@import url(http://media.ljworld.com/defaults_mobile/stylesheets/screen.css); @import url(http://media.lawrence.com/mobile/stylesheets/screen.css); Lawrence.com Mobile Back Lawrence brothers help bring 'Rings' to the screen Story by Jon Niccum Friday, December 19, 2003 Perhaps no recent movie has transported viewers to another time and place as effectively as "The Lord of the Rings" trilogy. Part of the project's exotic, untamed visuals stem from the fact it was shot entirely in New Zealand. A small army of actors, craftsmen and technicians were imported to the fertile island on the other side of the world for up to three years while each film was being forged. Among them were brothers Donny and Derek Rausch, two digital artists from Kansas who made the 7,901-mile trek from Lawrence to Wellington to work on the cinematic epic. "If people only knew what went into these movies," says Derek. "People can see how long they are and how grand of scale they are and be impressed, but to know what people actually did down there to get these movies done on time, it's just incredible." The Rausch brothers at least have a pretty good idea by now. | |
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