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The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (The Fellowship of the Ring / The Two Towers / The Return of the King)(Theatrical and Extended Limited Edition) [DVD]
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Format | Color, Limited Edition, Box set, NTSC, DVD, Closed-captioned, Widescreen |
Contributor | Marton Csokas, Noel Appleby, Viggo Mortensen, J.R.R. Tolkien, Peter Jackson, Cate Blanchett, Sean Bean, Philippa Boyens, Ian McKellen, Elijah Wood, Fran Walsh, Sean Astin, Stephen Sinclair, Billy Boyd, Orlando Bloom, Alan Howard, Sala Baker See more |
Language | English |
Runtime | 20 hours and 38 minutes |
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Product Description
Product Description
Disc 1: For the first time, the Theatrical and Extended versions of each film are on one disc! This 2-sided DVD puts both versions of the epic film on one convenient, portable disc. You can choose which version you'd like to see from the main DVD menu.
Disc 2: Each film has a new behind-the-scenes documentary created by filmmaker Costa Botes. Mr. Botes was personally selected by Peter Jackson to capture every moment during production of the trilogy. He had unprecedented access to the cast and crew during staff meetings and down time, training and rehearsals, laughter and arguments.
Mr. Botes created 3 feature-length documentaries using a raw editing style that gives the viewer a complete fly-on-the-wall experience. Here are the types of stories and moments you can expect to find throughout the 3 documentaries (one per film in the trilogy):
- Billy Boyd (Pippin) and Dom Monaghan (Merry) are the ultimate comedy duo, hamming it up for the camera. Highlights of their antics include: candid descriptions of how uncomfortable Treebeards branches could be, hanging out in their trailer with an "inflatable" friend, and more!
- When Peter Jackson loses a roll of 3-D film, its up to everyone to find it. See the lengths that the crew go to uncover the lost photos!
- New Zealand means beautiful landscapes and... rain, snow, wind and more! See how frustrating Mother Nature can be when even the most menacing Ringwraiths must huddle under giant umbrellas.
- Even the best laid plans can change and the easiest tasks can take longer than expected... cast and crew deal with scene changes, long hours, overtime and additional takes.
- Pranks on set? Really? Get a good laugh from Ian McKellan in a "fancy" Gandalf wig, Andy Serkis assessing his Gollum getup, orcs and Uruk-hai doing a little between-take dancing and more!
- And, of course, there are things that go wrong
a phone ringing during a scene, forgetting a line or two, and mastering a fight sequence that doesnt even get into the final film! FAQs
Still have questions about this release? Here are some Frequently Asked Questions from fans.When Is The Lord of the Rings Going to Be Released in High Definition (Either HD-DVD or Blu-ray)?
The high definition formats that have recently launched offer exceptional picture and sound quality in addition to new interactive bonus feature capabilities. New Line Home Entertainment is committed to the high definition format and is very excited about the idea of releasing the Trilogy in the format. However, New Line is also committed to maximizing the capabilities of the technology to deliver a cutting edge high definition experience. This will take more time as well as the participation of the filmmakers to achieve. It is currently not scheduled for release until, at the earliest, 2008.I already own both versions of each film. Why doesnt New Line just release the documentaries?
Having unprecedented access to the cast and crew during film production inevitably means that there are some restrictions. In this case, releasing these documentaries unaccompanied by the film would be nearly impossible because of agreements that are in place with the cast and crew. We wanted to make the documentaries available while also giving the fans something they dont have, which is why we included both versions of the film on one disc.How are these documentaries different from the ones on the special extended DVD editions?
The in-depth documentaries on the Special Extended DVD Editions were custom made for the DVDs using new interviews from the cast and crew incorporated with the behind-the-scenes footage to tell the stories. The Costa Botes documentaries use only creatively edited behind-the-scenes footage to give you, the viewer, a feeling of "being there" in the moment while things are happening. There is no narrative to tell the story, but instead a constantly running series of clips that show the raw moments that make up the day-to-day progress on a large film production.Do I have to flip the disc over to watch the whole movie?
Yes. Due to space capacities of the DVD format and the use of seamless branching, both the theatrical and extended versions of the film are split in the middle of disc 1, so part 1 of the film is on one side of the disc and the conclusion is on the other.
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Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings films gave "double-dipping"--releasing a DVD then releasing an improved version shortly afterward--a good name by offering both a better film and stupendous extras in the Extended Editions. This "triple-dip" 2006 Limited Edition trilogy falls far short of that standard but is still of interest to devoted and casual fans.
What do you get?
Both the theatrical and extended versions of all three films--The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King--are on three double-sided discs. The versions use seamless branching, meaning that the scenes that are common to both versions are stored on the disc only once. If you choose to watch the extended version, the disc "branches" out to the added or extended scenes. What does this mean to the viewer? Not much. The viewing experience is the same because the branching is imperceptible. But because both versions of the film don't have to be stored on the disc in their entirety (which would be six or seven hours total for each film), both versions together fit on two sides of one disc. The downside is that whichever version you watch, you have to flip over the disc halfway through; the film breaks at the same spot it did on the Extended Edition. Also lost are the meager features included on the theatrical edition, plus the four commentary tracks, two discs of bonus features, and DTS 6.1 ES sound from the four-disc Extended Editions.
What's new?
