The One Ring

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The WINNER of 11 Academy Awards including BEST PICTURE is now 50 minutes longer! This extended version of the epic conclusion of The Lord of the Rings trilogy includes new score by Howard Shore and over 350 new digital effects shots. The final battle for Middle-earth begins. Frodo and Sam, led by Gollum, continue their dangerous mission toward the fires of Mount Doom in order to destroy the One Ring. Aragorn struggles to fulfill his legacy as he leads his outnumbered followers against the growing power of the Dark Lord Sauron, so that the Ring-bearer may complete his quest. DISCS 1-2: The Feature FEATURE (approx. 250 minutes) - A new version of the final installment in the epic trilogy! The Academy-Award winning film now has 50 minutes of never-before-seen footage incorporated into the film for this highly-anticipated video release: Widescreen (2.35:1) version of the Special Extended Edition Dolby Digital EX 5.1 Surround Sound DTS ES 6.1 Surround Sound Stereo Surround Sound English subtitles and closed captions Spanish subtitles Four audio commentaries by the director and writers, the design team, the production team and the cast featuring more than 30 participants including Peter Jackson, Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Orlando Bloom and Academy Award winners Richard Taylor, Howard Shore and many more. Cast commentary also features dialogue between split-personality characters Gollum and Smeagol (Andy Serkis)! 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 Return of the King: THE APPENDICES PART V: The War of the Ring Disc intro by director Peter Jackson J.R.R. Tolkien: The Legacy of Middle-earth documentary From Book to Script: From Book to Script: Forging the Final Chapter documentary and Abandoned Concept: Aragorn Battles Sauron Designing and Building Middle-earth: Designing Middle-earth documentary, Big-atures documentary, Weta Workshop documentary, Costume Design documentary Design Galleries - 2,123 images Home of the Horse Lords documentary Middle-earth Atlas: Tracing the Journeys of the Fellowship interactive map New Zealand as Middle-earth interactive map w/on-location footage THE APPENDICES PART VI: The Passing of an Age Disc intro by Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Billy Boyd and Dominic Monaghan Filming The Return of the King: Cameras in Middle-earth documentary, Production Photos (gallery) - 69 images Visual Effects: Weta Digital documentary, The Mumakil Battle demonstration/multi-angle interactive feature Post Production: Journey's End: Editorial: Completing the Trilogy d