(50 points) Boromir died prior to Faramir's first appearance, so the flashback allows them to appear in the same scene. The extended edition, on the other hand, includes Saruman's death scene. This brings The Return of the King's total runtime to 4 hours and 11 minutes. But before this, when the heroes along with the Rohirrim were pushing Saruman's orc army back, the orcs fled into the forest and were believed to have been killed by the Ents inside, judging by their screams. It's here that we learn that their father, Denethor (John Noble), prefers Boromir over Faramir. The extended addition boosts its theatrical runtime from 179 minutes to 223 minutes. * Binge-watch with someone. Fly, you fools! The new footage consisted of deleted scenes as well as longer versions of scenes that were already in the movie. Many get short-handed in the theatrical cuts, especially when their stories aren't central to the plot. * Recommend a series, marathon, film, or meme to someone. While it may seem that there would be nothing left to say after the bevy of features on the extended Fellowship, the four commentary tracks and two discs of supplements on The Two Towers remain informative, fascinating, and funny, far surpassing the recycled materials on the two-disc theatrical version. He can be reached by email at cnrmail@bellsouth.net and on Twitter at @cnraymond91. The extended editions for Blu-ray were released in the U.S. and Canada on 28 June 2011. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Special Extended Edition All the non-English lines augmented with translations (from various internet sources) including songs and Dark speech. These versions have new editing, scenes, special effects and music, and also more scenes and content than the theatrical versions. This version adds a bit more to the scenes with Pippin (Billy Boyd) and Merry (Dominic Monaghan) and their encounter with the Ent, Treebeard (voiced by John Rhys-Davies). (500 points per hour) In the second part of the Tolkien trilogy, Frodo Baggins and the other members of the Fellowship continue on their sacred quest to destroy the One Ring--but on separate paths. He also has interests in ancient history. All have been re-synced & line-breaks removed. Nicholas' love for telling stories is inspired by his love for film noir, westerns, superhero movies, classic films, foreign cinema, and wuxia. * Add a series, marathon, or film to your watch list. Seeing them receive their new weapons, like Legolas' bow, isn't essential to the plot, but is still a neat addition, since it gives audiences a chance to learn more about the main characters' magical items. While Frodo and Sam edge closer to Mordor with the help of the shifty Gollum, the divided fellowship makes a stand against Sauron's new ally, Saruman, and his hordes of Isengard. The Desolation of Smaug contains 25 minutes of additional footage. (25,000 points). * Create a movie marathon. * Add a movie to a marathon you've created. How long is The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (extended release) (2002)? 0 - 20 minutes Follow me! Highlights of the 6.5 hours' worth of documentaries offer insight on the stunts, the design … * Add a series, marathon, or film to your seen list. The extended addition boosts its theatrical runtime from 179 minutes to 223 minutes. The second film, “The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers” in its extended edition on Disc 1 is using a BD-100 (100 gigabytes) disc, 67.77 gigabytes total and 65.9 gigabytes for that first half of the extended edition itself of the second film. The extended editions added tons of new footage to the three movies, which brings the runtime of the trilogy up from 9 hours and 3 minutes to 11 hours and 36 minutes. https://lotr.fandom.com/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings_Extended_Edition Several scenes tacked on at the beginning shed new light on the Hobbits and help to introduce the main characters, particularly Frodo Baggins (Elijah Wood) and Samwise Gamgee (Sean Astin). One of the best scenes that was cut from the theatrical version was Gandalf fighting the Witch King. Interestingly, much of Saruman's plan for attacking Helm's Deep was left on the cutting room floor, including the decision to burn the forest of Fangorn, encourage the villagers to attack Rohan, and build a dam (the same one the Ents destroy in the end). (10 points) In this version Peter Jackson is getting closer to the Version of Tolkien and the original creation of Middle-Earth." Log in to add this to your watch listLog in to add this to your seen listLog in to recommend this to someone, Lord of the Rings Trilogy plus The Hobbit Trilogy all extended versions, The Lord of the Rings (extended editions), Xmas Marathon: A Little Old, A Little New. But the extended editions show that some of these characters actually did get their due.