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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3122 in DVD
• Released on: 2005-08-30
• Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
• Number of discs: 6
• Formats: Box set, PAL, Widescreen
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 6
• Running time: 542 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
This six-disc box set contains the three theatrical-release versions of The Lord of the Rings trilogy--that is, the films as they were originally seen in cinemas. The individual titles are all also available as separate two-disc sets: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King.

DVD Description
Contains the theatrical editions of all three films from the Lord Of The Rings trilogy: The Fellowship Of The Ring, The Two Towers and The Return Of The King.

DVD Special Features:

The Fellowship Of The Ring:
Disc One:

• The Fellowship of the Ring original theatrical version (running time: 171 minutes approx.)

Disc Two:

• 15 short behind-the-scenes pieces originally seen on the official Web site plus three substantial featurettes:
  Welcome to Middle-Earth - 16-minute Houghton Mifflin first look at the transition from page to screen, including an interview with Tolkien’s original publisher, Rayner Unwin
  Quest for the Ring - 20-minute Fox TV special with cast and crew interviews
  A Passage to Middle-Earth - 40-minute Sci-Fi Channel special examining many aspects of the production and how the creative team conceived the film’s look
  
• 10-minute Two Towers preview, including behind-the-scenes glimpses of Gollum and Helm’s Deep introduced by Peter Jackson
  
• 3-minute teaser for the four-disc Fellowship special edition
  
• Trailers
  
• Music video - May It Be by Enya
  
• Two Towers video game preview

The Two Towers:
Disc One:

• The Two Towers original theatrical version (running time: 179 minutes approx.)

Disc Two:

• 2 in-depth programs that reveal the secrets behind the production of this epic adventure, including:
  On the set – The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
  Return to Middle-earth
  
• 8 featurettes originally created for lordoftherings.net:
  Forces of Darkness
  Sounds of Middle-earth
  Edoras & Rohan Culture
  Creatures
  Gandalf the White
  Arms & Armor
  Helm’s Deep
  Gollum: Andy Serkis, Bay Raitt
  
• Exclusive 10-minute behind-the-scenes preview of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
  
• Emiliana Torrini "Gollum Song" music video
  
• Short film by Sean Astin The Long and Short of It + behind-the-scenes "making of"
  
• Preview of Electronic Arts’ video game, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
  
• An inside look at the Special Extended DVD Edition of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
  
• DVD-ROM: Exclusive online content

The Return Of The King:
Disc One:

• The Return Of The King original theatrical version (running time: 3 hours 12 minutes approx.)

Disc Two:

• A Journey Completed: A Director's Vision
  
• A Filmmaker's Journey: Making "The Return of the King"
  
• The National Geographic special feature
  
• Multiple Lordoftherings.net featurettes:
  Aragorn's Destiny feature
  Minas Tirith feature
  Battle of Pelennor Fields feature
  Samwise the Brave feature
  Eowyn, White Lady of Rohan feature
  Digital Horses feature
  
• Original theatrical trailers and TV spots
  
• Lord of the Rings Trilogy super trailer
  
• Closer look at Electronic Arts video games
  
• DVD-ROM: Lord of the Rings weblink

Special Features
The Fellowship Of The Ring:

• Audio: Dolby 5.1, Dolby Digital Stereo 2.0
  
• Interactive menu
  
• Scene access
  
• Region Code: 2
  
• Aspect Ratio: Widescreen 2.35:1 Anamorphic
  
• Subtitles: English
  
• Running Time (feature): 171 minutes approx.

The Two Towers:

• Aspect Ratio: 2.35 Wide Screen
  
• Region Code: 2
  
• Audio: Dolby Digital EX 5.1 Surround (English)/Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Surround (English)
  
• Animated menus
  
• Subtitles: English
  
• Running Time (feature): 179 minutes approx.)

