EAN: 5017239191886 Leading Role: Andy Serkis Genre: Sci-Fi/Fantasy Director: Peter Jackson Display Format: Widescreen Release Year: 20030000 DVD/ Blu-Ray/ HD-DVD: DVD Rating: UK:12 Region: Region 2: Europe

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Description
The tale continues with the Fellowship broken and three groups heading their different ways. Frodo and Sam carry on for Mordor and acquire along the way a travelling companion by the name of Gollum who promises to help them reach the Mountain of Doom. Elsewhere Merry and Pippin's attempt to escape the Uruk Hai leads them to enter Fangorn Forest where they encounter Treebeard, a walking, talking tree shepherd. Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli reach Rohan to discover that King Theoden has been taken over by Saruman, All the residents of Rohan are ordered to go to Helm's Deep where a massive battle against the Uruk Hai ensues. Extended edition containing over forty-two minutes of never-before-seen footage. Includes three bonus featurettes. Discs 3 and 4 contain hours of original content including multiple documentaries and design.

Credits
Leading Role:	Andy Serkis, Bernard Hill, Billy Boyd, Brad Dourif, Cate Blanchett, Christopher Lee, Christopher Lee, Christopher Lee, David Wenham, David Wenham, Dominic Monaghan, Elijah Wood, Hugo Weaving, Hugo Weaving, Ian McKellen, John Rhys-Davies, Karl Urban, Liv Tyler, Miranda Otto, Orlando Bloom, Sean Astin, Viggo Mortensen
Director:	Peter Jackson
Writer:	J.R.R. Tolkien
Producer:	Barrie M. Osborne, Bob Weinstein, Fran Walsh, Harvey Weinstein, Peter Jackson, Robert Shaye, Tim Sanders
Score Composer:	Howard Shore

Features
Rating:	UK:12
Release Year:	20030000
Genre:	Action/Adventure
Running Time:	207 min.
EAN:	5017239191886

Editorial Reviews
"...THE TWO TOWERS conjures an illusion of the gravity that you want from an emotionally charged storybook epic..."
Entertainment Weekly - p.55-6 - Owen Gleiberman (12/13/2002)

"...The director's great strength is the confidence with which he translates Tolkien's vision into visual imagery..."
Los Angeles Times - p.C1 - Manohla Dargis (12/18/2002)

"...A rare perfect mating of filmmaker and material....[A] beautifully considered epic....The grandeur is astonishing..."
New York Times - p.E1 - Elvis Mitchell (12/18/2002)

"...Visually dazzling....The RINGS movies are among the most breathtaking achievements in recent cinematic history..."
USA Today - p.1D - Claudia Puig (12/17/2002)

"...In some respects a more impressive film than its well-received predecessor. Marked by nonstop conflict that Akira Kurosawa would have envied..."
Variety - p.42 - Todd McCarthy (12/02/2002)

"...Jackson keeps the action percolating. The effects astonish..."
Rolling Stone - p.76 - Peter Travers (01/23/2003)

"...Peter Jackson has pulled out all the stops....Jackson and his team of homegrown artisans have created an exciting form of digital epic filmmaking..."
Film Comment - p.74 - Kent Jones (01/01/2003)

"...The visuals are a real treat; everyone and everything -- particularly the landscape -- looks and feels just right..."
Box Office - p.60 - L.J. Strom (03/01/2003)

"...THE LORD OF THE RINGS so far stands among the best adaptations of a major work of fantasy ever managed by the cinema..."
Sight and Sound - p.50-1 - Kim Newman (02/01/2003)