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Tolkien-movies.com publishes first spy photo showing entire Minas Tirith set - Lord of the Rings news - J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings

September 06, 2000 at 14:20:48

There is nothing grainy about the picture Tolkien-Movies.Com picked up from its sister site Realm of the Ring. Construction on the Minas Tirith is well underway.

Our careful analysis of the photo reveals what appears to be an Ent hiding in the trees at the lower right-hand corner, just by the bend in the road.

It also appears that Three Foot Six Productions hires brawny construction workers to counterbalance their beefy security guards. But where are the bells on the walls (of the city -- in the literary story, bells ring to announce the dawn each day as well as the arrival of Aragorn's fleet during the Battle of the Pelennor Fields).