SUBMITTED BY Neville Longbottom

January 29, 2002 — The Evening Post got a chance to talk to Peter Jackson and found out a few things about the DVD release.

Contrary to previous reports, it won't be 4 hrs long. However, there will be a DVD release in August followed by a Special Edition DVD release in November.

"I don't really want to call it the director's cut," he said about the Special Edition which will include an extra 30 minutes of footage not seen in the three-hour big screen version.

The extra footage wouldn't mean more blood and gore as some "Lord of the Rings" fans had speculated. "It's all drama. There is this thing on the Net about all this gory stuff I was supposed to have shot, but I didn't," Jackson adds. "We were going for a (censor's rating) of PG13 and you can't waste time shooting stuff that you know is going to get cut. It will tee everybody up before the release of The Two Towers (in December)."

The Special Edition DVD will most likely include a documentary by Wellington film maker Costa Botes on the making of the film.

Thanks to ComingSoon.