Extended Editions to be shown before ROTK

[IronParrot]

Check out this article (http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/8/1061560805).

Starting the week of Dec. 5, the extended DVD cut of "Fellowship of the Ring" will be released in some 100 or so theaters in the U.S. and in 20 theaters in Canada.

Then, the week of Dec. 12, sequel "Two Towers" will unspool, just a month after having preemed on DVD, leading up to a worldwide Dec. 16 daylong marathon, during which all three films will be shown back-to-back. Exhib guidelines call for a 3 p.m. showing of "Fellowship" followed by a 7 p.m. screening of "Two Towers" and then an 11 p.m. screening of "Return of the King," which will carry over into Dec. 17 -- the day of its global release.

The complete The Lord of the Rings in one go... it's a dream come true!

[Fat middle]

well, let's see what are their plans for Europe... :rolleyes:

I don't think I have a chance to see the trilogy in a go, but I envy you :)

[mithrand1r]

Originally posted by IronParrot
Check out this article (http://www.theonering.net/perl/newsview/8/1061560805).

The complete The Lord of the Rings in one go... it's a dream come true!

It is interesting. The only problem I would have is the amount of time needed to view all films in the theatre in one sitting. ~9.5-10.5 hours. If sufficient breaks are between the films it may make it doable, but then it will extend the films to about 11-12 hours.

That is many hours and no matter how good the fims may be it is very difficult to put aside that many hours to watch a movie.

It is great for those that can devote the time and effort.

[azalea]

Wow, that sounds great! But it probably won't be at my theater.:(

EDIT: re: mithrandir's post -- yeah, I think I could handle it, but no one would go with me, besides the fact that starting it at 3PM would make it run until about 3AM, if they have the breaks as you suggest. *yawn* It would be better if they started it at 1PM.

[Khamûl]

Originally posted by azalea
Wow, that sounds great! But it probably won't be at my theater.:( You've got that right. I guess that's what you get for living in nowhere. :(

That would be awesome to see all three in a row in theaters. I plan to do it someday after Return of the King is released on video. It'll be a Lord of the Rings spooge-a-thon. :D

[Entlover]

Just think of the popcorn they'd sell!
14 hours in a theater?

[Rosie Gamgee]

Just think of the crowds during intermission- all clamoring to get into the bathrooms :rolleyes:.

Oh, I wish I could go, though. I wonder where they will be showing these?

[Artanis]

I would love to see them in sequence in the theatre. :) Hey Ingeborg Moræus Hanssen, do you hear me? :D Doubt if I could persuade someone to come with me though. :rolleyes:

[azalea]

I know, I wish I lived closer to some of you people, because I know then I'd have someone guaranteed that would be willing to do that kind of thing with me (or even just watch the movies more than once). Others of you, I'm glad I live a safe distance away -- Just kidding!:D

[LuthienTinuviel]

Originally posted by Entlover
Just think of the popcorn they'd sell!
14 hours in a theater?

yes, but 14 hours of LOTR in a theatre!:D

i pay for the college of all new lines employees kids.. so is there any doubt that i would go?

[Halbarad]

I am looking foward to it so much.
Living in Boston I bet there going to play it here but I bet the hardest thing will be getting tickets, because thousands are going to want to go. I am searching all the movieticket sites everyday until they come and I am buying a bunch for my friends and brother. I feel really bad for you people who can't go. :(

[Entlover]

I'd love to go to all 3 but after careful consideration, will let someone else have my spot. My 9 year old wants to go too and I know he'd never make it. We'll watch the first two at home, then go to the theater for RotK.
Just watched TT again -- my 7 yr old daughter likes it better than The Fellowship. It's so nice that Arwen is a dark haired elven princess, my daughter can identify with her. TT grows on one, improves on subsequent viewings.

[Gamigar]

cool, but alas, it probably wont come to the midwest.:(

[galadriel]

This sounds awesome, but I'm afraid 14 hours in a movie theater would turn me into a living zombie.

I *am* planning to have a movie marathon with my friends once the extended version of RotK comes out. We'll all be off at college by then, but it will be worth the reunion!

[Elfhelm]

I'll take DVDs over DVT any day!

DVT is the formation of a blood clot in a deep vein, usually occurring in the calf, thigh or pelvic region. The condition— which sometimes causes leg symptoms such as pain, swelling and discoloration-can be brought on by an extended period of immobility due to medical illness, injury, surgery or even lengthy travel.
Deep Vein Thrombosis awareness campaign (http://www.spotlighthealth.com/about_us/press_releases/dvt_release.html)

Maybe they should show the Jethro Tull anti-DVT ad between the movies.

[galadriel]

Originally posted by Elfhelm
I'll take DVDs over DVT any day!


Deep Vein Thrombosis awareness campaign (http://www.spotlighthealth.com/about_us/press_releases/dvt_release.html)

Maybe they should show the Jethro Tull anti-DVT ad between the movies.
Agh! <gets out of computer chair and moves around a bit nervously> Not that I have anything to worry about at the moment, I walked six miles today....

[Entlover]

Of course, I should have thought of the risk of DVTs.

But I suspect the risk is minimal as long as you get up and move around every couple of hours, as I think one would do in a theater.
The cool thing about the 14 hour marathon would be the camaraderie -- everybody in the theater would be feel like they were on the same Quest .. mission. . . thing. All starving together (or living on popcorn and Jordan almonds).

Maybe 14 hours is an exaggeration.

