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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (DVD)
Recording Studio:Wingnut Films

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is a 2003 epic fantasy adventure film directed by Peter Jackson from a screenplay by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Jackson, based on 1955 s The Return of the King, the third volume of the novel The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien. The sequel to 2002 s The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, the film is the final installment in The Lord of the Rings trilogy. It features an ensemble cast including Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Cate Blanchett, John Rhys-Davies, Bernard Hill, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Orlando Bloom, Hugo Weaving, Miranda Otto, David Wenham, Karl Urban, John Noble, Andy Serkis, Ian Holm, and Sean Bean.

Continuing the plot of the previous film, Frodo, Sam and Gollum are making their final way toward Mount Doom in Mordor in order to destroy the One Ring, unaware of Gollum s true intentions, while Merry, Pippin, Gandalf, Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli and the rest are joining forces together against Sauron and his legions in Minas Tirith. The Return of the King was financed and distributed by American studio New Line Cinema, but filmed and edited entirely in Jackson s native New Zealand, concurrently with the other two parts of the trilogy. It premiered on 1 December 2003 at the Embassy Theatre in Wellington and was theatrically released on 17 December 2003 in the United States, and on 18 December 2003 in New Zealand.

The film was acclaimed by both critics and audiences, who considered it to be a landmark in filmmaking and the fantasy film genre, with praise for the visual effects, performances, action sequences, direction, screenplay, musical score, costume design and emotional depth. It grossed over $1.1 billion worldwide, making it the highest-grossing film of 2003 and the second highest-grossing film of all time at the time of its release, as well as the highest-grossing film released by New Line Cinema.

Like the other films in the trilogy, The Return of the King is widely recognized as one of the greatest and most influential films ever made. The film received numerous accolades; at the 76th Academy Awards, it won all eleven awards for which it was nominated, including Best Picture, tying with 1959 s Ben-Hur and 1997 s Titanic as the movie with the most Academy Award wins. It also became the second film series whose entries have all won Best Visual Effects, after the original Star Wars trilogy.

Condition

New

Publisher

Wingnut Films

Rating MPA

Pg-13

Recording Length

200 Minutes

Recording Studio

Wingnut Films

Format

DVD

Age Group

Adult

Amazon ASIN

B01GWBS6YM

UPC / EAN

794043693021

Year

2003

ReleaseDate

2003-12-17

RuntimeMins

201

RuntimeStr

3h 21min

Awards

Top rated movie #7 , Won 11 Oscars, 209 wins & 124 nominations total

Directors

Peter Jackson

Writers

J.R.R. Tolkien, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens

Stars

Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen

Produced by

Peter Jackson, Michael Lynne, Eric Monette, Mark Ordesky, Barrie M. Osborne, Rick Porras, Jamie Selkirk, Robert Shaye, Fran Walsh, Bob Weinstein, Harvey Weinstein

Music by

Howard Shore

Cinematography by

Andrew Lesnie

Film Editing by

Jamie Selkirk

Casting By

Victoria Burrows, Amy Hubbard, John Hubbard, Liz Mullane, Ann Robinson

Production Design by

Grant Major

Art Direction by

Joe Bleakley, Simon Bright, Dan Hennah, Philip Ivey, Mark Robins

Set Decoration by

Dan Hennah, Alan Lee

Costume Design by

Ngila Dickson, Richard Taylor

Makeup Department

Margaret Aston, Rick Findlater, Debbie Fitzpatrick, Kerryn Flewell-Smith, Vance Hartwell, Steve Hopgood, Mark Kinaston-Smith, Peter Swords King, Jessica Lalande, Davina Lamont, Tami Lane, Louise Leonard, Vivienne MacGillicuddy, Catherine Maguire, Emma Moncrieff, Angela Mooar, Peter Owen, Elizabeth Pick, Ivana Primorac, José Luis Pérez, Jess Reedy, Allie Rutherford, Janine Schneider, Lenore Stewart, Gail Taylor, Richard Taylor, Tera Treanor, Caroline Turner, Nancy Vincent, Noreen Wilkie, Gail Wilson, Jeremy Woodhead, Melisa Mitchell-Bridle, Sarah Weatherburn, Laurelle Ziento

Production Management

Bridget Bourke, Rosemary Dority, Carla Fry, Erik Holmberg, Belindalee Hope, Rua Howe, Carol Kim, Nikolas Korda, Kevin Magill, Peta Sinclair, Jonas Thaler, Mike Turner, Zane Weiner, Brigitte Yorke

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Marc Ashton, Richard A. Barker, Guy Campbell, Del Chatterton, Emma Cross, Carolynne Cunningham, Louise Harness, Zo Hartley, Eric Houghton, Chris Husson, Gene Keelan, Darren Mackie, John Mahaffie, Richard Matthews, Geoff Murphy, Dave Norris, Joanne Pearce, Rick Porras, Sarah Rose, Liz Tan, Skot Thomas, Edith Thompson, Simon Warnock, Stephanie Weststrate, Guy Norris, Jim Rygiel, Dean Wright

