Order your copy now!

[Play Girl]

Yes that is right! My local WH Smith is now taking orders for the video and tape of Lord of the Rings when it comes out on August the 6th!!!
You can get a free mug when you order it today.
I will order mine next week.
luv
Play Girl
xxx

[emplynx]

To my knowledge, places are only taking pre-orders for the Theatrical version, I am waiting for the extended cut special edition... (For more info go to http://www.foolofatook.com/LotRblog/ and view the April 23 and 29th posts.)

[eowyn144]

i think i'm gonna wait too. if i can hold on that long. i already have the mug though. i got it with my easter egg

[Spock]

I've preordered the DVD from Columbia House at a savings.

[Gandalf the Wizard]

I'm just going to rent the August release of the movie and just wait for the 4-disc DVD set.

[Gerbil]

Speaking of which, I thought rent versions came out a few months before they were available to buy?

Surely then FotR will be available to rent within a month or so?

Hairy Potto is out to buy now (soon?) and that was only a month before FotR, so *fingers crossed*

[IronParrot]

"Video"? "Tape"?

BOO, HISS. Now get a DVD player and order the DVD in glorious widescreen.

[emplynx]

GO TO http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...179884-4011103 TO GET A CHEAP PRICE!!
Amazon.com is selling the LotR:FotR "Platinum Series Special Extended DVD Edition Collector's Gift Set" for $59.94!! Almost $20 less than the list price!
For more information on the extended DVD go here

[IronParrot]

More likely than not, I'll be getting both releases, August and November...

[Anastasia]

Has everyone visited TORn recently? There's a link to a site with a list of the extras on the DVD.

[emplynx]

Originally posted by Anastasia
Has everyone visited TORn recently? There's a link to a site with a list of the extras on the DVD.

Yeah, that's where I get all my info...

[The Ringbearer]

We preordered the DVD months ago. Will the 4 disc DVD have anything the other DVD's won't If so, like what?

[emplynx]

OH NO! Here it goes! The Ringbearer, you're gooing to hear more dvd info than you ever wanted to.

4-DISC PLATINUM SERIES™ SPECIAL EXTENDED DVD EDITION CONTENT OVERVIEW
(complete list of Content to be Provided at a Later Date):

Discs 1-2: The Feature
FEATURE (approx. 208 minutes) - Unique version of the epic adventure with 30 minutes of never-before-seen footage incorporated into the film and the new music scored by Academy Award®-winning composer Howard Shore:

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
Four audio commentaries by director and writers, the design team the production team and the cast featuring more than 30 participants including Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen and Academy Award® winners Richard Taylor, Andrew Lesnie, Howard Shore, Jim Rygiel, Randy Cook...and many more

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 and in-depth behind-the-scenes look at The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring:

Disc 3 - "From Book to Vision"

Adapting the book in a screenplay & planning the film
Designing and building Middle-earth
Storyboards to pre-visualization
Weta Workshop visit - An up-close look at the weapons, armor, creatures and miniatures from the film
Atlas of Middle-earth: Tracing the journey of the Fellowship
An interactive map of New Zealand highlighting the location scouting process
Galleries of art and slideshows with commentaries by the artists
Guided tour of the wardrobe department
Footage from early meetings, moving storyboards and pre-visualization reels
And much more!

Disc 4 - "From Vision to Reality"

Bringing the characters to life
A day in the life of a hobbit
Principal photography: Stories from the set
Scale: Creating the illusion of size
Galleries of behind-the-scenes photographs and personal cast photos
Editorial and visual effects multi-angle progressions
Sound design demonstration
And much more!

DVD-ROM Content: Includes access to exclusive online features
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An online store out of Britan, Play.com, has the " The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring - Collector's Box Set (4 Discs)" for presale. The retail price for in in Britan is 44.99 pounds which translates to about $65! It is supposed to be released in the USA in November. It will be rated PG-13 in it's US release.
Here are some more details it gives:
Additional footage includes in this extended cut include:
Additional Hobbit footage including a musical number
Frodo and Sam watching the elves going to the 'Undying Land'
While the Hobbits are sleeping, Frodo is woken by Aragorn singing an elvish tune that foreshadow's his relationship with Arwen
Additional scenes at Rivendell with Aragorn
Additional scenes on the departure of the Fellowship from Rivendell
Additional scenes in the Mines of Moria
Galadriel's imparting of several gifts to the Fellowship as they depart from Lothlorien
Special Features
All features to be confirmed...
Director Peter Jackson's extended cut with 30 minutes extra footage spread over discs 1 and 2
Discs 3 and 4 will contain six hours of supplementary features!
Exclusive Argonath bookends
Other superb additions to be announced!
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Lights Out Entertainment: DVD Dungeon - Bringing You Everything DVD! claims to know some details on the 30 minutes of extra footage that will be on the LotR:FotR DVD released in November. Here is what they say: (CAUTION: May be spoilers!!)

Galadriel's Gif-Giving Scene. As the elves prepare to leave Rivendell, Elf Queen Galadriel bestows a special gift upon each of the nine members of the Fellowship.
Bilbo Baggins writing a journal entry entitled "Concerning Hobbits," which serves as a history of the Hobbits and their bucolic lifestyle.
A new introduction of loyal Hobbit Sam Gamgee.
More footage from the Green Dragon Inn, with Peregrin "Pippin" Took, and Meriadoc "Merry" Brandybuck happily singing Hobbit songs.
Sam & Frodo witnessing the stately Exodus of the Elves on the road to Bree.
Aragorn singing an Elvish ballad that adds back story to the implications of his love for Arwen
Aragorn beside his mother's grave in Rivendell.
An extended sequence of the Fellowship's departure from Rivendell.
Pre-battle scenes in the Mines Of Moria, explaining how the dwarves came to be in the mines.
Character material delving into the complicated relationship between elves and dwarves.
Additional footage from the Fellowship's climatic battle scene.

