Starring: Elijah Wood, See more
Encoding: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only.)
Format: Director's Cut, Box set, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Color, Widescreen
Rated: PG-13
Studio: New Line Home Video
DVD Release Date: November 18, 2003
DVD Features:
* (C) 2002 New Line Productions, Inc. The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, and the characters, events, items, and places therein are trademarks of The Saul Zaentz Company d/b/a Tolkien Enterprises under license to New Line Productions, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Four-disc Platinum Series Special Extended DVD Edition of The Lord of Rings: The Two Towers
Collectible Gollum polystone statue created by Sideshow Weta
Exclusive bonus DVD on the Weta Workshop and how the Gollum statue was created
Exclusive printed companion piece showing how Gollum evolved from pencil sketch to digital character
Special Extended DVD Edition of The Lord of Rings: The Two Towers
DISCS 1-2: The Feature:
A new version of the second installment includes over 40 minutes of never-before-seen footage incorporated into the film. (approx. 208 minutes)
Four audio commentaries by the director, writer, the design team, and production team featuring more than 30 participants including Peter Jackson, Richard Taylor, Howard Shore, Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, and Orlando Bloom.
DISCS 3-4: The Appendices:
Two discs with hours of original content including multiple documentaries and design/photo galleries with thousands of images to give viewers an in-depth behind-the-scenes look at The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
DISC 3:
Adapting the book into a screenplay & planning the film
Designing and inspiration for locations in Middle-earth
Storyboards to pre-visualization
Weta Workshop visit: See sculptors in action as they create weapons, armor, creatures, and miniatures from the film
Atlas of Middle-earth tracing the journey of the Fellowship
An interactive map of New Zealand highlighting the location scouting process
Galleries of art and slideshows with commentaries by the artists
DISC 4:
Sending the actors into battle: sword fighting
Principal photography: Stories from the set
Digital effects including motion capture and the computer program to create the armies of Orcs
Bigatures: a close-up look at the miniatures
Galleries of behind-the-scenes photographs and personal cast photos
Post-Production: editing it all together
Sound design demonstration
DVD-ROM Content: Includes access to exclusive online features
Widescreen anamorphic format
Number of discs: 4
Other Formats: VHS, VHS widescreen, VHS subtitled in Spanish, DVD widescreen with DTS Stereo, DVD widescreen, DVD
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