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The
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (2003)
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Peter
Jackson's
motion picture "The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King" appeared in december 2003. It is based on "Lord of the Rings:
Return of the King". It is part three of a cinematographic
trilogy, with the other two movies appearing in 2001 and 2002.
It is the first movie project ever made shooting 3 movies at the
same time. The movie was recorded in New Zealand.
TITLE: The
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
YEAR: 2003
TYPE: Motion
Picture
DIRECTED BY:
Peter Jackson
STORYLINE:
J.R.R. Tolkien (books), Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Philippa
Boyens
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Elijah Wood
as Frodo Baggins
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Ian McKellen
as Gandalf
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Sean Astin
as Samwise Gamgee
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Viggo Mortensen
as Aragorn
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Dominic
Monaghan as Meriadoc
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Billy Boyd
as Pippin
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Ian Holm
as Bilbo Baggins
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Orlando
Bloom as Legolas
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John Rhys-Davies
as Gimli
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Bernard Hill as Theoden
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John Noble as Denethor
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Andy Serkis
as Gollum
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CONCEPT ART:
Alan Lee and John Howe, WETA Workshop
RUNTIME:
207 min
COUNTRY:
New Zealand/USA
LANGUAGE:
English
STUDIO:
New Line Cinema
AWARDS:
4 Golden Globes, 11 Academy Award Nominations
The third movie in Peter Jackson's trilogy appeared in December 2003 and was highly anticipated due to the success of the two earlier movies. At the time of release, it broke the record of highest box-office revenues in the first weekend after appearance. Return of the King is in the top 10 of the world's best selling movies ever (current position view here). Generally, the movie was critically acclaimed.
Return of the King starts off after the battle of Helm's Deep and tells the story of the siege of Minas Tirith, Aragorn walking the Paths of the Dead and Frodo and Sam reaching Mount Doom. Although large parts of the book were omitted (such as scouring of the Shire), Jackson remains loyal to the book as demonstraded by the long end sequence and ending with: "Well, I'm back".
LOTR:ROTK was nominated for 11 academy awards and won them all at the 76th annual Academy Awards (which equals Titanic and Ben Hur) and won 4 golden globes among which the award for best director and best film.
For the latest movie
news: New Line official
movie site or TheOneRing.net
- The
Lord of the Rings, the official movie guide. Brian Sibley HarperCollins
Publishers, 2001.
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