Each film has a second disc with a documentary directed by Costa Botes, who was personally selected by Peter Jackson (about five hours for all three documentaries). Rather than the formal documentary structure of other editions, they consist of off-the-cuff interviews with Peter Jackson, Alan Lee, and others, and random bits of behind-the-scenes action and special-effects work. Those who have worked their way through the many hours of bonus content on the other editions might recognize some of this footage, such as the Hobbit actors mocking whichever of them is not around, then greeting him warmly when he shows up. Other things--Liv Tyler riding a fake horse, interviewing the rank-and-file cast members, touring Peter Jackson's trailer, Dominic Monaghan and Billy Boyd clowning around as a framing device, Ian McKellen flubbing his lines and conducting the crowning ceremony in a flowery wig--seem new. And some bits seem geared to those who've watched the other material--for example, some of the visual tricks explained there are only glimpsed without explanation here. They're entertaining, but because there's no structure (there are chapters, but no menu or chapter listing), they're not as convenient to watch, and go back to, as a documentary broken up into bite-size pieces. Note: New Line Home Entertainment couldn't release this material on its own a la the King Kong Production Diaries due to contractual restrictions.
Bottom line: Do I need this trilogy edition?
This Limited Edition combination of theatrical and extended versions plus new documentary seems likely to appeal to two camps. One is the devoted fan, who already owns all the previous editions but has to have everything LOTR. The other is the casual fan who liked the movies in theaters, heard good things about the Extended Editions, and doesn't need a ton of bonus material. This edition is attractively priced for that buyer, and the packaging is quite handsome. In between is the devoted fan who already owns all the previous editions but doesn't feel the need to watch more bonus material. When watching the movies, that fan will always choose the Extended Editions, but keeps the theatrical editions for (1) watching with guests, (2) the music videos, or (3) the convenience of skimming through favorite scenes without having to change discs. That fan can safely skip this edition, as can home-theater fans who love DTS. --David Horiuchi
Product details
- Aspect Ratio : 2.35:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
- Product Dimensions : 7.75 x 5.5 x 1.75 inches; 4.8 ounces
- Director : Peter Jackson
- Media Format : Color, Limited Edition, Box set, NTSC, DVD, Closed-captioned, Widescreen
- Run time : 20 hours and 38 minutes
- Release date : August 29, 2006
- Actors : Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Alan Howard, Noel Appleby
- Subtitles: : English, Spanish
- Language : English (Dolby Digital 5.1 EX), English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
- Studio : New Line Home Video
- ASIN : B000GTLR2A
- Writers : Fran Walsh, J.R.R. Tolkien, Peter Jackson, Philippa Boyens, Stephen Sinclair
- Number of discs : 6
- Best Sellers Rank: #122,960 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #1,424 in Fantasy DVDs
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Seeing the two plus hours I did was a real treat. Forever will I laugh at Gandalf loosing his hat and the Ring Wraiths standing around with golf umbrellas. Not to mention Sean Astin getting his foot sliced open or the poor troll tied up in the armory. Mr. Botes mentioned at that time that a great deal of negotiation was taking place to even allow his project to be done as full length films. I am thrilled and willing to pay for the hard work of Mr. Boates and all the interns with camcorders that wandered about "Middle Earth".
I suggest that if you are not a big fan then you may not want to own this, but if you are a deep fan of the books, films, realm, history, and author than I suggest having this in your collection.
Did have a little oops and didnt realize the discs are two sided with part 1 on one side and part 2 on other so had the disc upside down and couldnt figure out where the rest was (only did that on fellowship figured it out and was good by towers). All in all great movies very nice way to have them and make sure you read the books too. J.R.R. Tolkien Boxed Set (The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings)
My rating of the movie DVDs: 1 star. The packaging promises the movies are exactly the same, but they aren't. The audio between chapters is different. Music and maybe even dialog that should be there is missing. I guess New Line did this to be able to stitch together the theatrical and extended chapters, but I don't understand why each couldn't have a dedicated full-length audio track that wouldn't have to be changed.
Even worse, to fit both the regular and extended chapters onto a disc, the compression is bad. The second half of Fellowship is where it really falls apart. You can tell you've jumped into an extended scene because the compression drops to something that looks like MPEG-1. There are compression artifacts all over the picture. (My setup is an InFocus DLP projector onto an 120 inch screen, and a $29 COBY DVD player. When you're really drunk, it says SONY.) The compression problems render the movie discs worthless. I'll carry around 6 discs instead of 3 to actually watch and show the movie in its full picture quality.
The convenience idea New Line was trying for is nice. It would be cool, for instance, to have a single high-definition disc that contained the DVD versions of all 3 movies. Or, to have the just the extended versions printed on both sides of 3 discs. The trick New Line attempted with this DVD release, however, did not work. These discs are garbage.
My rating of the Costa Botes documentaries: 3 stars. If you've watched the special features on the extended versions, there are few surprises here. (There are some, like Peter Jackson going off on Jar Jar Binks.) That's fine, these are supposed to give you the fly-on-the-wall view of what life was like on the project.
As such, the documentaries are way too short. After watching a movie that's nearly 4 hours long, one of these 90 minute documentaries seems like a vignette, not a feature. At this rougher and lower level, shouldn't the length be longer? If New Line was able to edit and produce 5 even 6 hours of polished documentary material for the extended DVDs, shouldn't the raw footage go for much, much longer than that?
If it did, I would watch it. Let's follow Peter Jackson around for a full day. OK, now let's do the same thing for Philippa Boyens. Let's just see the inside of everybody's office, trailer, studio. Let's see interactions between crew members not just in one argument, but developed through multiple conversations across multiple days.
Looking forward to buying these movies again.
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Reviewed in Australia on September 3, 2021