Viggo Mortensen stars in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. (New Line Cinema)
Is it really an ancient war or something from a parallel universe? The climax to the most successful fantasy movie series of all time features some of the greatest battle scenes ever committed to film. Director Peter Jackson and his effects crew absolutely were pushing the limits of CGI two decades ago when they made this movie, and despite all the technical advances we’ve made since, those scenes still look amazing today.
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Gary Sinise and Tom Hanks star in Forrest Gump. (Paramount)
Love Story is one of cinema s most iconic scores.
The lush central ballad, which helped composer Francis Lai win an Oscar, is instantly recognizable. And no matter where he goes in the world, star Ryan O Neal is greeted with it.
But it could ve been a lot worse for O Neal. The filmmakers had originally hired Jimmy Webb, the songwriter behind pop hits like MacArthur Park, to write music for the film. He got the job to do the music originally, and he went away to the mountains or something to work on the score, O Neal tells EW. When he came back, he had this music that went, Jenny s dead, she s gone and she s dead.