I am in the planning stages for the "official" Houston ROTK Line Party, so I've got as much of the scoop as is available. Here is the timeline:<P><UL TYPE=SQUARE><LI><B>DECEMBER 5:</B> Fellowship of the Ring, Extended Edition is released to theatres. From the Fandango website: <I>"For one week starting December 5, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring – Special Extended Edition brings additional footage to the big screen for the first and only time."</I><P><LI><B>DECEMBER 12:</B> The Two Towers, Extended Edition is released to theatres. Again, from Fandango: <I>From December 12-15, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers – Special Extended Edition brings additional footage to the big screen for the first and only time. </I><P><LI><B>DECEMBER 16:</B> On Trilogy Tuesday, New Line Cinema presents an unprecedented marathon of back-to-back presentations of the Extended Editions of the first two films in Peter Jackson's ''The Lord of the Rings'' trilogy -- ''The Fellowship of the Ring'' and ''The Two Towers'' -- followed by a special early screening of ''The Return of the King. This is a limited engagement, limited to certain theatres and cities. <A HREF="http://www.lordoftherings.net/trilogy/theaters.html" TARGET=_blank>Click here for the list of theatres and cities.</A><P><LI><B>DECEMBER 17:</B> At 12:01am, Return of the King begins it's official run. Expect a run on Kleenex sales after the show.<BR></UL><P>I expect that sales of these tickets will be VERY brisk. At this writing, ticket sales are set to begin October 9.<P>I hope that clears things up.<p>[ October 07, 2003: Message edited by: Thenamir ]
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