The lord of the rings
(Blu-ray) 

Based on the books by J.R.R. Tolkien.

The fellowship of the ring originally released as a motion picture in 2001.

The two towers originally released as a motion picture in 2002.

The return of the king originally released as a motion picture in 2003.

Director of photography, Andrew Lesnie ; production design, Grant Major ; film editor, John Gilbert ; music, Howard Shore.

Elijah Wood, Ian McKellan, Viggo Mortensen, Liv Tyler, Sean Astin, Cate Blanchett, John Rhys-Davies, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Orlando Bloom, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving.

In bringing J.R.R. Tolkien's nearly unfilmable work to the screen, Jackson benefited from extraordinary special effects, evocative New Zealand locales, and an exceptionally well-chosen cast, but most of all from his own adaptation with co-writers Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens, preserving Tolkien's vision and often his very words, but also making logical changes to accommodate the medium of film. While purists complained about these changes and about characters and scenes left out of the films, the additional hours of material in the extended editions help appease them by delving more deeply into Tolkien's music, the characters, and loose ends that enrich the story, such as an explanation of the Faramir-Denethor relationship, and the appearance of the Mouth of Sauron at the gates of Mordor.

PG-13.

Blu-Ray, 1080p high definition 16x9 2.4.1 DTS-HD master audio ; requires Blu-ray player.

English and Spanish languages with English and Spanish subtitles ; closed-captioned for the deaf and hard of hearing.