[galadriel]

Originally posted by Entlover
The cool thing about the 14 hour marathon would be the camaraderie -- everybody in the theater would be feel like they were on the same Quest .. mission. . . thing. All starving together (or living on popcorn and Jordan almonds).
I agree... movies are all the better when watched as groups. Emotions seem to be magnified when shared with others. *And* joint suffering would make the starvation/mission/fear of blood clots thing a lot more bearable. :)

[Sheeana]

To bad you won't be able to hold each others hands when you all get diarrhoaea from eating too much popcorn! :p

[zinnite]

This might have been discussed before, but apparently not recently, so...

http://www.lordoftherings.net/trilogy/index.html

The site says the tickets go on sale October 9, but that's all the information I can find. Does anyone know: are tickets bought through the site or the individual theater? How much are they?

At any rate, I'm there. I've already put in for time off at work.

[eowyngirl14]

ooooooh! i so want to see the extended films in the theater! my midterms end the 15 so im all set! :D

[azalea]

I merged your thread into the one that already existed about it. Thanks for the info.:)

The only prob is that they don't show times. I assume it would be approx:
FotR: 4:30 to 8
TTT: 8:15 to 11:45
RotK: midnight to whenever.

I still refuse to see it at midnight. I must be able to enjoy it when all my faculties are uncompromised (does that even make any sense:confused: :rolleyes: ). Anyway, it would be fun. I wish they'd do it on a Saturday (Fotr: noon to 3:30, TTT 3:45 to 7:15, RotK 7:30 to whenever.)

[b.banner]

i am already plannning on seeing the premeir and all three of them together to and my mom said i could go so i have nothing to worry about

[Valandil]

I had HOPED for something like this in the theaters - but hadn't noticed this thread before (only visited the site a few times before and just registered today). I actually think they could do it twice every weekend for a couple months and draw good crowds - even if they did it overnight... (when nobody else is out watching movies). Esp with all the college students on break. (any big-time theater moguls following this site...???)

It'd be REALLY great for us hobbit-types if they could set up some kind of buffet line with finger-foods for breaks - instead of 14 hours of popcorn & candy! I'm thinking... some of the things Bilbo pulls from his pantry in "Unexpected Party"

[b.banner]

is anybody who posted something here going to see them besides me?

[Dúnedain]

Originally posted by azalea
I still refuse to see it at midnight.

I went to the midnight show for both movies so far so I must keep tradition going!! :D

[Snowdog]

Well, yesterdays exercise in trying to get tickets online for the Seattle Cinerama was a fiasco. After the website crashed, they started selling them at the box-office a day early. Many a person was mad about that. I did get some tickets for the trilogy in Spokane. A change of plan yeah but I'm seeing them back to back!

[IronParrot]

Apparently, these are selling out like crazy.

And it's really frustrating, because Famous Players (the big Canadian chain) hasn't announced their Trilogy Tuesday locations yet!

[Spock]

I.P. a debt of gratitude for this information. Wouldn't you know that all the places I've lived in have theatres doing this except the place I live in now.
:mad:

[Elfhelm]

Here in Portland they were sold out yesterday. I'll have to do it myself with DVDs beforehand.

[anduin]

I got mine ok, there were only about 20 people in line when the tickets went on sale in Louisville, KY. I couldn't believe that there weren't more people. It was kinda crazy that the day before tickets went on sale they (the theatre) didn't have any details about what time the tickets were going on sale, how much they were, or even if they were actually going to have any tickets to sell. "All we know is our theatre is listed on some website." Scary.

For those of you who have tickets, what is the schedule for your theatre? Louisville starts at 1:15 pm and goes until 1:25am. There are 1/2 hour breaks in between and ROTK starts at 10:00pm!! :D

[Lizra]

Sold out in Indpls. several days ago! Since I live at least an hour and a half away from the theater, I didn't bother. My dvds at home seem to have a clearer picture than what I saw at the theater, but it would still be fun to see people dressed up. There's a buzz about costumes on the local music forum I hang out on. :) Don't you really want them to start with RoTK...then the other two? Heh! I'm a cheater! :D

[bropous]

Well, sold out in Colorado Springs as well for the three-film marathon.

I think I'm with azelea and a few others on this one...I'll get more out of the film seeing it during the day, and I took that Thursday and Friday off so I can hit the cheap matinees. I'll see the first two in the weeks they are released, then the big days of RoTK.

Man, this is a bittersweet countdown.

Of course I can't wait to see it, but then again, I COULD wait to see it. It will be the finality to two years plus of waiting, an end to a delayed gratification which will end with the final credits of the first viewing of RotK. The end, we all know, will be sad and hard, seeing that ship head off for Valinor, watching Sam and Merry and Pip turning silently homeward.

It might be such a sad thing to see it may take a while to want to relive it.

Pray to the heavens above or the dimension next door that the Scouring will miraculously appear in the film....

[Black Breathalizer]

Personally, I don't see what the big deal is about seeing all three at the theatres back to back to back. Like bropous, I'll see the first two again at the theatres in December and then focus on ROTK at the opening.

[Autumn]

Go the lord of the rings website, if you order your tickets now you have a chance to get a free limited edition poster.

anyone interested?

[galadriel]

Originally posted by Lizra
My dvds at home seem to have a clearer picture than what I saw at the theater, but it would still be fun to see people dressed up. There's a buzz about costumes on the local music forum I hang out on. :) Eh, I'm going to see the matinee, and I'm going to dress up anyway. It's fun to get strange looks. ;)