The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 4/18 @ 8 PM ET

:slight_smile: No lie. I’m not kidding at all. That was my fav scene.
I also, at 14 (or 15 years old) cried like a baby when you know who dies latter in this story. (I don’t mean Theodon.)

was that the Wilhem Scream??

The leader reminds me of Lo Pan from Big Trouble in Little China. :slight_smile:

Yep. Nice catch.

I’m not sure it’s in all the films, though.

It’s good to be an Elf.

Its such a distinctive yell…i am happy everytime they use it

Holy craaap has that been frakked yet?? A must must do if not!!:smiley:

According to IMDB, there are three:

[ul]
[li]WILHELM SCREAM: When a Southron/Haradrim is knocked off an Oliphaunt/Mumakil by Legolas.
[/li][li]WILHELM SCREAM: When a Mumakil-wrangler gets hit by a spear thrown by Éomer right before the collision of the two Mumakil during the Battle of Pelennor Fields.
[/li][li]WILHELM SCREAM: During the Retreat from Osgiliath, when Faramir is leading his men in a frenzied charge back to Minas Tirith, a fell beast picks one of the soldiers off his horse.
[/li][/ul]

Its Good to be the King…

Not to my knowledge. One of my favorites as well. Just a fun flick.

Went to a play and dinner and you still watching the movie?

I love the Healing scene!

The hands of the King are the hands of a Healer. Go Aragorn !!

More on the Wihelm Scream from Wikipedia

The sound effect originates from a series of sound effects recorded for the 1951 film Distant Drums. In a scene from the film, soldiers are wading through a swamp in the everglades and one of them is bitten and dragged underwater by an alligator. The scream for that scene was recorded later in a single take along with five other short pained screams, which were slated as “man getting bit by an alligator, and he screams.” The fifth scream was used for the soldier in the alligator scene - but the 4th, 5th, and 6th screams recorded in the session were also used earlier in the film - when three Indians are shot during a raid on a fort. Although takes 4 through 6 are the most recognizable, all of the screams are referred to as “Wilhelm” by those in the sound community.

The Wilhelm scream’s revival came from motion picture sound designer Ben Burtt, who re-discovered the original recording (which he found as a studio reel labeled “Man being eaten by alligator”) and incorporated it into a scene in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope, when Luke Skywalker shoots a Stormtrooper who screams as he falls. Burtt named the scream after Private Wilhelm, a minor character who emitted the same scream in the 1953 film The Charge at Feather River.[4] Burtt began incorporating the effect in other films he worked on, including most projects involving George Lucas and/or Steven Spielberg. Other sound designers picked up on the effect, and inclusion of the sound in films became a tradition among the community of sound designers.[5]

Although the identity of the individual who recorded the scream (or more correctly, the entire series of screams) is unknown, Burtt uncovered documentation suggesting the scream might have been recorded by singer-actor Sheb Wooley. Burtt discovered a file at Warner Brothers, which contained paperwork from the editor of Distant Drums. Amongst the paperwork was a short list of names of actors who were scheduled to come in to perform various lines of dialogue for miscellaneous roles in the movie. After reviewing the names and, even listening to their voices, Burtt determined that Sheb Wooley seemed to be the most likely suspect. Wooley played the uncredited role of Private Jessup in Distant Drums, and was one of the few actors assembled for the recording of additional vocal elements for the film. It is conceivable that he was asked to perform additional vocal elements, including the screams for a man being bitten by an alligator.[6]

also they mention that it is used in every episode of Primevil… sound like i need to start watching that show

When Eomer finds Eowyn it is so real. Crazy high levels of emotion.

Oh Gods yes! I have it on DVD, and almost no one I know has seen it, until now! A frakking riot. :smiley:

I take it that you are still watching the movie. Where are you?

See Pippin is gonna make some nice Salt Pork for his injured friend…

We need to talk. :slight_smile:

Gets me every time!