The lord of the rings : the two towers
(DVD) 

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

Feature: Director of photography, Andrew Lesnie ; editor, Michael Horton ; music, Howard Shore ; costume designers, Ngila Dickson ... [et al.] ; production designer, Grant Major ; visual effects supervisor, Jim Rygiel.

Special feature documentaries: Written and directed by Michael Pellerin ; produced by Michael Pellerin, Kevin Miller, David Rodriguez ; audio commentary editors, Tina Imahara, Matthaeus Szumanski, Jennifer Calbi ; documentary segment editors, Jim Gallagher, Jonah Lee Walker, Tara Veneruso, Robert Anich Cole, Eric Sanford, Eric Driscoll, David Noel, David Spell, Robert Meyer Burnett, Jennifer Calbi, Anthony Smedile.

Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Cate Blanchett, John Rhys-Davies, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Orlando Bloom, Andy Serkis.

The Fellowship has been broken. Boromir is dead; Frodo Baggins and Samwise Gamgee have gone to Mordor alone to destroy the One Ring; Merry and Pippin have been captured by the Uruk-hai; Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli have made friends of the Rohan, a race of humans that are in the path of the upcoming war, led by its aging king, Theoden. The two towers between Mordor and Isengard, Barad-dur and Orthanc, have united in their lust for destruction. The corrupt wizard Saruman and his slimy assistant, Grima Wormtongue, have created a grand Uruk-hai army bent on the destruction of Man. The rebellion against Sauron is building up, led by the wizard Gandalf the White. One of the Ring's original bearers, the creature Gollum has tracked Frodo and Sam down in search of his "precious", but is captured by the Hobbits and used to lead them to Mt. Doom. The War of the Ring begins.

MPAA rating: PG-13; for epic battle sequences and some scary images.

DVD (Discs 1 and 2) ; DVD-ROM (Discs 3 and 4), region 1, widescreen (2.35:1); Dolby Digital EX 5.1 surround sound, DTS ES 6.1 surround sound, stereo. surround sound ; System requirements for DVD-ROM and online features: A computer running Windows 98SE or higher, the (included) InterActual player software installed, Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher, Macromedia Flash 6.0 or higher and an internet connection, a DVD-ROM drive and a software or hardware DVD player. DVD-ROM features not available on Apple Macintosh.

Closed-captioned; optional Spanish or English subtitles.