Public Libraries of Suffolk County, New York

The Lord of the rings, New Line Cinema presents a Wingnut Films production ; producers, Barrie M. Osborne [and others] ; screenplay writers, Fran Walsh [and others] ; director, Peter Jackson

DVD, Dolby digital, digital EX 5.1 surround sound, DTS ES 6.1 surround sound, Region 1; DVD-ROM: Microsoft Windows 98SE or higher, InterActual player (included); Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or higherBased on the books by J.R.R. TolkienSpecial features: Discs 1&2: four feature-length commentaries by the director and writers, the cast, the production and design teams, with more than 30 participantsSpecial features: 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 commentary by the artists; storyboards and previsualization sequences with film comparisionsSpecial features: 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-scenes photographs

multicolored

quadrophonic multichannel or surround

Director of photography, Andrew Lesnie ; editor, John Gilbert ; music, Howard Shore ; costume designers, Ngila Dickson ... [et al.] ; production designer, Grant Major

other

Special extended edition; widescreen version 2.35:first.

9780780638471

N5549 -- New Line Home Entertainment

videodisc

Originally produced as a motion picture in 2001.

Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Cate Blanchett, John Rhys-Davies, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Orlando Bloom, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, Sean Bean, Ian Holm, Andy Serkis

4 videodiscs (208 min.), sound, color, 4 3/4 in. +, companion booklet (12 pages)

sound on medium

videodisc

794043554926

DVD