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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring: An ancient Ring thought lost for centuries has been found, and through a strange twist in fate has been given to a small Hobbit named Frodo. When Gandalf discovers the Ring is in fact the One Ring of the Dark Lord Sauron, Frodo must make an epic quest to the Cracks of Doom in order to destroy it! However he does not go alone. He is joined by Gandalf, Legolas the elf, Gimli the Dwarf, Aragorn, Boromir and his three Hobbit friends Merry, Pippin and Samwise. Through mountains, snow, darkness, forests, rivers and plains, facing evil and danger at every corner the Fellowship of the Ring must go. Their quest to destroy the One Ring is the only hope for the end of the Dark Lords reign!

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers: The Fellowship has been broken. Boromir (Sean Bean) is dead, Frodo Baggins (Elijah Wood) and Samwise Gamgee (Sean Astin) have gone to Mordor alone to destroy the One Ring, Merry (Dominic Monaghan) and Pippin (Billy Boyd) have been captured by the Uruk-hai, and Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen), Legolas (Orlando Bloom), and Gimli (John Rhys-Davies) have made friends of the Rohan, a race of humans that are in the path of the upcoming war, led by its aging king, Théoden (Bernard Hill). The two towers between Mordor and Isengard, Barad-dúr and Orthanc, have united in their lust for destruction. The corrupt wizard Saruman (Christopher Lee), under the power of the Dark Lord Sauron, and his slimy assistant, Gríma Wormtongue (Brad Dourif), have created a grand Uruk-hai army bent on the destruction of Man and Middle-earth. The rebellion against Sauron is building up and will be led by Gandalf the White (Sir Ian McKellen), who was thought to be dead after the Balrog captured him. One of the Ring's original bearers, the creature Gollum (Andy Serkis), has tracked Frodo and Sam down in search of his 'precious', but is captured by the Hobbits and used as a way to lead them to Mt. Doom. The War of the Ring has now begun...

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King: While Frodo & Sam continue to approach Mount Doom to destroy the One Ring, unaware of the path Gollum is leading them, the former Fellowship aid Rohan & Gondor in a great battle in the Pelennor Fields, Minas Tirith and the Black Gates as Sauron wages his last war against Middle-Earth.

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DVD information

Release Date (USA):	2006-08-29
Rating (USA):	PG-13
Release Date (UK):	-
Rating (UK) :	NA
Director:	Peter Jackson
Producer:	-
Studio:	New Line Cinema
Writer/s:	J.R.R. Tolkien (novel The Lord of the Rings), Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson (screenplay)

Cast

Noel Appleby	Everard Proudfoot
Alexandra Astin	Elanor Gamgee
Sean Astin	Sam
David Aston	Gondorian Soldier 3
John Bach	Madril
Sean Bean	Boromir
Cate Blanchett	Galadriel
Orlando Bloom	Legolas
Billy Boyd	Pippin
Sadwyn Brophy	Eldarion
Alistair Browning	Damrod
Marton Csokas	Celeborn
Richard Edge	Gondorian Soldier 1
Jason Fitch	Uruk 2
Bernard Hill	Theoden

DVD Features

Available Subtitles: English, Spanish
Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 5.1 EX), English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
The three Lord of the Rings films in both their theatrical and extended versions: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King
Disc 1 will present the Special Extended DVD Edition of the film split into two parts (on two sides of a DVD-18) at the break point of the initial DVD release. The Theatrical version will also be split into two parts (on two sides of a DVD-18) available through seamless branching.
Each film contains a never-before-seen behind-the-scenes documentary by Costa Botes, the filmmaker director Peter Jackson personally hired (about five hours total)

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Annoyed FanJan 3rd, 2008 - 17:22:57

Ok, I have to say when I bought The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (Theatrical and Extended Limited Edition) I was excited because having owned the original extended versions, I was always annoyed that I had to get up and put a second disc in the DVD player to watch the second half of the movie. Understandably, the extended editions are long and I could see why a second disc may have been in order. When I read about the new release of the trilogy which had both the theatrical version and the extended version on one disc I figured... theatrical on one side, extended on the other, right?... Wrong!

When you put the disc in, it prompts you to choose either the theatrical or extended version. Then, when you get half way through you need to flip the disc over to watch the second half regardless of which version you chose. This completely defeats the purpose of having both on one disc in my opinion. What is the difference between getting up to put in disc 2 and getting up to flip the disc to side B? I'm sure I'm not the only one who feels like they'd like to sit and watch the movie in its entirety without this bothersome nonsense. I think the concept of having both versions on one disc is great but dividing them both in half is completely asinine and utterly ridiculous.

What is wrong with the people who thought this was a good idea? Is it Peter Jackson? New Line Cinema? Maybe Universal Pictures because the extended version of King Kong was the same... half the movie and special features on one disc and the remainder of the movie of the 2nd. How about the entire movie on one disc and the special features on the other? Not rocket science folks! Whoever is in charge of deciding the layout of these DVDs needs a serious talking to... that or a fresh slap... you decide because I'd love to supply either.

Furthermore, I cannot thoroughly express my disappointment enough. This was a waist of money, and an insult to the fans. I truly wish I never bought this edition of the LOTR trilogy.

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BrandonJul 19th, 2008 - 23:38:45

The reason why the dvd would have both the theatrical and extended versions split up on each side of the disc likely has to do with the AUDIO tracks. Since the extended and theatrical release would draw from the same audio source primarily, though wouldn't need to have that same content repeated on both sides of the discs, thus allowing all the other stuff to fit on the single disc.

This is just a theory, but I'm pretty sure that's why they'd do it that way.

For me, though, I have no use for the theatrical release, as the extended version is such an improvement. And if having to flip a disc over or put in a second disc is the biggest problem I have in life, I consider myself pretty darn lucky.

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