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THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING
Press Release

Available to buy or rent on DVD and VHS  May 25, 2004
Director: Peter Jackson
Starring: Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Dominic Monaghan, Billy Boyd, Andy Serkis, Viggo Mortensen, Orlando Bloom, John Rhys-Davies, Sir Ian McKellen, Bernard Hill, Miranda Otto and Liv Tyler
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for intense epic battle sequences and frightening images
Total Running Time:  200 Minutes
DVD Order Date: April 20, 2004

THE LORD OF THE RINGS:

THE RETURN OF THE KING

DVD Fact Sheet

The Lord of the Rings Trilogy comes to a stunning conclusion with the May 25, 2004, DVD and VHS release of the theatrical feature film. Based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic adventure of good versus evil, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King has become a global phenomenon, smashing box office records, appearing on over 270 national critics’ year-end top ten lists and leading the 76th Annual Academy Award® ceremony with eleven wins out of eleven nominations.

Priced to own at $29.95 on DVD and $24.97 on VHS, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King two-disc DVD is presented with the enhanced picture and sound quality consumers have come to expect from New Line Home Entertainment and contains over two hours of added value material.

The DVD set includes exciting behind-the-scenes specials, featurettes, theatrical trailers, TV spots, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy supertrailer, a preview of the upcoming The Lord of the Rings based video game from Electronic Arts and a link to exclusive online content about the motion picture trilogy.

THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING

TWO-DISC SET

DISC 1 (AVAILABLE IN BOTH WIDESCREEN OR FULLSCREEN EDITIONS)

WIDESCREEN

FEATURE (200 minutes)

o Widescreen version of the film

o Dolby Digital EX 5.1 Surround Sound

o Stereo Surround Sound

o English subtitles and closed captions

o Spanish subtitles

DVD ROM MATERIAL:

o Link to Exclusive on-line content

o Link to lordoftherings.net

FULLSCREEN

FEATURE (200 minutes)

o Fullscreen version of the film

o Dolby Digital EX 5.1 Surround Sound

o Stereo Surround Sound

o English subtitles and closed captions

o Spanish subtitles

DVD ROM MATERIAL:

o Link to Exclusive on-line content

o Link to lordoftherings.net

DISC 2 (WITH BOTH WIDESCREEN AND FULLSCREEN EDITIONS)

SPECIAL FEATURES (More than 2 hours of added value material):

o Animated Menus

o English Subtitles and Closed Captions

o Spanish Subtitles

IN-DEPTH PROGRAMS

o The Quest Fulfilled: A Director’s Vision

o A Filmmaker's Journey: Making THE RETURN OF THE KING

o National Geographic Special – THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING

FEATURETTES

Created for lordoftherings.net:

o “Aragorn’s Destiny”

o “Minas Tirith: Capital of Gondor”

o “The Battle of Pelennor Fields”

o “Samwise the Brave”

o “Éowyn: White Lady of Rohan”

o “Digital Horse Doubles”

TRAILERS

o The Lord of the Rings Trilogy Supertrailer

o Two Theatrical Trailers

TV SPOTS

o “Heart/Frodo”

o “Every Path”

o “Test”

o “Aragorn”

o “Time”

o “Every Step”

o “Sword”

o “Decided”

o “Time Review”

o “Decided Review”

o “Step Golden Globes”

o “Globe Noms”

o “New Epic Globe”

VIDEO GAME REVIEW/PREVIEW

Preview of all-new Electronic Arts video game, “The Battle for Middle-earth,” and a review of past THE LORD OF THE RINGS Electronic Arts video games

DVD Rom Material

o Link to exclusive on-line content

o Link to lordoftherings.net

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Title Format SRP Cat. # ISBN # UPC #
LOTR: ROTK (Widescreen) DVD (2-disc)

$29.95

N6929 0-7806-4650-9 7 94043 69292 5
LOTR: ROTK (Fullscreen) DVD (2-disc) $29.95 N6930 0-7806-4651-7 7 94043 69302 1
LOTR: ROTK (Fullscreen) VHS $24.97 N6927 0-7806-4648-7 7 94043 69273 4
LOTR: ROTK (Spanish subtitled w/English packaging) VHS $24.97 N6928 0-7806-4649-5 7 94043 69283 3
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