Posted on 10/07/2002 11:39:26 AM PDT by Paul Atreides
To kick things off today, we've got a more comprehensive spec list for New Line's 4-disc The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Special Extended DVD Edition (11/12 - SRP $39.99). Here goes...
Discs One and Two - The Extended Version of the Film
208 minutes (split over both discs), anamorphic widescreen (2.35:1) and Dolby Digital 5.1 EX and DTS 6.1 ES, isolated 5.1 sound effects mix, isolated 5.1 music track, Commentary Track One with the director and writers (Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens), Commentary Track Two with members of the design team (Grant Major, Ngila Dickson, Richard Taylor, Alan Lee, John Howe, Dan Hennah, Chris Hennah and Tania Rodger), Commentary Track Three with members of the production and post-production team (Barrie Osborne, Mark Ordesky, Andrew Lesnie, John Gilbert, Rick Porras, Howard Shore, Jim Rygiel, Ethan Van der Ryn, Mike Hopkins, Randy Cook, Christian Rivers, Brian Van't Hull, Alex Funke), Commentary Track Four with members of the cast (Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Sean Astin, John Rhys-Davies, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Orlando Bloom, Christopher Lee and Sean Bean).
Note: Discs Two and Three can be viewed in "explore" mode with traditional menus or "tour" mode via a Play All feature.
Disc Three - The Appendices Part I: From Book to Vision
2 and 1/2 hours of documentary content, including J.R.R. Tolkien-Creator of Middle-earth featurette, From Book to Script featurette, Visualizing the Story section featuring Storyboards and Pre-viz featurette, Designing and Building Middle-earth section featuring Designing Middle-earth featurette, Costume Design featurette and Weta Workshop featurette, design galleries including The Enemy, The Last Alliance, Isengard, The Fellowship, Rivendell and Lothlorien, interactive Middle-earth Atlas with timeline, New Zealand as Middle-earth intertactive map with video, disc introduction with director Peter Jackson.
Disc Four - The Appendices Part II: From Vision to Reality
3 and 1/2 hours of documentary content, including Filming section featuring a production photo gallery and the The Fellowship of the Cast featurette, A Day in the Life of a Hobbit featurette, Cameras in Middle-earth featuette, Visual Effects section and featuette, Post-Production section featuring Editorial featuette and a multi-angle presentation, Digital Grading featuette, Sound and Music featuette and Sound Design Demo, The Soundscapes of Middle-earth featurette, Music for Middle-earth featurette, The Road Goes Ever On featuette, disc introduction with director Peter Jackson.
All told, the 4-disc set is expected to include over 30 hours of unique content created just for this release (including the film and the commentaries). The discs will also feature additional DVD-ROM content and over 2,000 photos and conceptual sketches. And let me tell you... we've seen a few of those featuettes. These aren't 5-minute EPK pieces. They're much more substantial - 20 to 30+ minutes in many cases. Good stuff.
Now then... in a feature in today's print issue of Video Store magazine, Warner reveals that they're gearing up to release an 18-title Charlie Chaplin Collection on DVD, starting in June 2003. Each title will be digitally remastered and cleaned, and will be released as a 2-disc set with numerous extras, including documentaries, outtakes, photo galleries, alternate versions re-edited by Chaplin himself and other material. They'll be available in 2-disc digipack (SRP $26.99) and collector's box ($34.99 - also containing a booklet and film frame) versions. All this is being done in association with MK2 and the Chaplin family. The first three films tentatively due next June are The Great Dictator, City Lights and The Circus. More information will be available at CharlieChaplin.com in the weeks ahead.
Stay tuned...
No, I don't know him, but as I said, we probably know him as much as we can for not having met. Sure he could be blowing smoke up our skirts, but he's not a nattering nabob of negativism, and doesn't try to drag people down like some I could mention. He certainly doesn't need ME to defend him, but I'm happy to be what little aid I can be.
The others were right, you're a TROLL!
You're welcome about the article.
Yes... I spend a great deal in the Middle East threads. In fact, I'm getting ready to post new thread. I'll ping both of you.
I get the special DVD from Amazon. Mine comes with figurines and cards and whatnot.
I'm very excited and can't wait.
In fact, there are few of us work that feel a sore throat and headache coming on. Might finally catch up with us on 12/18! Ha!
Kinda sad, isn't it?
Gee you're so smart. It only took you 230 posts to figure out that a thread about Lord of the Rings might have a discussion of fantasy.
But the only real fantasy here is your thought that you're any more relevant than the UN.
You've been rude. You've been crude. You've insulted one of our finest Marines.
You can LOL all you want. All you are is an annoying troll wanting to get in a flame war. Back at post #8 you threw out an insult. Then you whined about people responding.
I admit that I am a bad person, but as bad as I am I'm trying to do something to address the problems in the REAL world! Sitting your butt down on your couch watching LOTR for the umpteenth time doesn't do anybody (but you) a darn bit of good. When fantasy overshadows reality- that is not a good thing.
Must be nice to [think you can] read minds.
In reality, you don't know a thing about most of us, and yet because we happen to have enjoyed a fantasty book/movie, you can automatically make the assumption that are do-nothing nuts? What a pompous a$$ you are...
I'm not going to trot out all the things I do to "fight evil"...I don't have to prove myself to you. I admit I don't do that much volunteer work, just one or two things here or there. Part of that is because my mother passed away (rather suddenly) this spring and I'm still trying to pull my world together, plus helping my younger siblings (the youngest just turned 12) deal with all of this. Oh wait...that's melodramatic and must be FAKE! I made it all up just to get attention!
If you were really paying attention, you'd know that none of The Hobbit Hole "regulars" are sitting on their butts waiting for LOTR.
Yes, we're waiting for it and anticipating it.
We're also caring for our families, praying for our President and our country, volunteering and supporting our churches with time and money, rescuing animals, planting our gardens, remodeling our homes, campaigning for conservatives, studying and preparing for ministry, serving in the military, improving ourselves through music, writing, literature and art...
...to say nothing of fighting cave trolls...
We're actually quite active and quite diverse. The fact is, you're more obsessed with our obsession of Lord of the Rings than we are actually obsessed...
Awww.....what does the troll know about obsession?
T-I-N-W-H-I-S-T-L-E!
Or, in my case (no pun intended) F-I-D-D-L-E!
Sorry, just popped into my head.
You want obsession? I'll give you obsession!
None of us are really as good as we think!
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