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LORD OF THE RINGS -- shooting at Niagara Falls'!!'

Hey folks... Harry here, well an element of the United States will fall into THE LORD OF THE RINGS... well actually... techincally... it will just be churning American/Canadian water twisted digitally into stampeding horses just outside Rivendell... Ahhhh, this should be wonderful looking. When you have DIGITAL DOMAIN picking up a few spares on the effects side... you know you are in good hands... DD is simply one of the best effects studios ever!

Harry,

      I work at the Cave of the Winds at Niagara Falls, NY.  It's a tourist attraction that takes visitors up to the base of one of the American waterfalls.  Today, I had the pleasure of helping out some of the crew from Lord of The Rings.  Apparently they got in yesterday and were shooting the rapids and the whirlpool in the Niagara River.  Today they were shooting footage of the Bridal Veil Falls which is the smallest of the three waterfalls here.  Peter Jackson was nowhere around as this was just some special effects photography.  One crew member told me that the footage is to be digitally altered and will be used in the scene where Frodo is chasing Gandolf and Gandolf summons horses from the water.  I've never read the books so I'm not sure if I got all of that straight.  Anyway, they had tons of Digital Domain cameras and equipment and seemingly took a lot of footage.  It was pretty exciting for me and I hope you at least find this mildly interesting.  

If you use this, call me Armani.

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big rapids...oh yea
by elsuave
Jul 12th, 2001
03:52:19 PM
LOTR is going to rock
by FrogsFatA$$
Jul 12th, 2001
03:53:12 PM
What a mistake
by moviet00l
Jul 12th, 2001
03:58:56 PM
Gandolf; Gandalf
by Critical Bill
Jul 12th, 2001
04:02:31 PM
Gandolf; Gandalf's mentally impaired twin brother, always gettin
by Critical Bill
Jul 12th, 2001
04:03:57 PM
NO i dont belive you lotr wont have anything but new zealand in
by tHEsKAVEN
Jul 12th, 2001
04:24:15 PM
Lord of the Boring news
by PANIC NOW
Jul 12th, 2001
04:37:19 PM
you forgot a passage dolphin558
by fladnaG
Jul 12th, 2001
05:24:30 PM
Ya know, sometimes the irony on this site is just too heavy a cr
by Huneybee
Jul 12th, 2001
05:28:07 PM
Religion
by The Llama
Jul 12th, 2001
05:29:59 PM
Really...
by Hektor
Jul 12th, 2001
05:34:17 PM
really dolphin
by crosseyed nitwit
Jul 12th, 2001
05:43:44 PM
Fundie BS
by Ben Dobyns
Jul 12th, 2001
05:46:05 PM
Ooh! Who remember that part in "Niagara" with Marilyn and Joseph
by El Tronerino
Jul 12th, 2001
05:48:13 PM
Dolphin, you're a total fuckin nut-job. Go back to your compound
by Monty Python
Jul 12th, 2001
06:12:17 PM
Five months to go??
by TheGipper
Jul 12th, 2001
06:26:36 PM
Wow, someone smoked a little too much crack this morning
by Elros20
Jul 12th, 2001
06:29:23 PM
The Opinion of Darkness Incarnate
by Mephistopheles
Jul 12th, 2001
06:39:36 PM
ummm...ANYWAY
by vekt0r
Jul 12th, 2001
06:54:53 PM
perfect snark
by Brutus
Jul 12th, 2001
07:07:27 PM
oh, i just cant' resist jumping on the bandwagon
by deep 13
Jul 12th, 2001
07:07:59 PM
Sounds like Dolphin needs to branch out and read other books of
by Smugbug
Jul 12th, 2001
07:19:43 PM
NIAGRA FALLS!
by TimBenzedrine
Jul 12th, 2001
07:20:51 PM
Dolphin - how do you treat your slave?
by Dursban
Jul 12th, 2001
07:31:25 PM
dolphin, hello in there...
by dirty_dishes
Jul 12th, 2001
07:35:10 PM
ManAbootTown
by ronin67
Jul 12th, 2001
07:36:51 PM
Dolphin HAS accomplished a miracle!
