"Long have you hunted me. Long have I eluded you."
The Lord of the Rings has a boatload of deleted scenes, even if they aren't in the extended cuts.
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The Fellowship of the Ring
- Additional footage from the Battle of the Last Alliance in the prologue.
- More footage from Bilbo's birthday party, including a band.
- An obscure shot from the trailers of two Elven girls playing about in Rivendell.
- A scene mentioned in the DVD Commentary, about an animal disrupting Frodo and Sam while they sleep, after seeing the Wood Elves. Many animals were used, including rabbits and deer.
- Dialogue from the Council of Elrond, such as Gandalf explaining how Sauron forged the One Ring.
- Legolas and Arwen interact at Rivendell.
- An attack by Orcs from Moria on Lothlórien after the Fellowship leaves Moria. Peter Jackson replaced this with a more suspenseful entrance for the Fellowship. Much of the lost footage can be seen as promotional material on the theatrical DVD and tie-in books, documentary footage on the Extended Editions, and Trading Cards.
The Two Towers
- More Arwen footage, including a flashback scene of her first meeting with a beardless Aragorn (seen in the teaser).
- Faramir having a vision of Frodo becoming like Gollum.
- Evidence of this remains in the finished product. If you watch behind Sam's shoulder you can see Frodo. In certain shots he retains the Gollum look from the deleted vision.
- Footage of Arwen at Helm's Deep, cut by Jackson during a revision to the film's plot. Foreshadowing this sequence were scenes where Arwen and Elrond visit Galadriel at Lothlórien (seen in the teaser trailer). The scene was edited down to a telepathic communication between Elrond and Galadriel.
- Théoden speaking to the troops in the armoury, prior to the Battle of Helm's Deep.
- Éowyn defending the refugees in the Glittering Caves from Uruk-hai intruders.
- An unknown scene displayed in the preview of Éomer lowering a spear while riding his horse in a forest.
- Frodo and Sam fighting on the ground in Osgiliath (after Sam tackles Frodo away from the Ringwraith). The scene's fighting was deleted, but Frodo drawing Sting and pointing it at Sam after he is tackeled was left in.
The Return of the King
- A line of dialogue during the death of Saruman, in which he reveals that Wormtongue poisoned Théodred, giving further context as to why Wormtongue kills Saruman and Legolas in turn kills Wormtongue.
- A conversation between Elrond and Arwen in a library in Rivendell, after Arwen decides to wait for Aragorn. Elrond leaves, saying, "You gave away your life's grace. I cannot protect you anymore."
- Sam using the Light of Eärendil to pass the Watchers at Cirith Ungol.
- Aragorn having his armour fitted during the preparations for the Battle of the Black Gate. This was the final scene filmed during principal photography.
- Sauron fighting Aragorn at the Black Gate. A computer-generated Troll was placed over Sauron due to Jackson feeling the scene was inappropriate. Sauron is also seen in a beautiful form as Annatar, Giver of Gifts.
- Also at the Black Gate sequence, Pippin was seen in the trailer holding a wounded Merry, a scene which takes place after the Battle of the Pelennor Fields upon Pippin discovering Merry under the mûmak.
- Gollum strangles Frodo and tells him not to hurt "the Precious". Frodo yelled "Smeagol promised!" Gollum said back "Smeagol lied".
- Further epilogue footage, including that of Legolas and Gimli, as well as Éowyn and Faramir's wedding (here's a photo of their beautiful outfits
from that missing scene) and Aragorn's death and funeral.
