Item details

• Physical Description: 5 videodiscs (182 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
• Edition: Extended edition, five-disc DVD [edition].
• Publisher: Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2013]

Contents / Notes

General Note:

Discs 1 and 2 contain the extended edition of the feature film, plus the filmmakers' commentary; disc 1 also contains the featurette New Zealand: home of Middle-earth; discs 3 and 4 contain the multipart chronological making-of featurette The appendices part 7, a long-expected journey : the chronicles of The hobbit, part 1; disc 3 also contains the featurette The songs of The hobbit; disc 4 also contains the featurette Realms of the Third Age: from Bag End to Goblin Town; disc 5 contains the featurette The appendices part 8, return to Middle-earth, that presents the characters and backgrounds of the five families of Dwarves and the actors portraying them.

"Based on the novel by J.R.R. Tolkien."

Videodisc release of the 2012 motion picture.

Formatted Contents Note:

[Disc 1]. Movie. Part one
[Disc 2]. Movie. Part two
[Disc 3]. The appendices. Part 7, A long-expected journey
[Disc 4]. The appendices. Part 7, A long-expected journey (continued)
[Disc 5]. The appendices. Part 8, Return to Middle-earth.

Creation/Production Credits Note:

Director of photography, Andrew Lesnie ; production designer, Dan Hennah ; edited by Jabez Olssen ; costume designers, Ann Maskrey, Richard Taylor, Bob Buck ; music composed, orchestrated & conducted by Howard Shore ; armour, weapons, creatures and special makeup, Richard Taylor.

Participant or Performer Note:

Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, James Nesbitt, Ken Stott, Sylvester McCoy, Barry Humphries, Cate Blanchett, Ian Holm, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, Elijah Wood, Andy Serkis, Aidan Turner, Dean O'Gorman, Graham McTavish, Adam Brown, Peter Hambleton, John Callen, Mark Hadlow, Jed Brophy, William Kircher, Stephen Hunter, Lee Pace, Benedict Cumberbatch, Manu Bennett, Conan Stevens.

Target Audience Note:

MPAA rating: PG-13; for extended sequences of intense fantasy action violence, frightening images and fleeting nudity.

System Details Note:

DVD, region 1, dual-layer format; widescreen version; Dolby digital 5.1 surround.

Language Note:

Feature film: In English, French, Japanese or Portuguese with optional subtitles in Chinese, French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish and Thai; optionally subtitled in English for the hearing impaired (SDH); bonus material may only have English dialogue and may not be subtitled.

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Fantasy films.
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