The Return Of The King:

• Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1 Anamorphic Widescreen transfer
  
• Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 EX track, English Dolby Surround 2.0 track
  
• Running Time (feature): 3 hours 12 minutes approx.
  
• Region Code: 2
  
• Subtitles: English, Spanish

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Customer Reviews

A MASTERPIECE ONE OF THE GREATEST TRILOGYS EVER!!!!!!!!!!
The title says it all these movies are amazing the storyline is amazing, the special effects are out of this world, acting is superb, the battle scenes are breathtaking. Peter Jackson is a genius no one thought anyone could do this but peter jackson prooved everyone wrong. I remember seeing all of them at the cinema they were breathtaking especially the battle senes. I have all 3 films but the first i have on VHS so soon i'm gonna need to buy this. THIS FILM IS A MASTERPIECE!!!!!!!!!

BEST TRILOGY OF ALL TIME.
this is by far one of the greatest films of all time.If you havnt already seen this have you been living in a cave? The special effects and the story line are smething to be admired by all film makers.

One of the greatest films of all time.
Star Wars has been dethroned. Although George Lucas' movies are good in their own right (except for the juvenile elements he puts in to sell toys to finance the franchise), his scripts (which borrow heavily from J.R.R.Tolkien, mythology & religion) can't compare with the brilliance of the literary trilogy `The Lord of the Rings'. Granted, Lucas took on a herculean task in writing & directing his story himself, but Tolkien's words, along with Peter Jackson's faithful adaptation & inspired vision, have created something no one man could equal.

Of course, it helps that Jackson insisted on at least a 2 picture deal, & New Line Cinema was brave enough to foot the bill up front for 3 movies. They spent $180 million to film all 3 simultaneously. With the New Zealand exchange rate, that equals $360 million ($90 million ea.), but since they used many of the same sets, and FX development costs were spread throughout, we're seeing $120-$150 million on the screen. This will ensure consistency in plot, casting, tone, etc.

In 3 hours, Jackson has crammed everything essential from the first novel & then some into the film, rewriting some scenes & dialogue with lesser characters for the leads, leaving out only what there wasn't enough time for. Basically, you have two 90 min. movies running back to back. There are no slow spots, just one climax after another. From the opening 10 min. backstory where the Dark Lord Sauron is shown on the battlefield wiping out men & elves 10 at a time with each swing of his mace, I was blown away. The romance between Aragorn, king in exile, and Arwen, daughter of the elf-lord, is played up for the "Titanic" quotient, but it's well done.

The story, sets, costumes & FX are so rich, you'll have to see the film several times to absorb everything. The unspoiled New Zealand locales are spectacular, providing a variety of environments to represent the different settings on the characters' journey. The location sets are imaginative, detailed & weathered, adding to their believability, while the studio sets match them in meticulousness. The costumes are at once familiar & strange, drawing on both the medievil & the fantastic, but more important, they're also functional & practical. The music by Howard Shore is appropriately sweeping, Celtic & folky in keeping with the novel, although it lacks the memorable themes of John Williams or Jerry Goldsmith, but neither would commit a year or more to a 3 picture project. The FX are as they should be, unobtrusive & unnoticed most of the time, there only to support the story not draw attention away from it as in most Hollywood movies which try to coverup illogical plots & bad acting.

I'm particularly gratified by the casting of Viggo Mortenson as Aragorn which was a last minute stroke of luck when the actor first chosen for the part backed out due to differences with the director. I've always thought Mortenson had an intensity & striking but not pretty-boy looks that could portray a flawed, dangerous hero instead of the villains Hollywood always picked him for.

A stellar cast giving some of their best performances, visuals that deliver beyond what I imagined, a perfect mix of humor, passion & tragedy, and a feeling of grandeur, scope & impending doom. Perhaps as an ensemble piece with so many characters & the inability to concentrate on any one, it can't be measured against some of the classic character study films, but even the casual moviegoer can grasp the ideas & not get lost As far as I'm concerned, it's one of the greatest films of all time.