April 2000 A special Internet preview created from the footage shown at SHO*WEST last month premiered online on April 7th, and was viewed a record 1.67 million times in the first 24-hours. Click here to read the press release announcing the milestone. Some early prologue scenes, and a scene set in the Caves of Orthanc, were shot this month.

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