Info on the LOTR:FOTR DVD

WonderBoy Cox writes "IGN's FilmForce has an interesting article about the much anticipated Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (LOTR:FOTR) DVD coming in the fall of 2002, and the next two movies. According to Jackson The Two Towers is fairly complete in rough cut and Return of the King is coming along nicely. "Both films will be between two-and-a-half and three hours in length with 500 to 600 effects shots, much like the first movie." But, the best part, is that he DVD will have around 30 to 40 minutes of extra footage! "

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No offense but people like Tom made it richer

[linzeal]

Tom's songs and things like them enriched the lord of the rings with their presence and it would be most welcome to have more of this wonderous story to share with people that have not or will not read the book.

Obsessing over details is fun!

[GreyDuck]

This page has a sizeable list of contributed observations... neat little details that helped "make" the movie for various viewers. It's a fun read if only to see just how hard Jackson & Co. worked on this thing.

And when the DVD comes out, there'll be a revised version of the list, I'm sure. Yeah, I'll pick me up a copy...

Re:what is the maximum that a dvd can hold?

[Dimensio]

A single DVD-18 would probably hold all three movies, but it would hold little else and you would likely make sacrifices in video and audio quality to squeze everything on there. You would also have to get up at some point to flip the disc, as DVD-18 is dual-sided. You could even probably stuff everything onto a single-sided DVD-9, but kiss any video/audio clarity goodbye.

Personally I'll be quite happy with three discs with some nice extras, a good Dolby Digital (or dts for those with the support) soundtrack and a well-mastered anamorphic image.

Re:I think I'll wait for the box set...

[Eimi Metamorphoumai]

Ok, I'll explain. In the first edition of the Hobbit, that chapter is a bit different. Gollum did indeed wager the ring, not knowing that he had lost it (in both versions he doesn't realize it's lost until after the game is over). Finding that he cannot meet his bargain, he shows Bilbo the way out.

As the writing of the Lord of the Rings progressed, it seemed more and more out of character, so Tolkien rewrote the chapter, into the version you described. Tolkien later explained it as the first version being what Bilbo wrote in his own early accounts, at which time he was lying to himself to justify stealing the ring (in the same way that Gollum created the "birthday present" story). The later additions indicated a correction based on better,more accurate manuscripts Tolkien translated.

See http://www.daimi.aau.dk/~bouvin/tolkien/changesofh obbit.html for more info.