TY - ADVS AU - Jackson,Peter AU - Osborne,Barrie AU - Walsh,Fran AU - Boyens,Philippa AU - Wood,Elijah AU - McKellen,Ian AU - Tyler,Liv AU - Mortensen,Viggo AU - Astin,Sean AU - Blanchett,Cate AU - Rhys-Davies,John AU - Boyd,Billy AU - Monaghan,Dominic AU - Bloom,Orlando AU - Tolkien,J.R.R. ED - New Line Cinema Corporation. ED - WingNut Films (Firm) ED - New Line Home Entertainment (Firm) TI - The lord of the rings SN - 0780643321 PY - 2004/// CY - [Los Angeles] PB - New Line Home Entertainment KW - Baggins, Frodo (Fictitious character) KW - Drama KW - Middle Earth (Imaginary place) KW - Feature films KW - Films for the hearing impaired KW - Film adaptations KW - Fantasy films N1 - Closed-captioned; DVD release of the 2001-2003 films, with new and extended scenes; Based on the trilogy of novels by J.R.R. Tolkien; Special features: optional full-length audio commentaries by the director and writers, the design team, the production/post-production team, and the cast; new and extended scenes; 6 bonus discs with "Making of" documentaries, maps, art galleries, and DVD-ROM content; [pt. 1, discs 1-4]. The fellowship of the ring -- [pt. 2, discs 5-8]. The two towers -- [pt. 3, discs 9-12]. The return of the king; Director of photography, Andrew Lesnie ; editors, John Gilbert, Michael Horton, Jamie Selkirk ; music, Howard Shore; 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, Bernard Hill, Miranda Otto, David Wenham, Brad Dourif, Andy Serkis, Karl Urban, John Noble N2 - In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, the Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-Earth still it remained lost to him. After many ages it fell, by chance, into the hands of the Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins. On his eleventy-first birthday, Bilbo disappeared, bequeathing to his young cousin, Frodo, the Ruling Ring, and a perilous quest: to journey across Middle-Earth, deep into the shadow of the Dark Lord, and destroy the Ring by casting it into the Cracks of Doom ER -