One Ring to Rule Them, Many DVDs to Watch Them

[CaptainZombie]

Three more SE sets due.
by IGN DVD
June 23, 2006 - On August 29, 2006, New Line Home Entertainment will release The Lord of the Rings Limited Edition DVDs in three separate collectors editions. Each of the Academy Award-winning films will be presented in a two-disc set with a behind the scenes documentary exclusive to each limited edition. Disc One presents both the Special Extended Edition and the Theatrical Edition of the film via seamless branching, while disc two features "an intimate, never-before-seen documentary" created by Costa Botes, the all-access filmmaker commissioned specifically by Peter Jackson. The Fellowship of the Ring Limited Edition, The Two Towers Limited Edition and The Return of the King Limited Edition are each available for the MSRP (Manufacturer's Suggested Retail price) of $26.98.



The Fellowship of the Ring Limited Edition DVD set features the following materials:


Documentary: "The Fellowship of the Ring Behind-the-Scenes" (85 minutes)

Theatrical and special extended editions of the film

Widescreen (16x9) (2.35:1) version of the film

Dolby Digital 5.1 EX (English)

Stereo Surround Sound 2.0 (English)

English and Spanish subtitles

Closed captions

Animated menus

The Two Towers Limited Edition DVD set features the following materials:


Documentary: "The Two Towers Behind-the-Scenes" (106 minutes)

Theatrical and special extended editions of the film

Widescreen (16x9) (2.35:1) version of the film

Dolby Digital 5.1 EX (English)

Stereo Surround Sound 2.0 (English)

English and Spanish subtitles

Closed captions

Animated menus

The Return of the King Limited Edition DVD set features the following materials:


Documentary: "The Return of the King Behind-the-Scenes" (112 minutes)

Theatrical and special extended editions of the film

Widescreen (16x9) (2.35:1) version of the film

Dolby Digital 5.1 EX (English)

Stereo Surround Sound 2.0 (English)

English and Spanish subtitles

Closed captions

Animated menus

[rockchisler]

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geez...got milk....

[RubenDouglas]

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i hate this stuff.

i remember buying tommy boy many years ago on dvd.. then i see it at walmart with behind the scenes footage and bloopers and deleted scenes. where is that %*^$ in the originial release?

It seems you gotta wait atleast 10 years before studios want to release blooper footage and do commentary for older films

[JohnnytheSkin]

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Well you don't have to wait for commentaries and such, since the four disc EE's have all that and a lot more!

I saw this announcement last night and to my wife's chagrin, will likely buy them. I've had the three theatrical cuts, the three EE's, and now these (I've since sold the theatricals). I'm worried about the movies being crammed on one disc, and only being DD5.1 (the DTS ES tracks on the EE's is amazing). Also the bit rate will suffer due to the compression.

All that being said, if they offer even the remotest glimpse of more additional scenes on that documentary I'm there. I'm too big of a Tolkien and PJ geek to care about double dips (the EE's, being superior, don't really count...plus the release of them was known well in advance). I'm counting the days until the 'King Kong Extended Edition' is announced as well.

[ExtremeGamer]

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I hate Peter Jackson. He does SE after SE for these movies, but does nothing for "Dead Alive"?

[Dealin Rams]

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Where's Kill Bill?!!! Sorry, I know that that's kind of off-topic, but because of stuff like this I've stopped buying DVDs for a while (although I have all the extended edition LOTR sets). But if the Kill Bill director's cut / SE set ever comes out, I'd get that.

[Miles_Yuhas]

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Already spent too much money on these to buy this new set. I will rent to watch the documentary though.

[Blzer]

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Wow... I know that people hate all of these other franchises continuing with these sequels and such, but what about this one? I mean, the trilogy has FINISHED! Let's just stop making more money by releasing the same crap of 100+ hours of footage over and over.

[jmood88]

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Wow... I know that people hate all of these other franchises continuing with these sequels and such, but what about this one? I mean, the trilogy has FINISHED! Let's just stop making more money by releasing the same crap of 100+ hours of footage over and over.

Seriously.

[muzion]

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disgusting.