Lord of the Rings-Fellowship of the Ring (Platinum Series Special Extended Edition-Dts) (2001)

Discs 1-2: The Feature:
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 more)

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

 
"The best film of the year!"  Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
"A great picture, a triumphant picture!"  Lisa Schwartzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
"Not since Gone With The Wind more than 60 years ago has a movie held up as well to the original book."  Paul Clinton, CNN
"Spectacular scenery, stupefying effects and epic scope... a dream come true."  Rita Kempley, The Washington Post
"Real magic! One of the best films of the year!"  Joel Siegel, Good Morning America
"...the most rousing and ambitious adventure film of many years and bodes well for the future of the Tolkien fan."  John Anderson, Newsday
"An excellent film and a ripping yarn of a movie."  Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
 


Editor's Note

With THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING, director Peter Jackson has achieved a meticulous and captivating adaptation of the first book of J.R.R. Tolkien's classic fantasy trilogy. The setting is Middle-earth, a mythological land populated by elves, dwarves, humans, and the gentle, diminutive hobbits upon whom the story centers. One hobbit, Frodo Baggins (Elijah Wood), unexpectedly comes into possession of an ancient magical ring so powerful it invariably corrupts anyone who wears it. In order to prevent the ring's erstwhile owner, the dark lord Sauron, from reclaiming the ring and taking over Middle-earth, a motley band of comrades set out to destroy it in the fires of Mount Doom, where it was forged. Included in the group are Frodo and hobbits Sam (Sean Astin), Merry (Dominic Monoghan), and Pippin (Billy Boyd); the wizard Gandalf (Ian McKellen); human warriors Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen) and Boromir (Sean Bean); the dwarf Gimli (John Rhys-Davies); the elf Legolas (Orlando Bloom). Along the way, they wage battle with monsters, demons, and Sauron's evil minions, all brought to life by spectacular digital technology.

Jackson's grandiose production represents the first of three films that he wrote and directed, derived from Tolkien's beloved novels. Fourteen months in the making, at a cost of $270 million, all three installments were filmed at once in New Zealand where diverse landscapes lend themselves particularly well to the mystical realm of Middle-earth. The trilogy also includes THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS and THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING.