First look at Return of the King Extended Edition DVD Menus!

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Courtesy of New Line Cinema we have some fantastic shots from the upcoming extended edition including first looks at the menu for the dvd set. Muchos cool. This is one dvd I have been waiting VERY impatiently to get. So without further ado here are the pictures and the low down on the Special Extended Edition. Head to the movie section for high rez copies.

"In this Special Extended Edition, Peter Jackson has created the ultimate conclusion to a true filmmaking achievement," said New Line Home Entertainment president and chief operating officer, Stephen Einhorn. "With even more added footage than the Special Extended Editions of The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers, this new version of The Return of the King is truly a landmark cinematic experience."

Lord of the Rings: Return of the King Movie, click for News & Synopsis

Created under the supervision of Academy Award Â®-winning writer/director/producer Peter Jackson, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Special Extended Edition offers a stunning, new version of The Return of the King featuring approximately 50 minutes of never-before-seen scenes and sequences woven into the theatrical feature.

The original, theatrical version of the film was named Best Picture by The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (Golden Globe Awards), and scores of print, broadcast and online film critics and moviemaking guilds and is currently available on DVD and VHS.

Composer Howard Shore has returned to his original, Academy Award Â®-winning The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King score and written entirely new music for this Special Extended Edition. Similarly, the artisans and visual effects artists at New Zealandâ€™s WETA Digital have contributed over 300 new special effects shots.

The 250-minute feature is contained on two discs in Widescreen, Dolby Digital EX 5.1 Surround Sound, DTS ES 6.1 Surround Sound and Stereo Surround Sound. Four complete, separate audio commentaries are supplied by Peter Jackson and more than 30 members of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King cast and production team, including Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Orlando Bloom, Academy Award Â®-winners Richard Taylor, Howard Shore, Randy Cook and many more.

Discs Three and Four contain hours of all new supplemental material. These one-of-a-kind features include production documentaries and featurettes; design and photo galleries of thousands of images; interactive maps; access to exclusive online features via DVD-ROM; and more.

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