The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers (2002) +

The Fellowship has been broken. Boromir is dead, Frodo Baggins and Samwise Gamgee have gone to Mordor alone to destroy the One Ring, Merry and Pippin have been captured by the Uruk-hai, and Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli have made friends of the Rohan, a race of humans that are in the path of the upcoming war, led by its aging king, Théoden. The two towers between Mordor and Isengard, Barad-dúr and Orthanc, have united in their lust for destruction. The corrupt wizard Saruman, under the power of the Dark Lord Sauron, and his slimy assistant, Gríma Wormtongue, have created a grand Uruk-hai army bent on the destruction of Man and Middle-earth. The rebellion against Sauron is building up and will be led by Gandalf the White, who was thought to be dead after the Balrog captured him. One of the Ring's original bearers, the creature Gollum, has tracked Frodo and Sam down in search of his 'precious', but is captured by the Hobbits and used as a way to lead them to Mt. Doom. The War of the Ring has now begun.

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DVD Features:

DISCS 1-2: The Feature:

• A new version of the second installment includes 43 minutes of never-before-seen footage incorporated into the film. (approx. 223 minutes)
• Commentary track by writer-director Peter Jackson and writers Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens
• Commentary track by the design team
• Commentary track by the production/post-production team
• Commentary track by 16 cast members, including Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Andy Serkis, John Rhys-Davies, Orlando Bloom, Christopher Lee, Bernard Hill, and Miranda Otto

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 Two Towers

DISC 3:

• Adapting the book into a screenplay & planning the film
• Designing and inspiration for locations in Middle-earth
• Storyboards to pre-visualization
• Weta Workshop visit: See sculptors in action as they create 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

DISC 4:

• Sending the actors into battle: sword fighting
• Principal photography: Stories from the set
• Digital effects including motion capture and the computer program to create the armies of Orcs
• Bigatures: a close-up look at the miniatures
• Galleries of behind-the-scenes photographs and personal cast photos
• Post-Production: editing it all together
• Sound design demonstration
• DVD-ROM Content: Includes access to exclusive online features

Widescreen anamorphic format

Number of discs: 4