Lord Of The Rings, The, The Two Towers (Special Extended Edition Four Discs) (UK)

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Certificate: 12
Running Time: 0 mins
Retail Price: £35.99
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Content Type: Movie

Synopsis:
The Two Towers continues to follow the fortunes of the members of the now divided fellowship, with Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen), Legolas (Orlando Bloom) and Gimli (John-Rhys Davies) helping to restore some order to the land of King Theoden (Bernard Hill), whose mind has been poisoned by the machinations of Grima Wormtongue (Brad Dourif). Wormtongue is a secret emissary of wizard Sauron (Christopher Lee), now ready to unleash his army of the night on Middle-Earth.

Meanwhile, Frodo (Elijah Wood) is falling deeper under the dread influence of The Ring, as he journeys with Sam (Sean Astin) towards Mordor, and fellow Hobbits Merry and Pippin encounter the Ent Treebeard, an ancient tree-shepherd. With the addition of the extraordinary Gollum (Andy Serkis), the return of Gandalf, and a steady build up to the brilliantly staged rain-soaked night time battle of Helm`s Deep, Peter Jackson`s The Two Towers is every bit as exciting and wondrous as The Fellowship of the Ring.

Special Features:
This special extended version includes over 32 minutes of never-before-seen footage incorporated into the film, made especially for this release.

Discs One And Two:
Four audio commentaries by the director and writers, the design team, the production team and the cast

Disc Three:
Adapting the book into a screenplay and planning the film
Designing and inspiration for locations in Middle-earth
Storyboards to pre-visualisation
Weta Workshop visit - the weapons, armour, creatures and miniatures
Atlas of Middle-earth: tracing the journey of the Fellowship
Interactive map of New Zealand highlighting the location scouting process
Galleries of art and slideshows with commentaries by the artists
And much more

Disc Four:
Sending actors to battle - preparation for sword fighting
Principal photography: stories from the set
Digital effects including motion capture and "Massive" (a program to create armies of Orcs)
Bigatures - a close-up look at detailed miniatures used in the film
Galleries of behind-the-scenes photographs and personal cast photos
Post-production - editing it all together
Sound design demonstration
And much more