ROTK Extended edition?

[lans]

I've literally forgotten about the lotr series, after it got 11 oscars....

Anyway - does anybody have an idea when this'll come out? I don't want to buy the normal version.

 

[Yuri]

Yeah, it seemed like it is never coming out! ;( I only really want the extended edition because I got the first two for presests, though. Heh, gotta remain consistant...

 

[KagePrototype]

You didn't get the news?

New Line Home Entertainment have finally announced the Region 1 DVD release of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Special Extended Edition with full details appearing on the official website. Set to arrive on 14th December 2004 in both 4 Disc Platinum Series and 5 Disc Collector's DVD Gift Set form each will include an all-new version of the film with over 50 minutes of never-before-seen footage integrated into the original theatrical release.

Though not yet announced, the R2 release from EIV should debut on the same day with identical content...

DISCS 1-2: The Feature
FEATURE (approx. 250 minutes) - A new version of the final installment in the epic trilogy! The Academy-Award® winning film now has 50 minutes of never-before-seen footage incorporated into the film for this highly-anticipated video release:

* Widescreen (2.35:1) version of the Special Extended Edition
* Dolby Digital EX 5.1 Surround Sound
* DTS ES 6.1 Surround Sound
* Stereo Surround Sound
* English subtitles and closed captions
* Spanish subtitles
* Four audio commentaries by the director and writers, the design team, the production team and the cast featuring more than 30 participants including Peter Jackson, Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Orlando Bloom and Academy Award® winners Richard Taylor, Howard Shore…and many more.
* Cast commentary also features dialogue between split-personality characters Gollum and Smeagol (Andy Serkis)!


DISCS 3-4: The Appendices
Two discs with hours of original content including multiple documentaries and design/photo galleries with thousands of images to give viewers an in-depth behind-the-scenes look at The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King:

THE APPENDICES PART V: "The War of the Ring"

* Disc intro by director Peter Jackson
* "J.R.R. Tolkien: The Legacy of Middle-earth" documentary
* From Book to Script:
o "From Book to Script: Forging the Final Chapter" documentary
o Abandoned Concept: Aragorn Battles Sauron
* Designing and Building Middle-earth
o "Designing Middle-earth" documentary
o "Big-atures" documentary
o "Weta Workshop" documentary
o "Costume Design" documentary
* Design Galleries - 2,123 images
o The Peoples of Middle-earth (galleries with docent audio)
o The Realms of Middle-earth (galleries with docent audio)
o Miniatures (galleries with docent audio)
* "Home of the Horse Lords" documentary
* "Middle-earth Atlas: Tracing the Journeys of the Fellowship" interactive map
* "New Zealand as Middle-earth" interactive map w/on-location footage


THE APPENDICES PART VI: "The Passing of an Age"

* Disc intro by Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Billy Boyd and Dominic Monaghan
* Filming The Return of the King
o "Cameras in Middle-earth" documentary
o Production Photos (gallery) - 69 images
* Visual Effects
o "Weta Digital" documentary
o "The Mumakil Battle" demonstration / multi-angle interactive feature
* Post Production: Journey's End
o "Editorial: Completing the Trilogy" documentary
o "Music for Middle-earth" documentary
o "The Soundscapes of Middle-earth" documentary
o "The End of All Things" documentary
* "The Passing of an Age" documentary
* Cameron Duncan: The Inspiration for "Into the West"
o "Cameron Duncan: The Inspiration for 'Into the West'" documentary
o "DFK6498" short film
o "Strike Zone" short film


DVD-ROM CONTENT: Includes access to exclusive online features

The Collector's DVD Gift Set will include the entire four-disc Special Extended DVD Edition in elaborate package art conceived and designed solely for the gift set by famed J.R.R. Tolkien illustrator Alan Lee. Inside will be a hand-painted, intricately detailed, polystone sculpture of Minas Tirith – the seven-tiered City of Kings, beneath whose ramparts the greatest battle in The Lord of the Rings is fought. The Minas Tirith statue also lifts off its base revealing a lined keepsake compartment. The sculpture was created by Sideshow Weta Collectibles workshop under the supervision of Peter Jackson and Academy Award &reg-winning visual effects artist Richard Taylor and created exclusively for the boxed set.

The limited edition Collector’s DVD Gift Set will also contain a fifth DVD titled, Howard Shore: Creating The Lord of The Rings Symphony – A Composers Journey Through Middle-earth. This 52-minute bonus DVD includes excerpts of live concert footage of The Lord of the Rings Symphony recorded with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra.

http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=12865

 

[lans]

Ahh, thanks.

No, I stopped following LOTR news after it got the oscars...lost intrest.

 

[dart321]

Damn it. I really want the extended edition DVDs, but I have more important things to buy. They total like 90 bucks. I know if I don't buy them soon they'll probably quit making them and then I'll have to order them on E-Bay or something. BTW, how much better are the extended editions in comparison to the theatrical release? Just for the main movie though, I don't care for 12 documentaries on any of my DVDs anyway.

 

[Alec_85]

The extras makes it worth it imho. And the 50 new minutes of footage obviously. I love PJ for all this. But I lost interest after the last movie came out. Before that, I followed the news religiously every day on www.theonering.net I hope they make the Bilbo movie/tv-series just as good as the trilogy. Then I would be set for life.

*Will live the rest of my days after I pass away in Middle Earth. No doubt about it. If I get to choose that is*

 

[qckbeam]

Mmmm, I simply cannot wait for that to come out

 

[Bad^Hat]

Oh dear lord... did it really need to be extended?

 

[Alec_85]

Dude 50 minutes is nothing. Come back when they're 9 hours each

 

[Dux]

Oh dear lord... did it really need to be extended?

Yes! The Films were to short in my opinion.

 

[Javert]

Oh dear lord... did it really need to be extended?

Of course! Goodness, too much was cut out from the film that had to be in there. Overall, in watching it on midnight, the film was too short and contained too few endings.
I'm probably gonna get the Gift Set, to give to myself.

Anyone up for a 14-hour marathon?

 

[Lil' Timmy]

Anyone up for a 14-hour marathon?

.. aren't we going to watch the extras?

 

[Farrowlesparrow]

Although I have all three films on DVD, I'm waiting for the day they put them all in the same box with every extra feature there is Probably be bigger than my band of brothers collection :O

Maybe one day, when we have something better than DVD, it will be released on one item of the new format.

 

[Ecthe|ioN]

I can't wait for the extended edition. Too much was left out IMO, but the movie was still amazing. I'm still saddened by the fact that they left out the scouring of the shire, and thereby the real ending of Sarumann's existence, but still 50 more minutes will probably make up for a lot of sad moments

I love the work of Tolkien (my nickname probably shows it) and hope that PJ will make "The Hobbit" (and maybe parts of "Silmarillion") into a movie after the remake of "King Kong". PJ and his lotr crew changed the whole standard of movies IMO.

 

[[Matt]]

Im most looking forward to seeing the voice of saruman and the mouth of sauron scenes restored to the film.

 

[[Matt]]

omfg!!!

http://progressive2.stream.aol.com/...nOfTheKing/videos/LOTR_ROTK_Extend_700_dl.mov