Resources

[foxrafer.livejournal.com]

This is an assortment of links to help get you in a New Zealand mood and spark ideas. It is by no means complete or comprehensive. If there's a site that you think has some great information, please pass it along and I'll add it to the list.

Please note that while I have visited all of these sites I can't vouch for them. Please use all suitable care (anti-virus programs and the like) when downloading anything from the Web.



Cast and Crew (I'm not making any judgments about these sites; if you have a favorite site that's not listed let me know and I'll add it to the list. You can also find information on the actors on several of the general Lord of the Rings pages.)

Sean Astin: Sean's Official Homepage; SANET (an unofficial fan site)

Sala Baker: Wikipedia page; IMDB page

Sean Bean: The Mighty Bean; The Compleat Sean Bean

Cate Blanchett: Cate Blanchett.net; Cate Blanchett Fan

Orlando Bloom: The Orlando Bloom Files; Legolas Greenleaf

Billy Boyd: Beecake; Boyd oh Boyd

Jed Brophy: IMDB page; Wikipedia page

Marton Csokas: The Marton Csokas Network; Faces of Marton

Brad Dourif: Brad Dourif.org; Dourif.net

Mark Ferguson: Mark Ferguson Info; Mark Ferguson Fan Website

Bernard Hill: Wikipedia page; IMDB page

Ian Holm: The Adventures of Sir Ian Holm; Holmography

Bruce Hopkins: Bruce Hopkins Official Site; Wikipedia page

Christopher Lee: Christopher Lee Web; Wikipedia page

Lawrence Makoare: Lawrence Makoare's Official Site; Wikipedia page

Ian McKellen: Sir Ian McKellen's Official Site; Wikipedia page

Dominic Monaghan: starDom; Dominic Monaghan Online

Viggo Mortensen: Viggo Works; Perceval Press; Virtual Viggo

John Noble: John Noble Website; Wikipedia page

Miranda Otto: Miranda Otto Online; Wikipedia page

Craig Parker: Craig Parker.net; Parker Blue

Shane Rangi: Wikipedia page; IMDB page

John Rhys-Davies: Wikipedia page; IMDB page

Harry Sinclair: Wikipedia page; IMDB page

Andy Serkis: Andy Serkis Official Website; Wikipedia page

Liv Tyler: Lovely Liv Tyler; Liv Tyler Fan.net

Karl Urban: The Karl Urban Page; Karl Urban Online; Irrevocably Urban

Hugo Weaving: Hugo Weaving at Random Scribblings.net; Wikipedia page

David Wenham: Wenham Wonderland; David Wenham @ Minas Tirith

Elijah Wood: Always & Forever; ElijahNet


Characters

Emyn Arnen - a site dedicated to Faramir and Éowyn; includes excerpts from the book, info on the characters and actors, and artwork and screencaps


Fan-created Timelines

A Journey With Frodo - incredibly detailed and well-cited retrospective following Elijah Wood's involvement in the films; begins with the casting process and will continue through the 2004 Oscars (is a work-in-progress but contains an amazing amount of information, quotes and pictures)

LOTR Real Person Canon - interesting anecdotes, also has some pictures and quotes

There and Back Again - sets, locations, news and a timeline

A Writer's Timeline - again interesting anecdotes, pretty heavy on Orlando and Viggo


Fonts

dafont.com Runes, Elvish fonts - many could be the same as the those at Font River

Dan Smith's Fantasy Fonts for Windows - collection of fonts used in The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings including Runic fonts and Tengwar; also has really good information about the alphabets and how to use them

Font River Free Runes, Elvish Fonts - many could be the same as the those at dafont.com


General (a little bit of everything)

About the Songs and Poems in the Lord of the Rings - interesting essay on the many times characters sing in the books, sometimes with the writer's take on what the songs might have sounded like

Council of Elrond - highlights include a character database with screencaps, fonts, transcripts and a list of other resources

The Encyclopedia of Arda - another encyclopedic resource including a movie guide and maps and illustrations

The Green Books - articles about Tolkien themes, Q&As, triva; a nice mix of opinion, analysis, and info pulled directly from Tolkien or educated guesses based on what was written

The Grey Havens - articles, links, full text of songs; not updated in a while but everything still available

Henneth Annûn Research Library - pages for people, places and events including direct quotes from the books

A Hobbit's Tale - info on the actors, with some pictures, the characters, the score, galleries; just a lot of information

Lord of the Rings Costume - research into the costumes worn in the films, including fabrics and pictures of specific details

Lord of the Rings Fanatics Site - specifically good for the "guided" tour and artwork

Lord of the Rings.net - the official movie site

Lord of the Rings Tolkien Wiki - another wiki of info

Parma Endorion: Essays on Middle Earth - a free e-book for download

Races of Middle-earth - history and details on every race Tolkien created, from The Valar to the Barrow Wights.

