Middle-earth Comes Home
The Lord Of The Rings
The Fellowship Of The Ring
Arrives on DVD and VHS August 6th
"Special Extended Edition" To Follow November 12
Roadshow Entertainment and New Line Home Entertainment is proud to
announce the forthcoming Australian release of The Lord of the Rings:
The Fellowship of the Ring on DVD and VHS on August 6, 2002, followed
by a Special Extended Edition on DVD and VHS on November 12, 2002.
The critically acclaimed The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the
Ring has become nothing short of a worldwide phenomenon grossing
US$800million worldwide.
It has set landmark records at the Australian Box office, grossing
A$16.7 million in its opening week. Reaching a massive A$11.5million
in only four days, it became the fastest film to pass A$10million, as
well as the fastest film to pass A$15million reaching A$16.7million in
just seven days. It has broken all Australian box office records
including biggest opening day with A$4,166,911million, biggest opening
weekend, biggest opening week and biggest Boxing Day opening.
Co-written and directed by British Academy of Film and Television
(BAFTA) award-winner and Academy Award nominee Peter Jackson (the
Frighteners, Heavenly Creatures), The Lord of the Rings: The
Fellowship of the Ring is based on the first volume of J.R.R.
Tolkien's long revered literary and linguistic masterpiece.
An epic vision of good versus evil, The Lord Of The Rings: The
Fellowship of the Ring recounts the heroic quest of Frodo Baggins
(Elijah Wood), a peaceful Hobbit entrusted with a terrible
responsibility. Accompanied by an assemblage of elves, dwarves,
hobbits, human warriors, and good wizard Gandalf The Grey (Ian
McKellen), Frodo must travel through Middle-earth to the land of
Mordor in order to destroy the omnipotent One Ring in the fires of
Mount Doom where it was forged. Relentlessly pursued by Dark Lord
Sauron's dark riders, marauding Orcs, cave trolls and goblins summoned
by evil wizard Saruman the White (Christopher Lee), the Fellowship
must also resist the ring's limitless powers of corruption.
THE LORD OF THE RINGS: The Fellowship Of The Ring
On August 6th Roadshow Entertainment will unveil the award-winning
theatrical version of the film on VHS and DVD.
The VHS will be presented in 4:3 fullscreen format.
The DVD will be presented in 16:9 widescreen format.
"The utilisation of a simultaneous global release date means that
Australian consumers do not have to wait to own their own copy of The
Lord Of The Rings. The decision to issue two staggered releases will
allow Director Peter Jackson time to finish post-production work on
The Two Towers and The Return of the King, and complete the special
extended edition four-disc DVD, which will be highly anticipated by
fans of the trilogy" said Chris Chard, Managing Director Roadshow
Entertainment.
*AUGUST 6th DVD CONTENT:
Disc One: (178 minutes)
Widescreen version of the film
Dolby Digital Ex 5.1 Surround Sound
Stereo Surround Sound
English Subtitles for the hearing impaired.
Disc Two: (Over two hours of additional content)
Exclusive 10-minute behind-the-scenes preview of The Two Towers.
Three in-depth programs that reveal the secrets behind the production
of this epic adventure, including:
Houghton Mifflin Welcomes You to Middle-earth
The Quest for the Ring - a Fox TV Special
A Passage to Middle-earth - a Sci-Fi Channel Special
Fifteen featurettes originally created for lordoftherings.net which
explore the locales and cultures of Middle-earth and includes
interviews with cast members
Finding Hobbiton
Hobbiton Comes Alive
Believing the World of Bree
Ringwraiths: The Fallen Kings
Languages of Middle Earth
Two Wizards
Music of Middle Earth
Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortenson, Orlando Bloom, Cate Blanchett, Liv Tyler
and Ian McKellen
Weathertop: The Windy Hill
Enya "May It Be" music video
Peter Jackson - Making 'The Two Towers"
Preview of Electronic Arts' video game, The Two Towers
An inside look at the Special Extended Edition of The Lord of the
Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
DVD-ROM CONTENT - Exclusive online content
* AT THIS WRITING DVD CONTENTS SUBJECT TO CHANGE
NOVEMBER 12
*"Special Extended Edition" Video and DVD release
A "Special Extended Edition" of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship
of the Ring is set to arrive in stores November 12. This extended
edition of the film contains more than 30 minutes of never-before-seen
footage created for the home video release.
The "Special Extended DVD Edition" will be contained in a four-disc
set with two discs containing the film, and two discs with more than
six hours of added content, produced specifically for the DVD. These
extras will plunge the viewer into the complex landscape of
Middle-earth, and reveal how Peter Jackson and his team of skilled
artists and technicians created a painstakingly beautiful and faithful
re-creation of Tolkien's world.
A collector's DVD gift set will also be released on November 12. This
gift set will include the "Special Extended Edition" with box art
packaging conceived and designed by famed Tolkien illustrator Alan
Lee. Included with the DVD are custom bookends designed and sculpted
by Sideshow Weta, the artists that crafted the astonishing theatrical
visual effects for The Lord of the Rings. The gift set will also
include National Geographic's "Beyond the Movie" DVD, containing two
previously unreleased featurettes and a photo gallery.
*AT THIS WRITING DVD CONTENTS SUBJECT TO CHANGE
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