Out of the 30 total Academy Award nominations received, The Lord of the Rings movies won a record 17 Academy Awards®, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay and 8 others for the third film. Now they are offered on Blu-ray with more than 2 hours of extended scenes that were carefully selected under the supervision of director Peter Jackson. The Oscar®-winning The Lord of the Rings trilogy, revered as one of the most thrilling epic adventures in motion picture history and one of the highest grossing adventure film franchises to ever be created, was born with the release of The Fellowship of the Ring™, followed by The Two Towers™ and The Return of the King™.
(All three DVDs were honored with Saturn Award wins for Best DVD in their release years - 2002, 2003 & 2004, plus multiple trade awards). The Costa Botes documentaries accompany acclaimed special features by Michael Pellerin from the original extended cut releases to make this the mostĬomprehensive The Lord of the Rings compilation ever. The feature-length documentaries, with more than four and a half hours of footage, focus on a number of complexities and circumstances that tested the filmmakers, cast and crew during the shoot, as well as a look at some of the comical antics and personal moments on the set. His unique approach to storytelling – allowing the footage to speak for itself – results in an intimate and candid backstage pass to the challenges, preparations and camaraderie that went into shooting one of the greatest cinematic adventures of all time. Costa Botes was able to capture raw and riveting behind-the-scenes film footage. The set boasts more than 26 hours of additional content, highlighted by the rare behind-the-scenes documentaries created by Costa Botes, the filmmaker given unprecedented access to the set of each production by Peter Jackson. This highly anticipated Extended Edition (Blu-ray) set will be released in English 6.1 DTS-HD MA audio and includes a newtransfer of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring which was remastered from the original 2k digital files. Also featured, a new application that will allow fans to generate their very own 'Elvish' name, to be available soon. The page includes updated insider information, Trivia Tuesdays, Caption This! posts, clips, trailers, sweepstakes, promotions photo galleries and more. The official Facebook page (/lordoftheringstrilogy) has reached more than 4 million friends and boasts an average 1M comments per post. The Lord of the Rings franchise's popularity continues unabated, with pre-sales response soaring. Based on the length of each extended edition feature film and in order to present each film in the highest possible picture quality, each film is presented on 2 Blu-ray Discs. Sound + Vision Magazine ranked the 2010 release of the Trilogy as #5 in their Top 10 Blu-rays of the Year, noting that it was one of only two releases to earn five stars for sound and calling it "breathtaking." Now fans can see and hear the extended trilogy at home the way it was meant to be seen, on Blu-ray Hi-Def. One of the most magical, intensely spectacular epic adventures in motion picture history comes alive when these extended editions explode onto Blu-ray with unsurpassed high definition picture and sound.
Social Network Sites and Pre-Sell Numbers Confirm Movie Trilogy's Highly Anticipated Releaseīurbank, Calif, Ma– Following last year's successful Blu-ray premiere of the original theatrical versions of The Lord of the Rings Motion Picture Trilogy, Warner Home Video will release all three of Peter Jackson's visual masterpieces in their extended editions on June 28 as a stunning 15-disc Blu-ray collection, The Lord of the Rings Motion Picture Trilogy: Extended Edition (Blu-ray). With More Than 26 Hours of Special Features Including the
ON BLU-RAY™ FROM WARNER HOME VIDEO JUNE 28Įxtended Versions of all Three Films on 15 Discs THE LORD OF THE RINGS™ MOTION PICTURE TRILOGY: EXTENDED EDITION