return of the king

The release date is May 25, from what I remember from the amazon-site

Hassel, that is the theatrical version, not the extended edition. From what I've read on the 'Net, I keep remembering Nov 2004 for the Extended edition of Return of the King. It's supposed to add the missing Christopher Lee footage, and may clock in somewhere at 4 or 5 hours. Wow!

Again, whats the deal on the missing footage? e.g. What character did christopher lee play in lotr ROTK ?

Ed, he was "Saromon" the white wizard who turned evil in the first two movies.

Yes: He was trapped in the tower at the start of the third film, but you never saw him then or heard about him for the rest of the film. In the book, I recall he escapes from the tower and goes to the Shire, and the Hobbitts have to return to get him out of there. Maybe some of that makes the director's cut.