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! "

Comments

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: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.