<Tr> <Th> Isildur </Th> <Td> Harry Sinclair </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Harry Sinclair </Td> </Tr> <P> Each film had the benefit of a full year of post-production time before its respective December release, often finishing in October--November, with the crew immediately going to work on the next film . In this period's later part, Jackson would move to London to supervise the scoring and continue editing, while having a computer feed for discussions to The Dorchester Hotel, and a "fat pipe" of Internet connections from Pinewood Studios to look at the special effects . He had a video link and 5.1 surround sound to organise meetings, and listen to new music and sound effects generally wherever he was . The extended editions also had a tight schedule at the start of each year to complete special effects and music . </P> <P> To avoid pressure, Jackson hired a different editor for each film . John Gilbert worked on the first film, Mike Horton and Jabez Olssen on the second and longtime Jackson collaborator Jamie Selkirk and Annie Collins on the third . Daily rushes would often last up to four hours, with scenes being done throughout 1999--2002 for the rough (41⁄2 hours) assemblies of the films . In total, 1828 km (six million feet) of film was edited down to the 11 hours and 23 minutes (683 minutes) of Extended running time . This was the final area of shaping of the films, when Jackson realised that sometimes the best scripting could be redundant on screen, as he picked apart scenes every day from multiple takes . </P> <P> The first film's editing was relatively easygoing, with Jackson coming up with the concept of an Extended Edition later on, although after a screening to New Line they had to re-edit the beginning for a prologue . The Two Towers was always acknowledged by the crew as the most difficult film to make, as "it had no beginning or end", and had the additional problem of inter-cutting storylines appropriately . Jackson even continued editing the film when that part of the schedule officially ended, resulting in some scenes, including the reforging of Andúril, Gollum's back - story, and Saruman's demise, being moved to The Return of the King . Later, Saruman's demise was cut from the theatrical edition (but included in the Extended edition) when Jackson felt it was not starting the third film effectively enough . As with all parts of the third film's post-production, editing was very chaotic . The first time Jackson actually saw the completed film was at the Wellington premiere . </P>

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