Lord of the Rings: Return Of The King
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 |
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| 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. |
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| 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 | |||||||||
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| From Book to Script:
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| Designing and Building Middle-earth
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| Design Galleries - 2,123 images
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| | "Home of the Horse Lords" documentary | |||||||||
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| "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 | |||||||||
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| Filming The Return of the King
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| Visual Effects
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| Post Production: Journey's End
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| | "The Passing of an Age" documentary | |||||||||
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| Cameron Duncan: The Inspiration for "Into the West"
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