The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring Special Extended DVD Edition

Specially created for home viewing, over 30 minutes of new and extended scenes were added by Director Peter Jackson, including new music composed by Howard Shore. Discs 1 & 2: Special Extended Edition Of The Film. Four feature-length commentaries by the director and writers, the cast, the production and design teams, with more than 30 participants including Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Richard Taylor, Andrew Lesnie, Howard Shore, Jim Rygiel and Randy Cook, and cast including Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Sean Astin, John Rhys-Davies, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Orlando Bloom, Christopher Lee and Sean Bean. Disc 3: The Appendices Part One - From Book To Vision. Six documentaries covering J.R.R. Tolkien, the process of adapting the book into a screenplay and planning the film, designing and building Middle-earth, as well as a visit to Weta Workshop with an up-close look at costumes, weapons, armor, creatures and miniatures created for the film. An interactive map of Middle-earth tracing the journey of the Fellowship. Galleries of art and accompanying slide shows with commentaries by the artists (includes an archive of nearly 2,000 images). Storyboards and previsualization sequences with film comparisons. Disc 4: The Appendices Part Two - From Vision To Reality. 11 original documentaries covering the cast, principal photography, a day in the life of a hobbit, visual effects, post production, editing, music and sound and the release of the film. Galleries of behind-the-scene photographs.