by Huneybee
Jul 12th, 2001
07:41:35 PM
upon further consideration...
by deep 13
Jul 12th, 2001
08:03:02 PM
God is Omnipotent, Omnisceint, and Omnibenevolent.
by ManAbootTown
Jul 12th, 2001
08:15:03 PM
There is Evil in the World
by ManAbootTown
Jul 12th, 2001
08:18:36 PM
Get thee behind me, Sauron.
by BG
Jul 12th, 2001
08:56:24 PM
Long-winded opinions...
by tbrosz
Jul 12th, 2001
09:51:27 PM
ManAbootTown's Got A Point and if you disagree your an idiot!!!!
by megaforce_2
Jul 12th, 2001
10:56:28 PM
Opinons are like assholes...
by MCVamp
Jul 12th, 2001
11:24:30 PM
upon further consideration...
by deep 13
Jul 12th, 2001
11:25:25 PM
Tolkien and Religion
by MrBoJangles1
Jul 12th, 2001
11:25:45 PM
Of course...
by MCVamp
Jul 12th, 2001
11:29:25 PM
Man does not live on bread alone...
by Sir Mordred
Jul 13th, 2001
12:07:02 AM
Re: Perfect-Snark's summation...
by Vance Castaway
Jul 13th, 2001
03:43:06 AM
The horses & Guinness
by Kizeesh
Jul 13th, 2001
04:36:10 AM
Perfect Snark
by 9970
Jul 13th, 2001
05:14:46 AM
DMaul885 - Not a malfunction per se
by Kaitain
Jul 13th, 2001
05:15:12 AM
To KevinPhillipsBong
by Kaitain
Jul 13th, 2001
05:29:20 AM
Books
by DragthorColorado
Jul 13th, 2001
05:49:26 AM
About Time; What the Hoo Hay; And Yeah Baby...
by Halloween68
Jul 13th, 2001
06:03:31 AM
SPOILERS -- The Complete List of Film Changes
by AncalagonBlack
Jul 13th, 2001
06:30:18 AM
Whatever it was, it was well-trained
by Kaitain
Jul 13th, 2001
07:08:55 AM
MAN this really cheeses me! Did you all bite down HARD or WHAT!
by Pallando Blue
Jul 13th, 2001
07:10:35 AM
I'ts funny how everyone either KNOWS there is no God, or they KN
by Hawq
Jul 13th, 2001
08:03:21 AM
Curiousity to serious LOTR Talkbackers
by Halloween68
Jul 13th, 2001
08:11:52 AM
Yeah, point taken
by Kaitain
Jul 13th, 2001
08:32:16 AM
It's not fair!
by BigDogg
Jul 13th, 2001
08:39:48 AM
One thing I can agree with in Dolphin's post: Women who make ve
by Z-Man
Jul 13th, 2001
09:15:17 AM
religion
by neef
Jul 13th, 2001
10:14:22 AM
Here you go little fella
by ManAbootTown
Jul 13th, 2001
10:39:05 AM
OH CANADA
by journalist
Jul 13th, 2001
10:39:20 AM
sorry about that dolphin...
by deep 13
Jul 13th, 2001
10:45:51 AM
2001 animation
by deep 13
Jul 13th, 2001
10:48:37 AM
?
by SOCNGILL
Jul 13th, 2001
12:08:33 PM
Movie is getting more people to read JRR...
by gtiboy
Jul 13th, 2001
12:23:55 PM
To Rodney U. Plonka
by Phoenix
Jul 13th, 2001
12:24:24 PM
i wish i could learn to reply succinctly to simple questions but
by deep 13
Jul 13th, 2001
01:14:38 PM
hey, now my posts are at the bottom of the list! what gives? fra
by deep 13
Jul 13th, 2001
01:20:51 PM
Im here to set things a-right!
