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Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Live Tyler, Sean Astin, Cate Blanchett, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monahan, Orlando Bloom, John Rhys-Davies, Christopher Lee, Miranda Otto
director Peter Jackson | New Line Home Entertainment
2002 | Epic - Mythical - Action - Adventure | PG-13 | 179 minutes
Region 1 | DVD-9
& DVD-9
anamorphic
widescreen 2.35:1 aspect ratio
| Dolby Digital EX 5.1
Preview: The Lord of the Rings: The Two
Towers is the second movie in the trilogy of the The Lord of the
Rings, based on the novels by J.R.R. Tolkien. This two-disc set will
be released in both widescreen and full screen editions on
August 26, 2003. Either version carries a suggested retail price
of $29.95. For details, look at the disc content listings below.
Later on November 18, 2003, a 4-disc Special
Extended DVD Edition and a 4-disc Special
Extended DVD Gift Set will be released. The Gift Set adds a collectible Gollum
polystone statue, bonus DVD programming on the Weta Workshop and how
the Gollum statue was created, and a printed companion piece showing how
the Gollum evolve from pencil sketch to digital character.
Disc 1: feature film
with widescreen (2.35:1 aspect ratio) or full screen, Dolby Digital EX 5.1
extended surround sound, English & Spanish subtitles
Disc 2: Special Features, with over 2 hours
of additional content
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In-Depth Programs:
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Featurettes:
2-disc "regular" edition DVD release date
August 26, 2003, list price $29.95
4-disc Special Extended DVD Edition & Gift Set release date
November 18, 2003, list prices $39.99 and $79.92, respectively
pre-order widescreen version @ Amazon.com
for $17.97, Buy.com
for $17.96
pre-order full screen version @ Amazon.com
for $17.97, Buy.com
for $17.96
pre-order Special
Extended DVD Edition (widescreen) @ Amazon.com
for $25.99, Buy.com
for $25.98
pre-order Special
Extended DVD Gift Set (widescreen) @ Amazon.com
for $59.94
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Associated equipment used in evaluation: Sony
DVP-S7700 reference DVD player, Sony
KP-61V45 61" rear projection TV (4:3 screen aspect ratio), Sony ES STR-V444ES A/V receiver, four
B&W CDM 9NTs as left/right main speakers
and left/right surrounds, B&W CDM CNT center channel speaker, Monster Cable M-series S-Video cable MSV-500, Monster
Cable Interlink LightSpeed 100 (Toslink) optical cable, Monster Cable
Interlink 400 MKII interconnects, Monster Cable
Original speaker cables in bi-wire configuration with Monster Cable twist-on gold-plated banana plug
connectors, Lovan Sovereign T HiFi audio
rack, and Sony MDR-V600 studio monitor headphones. Our home theater equipment was calibrated
with the Video
Essentials DVD.
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