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The Lord of the Rings - The Motion Picture Trilogy (Platinum Series Special Extended Edition)

The Lord of the Rings - The Motion Picture Trilogy (Platinum Series Special Extended Edition)

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Director: Peter Jackson
Actors: Elijah Wood, Ian Mckellen, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Sean Bean
Studio: New Line Home Entertainment
Category: DVD

List Price: $80.95
Buy New: $37.77
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Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 485 reviews
Sales Rank: 399

Format: Box Set, Dts Surround Sound, Ntsc, Subtitled, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 12
Running Time: 681 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.9
Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.9 x 4.5

MPN: DN7347D
ISBN: 0780648676
UPC: 794043734724
EAN: 9780780648678
ASIN: B000654ZK0

Theatrical Release Date: December 17, 2003
Release Date: December 14, 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: Please Take Notice: Discounted Reason: No Exterior Cover to Hold the 3 Individual Sets beside that Brand New Factory Sealed,Feel Free to e-mail for more info. Ships in USA via USPS w/ Delivery Confirmation & International.All of our dvds are Region 1 for USA & Canada unless specified differently,thank you.

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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
This critically acclaimed epic trilogy follows the quest undertaken by the hobbit Frodo Baggins and his fellowship of companions to save Middle-earth by destroying the One Ring and defeating the evil forces of the Dark Lord Sauron. With new and extended scenes carefully added back into the film the 12-disc set also includes hours of bonus features.Running Time: 785 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: SCI-FI/FANTASY UPC: 794043734724

Amazon.com
The extended editions of Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings present the greatest trilogy in film history in the most ambitious sets in DVD history. In bringing J.R.R. Tolkien's nearly unfilmable work to the screen, Jackson benefited from extraordinary special effects, evocative New Zealand locales, and an exceptionally well-chosen cast, but most of all from his own adaptation with co-writers Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens, preserving Tolkien's vision and often his very words, but also making logical changes to accommodate the medium of film. While purists complained about these changes and about characters and scenes left out of the films, the almost two additional hours of material in the extended editions (about 11 hours total) help appease them by delving more deeply into Tolkien's music, the characters, and loose ends that enrich the story, such as an explanation of the Faramir-Denethor relationship, and the appearance of the Mouth of Sauron at the gates of Mordor. In addition, the extended editions offer more bridge material between the films, further confirming that the trilogy is really one long film presented in three pieces (which is why it's the greatest trilogy ever--there's no weak link). The scene of Galadriel's gifts to the Fellowship added to the first film proves significant over the course of the story, while the new Faramir scene at the end of the second film helps set up the third and the new Saruman scene at the beginning of the third film helps conclude the plot of the second.

To top it all off, the extended editions offer four discs per film: two for the longer movie, plus four commentary tracks and stupendous DTS 6.1 ES sound; and two for the bonus material, which covers just about everything from script creation to special effects. The argument was that fans would need both versions because the bonus material is completely different, but the features on the theatrical releases are so vastly inferior that the only reason a fan would need them would be if they wanted to watch the shorter versions they saw in theaters (the last of which, The Return of the King, merely won 11 Oscars). The LOTR extended editions without exception have set the DVD standard by providing a richer film experience that pulls the three films together and further embraces Tolkien's world, a reference-quality home theater experience, and generous, intelligent, and engrossing bonus features. --David Horiuchi


Customer Reviews:   Read 480 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars Couldn't be happier!   September 5, 2008
P. JESSIE (Tampa, FL)
If you haven't seen the Special Extended version of LOTR, you really haven't seen the movie. I hadn't read the books before I saw the movie, so this version in particular really fills in the blanks that the TV version and even the Extended version leave you with. A great feature is to view it with English subtitles in case you don't quite catch the actors' accents or the 'elvish' language. The special effects and makeup are remarkable and the sheer magnitude of the war scenes is out of this world. A must have if you're a Rings fan!


5 out of 5 stars Excellent   September 2, 2008
Jorge E. Peņa Jimenez (MEXICO)
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5 out of 5 stars Great value for money   August 27, 2008
Shazanna Mohammed (Trinidad, WI)
[[ASIN:B000654ZK0 The Lord of the Rings - The Motion Picture Trilogy (Platinum Series Special Extended Edition)]

I recently purchased this Box Set as a birthday gift for my husband. This was such a great buy! We have seen the movies many times but looking at the extended version really did make us feel like we were looking at it for the very first time.

The deleted scenes were fantastic and made my husband and I constantly exclaim "why did they delete that?".

Great buy and most importantly...great value for the price as this is a collectors classic!



5 out of 5 stars WONDERFUL MOVIES!!!   August 23, 2008
libaid01
Quite simply, the best movie trilogy I have ever and probably will ever buy. Enough said.


4 out of 5 stars Great collection, will keep you entertained for a long time.   August 20, 2008
handyman (Austin, TX)
Great collection lots of commentaries and extra stuff, will take a long time to go through. The movies were great and long, the extended versions of each movie makes them longer but not necessarily entertaining.

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