by Gandolphin
Jul 13th, 2001
01:29:32 PM
LOTR + PETER JACKSON= HEAVEN
by Silver_Joo
Jul 13th, 2001
01:40:32 PM
Ummm, Deep_13... Wasn't that phrase about lifting a rock and fin
by Hawq
Jul 13th, 2001
02:03:54 PM
Hey Halloween...Gandalfs beard...
by Gandolphin
Jul 13th, 2001
02:25:32 PM
C'mon...
by Perfect-Snark
Jul 13th, 2001
02:31:54 PM
Yes , the beard once again
by Gandolphin
Jul 13th, 2001
02:52:02 PM
Finally a LOTR Talkback!!! Izzy's tale of woe and redemption
by Isidore
Jul 13th, 2001
03:11:21 PM
P.S. Dolphin 558
by Dark Predator
Jul 13th, 2001
04:43:03 PM
small point, carried over from the last TB
by wilko185
Jul 13th, 2001
05:09:01 PM
Hawq- i haven't seen the movie stigmatta yet (but i heard that I
by deep 13
Jul 13th, 2001
05:19:58 PM
Dufustye
by Perfect-Snark
Jul 13th, 2001
07:08:59 PM
Dam, I was just there last week!!!!!!
by batman55555
Jul 13th, 2001
08:47:44 PM
oh damn, I guess I'm one of "your" TBers now
by wilko185
Jul 13th, 2001
08:52:51 PM
Frodo does not chase Gandolf....
by the_don
Jul 14th, 2001
07:29:38 AM
ZZZZzzzz.....
by MCVamp
Jul 14th, 2001
08:44:08 AM
Wilco185...
by Halloween68
Jul 14th, 2001
08:48:21 AM
WhoDaThunkIt
by Fleagle
Jul 14th, 2001
12:15:30 PM
tho the white riders were Gandalf's own special touch to the Riv
by wilko185
Jul 14th, 2001
06:27:55 PM
just spotted your reply Halloween68
by wilko185
Jul 14th, 2001
07:51:11 PM
OK, so I've been banned... and Dolphin too...
by Eternal
Jul 15th, 2001
04:26:25 AM
What the hell is happening?????
by Eternal
Jul 15th, 2001
04:40:09 AM
Wilco185...
by Halloween68
Jul 15th, 2001
07:59:49 AM
halloween
by wilko185
Jul 15th, 2001
09:55:29 AM
***** breaking news: Salsa Shark becomes the latest victim *****
by Eternal
Jul 15th, 2001
11:53:00 AM
Ian McKellern
by Celtican
Jul 15th, 2001
03:05:10 PM
Firstly, here is my source...
by BG
Jul 15th, 2001
03:17:15 PM
Oh Joy. Is it me or did my message really got censored and delet
by EmperorCaligula
Jul 15th, 2001
03:41:15 PM
MorGoth and Miami Mofo
by Halloween68
Jul 15th, 2001
03:45:28 PM
testing
by EmperorCaligula
Jul 15th, 2001
03:49:23 PM
Re BG's "spoilers"
by wilko185
Jul 15th, 2001
04:48:12 PM
Niagara Falls ?
by greenleaf
Jul 15th, 2001
07:57:57 PM
What about Gandolf ?
by greenleaf
Jul 15th, 2001
08:00:54 PM
Hey, this Talkback is hosed up!
by greenleaf
Jul 15th, 2001
08:04:00 PM
Testing
by BG
Jul 15th, 2001
09:21:42 PM
Testing
by BG
Jul 15th, 2001
09:24:23 PM
Boring
by BG
Jul 15th, 2001
09:26:51 PM
Halloween... about that balrog there
by Sir Mordred
Jul 15th, 2001
11:19:07 PM
Wilko185, MorGoth, Miami Mofo...Last!
by Halloween68
Jul 16th, 2001
07:59:30 AM
Balrogs
by Sir Mordred
Jul 16th, 2001
11:17:29 AM
Neef
by Bingo Baggins
Jul 16th, 2001
12:01:16 PM
LOTR
by Bingo Baggins
Jul 16th, 2001
12:10:56 PM
MorGoth...Okay so it wasn't the last!
by Halloween68
Jul 16th, 2001
12:19:30 PM
Why did I get banned?
