 Frodo
lives - 10:13am
Awww, c'mon now, you knew it was coming, it was only a matter
of time. Today, New Line Home Entertainment has announced initial
DVD plans for some little film called The Lord of the Rings:
The Two Towers. (I believe this is the middle chapter in a
trilogy about hobbits or elves or something.) New Line will release
not one but three versions, just like last time: 2.35:1 anamorphic
widescreen and full screen versions of the theatrical cut with
minimal extras, and then a humongo-sized four-disc set with an
extended cut of the film and enough extras to flatten an elephant.
The theatrical cut debuts on August 26th, and includes the full
feature on disc one presented in Dolby Digital Surround EX and
2.0 surround (no DTS option is included), plus a second disc containing
additional extras: the featurette "On the Set - The Lord
of the Rings: The Two Towers - Return to Middle-Earth," eight
web featurettes created originally for Lordoftherings.net ("Forces
of Darkness," "Designing the Sounds of Middle-Earth,"
"Edoras: The Rohan capital," "Creatures of Middle-Earth,"
"Gandalf the White," "Arms and Armor," "Battle
of Hehn's Deep,=" and "Bringing Gollum to Life,"
the 6-minute short film by Sean Astin "The Long and the Short
of It," a featurette on the making of the short, a 10-minute
sneak peek at the concluding chapter in the trilogy The Return
of the King, a video trailer for the upcoming four-disc set of
The Two Towers, an Electronic Arts' game demo, a music video,
and trailers and TV spots. Retail is $29.95.
 Then,
on November 18th, New Line will release the four-disc extended
version of The Two Towers, which will include a bevy of extras.
No retail price nor full specs have been announced, but expecting
something along the lines of last year's epic The Fellowship of
the Ring mega-box. As always, watch this space for more, and in
the meantime, check out some menu screenshots from The Two Towers
two-disc set up in our new Two Towers multimedia
gallery.
Fun with Frodo and Gollum - 10:20am
Alright, so it can't quite rival Lord of the Rings, but Columbia
TriStar has a few new announcements to make today, too. On July
1st, they will release the catalog faves Fun with Dick and
Jane and Parker Posey in Party Girl. Unfortunately,
none are particularly impressive releases: Dick and Jane at least
get an anamorphic widescreen transfer, plus a mono English track
and bonus trailers. Party Girl is full screen only, with a Dolby
2.0 surround track plus more trailers. Retail is $24.95 each.
On the new release front, Columbia will also release the little-seen
German thriller The Experiment on July 1st. Not much of
note on this one, either - an anamorphic widescreen transfer,
the original German 5.1 Dolby surround track, plus bonus trailers.
Retail is a high $29.95.
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