The Lord of the Rings Trilogy returns to AMC theaters in June
The three movies will play over the course of three weeks, with The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring screening on June 14th, The Lord of The Rings: The Two Towers screening on June 21st, and The Lord of The Rings: The Return of The King bringing the trilogy to its climactic and Oscar-winning end on June 28th, the release date of The Lord of The Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy Blu-ray.
This will be the first time that The Lord of The Rings: The Return of The King Extended Edition has played in a theater. All three films will be shown digitally. More information is coming shortly.
The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring was released December 19th, 2001 and stars Alan Howard, Elijah Wood, Noel Appleby, Sean Astin, Sala Baker, Sean Bean, Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom. The film is directed by Peter Jackson.
The Lord of The Rings: The Two Towers was released December 18th, 2002 and stars Bruce Allpress, Sean Astin, John Bach, Sala Baker, Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom, Billy Boyd, Jed Brophy. The film is directed by Peter Jackson.
The Lord of The Rings: The Return of The King was released December 17th, 2003 and stars Noel Appleby, Alexandra Astin, Sean Astin, David Aston, John Bach, Sean Bean, Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom. The film is directed by Peter Jackson.
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SpaceCowboy
@gandoff2169 Some thought the extended LOTR films were 5 hours a piece since that was the rumor before the DVDs had come out. But if you were to watch the original trilogy and extended trilogy side by side it would add up to 20 hours or so.
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gandoff2169
@McCartney. I am not sure what you mean by exaggeration. The LOTR's movies each are roughly 3 1/2 hours long in the Extened version. So at a estimation of 4 hours foor each film, it would be 12 hours of play time. Someone said it would take 20 hours to watch them all. By math, with addition of reel changing time, and credits at the end of the films as "breaks", then it would not take 20 hours of "striaght" watching time which is why I said what I did. So once again, I have no idea what your mean.
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Major Tom
@gandoff2169 Exaggeration is a new concept for you, isn't it?
Back on topic, this is pretty exciting news, but I probably won't go. Besides, I probably don't have an AMC theatre near me anyway.
2 years agoby @movie-nutFlag
account-closed
The Blu-ray, extended version is a must have for me. Been waiting a long time for it.
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incmob
@ghostman I WOULD SO LOVE THAT... I unfortunately waited all the way until the extended dvds to own the films (which adds so much more depth to the films) so i am a little bummed that i am not going to be shelling out for the blue ray extended, so getting them for free, would be bad ass!
2 years agoby @incmobFlag
Josh
Star Wars AND Rings coming back to theatres? Awesome news for cinema buffs. Too bad there are no AMC theatres where I live. :(
2 years agoby @shuabertFlag
Shadow Of The Day
Great News.
2 years agoby @asifFlag
Ghostman
@incmob correct, you are! if only they would give away the blu-rays during the movies. That--would be awesome! some kind of contest at the beginning of each movie where they hold a raffle ticket drawing :)
2 years agoby @ghostmanFlag
incmob
@ghostman it is worth it especially for the 3 hour... err... 3.5 hours of sitting through it.
2 years agoby @incmobFlag
Furankisan
LOTR Kings edition: that's the one to see. And I got the perfect pillow for my ass to sit through it.
2 years agoby @furankisanFlag
ZanyZap
I saw the second and the third in theaters, but I'd be down to view them again, especially the extended versions. I may buy a Blu-ray player just for the LOTR trilogy and the Star Wars saga.
2 years agoby @zanyzapFlag
Ghostman
Speechless.
*Just to clear up the confusio: they will NOT be played back-to-back in one day(!) they're being released one day for 3 weeks seperately ppl.*
Anyway, never seen them in theatres, only on DVD, but I will do my best to see them at the show :)
Wow.
2 years agoby @ghostmanFlag
Brian
I'm there.
2 years agoby @brianFlag
skywise
@addictionnonfatel cover that mouth when you yawn!!! =P
2 years agoby @skywiseFlag
Worth5Bucks
sweeeeeeeet!
2 years agoby @mattbierwagenFlag
gandoff2169
If it was close to me, i would do it... You could have breaks between the movies. While credits role, and the movie gets change for the next one. Then you get up to, 30 mins between each film. But they all are not 20 hours long together @jonspidey07. They are more like 12-13 hours together.
2 years agoby @gandoff2169Flag
bipolarmassive
*Yawns*....
2 years agoby @addictionnonfatelFlag
skywise
oh hell ya, the extended versions are by far superior and i will definatly see them in theaters as it has not been done.
2 years agoby @skywiseFlag
JonSpidey07
kinda back-handed of them to play them back-to-back
my ass would get sore from sitting for 20 hrs if I had an AMC theater showing these movies
why bother when I have the whole trilogy already on DVD?
2 years agoby @jonspidey07Flag
moviegeek
I'm probably not going to go to this, but it would be fun to see at least one of them.
2 years agoby @moviegeekFlag
T.Clark
It would be quite the experience to see these in theaters. I never did...but I doubt I will. There's lots of movies coming out this summer.
I'm surprised they're not being released in 3D lol
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SpaceCowboy
My ass will be numb watching these back to back in theaters. But it will be worth it.
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Bawnian©-Dexeus
Way to advertise the Blu Ray release
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