by Dark Predator
Jul 16th, 2001
12:47:32 PM
Cool Steamboat Harry!
by Dark Predator
Jul 16th, 2001
12:49:15 PM
Halloween...
by BG
Jul 16th, 2001
02:13:08 PM
Miami...
by BG
Jul 16th, 2001
02:35:08 PM
Oh, and by the way morGoth...
by BG
Jul 16th, 2001
03:02:16 PM
sorry for bringing up balrog wings everyone...
by wilko185
Jul 16th, 2001
04:31:55 PM
What's going on? And Perfect-Snark...!?!
by The Mighty Celt
Jul 17th, 2001
01:54:01 AM
Wilko 185: Frodo & Sam in Osgiliath
by Bingo Baggins
Jul 17th, 2001
02:07:43 AM
To Miami Mofo
by Bingo Baggins
Jul 17th, 2001
04:28:17 AM
So let me get this straight...
by The Mighty Celt
Jul 17th, 2001
05:59:59 AM
Miami Mofo
by The Mighty Celt
Jul 18th, 2001
12:15:06 AM
Out of interest in stellar birth...
by The Mighty Celt
Jul 18th, 2001
12:31:51 AM
Bingo, whoever might see this, Re maps and stuff
by wilko185
Jul 18th, 2001
12:48:11 AM
Bingo, whoever might see this, Re maps and stuff
by wilko185
Jul 18th, 2001
01:07:23 AM
Bingo, whoever might see this, Re maps and stuff
by wilko185
Jul 18th, 2001
01:17:40 AM
First of all...
by BG
Jul 18th, 2001
02:37:16 PM
BG, calm down
by Sir Mordred
Jul 18th, 2001
09:16:08 PM
FIVE MONTHS TO GO!
by Pallando Blue
Jul 19th, 2001
07:06:54 AM
Dream sequence
by JD1866
Jul 22nd, 2001
09:59:32 AM
Dream Sequence
by Bingo Baggins
Jul 22nd, 2001
04:24:52 PM
Elanor...
by BG
Jul 22nd, 2001
06:14:58 PM
Narsil/Anduril
by fladnaG
Jul 22nd, 2001
10:18:42 PM
Narsil/Anduril
by fladnaG
Jul 22nd, 2001
10:19:20 PM
The sword that was broken
by fladnaG
Jul 22nd, 2001
10:22:53 PM
reply to fladNag (up in the middle somewhere)
by wilko185
Jul 23rd, 2001
11:18:53 AM
damn.posting in the middle again. Can someone fix this again?
by wilko185
Jul 23rd, 2001
11:22:13 AM
Check out...
by BG
Jul 23rd, 2001
01:45:35 PM
My guess is geography and generation
by Sir Mordred
Jul 23rd, 2001
09:07:05 PM
ABANDON ALL HOPW
by Sir Mordred
Jul 23rd, 2001
09:22:55 PM
that was supposed to be ABANDON ALL HOPE
by Sir Mordred
Jul 23rd, 2001
09:32:23 PM
Waiting
by Chocky
Jul 24th, 2001
08:06:32 AM
Hoi Hi tailenders !....
by Skyway Moaters
Jul 24th, 2001
01:49:53 PM
Well I guess ingold's ploy didn't work...
by Skyway Moaters
Jul 24th, 2001
01:53:47 PM
Found the answer to my own bloody question!...
by Skyway Moaters
Jul 24th, 2001
02:33:10 PM
Welcome back, Moaters!
by JD1866
Jul 24th, 2001
03:16:12 PM
Dman- what was I gonna say
by Sir Mordred
Jul 24th, 2001
09:36:55 PM
Thanks for the Hidey Ho morG...
by Skyway Moaters
Jul 25th, 2001
06:53:38 AM
Fucking Hell Miami
by Sir Mordred
Jul 25th, 2001
09:57:56 PM
Where is everyone?
by Sir Mordred
Jul 26th, 2001
09:25:05 PM
Big Brother is watching...
by JD1866
Jul 27th, 2001
08:10:10 PM

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