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Posted by plaid (Member # 2393) on :

http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-main.html?2004-09/27/10.15.film

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[Extended King DVD Announced

The extended-edition DVD of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King debuts on Dec. 14, with 50 minutes of footage added, Variety reported. The 4-hour, 10-minute extended-edition DVD will cost $39.99; a collector's gift set, which includes a fifth DVD with a 52-minute program about the music in the franchise, will cost $79.92, the trade paper reported.

As with the extended editions of the previous two Rings films, the expanded King will include new score music written by Oscar-winning composer Howard Shore, as well as 300 new special-effects shots, the trade paper reported.

The four-disc extended edition also includes multiple audio commentaries by director Peter Jackson and more than 30 members of the cast and crew, as well as hours of programs on the making of the movie and other bonus features, the trade paper reported.

Posted by kaioshin00 (Member # 3740) on :

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The 4-hour, 10-minute extended-edition DVD

Mmm. <adds> The EE Fellowship was about 3.5 hours long, the EE Two Towers was ~ 3.75 hours, and now this one is 4.16 hours. That's a total of 11.416 hours of LOTR!!! [Party]

Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...!

Posted by Olivetta (Member # 6456) on :

*faints from the excitement*

Posted by margarita (Member # 6856) on :

<checks calendar> Nope, still September. Blast.

I think I'm about as excited for the extended edition DVD to come out as I was for the theatrical version (very excited).

Posted by FoolishTook (Member # 5358) on :

Sounds okay, but I think an additional 50 minutes runs it a bit short. Why not a full two extra hours? And what about out-takes? I would love to have hours of that stuff. I want more, darn it! Give me moooorrrre!

Posted by digging_holes (Member # 6237) on :

*agrees*

It was supposed to be 5 hours!

*riots*

Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :

I'm sorry...

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...!

I just can't help myself.

Posted by dread pirate romany (Member # 6869) on :

That's almost three whole months!
And curses on them for not releasing this one in Nov. like the others, December is too busy for me to have a LOTR party, so now I have to wait until January. [Mad]

Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :

It was SUPPOSED to have a gag reel. I feel cheated. [Frown]

Posted by dread pirate romany (Member # 6869) on :

Of course, if they want to be really cool, they would re-do the scene at the Crack of Doom in Lego(tm).

Posted by FoolishTook (Member # 5358) on :

Narnia, that's what I mean. Where's the gag reel?

Posted by larisse (Member # 2221) on :

Oooo... wants it, my preciousssss.

I wonder if they are planning on adding the gag reels and extra footage to the dvd set of all three as an incentive to buy it. As if we weren't planning on getting that one as well. Sheesh... don't they respect us as the crazed obsessed fans we are.

Posted by narrativium (Member # 3230) on :

Maybe the gag reel is an easter egg, like the MTV segments on the last two.

Posted by newfoundlogic (Member # 3907) on :

Fess up, how many of you bought the regular DVD already and are going to buy EE too?

Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :

Me.

Posted by CStroman (Member # 6872) on :

Looking forward to this one. Definately.

Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :

*is going to scream*

*can't hold it*

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!

*happy dance*

[Smile]

Yup... I bought the regular and I'm going to by the Extended! I don't care if they get my money!! Muwhahahhaha!

[ September 28, 2004, 12:28 PM: Message edited by: Telperion the Silver ]

Posted by Olivetta (Member # 6456) on :

Wasn't going to buy the theatrical version, but my sister got it for me for my birthday.

Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :

If New Line thought-up a way to get my money twice... "good for them", I say. [Wink]

Posted by Tatiana (Member # 6776) on :

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Mmm. <adds> The EE Fellowship was about 3.5 hours long, the EE Two Towers was ~ 3.75 hours, and now this one is 4.16 hours. That's a total of 11.416 hours of LOTR!!!

I'm totally marrying you for your mad arithmetic skillz. [Kiss]

Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on :

*glee*
Yipee!!!
*cackles incoherently*
*rubs DVDs*
My...PRECIOUS...

Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :

I can't look away...

Must not...

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee...

darn.

Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :

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If New Line thought-up a way to get my money twice... "good for them", I say.

People don't seem quite as likely to say that about Lucas, even though he has done the same thing, over and over.

Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :

Lucas isn't getting my money at all.

Posted by Alcon (Member # 6645) on :

Hey, I'm more than willing to pay Peter Jackson twice... or even thrice. He did an awesome job, and the way I figure it, the more we cough up for this stuff the more likely he is to do The Hobbit [Big Grin]

Posted by Cashew (Member # 6023) on :

Does anybody know if the short film by Cameron Duncan the young filmaker who died of cancer and who inspired the lyrics of "Into the West" is included as one of the special features on the EE DVD? Here's a link about him: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/entertainmentstorydisplay.cfm?storyID=3545784&thesection=news&thesubsection=general&thesecondsubsection=&reportID=56531
It would seem appropriate that it would be, as he was a special friend of the Jacksons.