Lord of the Rings Production Facts
- Over 3,000,000 feet of film was shot during production.
- 250,000 silk leaves applied by hand to a tree in Hobbiton.
- 20,602 extras cast to make LOTR.
- 10,000 crowd participants recorded making Orc sounds at a New Zealand cricket game.
- 7,000 years ago is when Middle-Earth would have existed.
- 1,460 is the largest number of eggs served at breakfast with the crew.
- 150 costumes on average for each Middle-Earth civilization created by Wardrobe department.
- 114 speaking roles.
- Trilogy is translated in over 40 languages.
- 13 months is the amount of time the Fellowships journey takes in the LOTR Trilogy.
- Four: Number of Hobbits that bungy jumped while on location in New Zealand.
- Three: Films made simultaneously - first time ever done in cinema history.
- Two: Years of pre-production and 4 years of post-production.
- One: Mile is the length of the production vehicles lined up bumper-bumper while on location.