Funke | Winner |
| Academy Awards 2002 | Best Art Direction | Grant Major, Dan Hennah and Alan Lee | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 2002 | Best Film Editing | Michael J. Horton | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 2002 | Best Picture | Barrie M. Osborne, Fran Walsh and Peter Jackson | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 2002 | Best Sound | Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 2002 | Best Motion Picture – Drama | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Nominee |
| Golden Globe Awards 2002 | Best Director | Peter Jackson | Nominee |
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Academy Awards
6 nominations, 2 won
| Best Sound Editing | Ethan Van der Ryn and Michael Hopkins | Winner |
| Best Visual Effects | Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook and Alex Funke | Winner |
| Best Art Direction | Grant Major, Dan Hennah and Alan Lee | Nominee |
| Best Film Editing | Michael J. Horton | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Barrie M. Osborne, Fran Walsh and Peter Jackson | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek | Nominee |
Golden Globe Awards
2 nominations
| Best Director | Peter Jackson | Nominee |
| Best Motion Picture – Drama | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Nominee |
Saturn Awards
10 nominations, 4 won
| Best Costume Design | Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor | Winner |
| Best Fantasy Film | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Winner |
| Best Make-up | Peter Owen and Peter King | Winner |
| Best Supporting Actor | Andy Serkis | Winner |
| Best Actor | Viggo Mortensen | Nominee |
| Best Director | Peter Jackson | Nominee |
| Best Music | Howard Shore | Nominee |
| Best Performance by a Younger Actor | Elijah Wood | Nominee |
| Best Special Effects | Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook and Alex Funke | Nominee |
| Best Writing | Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Stephen Sinclair and Peter Jackson | Nominee |
British Academy Film Awards
9 nominations, 2 won
| Best Costume Design | Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor | Winner |
| Best Special Visual Effects | Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook and Alex Funke | Winner |
| Best Cinematography | Andrew Lesnie | Nominee |
| Best Direction | Peter Jackson | Nominee |
| Best Editing | Michael J. Horton | Nominee |
| Best Film | Barrie M. Osborne, Fran Walsh and Peter Jackson | Nominee |
| Best Makeup and Hair | Peter Owen, Peter King and Richard Taylor | Nominee |
| Best Production Design | Grant Major | Nominee |
| Best Sound | Ethan Van der Ryn, David Farmer, Michael Hopkins, Hammond Peek, Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick and Michael Hedges | Nominee |