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• Actors: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom, Sean Bean, Viggo Mortensen
• Directors: Peter Jackson
• Writers: Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, J.R.R. Tolkien, Philippa Boyens, Stephen Sinclair
• Producers: Barrie M. Osborne, Bob Weinstein
• Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Limited Edition, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo), English (Dolby Digital 5.1 EX)
• Subtitles: English, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 6
• Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: New Line Home Video
• DVD Release Date: August 29, 2006
• Run Time: 1238 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (107 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000GTLR2A
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #21,862 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (The Fellowship of the Ring / The Two Towers / The Return of the King)(Theatrical and Extended Limited Edition)" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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161 of 184 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Duped again, August 30, 2006

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N. Durham "Big Evil" (Philadelphia, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (The Fellowship of the Ring / The Two Towers / The Return of the King)(Theatrical and Extended Limited Edition) (DVD)

DVD double dipping, it's become a standard of the home video world. Case in point, Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy. When the films first saw the light of day on DVD, they were released on New Line's Platinum Series DVD line, featuring two discs of mostly fluffy extras. Then, the four disc Extended Editions would be subsequently released, featuring extended versions of the films with a horde of commentaries and extras that brought fans to their knees. While I always recommended the theatrical versions to casual fans and the Extended Editions to the Tolkien fanatics, New Line has once again dipped into our wallets by releasing the Theatrical and Extended versions in one set, with some "new" extras thrown in for good measure (because they need to sell it to those of us who bought either or both versions before). Now, I'll say right off the bat, each of the three films are technical marvels of modern film making, with incredible battle scenes, effects, and everything else that's made these films the Star Wars trilogy of a new generation. That in mind, these new editions of the film are only worth owning for those who don't already own any of the previous releases; the rest of which should leave the new editions of the trilogy on the shelf where they belong, and maybe then and only then, will the studios stop with the double dipping frenzy that's been going on forever now.

150 of 174 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars THANKS....BUT NO THANKS!!!!!, August 29, 2006

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Mohd Jafar (Hyderabad, AP India) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (The Fellowship of the Ring / The Two Towers / The Return of the King)(Theatrical and Extended Limited Edition) (DVD)

Let me accept the fact that LOTR is my most beloved film and I already own the extended editions of the films in one set! I'm really not surprised to see New Line coming up with another edition of the trilogy. With films like these they will squeeze the collectors as much as they can!! Still, inspite of this new set containing both the theatrical versions and the extended cuts of the films and also the much hyped Costa Botes documentaries, my advise to anyone buying LOTR for the first time is- DO NOT BUY THIS SET! Spend a little more and you get all the movies in full 6.1 DTS EX glory, alongwith hours of endless in-depth bonus features which probably you'll spend rest of your life watching!!

Please be aware, these new editions DO NOT contain DTS tracks, no commentary tracks by the director, Weta workshop or the cast. All you get is both versions crammed into one single disc and just one documentary as a bonus on the second disc...AND NOTHING ELSE. It would have been a better idea had New Line released the documentaries separately without forcing the consumer to buy the films again....And even this is not the end, once the HD format gains a little more acceptance, they'll have another excuse to come up with a new version of the trilogy!

Beware, Extended edition set is the ultimate LOTR experience, in terms of films or bonus features. Go get it...Its worth all the money spent!!

25 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Overpriced, and a bit unnecessary for most, August 30, 2006

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This review is from: The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (The Fellowship of the Ring / The Two Towers / The Return of the King)(Theatrical and Extended Limited Edition) (DVD)

There really isn't a lot of anything very new in this bundle. Even a couple snippets of the documentary footage seemed a bit familiar and wasn't 100% new.

To its credit, the documentary/behind-the-scenes footage did get progressively better and was mostly unfamiliar. The one for The Fellowship of the Ring is a bit of a snoozer, in my opinion, but it picks up in The Two Towers, and is truly fascinating in Return of the King, where we get a combination of hilarious cast interactions along with some of the more interesting insights into the making of the film, such as overlaying CG elements onto the live action.

I can really only recommend this bundle to those who won't miss the money spent for the documentary parts and/or are missing either the extended or theatrical versions of the movies, and want them. If you're strapped for cash, I suggest you wait for more used copies to become available if you really want the documentaries.

Lastly, and sort of tangentally, I really wish someone could give me a satisfactory explanation for why two halves of a movie can fit on a disc (or in this case, one side) but they can't fit the entire movie on one disc or side.

At any rate, the movies are fantastic, and if you need copies, this is as good a bundle as any. But don't rush out to get this bundle-- particularly brand new-- just for the documentaries unless you really have the cash to spare or you really cannot live without them.