 Film studio New Line Cinema, a unit of AOL Time Warner Inc., has said it will debut the promotional trailer for "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" on sister company AOL.
The trailer, a compilation of scenes from the upcoming movie, will be available for a 24-hour period beginning at one minute after midnight, EDT, on Monday, September 30, New Line said in a statement issued on Tuesday. "Two Towers" is the second movie based on the classic J.R.R. Tolkien novels about an epic struggle between good and evil in the fictional land of Middle-earth that is inhabited by elves, hobbits and wizards. The first film, "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring," debuted in theaters last fall and became a major blockbuster, raking in 0 million in global ticket sales to become No. 5 of all time on worldwide box office charts. In April 2000, New Line previewed film clips from "Fellowhip of the Ring" on the movie's own Web site, and 1.7 million downloads were logged in the first 24 hours. AOL's other moviemaking unit, Warner Bros., used a similar strategy with upcoming film, "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets." The new "Harry Potter" is the follow-up to last fall's other smash hit movie, "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," which hit No. 2 on the all-time worldwide box office charts with 5 million. (Agencies) | 美國在線時代華納公司（AOL Time Warner Inc.）旗下的美國新線電影公司日前宣布，備受矚目的影片《指環王第二部：雙城奇謀》的宣傳預告片即將在美國在線（AOL）的網站上正式登場。 據新線公司24日介紹，這部收錄了許多新出爐的精彩鏡頭的預告片，將于美國東部時間9月30日午夜12點之后正式搬上網絡，讓觀眾先睹為快。 《雙城奇謀》是電影《指環王》的第二部，同樣也是根據J.R.R.托爾金的同名小說改編的。在這部小說中，托爾金描述了在充滿魔幻色彩的中土世界，居住著精靈族、哈比特族和巫師，正義與邪惡在那里進行了一場史詩般宏大的的戰爭。  | | one scene in the movie |
電影《指環王》的第一部《護戒使者》于去年秋天上映后立即獲得了巨大的成功。全球票房收入高達8.6億美金。一舉登上了有史以來全球票房收入排行的第五位。 2000年4月《護戒使者》上映前，新線公司在自己的電影網站上發布了該片的預告片。僅僅24小時之內就有170萬用戶訪問并進行了下載。 用預告片來大造聲勢這一招同樣也被美國在線的另一家旗下公司華納兄弟學到了手，他們把這一招用在了即將上映的新片《哈里·波特與密室》的宣傳上。 而這部電影的來頭可不小。如今排在全球票房排行榜第二位的正是去年秋季另一部在美國影壇大行其道的影片《哈里·波特與魔法石》，票房高達9.65億美金。而即將推出的《哈里·波特與密室》正是該片的續集。 (中國日報網站譯） |
Updated: 2002-09-27 01:00
