The Hunt for Gollum (2009)

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The Hunt for Gollum is a 2009 fantasy adventure fan film directed, produced and written by Chris Bouchard that is based on the appendices of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. The film centres on the fictional lands of Middle-earth, where wizard Gandalf the Grey (Patrick O'Connor) sends ranger Aragorn (Adrian Webster) on a quest to find Gollum, who he fears may reveal information about the One Ring to necromancer Sauron.


Filming took place in North Wales, Epping Forest, and Hampstead Heath. The film was shot in high definition video, with a budget of GBP£3,000 (USD$5,000). According to wikipedia, the production is completely unofficial and unauthorized, though Bouchard said he had "reached an understanding" with Tolkien Enterprises in 2009.


The Hunt for Gollum debuted at the Sci-Fi-London film festival and on the Internet, free to view, on 3 May 2009.


* Plot :

The film is set during the timespan of The Fellowship of the Ring. It takes place seventeen years after Bilbo Baggins's 111th birthday party and just prior to Frodo Baggins leaving the Shire for Rivendell. The wizard Gandalf fears that Gollum may reveal information about the One Ring to the Dark Lord Sauron, and sends the Ranger Aragorn on a quest to find him.


The story opens with a brief prologue about the ring's disappearance before cutting to Aragorn and Gandalf at an inn (presumably the Prancing Pony) in Bree. Gandalf explains his concerns about Gollum's knowledge of the Ring falling into enemy hands, and asks Aragorn to find the creature by way of his ranger tracking skills. After initially having little luck, Aragorn crosses paths with a fellow ranger and distant kinsman named Arithir, who claims to have heard rumours about a creature that has been stealing fish from local villagers. A brief scene of Gollum's hand reaching into a woman's kitchen window to steal a fish is then shown.


Aragorn and Arithir part ways, and Aragorn encounters and kills a pair of orc scouts in the forest. He soon locates Gollum by a fish pond afterwards and captures the creature in a snare trap. Having secured the whining and protesting Gollum inside a sack, Aragorn sets out for Mirkwood. He briefly spots a Nazgûl in the woods but is able to avoid it. Later that same day, the ranger is attacked by the rest of the orc army and is poisoned by a Morgul blade. He collapses beside a patch of Athelas flowers and has a dreamlike vision of Arwen in Rivendell.


Aragorn regains consciousness at dusk and discovers that Gollum has escaped from the sack. His search for the creature lasts well into the night, but Aragorn eventually finds him hiding up in a tree. Gollum fearfully explains that a Nazgûl is coming, and Aragorn is immediately attacked by it. After a short duel, the Nazgûl flees from a bright light created by the elves of Mirkwood, who recapture Gollum and guide Aragorn back to their fortress.


The scene cuts to Gandalf emerging from Mirkwood's dungeons after interrogating Gollum. The wizard tells Aragorn that Gollum knows of Bilbo Baggins and the Shire, and explains that he must now go there to warn Frodo. Aragorn suggests sending the hobbit to meet him in Bree, and Gandalf readily agrees. The film ends with Gollum speaking to himself in the dungeon, where he vows to kill "Bagginses" and reclaim his Precious.


* Cast :

* Adrian Webster as Aragorn, Heir of Isildur. Media coverage of The Hunt for Gollum has noted Webster's resemblance to Viggo Mortensen, who played Aragorn in Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings films.


* Arin Alldridge as Arithir, a Ranger of the North
* Patrick O'Connor as Gandalf the Grey. As with Webster and Mortensen, critics have noted O'Connor's resemblance to Ian McKellen, who played Gandalf in Jackson's films.


* Rita Ramnani as Arwen.
* Gareth Brough and Jason Perino as the voice of Gollum.
* Mathew Cunningham, Christopher Dingli and Francesco San Juan as Gollum.
* Gareth Brough as Goblok, an orc chieftain.
* Max Bracey as an elf of Mirkwood
* Dan Styles as Dabgash.
* Joshua Kennedy as a disgruntled orc.
* Ross Morrisson and Emma Hunt as one of the ringwraiths.
* Lisa Rost-Welling as an angry villager.