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4-Disc Platinum Series™ Special Extended DVD Edition Content Overview
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DISC 1-2: The Feature
FEATURE (approx. 208 minutes) - Unique version of the epic adventure with over 30 minutes
of never-before-seen footage incorporated into the film and new music scored by Academy
Award®-winning composer Howard Shore:
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 |  | Dolby Digital EX 5.1 Surround Sound |
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 |  | Four audio commentaries by director and writers, the design team, the production team, and the cast featuring more than 30 participants including Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen and Academy Award® winners Richard Taylor, Andrew Lesnie, Howard Shore, Jim Rygiel, Randy Cook…and many more |
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DISC 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 Fellowship of the Ring:
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DISC 3 - "From Book to Vision"
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Adapting the book into a screenplay & planning the film |
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Designing and building Middle-earth |
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Storyboards to pre-visualization |
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Weta Workshop visit - An up-close look at the weapons, armor, creatures and miniatures from the film |
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Atlas of Middle-earth: Tracing the journey of the Fellowship |
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An interactive map of New Zealand highlighting the location scouting process |
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Galleries of art and slideshows with commentaries by the artists |
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Guided tour of the wardrobe department |
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Footage from early meetings, moving storyboards and pre-visualization reels |
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And much more! |
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DISC 4 - "From Vision to Reality"
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Bringing the characters to life |
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A day in the life of a hobbit |
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Principal photography: Stories from the set |
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Scale: Creating the illusion of size |
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Galleries of behind-the-scenes photographs and personal cast photos |
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Editorial and visual effects multi-angle progressions |
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Sound design demonstration |
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And much more! |
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DVD-ROM CONTENT: Includes access to exclusive online features

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2-Cassette Special Extended VHS Edition Contents

FEATURE (approx. 208 minutes) - Unique version of the epic adventure with over 30 minutes of
never-before-seen footage incorporated into the film and new music scored by Academy
Award®-winning composer Howard Shore:
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Widescreen (2.35:1) version of the film
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Stereo Surround Sound
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Bonus Featurette: "A Day in the Life of a Hobbit"
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Bonus Teaser Trailer for "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" |
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SPECIAL FEATURES

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3 in-depth programs that reveal the secrets behind the production of this |
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epic adventure,
including:
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 Welcome to Middle-earth
 The Quest for the Ring
 A Passage to Middle-earth
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15 featurettes originally created for lordoftherings.net, which explore the locales |
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cultures of Middle-earth and include interviews with cast members |
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Elijah Wood, Ian
McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Liv Tyler and others
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Exclusive 10-minute behind-the-scenes preview of the next The Lord of the Rings |
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theatrical release, The Two Towers |
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Original theatrical trailers and TV spot |
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Enya "May It Be" music video |
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Preview of Electronic Arts' video game, The Two Towers
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An inside look at the Special Extended DVD Edition of The Lord of the Rings: The |
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Fellowship of the Ring
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DVD-ROM CONTENT: Exclusive online content

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The VHS will feature a fullscreen version of the movie.

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