Most of the above information was ripped off the Ramblings of Bill the Pony

From Amazon.com
August Release Edition Details:
• Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only)
• Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen
• Theatrical trailer(s)
• Two-disc set
• Theatrical (PG-13) version of the film
• Exclusive 10-minute behind-the-scenes preview of The Two Towers
• Three in-depth documentaries that reveal the secrets behind the production of this epic adventure, including:
• -"Welcome to Middle-earth" (in-store special as shown by Houghton Mifflin)
• -"The Quest for the Ring" (as debuted on the FBC Network)
• -"A Passage to Middle-earth" (as premiered on the SCI-FI Channel)
• 15 featurettes originally created for lordoftherings.net, which explore the locales and cultures of Middle-earth and include interviews with cast members Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Liv Tyler, and others
• Enya "May It Be" music video
• An inside look at the Special Extended DVD Edition of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
• Preview of Electronic Arts' video game, The Two Towers
• DVD-ROM features: Exclusive online content
• Widescreen anamorphic format
• Number of discs: 2
November ReleaseEdition Details:
• Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only)
• Box set
• Four-disc Platinum Series Special Extended DVD Edition of The Lord of Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
• New version of National Geographic Beyond the Movie: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring DVD, with additional footage and photo gallery
• Collectible Argonath polystone figures created by Sideshow Weta
• Exclusive Decipher trading cards
• Packaging illustrated by famed artist Alan Lee
• Special Extended DVD Edition of The Lord of Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Discs 1-2: The Feature:
• Unique version of the epic adventure with over 30 minutes of never-before-seen footage incorporated into the film and new music scored by Academy Award®-winning composer Howard Shore (approx. 208 minutes)
• Four audio commentaries by director and writers, the design team, the production team, and the cast featuring more than 30 participants including Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, and Academy Award® winners Richard Taylor, Andrew Lesnie, Howard Shore, Jim Rygiel, Randy Cook, and many more
• Special Extended DVD Edition of The Lord of Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 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 Fellowship of the Ring
• DISC 3: "From Book to Vision":
• Adapting the book into a screenplay & planning the film
• Designing and building Middle-earth
• Storyboards to pre-visualization
• Weta Workshop visit: An up-close look at the weapons, armor, creatures, and miniatures from the film
• Atlas of Middle-earth: Tracing the journey of the Fellowship
• An interactive map of New Zealand highlighting the location scouting process
• Galleries of art and slideshows with commentaries by the artists
• Guided tour of the wardrobe department
• Footage from early meetings, moving storyboards, and pre-visualization reels
• DISC 4: "From Vision to Reality":
• Bringing the characters to life
• A day in the life of a hobbit
• Principal photography: Stories from the set
• Scale: Creating the illusion of size
• Galleries of behind-the-scenes photographs and personal cast photos
• Editorial and visual effects multi-angle progressions
• Sound design demonstration
• DVD-ROM Content: Includes access to exclusive online features
• Widescreen anamorphic format
• Number of discs: 5

Does that answer anyone's questions?

[The Ringbearer]

I hope that is the one we ordered!!!

We neeedddddsssssessss thosssse bonussss featuressssss.......

[The Ringbearer]

THANK YOU EMPLYNX!!!!

If you hadn't told me that I would have been stuck with JUST ( ) the movie! Now I have to wait til' November but WHO CARES with those kinds of special features.......

[azalea]

Well, I went ahead and ordered the Aug. release (Blockbuster has a promo going on), and I'll just get the Nov. release, too. I ordered it in regular rather than widescreen, though. Would that make a difference as far as features? I'm going to get the widescreen version of the Nov. release. Curse those money grubbers for making me buy it twice!

[Play Girl]

Eeeesssshhhh!! This is starting to look very expensive. I wont bore you with the details of the price - i am sure that there is an old thread about costings - but this is how I am working thing.

1. Buy the Video first time round (I don't have a DVD player unless anyone wonts to buy one for me? no? ok)

2. Wait 4 years and buy the 16 set DVD for about a squillian pounds and sit back and watch 12hrs of back to back to back LotR!

3. Slowly become one with my sofa and remote.

luv
Play Girl
xxx

[Sween]

WEll ive had the dvd quality copy on my computer since january so ive seen it loads of times. Ive instruced a member of my family to get a DVD player for my birthday (woooo hoo not long till 9th august) and another to get me the Lord of the rings DVD im just pissed im gonna have to be a nasty child and get my sis the extended one for her birthday and when she dont want it just have it for myself

[samwiselvr2008]

i orderd my copy from Blockbuster, and as we all know, i got 10 free movie rentles with it! but i heard that now Blockbuster has a buy 1 get 1 free deall allso!

unfortently, if i wont the theatical version i have to get this one, and if i wont the directer cuts version (sorry PJ for useing that term) then i must buy both! you can not get both of them on the exstended version, and i wont the origanal one b/c it is PG13 and i wont the other one b/c it has exstra footage, but i hoord somewhere that it was R and then some of my friends wont be allowed to see it!

[The Ringbearer]

It is R ?! Ooooohhh..... I hope it isn't...... I paid about 30 dollars for it (Mom paid the rest) and I might not be able to watch it?!?

It will not bode well for Amazon.com if it is.....