"Film Notables (Awards, Facts, etc.)With most of the same characters from the original film, and a few new ones (pictured here).Although it was the middle film of the original trilogy, it received the most critical praise from reviewers (especially Andy Serkis' motion-capture performance as Gollum), even though it was three hours in length.Exhaust from a tailpipe emits foul smoke.From the point-of-view of the creature, men's legs walk by and step into a mud puddle.In the dark, government and scientific officials look at a map placed on a truck hood with their flashlights.And then Samantha's body was sliced with a curved scythe(# 5 death).Outside, the two deputies, Ross and Farrah, innocently assuming that Spitz was still wearing the 'Michael Myers' mask, were both stabbed multiple times with a pitchfork in their squad car(# 6-7 deaths)(off-screen).Rachel understood that Falcone had paid off the judge to have a public trial, to get Chill into the open.Quintus Arrius celebrates victory with Ben-Hur in Rome, riding side-by-side with him in a golden chariot to an appearance before the divine Emperor Tiberius (George Relph).