# FOTR coming back to theaters with 30 more minutes! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 5, 2002, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fotr-coming-back-to-theaters-with-30-more-minutes/135305 "2002-11-05T02:35:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2002, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fotr-coming-back-to-theaters-with-30-more-minutes/135305/1 "2002-11-05T02:35:43Z")
That’s what’s known as a teaser, right? ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2002, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fotr-coming-back-to-theaters-with-30-more-minutes/135305/2 "2002-11-05T02:57:33Z")
[FOTR news](http://www.cinescape.com/0/editorial.asp?aff_id=0&this_cat=Movies&action=page&type_id=&cat_id=270338&obj_id=36773) Only in 10 cities, only for one night, only on digital screens, but what they hey! I WANNA SEE IT ON THE BIG SCREEN! ---
**Author:** ![KarlGrenze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/dbc845/32.png) [@KarlGrenze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGrenze)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2002, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fotr-coming-back-to-theaters-with-30-more-minutes/135305/3 "2002-11-05T02:58:48Z")
Which cities are those? ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2002, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fotr-coming-back-to-theaters-with-30-more-minutes/135305/4 "2002-11-05T03:00:14Z")
no idea. ---
**Author:** ![artemis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/91b2a8/32.png) [@artemis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/artemis)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2002, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fotr-coming-back-to-theaters-with-30-more-minutes/135305/5 "2002-11-05T03:26:47Z")
Seattle is one of them - one person on a Tolkien mailing list I subscribe to won tickets for the showing. Which cities make up the other nine sites, I have no idea. The whole thing is basically a promo for the expanded DVD, which goes on sale the following week. ---
**Author:** ![peepthis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9d8465/32.png) [@peepthis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peepthis)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2002, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fotr-coming-back-to-theaters-with-30-more-minutes/135305/6 "2002-11-05T03:26:47Z")
Here’s a [list of every theater with a digital projector in the country](http://www.starwars.com/episode-ii/digitalproj_list.html). Looks like only about 50 nationwide. However, that was at the time Star Wars Episode 2 was released, so there may be a few more now. Maybe you can contact the one nearest you to ask if they know whether they’ll be showing it? ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2002, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fotr-coming-back-to-theaters-with-30-more-minutes/135305/7 "2002-11-05T05:43:04Z")
Bah! Rogers, Arkansas has a digital theater and OKC and Tulsa don’t. _grumble, mutter, snarl_ ---
**Author:** ![Avalonian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@Avalonian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avalonian)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2002, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fotr-coming-back-to-theaters-with-30-more-minutes/135305/8 "2002-11-05T05:52:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by artemis \* > **Seattle is one of them - one person on a Tolkien mailing list I subscribe to won tickets for the showing.** It doesn’t seem to be [Cinerama](http://www.cinerama.com/special_events.html), which surprises me, as they’re the only digital projection theatre I know of in town. Any idea which theatre in Seattle it is? I suppose it’s possible that Cinerama hasn’t listed it on the site yet, or that they won’t at all… I know it’s a promotional event, but dammit I want to see it on the big screen again! AGh! ---
**Author:** ![Avalonian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@Avalonian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avalonian)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2002, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fotr-coming-back-to-theaters-with-30-more-minutes/135305/9 "2002-11-05T06:01:03Z")
Sorry for the double-post, but I found something new a second after I hit the post button. [Here’s all the cities](http://www.boxoff.com/scripts/newsviewstory.asp?ID=3682). Apparently, you can only get tickets via sweepstakes. Great. _sigh_ > [@](#): > > Texas Instruments (TI) (NYSE: TXN), through its DLP Cinema division, today announced it is the official sponsor of the one-time only screening of the special extended edition of “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” in ten select DLP Cinema equipped theaters across the country on Tuesday, November 5, 2002. To take place in **Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, New York, Orlando, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington D.C.** , these exclusive screenings will be attended by sweepstakes winners through New Line Home Entertainment, AOL and Moviefone. Easy come, easy go… I have to vote tomorrow night anyway, right? _heavy sigh_ ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2002, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fotr-coming-back-to-theaters-with-30-more-minutes/135305/10 "2002-11-05T06:04:47Z")
Dammit. ---
**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2002, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fotr-coming-back-to-theaters-with-30-more-minutes/135305/11 "2002-11-05T07:02:01Z")
Oh yeah. I signed up for that sweepstakes. I guess I didn’t win. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2002, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fotr-coming-back-to-theaters-with-30-more-minutes/135305/12 "2002-11-05T14:48:16Z")