The Thain's Book - an encyclopedia of information about the people, places and creatures in the books; features a chronology including a day-by-day breakdown of the events during the War of the Ring

TheOneRing.net - a lot of information in the archives about filming, interviews with the actors, etc.

There and Back Again: A Geek's Adventures in Middle Earth - from Ain't it Cool News; this is the final report but the index to all eleven parts is at the bottom

Tolkien Gateway - wiki with a variety of info on the characters including different iterations from other productions and a good image library

Tolkien Meta FAQ - answers to questions you didn't know you had about the books and the world Tolkien created

Uruviel's Argonath - a variety of resources including sound files and pictures

Who is Tom Bombadil? - I think the title says it all *g*

Wikipedia's entry on Middle-earth


Images and Artwork

Aumania Fantasy Art by J.R.R. Tolkien - a set of his sketches and drawings

Camarila's Lord of the Rings Artist Image Gallery - just as it says, a collection of images by Tolkien artists

David Wall Photography - if you're looking for a specific picture of New Zealand or Australia, it's very likely David Wall will have it

Film Locations Link 1; Film Locations Link 2 - Two links with various pictures from around New Zealand

The Lord of the Rings: A Visual Journey - a really great collection of stills and promotional images from the film

Middle-earth Tours - lots of images for the people, places, prequels and "specialties" like The Great East Road, and pages for Tolkien artists with samples of their work

New Zealand Pictures and Photos - gorgeous photographs of a gorgeous country with interesting info about the locations

Rolozo Tolkien - graphics of varying quality but a large variety to look at

Screencap Paradise - a nice collection of caps from all three films

Ted Nasmith Tolkien Illustrations - really nice artwork of many scenes throughout the books

TheOneRing.net Movie Locations Guide - pictures of areas of New Zealand either where filming took place or it was surmised were used for filming

Tolkien Galleries and Artwork - an assortment of artists, varying quality, but some very good

Tolkien Movies.com - still has a decent collection of images, including shots of sets


Language

Ardalambion - very detailed with links to online courses

The Elvish Linguistic Fellowship - journals, articles and links of information

Fellowship of the Word-smiths - a lot of information about all the languages in the films, including Dwarvish and Old English; includes linguistic surveys and analysis and an elvish dialog list

Tolkien's Languages: Sources of Information - primarily information about Quenya and Sindarin

The Languages of Arda - Wikipedia site


Links of links (many could be broken or you could find a hidden gem)

The Encyclopedia of Arda Tolkien Links

Starbase Rivendell Tolkien Gallery

TolkienMovies.com

Tolkien Studies on the Web


Maps

Backpack New Zealand Maps - another alternative for maps of the country

Chetwood - color map of Middle-earth (b&w version below)

Filming location map - detailed map about where specific scenes were shot in New Zealand along with a legend showing, I believe, where all the artisans came from

Lonely Planet Map of New Zealand - has a few maps of specific cities and a gallery

The Lord of the Rings Maps - a variety of maps (not very large)

Map of Middle-earth - black and white map of Middle-earth (color version above)

Middle-earth - a kind of "google" map of Middle-earth with some of the major locations marked

New Zealand Tourism Maps - several detailed maps by region, a version to see tourist info and driving routes


New Zealand
you can find other links under images and maps

Aotearoa - 1966 Encyclopaedia of New zealand - there's a lot of interesting information on this site, just browse around

New Zealand Travel Blog - to be inspired by real people's travel experiences in the country


Transcripts

The Age of the Ring - transcripts broken down by scene; FotR is not complete

Council of Elrond Transcripts - does not have RotK extended edition

A Hobbit's Tale - illustrated scripts, most detail for theatrical cut but has extra links and details from extended editions


Zeppelin and Tolkien (because you just kind of have to *g*)

The Tolkien-Zeppelin Connection

Zeppelin and Tolkien Relations

Comments

[shegollum.livejournal.com]

OMG!!!!!! What a wonderful reference! And just a fascinating look overall. TY, ty, ty!

[foxrafer.livejournal.com]

I was surprised at how many things I had bookmarked and then going through links lists was a lot of fun. Many sites are long gone but there were still so many cool discoveries!