The Hunt For Gollum - The Fan Film (2009)

The Hunt for Gollum is an independent film based on appendices in The Lord of the Rings. It was produced entirely by fans, and released free to the Internet in 2009. Locations include Epping Forest and Snowdonia, north Wales. Awards include 'Best Fiction Produced for the Web', 2009 and Best Live Action at Balticon.

Prompted by Gandalf, a ranger by the name of Strider sets out to search for the creature Gollum, who knows the location of the Ring.

This is a not-for-profit unofficial fan-made film, created from scratch by indie film makers in the U.K. as a tribute to The Lord of the Rings books (and inspired by the films of Peter Jackson).

Directed by Chris Bouchard

Info & Behind the Scenes:

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[IndependentOnlineCinema]

We’re back, thanks to WB for being so understanding to us as fans and artists. We’re very positive and excited for what the new movie will be at fan film THFG HQ.

[seizureiffic]

Almost 2 decades later, they’re making a full length film with the same exact title.

[cheezywheezy]

who's here after peter jackson announced he's doing the hunt for gollum

[RileyDia]

This movie is about to get a ton of attention, deserves every bit of it!

[youtubeaddict]

Cant believe it took me 13 years to watch this gem of a movie. Absolutely PRECIOUS !!!

[DesmondScifo]

Best low budget film I ever seen, these people should be given an award thankyou

[Razsor]

All the dislikes are from Visitors, Well-Wishers, and Distant Relations.

[jaykoops]

This fan-made movie is more true and accurate to the works and source material of J. R. R. Tolkien, than a billion dollar Amazon show!

[BaggioOmbre]

I am relieved to see that the copyright strike from WB has been removed

[enikoghostsofgrace]

See Amazon, this is how you honor J.R.R. Tolkien's work.

[Mike-kyjz]

I would rather support film makers such as these then anything coming out of hollywood today.

[TheElessar]

And now we will have an official version. Still, this fan made movie was more than amazing, I’ll never forget it. I hope that the news of the upcoming new movie will boost this movie here on YouTube, it deserves just praises !

[immaculateboy]

This is the work of some true Tolkien fans. Great work and thanks for making such a terrific film for us all to enjoy for free!

[JesseOddo-jtsl]

Finally watched today I wish I would have known about this 15 years ago. Today I found out Peter Jackson is back to actually make this movie. You were years ahead thanks for making a great movie. Tolkien lives on forever

[starzgeckomusic]

Never heard of the film till WB decided to try to remove it. This is really good fan film!

I don’t see how this fan film would hurt the new film that is years away. They shouldn’t worry since it’s going to be different actors and longer film compared to this.

Thank you for making this long ago!

[wvhoipolloi]

I'm here, 13 years after i originally watched this little film of great love, and it's still better than anything that could be conjured by Sauron in his black tower at Amazon.

[stewartmackay]

This is astounding. Considering it will have been shot on a very limited budget I have nothing but praise for all concerned. I am a lighting cameraman and tend to watch films with different eyes. I have to say that the whole film was cleverly shot. (how to involve Gollum without seeing him - Brilliant) Great costume and make up and the fight sequence was excellent. I think the casting was pure genius and the direction was spot on. Well done to all involved. I know how much work has gone into producing this film.

[WCWFullAndPartialTVShowEps]

The Orc acting and makeup is incredible!

[ComedyBros]

Holy smokes this is incredible. I'm disappointed I've lived 13yrs and just no found this masterpiece! What an awesome prequel to the Jackson LoTR trilogy. It honestly felt as if Peter Jackson himself directed it, but with a slightly lower budget. The aerial landscape shots were incredible, the soundtrack sounded just like Howard Shore, and the costume/make up, action, dialogue, set locations, VFX, and acting were phenomenal. Gollum looked amazing, and Adrian Webster as Aragorn was close to Viggo's! I'm adding this to my annual LoTR marathon!

[king]

Brilliant! The costumes, dialogue, setting - perfect. The choreography in the sword fights was very impressive. The orcs looked fantastic and so did Gollum.
Well done!