'Lord of the Rings' Scenes to Debut on AOL

Film studio New Line Cinema, a unit of AOL Time Warner Inc., has said it will debut the promotional trailer for "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" on sister company AOL.

The trailer, a compilation of scenes from the upcoming movie, will be available for a 24-hour period beginning at one minute after midnight, EDT, on Monday, September 30, New Line said in a statement issued on Tuesday.

"Two Towers" is the second movie based on the classic J.R.R. Tolkien novels about an epic struggle between good and evil in the fictional land of Middle-earth that is inhabited by elves, hobbits and wizards.

The first film, "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring," debuted in theaters last fall and became a major blockbuster, raking in $860 million in global ticket sales to become No. 5 of all time on worldwide box office charts.

In April 2000, New Line previewed film clips from "Fellowhip of the Ring" on the movie's own Web site, and 1.7 million downloads were logged in the first 24 hours.

AOL's other moviemaking unit, Warner Bros., used a similar strategy with upcoming film, "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets."

The new "Harry Potter" is the follow-up to last fall's other smash hit movie, "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone," which hit No. 2 on the all-time worldwide box office charts with $965 million.

(Agencies)

先睹为快: 《指环王》第二部即将发行预告片
美国在线时代华纳公司（AOL Time Warner Inc.）旗下的美国新线电影公司日前宣布，备受瞩目的影片《指环王第二部：双城奇谋》的宣传预告片即将在美国在线（AOL）的网站上正式登场。

据新线公司24日介绍，这部收录了许多新出炉的精彩镜头的预告片，将于美国东部时间9月30日午夜12点之后正式搬上网络，让观众先睹为快。

《双城奇谋》是电影《指环王》的第二部，同样也是根据J.R.R.托尔金的同名小说改编的。在这部小说中，托尔金描述了在充满魔幻色彩的中土世界，居住着精灵族、哈比特族和巫师，正义与邪恶在那里进行了一场史诗般宏大的的战争。

电影《指环王》的第一部《护戒使者》于去年秋天上映后立即获得了巨大的成功。全球票房收入高达8.6亿美金。一举登上了有史以来全球票房收入排行的第五位。

2000年4月《护戒使者》上映前，新线公司在自己的电影网站上发布了该片的预告片。仅仅24小时之内就有170万用户访问并进行了下载。

用预告片来大造声势这一招同样也被美国在线的另一家旗下公司华纳兄弟学到了手，他们把这一招用在了即将上映的新片《哈里·波特与密室》的宣传上。

而这部电影的来头可不小。如今排在全球票房排行榜第二位的正是去年秋季另一部在美国影坛大行其道的影片《哈里·波特与魔法石》，票房高达9.65亿美金。而即将推出的《哈里·波特与密室》正是该片的续集。

debut: n.v.初次登场, 开张          
trailer: n.宣传片,为电影做广告的简短影片  
compilation: n.编辑                
elves: n.爱恶作剧的孩子, 侏儒(elf的复数形式)
hobbit: n.（英国作家J. R. R. Tolkien笔下的） 穴居矮人
wizard: n.神汉, 男巫              
blockbuster: n.(破坏力极大的)巨型炸弹, 一鸣惊人者
rake in: v.迅速取得              
box office charts: 票房排行榜
smash ：adj.出色的