Oh, sure. They’re going to have a one-time, one-night only sweepstakes, but this is the ONLY CHANCE EVER to see those thirty minutes. They’re not going to be putting out a video or dvd of the full thing around, say, christmas. No, why should they do that? Just like The Little Mermaid. LAST CHANCE EVER to buy a tape! QUICK! We’re never going to release this tape again, so buy now and buy often! Thanks. I’ll wait for the book. ---
**Author:** ![minty\_green](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@minty\_green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minty_green)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2002, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fotr-coming-back-to-theaters-with-30-more-minutes/135305/13 "2002-11-05T15:23:27Z")
Actually, it’s quite well known that they will be releasing the expanded version on DVD and tape. Later this month, I believe. What people are complaining about is missing the opportunity of seeing it on the big screen at the theaters. Some of us still prefer that experience, ya know. Me included. On a related note . . . _2001_ is playing at the Inwood here in Dallas at midnight Friday and Saturday nights. I am so totally jazzed. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2002, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fotr-coming-back-to-theaters-with-30-more-minutes/135305/14 "2002-11-05T15:28:44Z")
Of course, _Canadians_ aren’t even in the running… sigh. ---
**Author:** ![minty\_green](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@minty\_green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minty_green)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2002, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fotr-coming-back-to-theaters-with-30-more-minutes/135305/15 "2002-11-05T15:35:31Z")
Amazon shows the extended DVD is being released [November 12](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000067DNF/qid=1036509884/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_1/104-1377950-2688753). Best Buy, here I come . . . ---
**Author:** ![Helena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c68b51/32.png) [@Helena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2002, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fotr-coming-back-to-theaters-with-30-more-minutes/135305/16 "2002-11-05T20:22:48Z")
My husband won tickets for the showing in Seattle tonight, but we aren’t going. Anybody want them? (Actually I don’t even know what form these tickets are in, or if they’re transferrable…) ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2002, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fotr-coming-back-to-theaters-with-30-more-minutes/135305/17 "2002-11-05T20:51:14Z")
minty, don’t get it at Best Buy. There are a ton of online stores preselling it for cheap. [This](http://adserver.theonering.net/adcycle/adclick.cgi?manager=adcycle.com&cid=80&mid=201&gid=3&id=1466) place has the gift box for $69. [DeepDiscounts](http://www.deepdiscounts.com/dvds.html) has the extended for $25, and the gift box for $59.89. [Best Buy](http://www.bestbuy.com/basket/loadbasket.asp?b=0&e=11166426&m=270&cat=&scat=) is preordering the extended for $27, and the gift box for $49.99. Uh…nevermind. Preorder it from Best Buy! ---
**Author:** ![minty\_green](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@minty\_green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minty_green)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2002, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fotr-coming-back-to-theaters-with-30-more-minutes/135305/18 "2002-11-05T20:59:16Z")
I don’t do shipping and handling unless absolutely necessary, and I further believe that anything less than instant gratification is just a short step away from communism. Sorry, mail order just ain’t my cup of tea. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![CyberPundit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@CyberPundit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CyberPundit)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2002, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fotr-coming-back-to-theaters-with-30-more-minutes/135305/19 "2002-11-05T21:31:53Z")
Sheesh why is this new release so restrictive? Why not have have a full-fledged release before Two Towers? I wouldn’t be surprised if it grossed 50-100 million from die-hard fans wanting to see the 30 minutes on the big-screen. And I doubt it would cut into the DVD sales much since there is so much new stuff on the DVD. It would also be great publicity for Two Towers. Ideally I would like all three director’s cut versions to be released at the same time eventually since they are, after all, three parts of the same film rather than 3 fully separate films. It would be great to see them all on one day , or at least over one weekend. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2002, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fotr-coming-back-to-theaters-with-30-more-minutes/135305/20 "2002-11-06T03:37:23Z")
i am personally, not going to buy the extended-length DVD, but I would see ANY version (including the original) in theatres again, even though I already have the DVD. Same principle as the fact that I go to Pink Floyd laser light shows even though I have all their albums…some things you just have to be there to experience in full quality. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fotr-coming-back-to-theaters-with-30-more-minutes/135305.md?page=2)