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excerpt from Jeffrey Wells' Hollywood Elsewhere column:

I couldn't be less into LORD OF THE RINGS, but suddenly everyone's 
talking about this CG gremlin guy called Gollum in THE TWO TOWERS, and 
now they've even got me going.

Gollum, who briefly appeared in THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RINGS, plays a 
much larger role in TOWERS, which I'll be seeing next Tuesday. Word is 
the CG advances in this little twerp are supposedly at an entirely new 
level, mixing a purportedly solid performance by Andy Serkis with what 
I'm hearing is truly incredible, ground-breaking animation.

Gollum is in virtually every scene in TOWERS involving Frodo and Sam (or 
roughly 1/3 of the flick), and he drives much of the action forward. He 
began life as a Hobbit-like creature named Smeagol who found the ring 
and was corrupted into this bizarre creature. He then lost the ring to 
Bilbo (Ian Holm) in THE HOBBIT and has been seeking it ever since.

A New Line friend tells me "his character is totally schizo, with 
debates going on between his Smeagol and Gollum side. The audience at 
Tuesday night's screening sat totally rapt every time he was onscreen. 
You literally can't take your eyes off of him. Serkis was on-set and 
performing the visual aspects of his performance (which are really 
incredible) and acting with Wood and Astin. They then used his 
performance to create the CG character, and I swear when you see it you 
will (with few exceptions) believe it's a real character.

"Gollum's eyes are possibly the biggest achievement in character effects 
history," my guy maintains, "as they allow him to emote in a way that's 
never been seen before.

"Coming out of the screening, he was without question the one everybody 
was buzzing about. You could hear people quoting his lines all over the 
Grove ('Master is good,' 'He stole the precious,' etc). Hell, you'd love 
him too, as he reiterated your opinion and calls Sam Gangee (several 
times, in fact) the 'fat hobbit.'"

My friend concludes with an admission that "there is very real 
discussion going on that we may push Serkis for a Best Supporting Actor 
Oscar."



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excerpt from Jeffrey Wells' Hollywood Elsewhere column:<br>
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<font face="Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif" size="2"><font size="2"
 face="Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif">I couldn't be less into LORD OF THE
RINGS, but suddenly everyone's talking about this CG gremlin guy called Gollum
in THE TWO TOWERS, and now they've even got <i>me</i> going. </font></font>
<p>  <font face="Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif" size="2"><font size="2"
 face="Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif">Gollum, who briefly appeared in THE
FELLOWSHIP  OF THE RINGS, plays a much larger role in TOWERS, which I'll
be seeing next Tuesday.  Word is the CG advances in this little twerp are
supposedly at an entirely new level, mixing a purportedly solid performance
by Andy Serkis with what I'm hearing is truly incredible, ground-breaking
animation.  </font></font></p>
<p>  <font face="Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif" size="2"><font size="2"
 face="Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif">Gollum is in virtually every scene in
TOWERS involving Frodo and Sam (or roughly 1/3 of the flick), and he drives
much of the action forward.  He began life as a Hobbit-like creature named
Smeagol who found the ring and was corrupted into this bizarre creature.
He then lost the ring to Bilbo (Ian Holm) in THE HOBBIT and has been seeking
it ever since.   </font></font></p>
<p>  <font face="Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif" size="2"><font size="2"
 face="Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif">A New Line friend tells me "his character
is totally schizo, with debates going on between his Smeagol and Gollum side.
The audience at Tuesday night's screening sat totally rapt every time he
was onscreen. You literally can't take your eyes off of him. Serkis was on-set
and performing the visual aspects of his performance (which are really 
incredible)
and acting with Wood and Astin. They then used his performance to create
the CG character, and I swear when you see it you will (with few exceptions)
believe it's a real character.  </font></font></p>
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 <font face="Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif" size="2"><font size="2"
 face="Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif">"Gollum's eyes are possibly the biggest
achievement in character effects history," my guy maintains, "as they allow
him to emote in a way that's never been seen before.  </font></font></p>
<p>  <font face="Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif" size="2"><font size="2"
 face="Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif">"Coming out of the screening, he was
without question the one everybody was buzzing about.  You could hear people
quoting his lines all over the Grove ('Master is good,' 'He stole the precious,'
etc). Hell, you'd love him too, as he reiterated your opinion and calls Sam
Gangee (several times, in fact) the 'fat hobbit.'"  </font></font></p>
<p>  <font face="Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif" size="2"><font size="2"
 face="Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif">My friend concludes with an admission
that "there is very real discussion going on that we may push Serkis for
a Best Supporting Actor Oscar."  </font></font></p>
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