LORD OF THE RINGS TRILOGY Extended Edition Blu-Ray Details Revealed!
Hey gang! For those of you who hve been anxiously waiting for The Lord of the Rings Extended Edition Blu-ray. There's still no release date set yet, but this is only going to be a temporary re-release. You can pre-oreder the Blu-ray on Amazon for $83.99, with a retail price of $119.00 when it hits store shelves. But here are all the details and specs!
Even though I went out and bought the theatrical version of these films on Blu-ray, of course I have to own the extended edition because it's so much better.
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
-Over 30 minutes of footage incorporated into the theatrical release of the film
-Commentary by Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, and Philippa Boyens
-Commentary by the design team
-Commentary by the production/post-production team
-Commentary by 10 actors, including Elijah Wood and Ian McKellen
-Easter egg: MTV Movie Award Spoof (The Council of Elrod)
-Costa Botes Documentary: The Fellowship of the Ring: Behind the Scenes
-The Appendices, Part 1: From Book to Vision (on DVD)
-Peter Jackson introduction
-J.R.R. Tolkein: Creator of Middle Earth
-From Book to Script
-Visualizing the Story
-Designing and Building Middle Earth
-Middle Earth atlas interactive
-The Appendices, Part 2: From Vision to Reality (on DVD)
-Elijah Wood introduction
-Filming The Fellowship of the Ring
-Visual effects
-Post-production: Putting it all together
-Digital Grading
-Sound and music
-The Road Goes Ever On…
Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
-Extended edition of the film, incorporating 43 minutes of footage incorporated into the film
-Commentary track by writer-director Peter Jackson and writers Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens
-Commentary track by the design team
-Commentary track by the production/post-production team
-Commentary track by 16 cast members, including Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Andy Serkis, John Rhys-Davies, Orlando Bloom, Christopher Lee, Bernard Hill, and Miranda Otto
-Easter Egg: MTV Movie Awards clip (Gollum accepting award)
-Costas Botes documentary: The Two Towers–Behind the Scenes
-The Appendices, Part 3: The Journey Continues
-Peter Jackson introduction
-J.R.R. Tolkein: Origin of Middle Earth
-From Book to Script: Finding a Story
-Designing and Building Middle-Earth
Gollum
-Middle-Earth Atlas interactive
-New Zealand as Middle Earth (map with video location)
-The Appendices, Part 4: The Battle for Middle Earth
-Elijah Wood introduction
-Filming The Two Towers
-Visual effects
-Editorial: Refining the Story
Music and Sound
-The Battle for Helm’s Deep is Over
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
-Extended edition of the film, with 50 extra minutes incorporated into the film
-Commentary track by writer-director Peter Jackson and writers Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens
-Commentary track by the design team
-Commentary track by the production/post-production team
-Costas Botes documentary: The Return of the King: Behind the Scenes
-The Appendices, Part 5: The War of the Ring
-Peter Jackson Intro
-J.R.R. Tolkien: The Legacy of Middle-earth
-From Book to Script
-Designing and Building Middle-earth
-Home of the Horse Lords
-Middle-earth Atlas: Tracing the Journeys of the Fellowship: interactive map
-New Zealand as Middle-earth: interactive map with on-location footage
-The Appendices, Part 6: The Passing of an Age
-Elijah Wood/Sean Astin/Billy Boyd/Dominic Monaghan intro
-Filming The Return of the King
-Visual Effects
-Post Production: Journey’s End
-The Passing of an Age
-Cameron Duncan