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The Lord of the Rings exhibition is hitting London, and I've got tickets booked for when I'm down for Christmas…

For those who may be interested, The Lord of the Rings Motion Picture Trilogy -
The Exhibition opens at the Science Museum in London today (September 16), and
will run until January 11. Tickets are £9.95 and need to be pre-booked on
0870-870-4868 between 8.30am and 6pm (booking fee applies) or at
http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk.

The exhibition features amongst other things:
o A painstakingly recreated, life-sized tangible version of the monstrous
cave troll which will give fans an idea of what it was like for Frodo,
Gandalf, Aragorn and the rest when the monster attacked them in the
mines of Moria.
o Props and costumes from the film, like elven swords and the occasional
dwarf helmet. Visitors may even get to touch Gimli's chopper - oo-er!
o Hobbiton Mill - a miniature that took so long to build (three months)
and is so detailed that you would expect it to be a focal point in
a central scene of the movie. But no - Hobbiton Mill can be glimpsed
for all of two seconds in The Fellowship of the Ring when Frodo sees
the future while visiting with Galadriel in Lothlorien.
o A mannequin of the deceased Boromir laid out in a boat after being
killed by marauding Uruk-Hai in Fellowship.
o Different versions of the same weapons - used for different scenes.
E.g. for close-up shots of Gimli, axes with proper wooden handles were
used while lighter polyurethane versions can be seen in the big battle
scenes.

Visitors will have the opportunity to touch the different versions of some of
the weapons themselves as part of an exhibition organisers promise will include
memorable interactive sections. One of these winning attractions is a ride into
Hobbiton on Gandalf's cart that illustrates beautifully how Jackson managed to
make the actors who played the Hobbits look so tiny.

No snaps of the cave troll though... no cameras or mobile phones are allowed
in the exhibition hall.