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RING BEARER Who's the lord of computer-generated images? The digital Gollum from The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers had 250 facial expressions and 300 muscles, making him the most complex digital character on film. The actor who provided Gollum's voice and movements was filmed wearing a skintight suit with dots. A computer captured the dots' movement, then digital Gollum was created. Next fact >>

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Write to Guinness World Records (GWR) and tell them what you want to do. (Check out GWR's "Be a Record Breaker" for details.)

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Photograph of the car © Guinness World Records 2003
Photograph of Gollum courtesy New Line Productions / © New Line Productions