Art Department

Tim Abbot, Daniel Aird, James Alexander, Jacqui Allen, Ruben Allen, Judy Alley, Stan Alley, Karl Anton, Andrew Baguley, Timothy Barnett, Ben Beemsterboer, Stephen Belsten, Brett Blenkin, Michael J. Bonnar, Stuart Bowman, Kevin Bradshaw, John Brien, Sam Brown, Anton Buys, Brian Campbell, Paula Carswell, Tanea Chapman, Jules Cook, Zachary Cousins, Stephen Crene, Neil Cromie, Alan Davie, Henry Davies, Huia Davies, Selwyn Davies, Joel Douglas, Tony Drawbridge, Matt Duncan, Rei Duncan, Kerry Dunn, Matthew Easton, Grant Fahey, Semi Feite, Garrick Ferguson, Duncan Field, Adam Fisher, Martin Ford, Andrew Fraser, Coleman Fraser, Alistair Fyfe, Roxane Gajadhar, Clayton Gearry, Sam Genet, Kristen Georgi, Chris Gifford, Trevor Gillan, Geoff Goss, Clarke Gregory, James Griffin, David Guerin, Paul Halton, Simon Hames, Troy Hannett, Wade Hannett, Andrew Harding, Simon Harper, Andrew Hastings, Wendy Hatfield, Paul Hay-Chapman, Michael Heerey, Mike Heffernan, Chris Hennah, Vaughan Hickson, Peter Hill, Ross Hoby, Nick Hoddinot, Jason Holland, Roger Houston, John Howe, Murray Hunter, Paul Isaacson, Gareth Jensen, Mark Jephson, Daniel Kelly, Shane Kenneally, Archie Kennedy, Heather Kilgour, Green Kim, Dan King, Gareth King, Robert King, Jeff Kingsford-Brown, Dallas Selwyn Tengore Kipa, Thomas Kipa, Erwin Koedijk, Andrew Kolfe, David Kolff, Andre La Borde, Saunoaga Lafai, Jon Lambert, Sarah Larcombe, Brett Larsen, Bill Lawton, Christopher Lawton, Alan Lee, Virginia Lee, Tristan Leniston-Mahoney, Kathryn Lim, Setu Lio, Andrew Lloyd, Richard Lomas, Douglas Lotoaso, Paul Lovato, Peter Loveridge, Simon Lowe, Troy Major, Anthony Marrow, Jim Marsden, Alan Marshall, John Marshall, Simon Marshall, Brian Massey, Graeme Massey, Sam McDougall, Basil McGahan, Ross McGarva, Robert McGovern, Victoria McKenzie, Andrew McLay, William McPhedron, Chris Meder, Matthew Mellor, Gareth Mills, Derek Misseldine, Dave Moore, Chris Morrison, Andrew Moyes, Ed Mulholand, Ian Murray, Russell Murray, Graeme Neal, Kirk Nicholls, Daena Nichols, Reece Nicol, Anthony Norris, Paul Ny, Mark O Shea, Matthew C. Oliver, Richard Orrick, Blaise Orsman, Danielle Osborne, Michael Paterson, Josh Patterson, Raynia Pikari, Tim Priest, Ben Pringle, Manu Pullyn, Chris Purdy, Trace Quinn, Hamish Quinney, Chris Ramsay, Duncan J. Randall, Edward Ratapu, Robert Reedy, Daniel Reeve, Jack Reid, Mark Relph, Amber Richards, Andrew Richardson, Scott Richardson, Nick Riera, Warren Robb, Quinn Roberts, Tony Roberts, Wayne Roberts, Murray Robinson, Jonathan Rodgers, Dave Roy, Bill Ryalls, Solomon Saalmon, John Shearman, Mark Sheridan, Kevin Silvester, Vic Singe, Dean Smith, Fraser Smith, Giles Smith, Warren Dion Smith, Troy Stephens, Russell Stoupe, Chris Streeter, Helen Strevens, Nigel Sturgeon, Richard Sturkenboom, Brent Sutton, Hokio Tarawhiti, Brent Tasker, Wayne Tawhara, Lesley Earle Templeton, Rod Tervoort, Nigel Thomas, Philip Thomas, Kate Thurston, Penny Towns, Cathy Tracey, Mike Travers, James Tuapai, Lisa Twort, Phillip Unuia, Janice Van Rooijen, Dave Vernon, Ra Vincent, Hamish Wain, Duncan Wait, Rob Wait, Axel Wakelin, Bryan Wakelin, Hakota James Walker, Patrick Walker, James Wallace, Timothy Ward, Graham Watkins, Nick Weir, Gillian West-Walker, Ben Whale, James Whetu-Waten, David White, Norman Willerton, Mark Cameron Williams, Nick Williams, Paul Williams, Phil Williams, Alan Wilson, Shane Wood, Matt Wratten, Brigitte Wuest, Alan Wyllie, Joseph Wynward, Rob Brown, Matthew Handscomb, Christian Rivers, Jeremy Shaw, Alexander Still, Richard Taylor, Michael White

Sound Department

Matt Bainbridge, Bruno Barrett-Garnier, Ray Beentjes, Beau Borders, Christopher Boyes, Nick Breslin, Brent Burge, Jason Canovas, Hayden Collow, Eoin Cox, Malcolm Cromie, Matt Cuirc, Meredith Dooley, Corrin Ellingford, Bruce Emery, David Farmer, Mark Franken, Luke Goodwin, Melanie Graham, Michael Hedges, Simon Hewitt, Phil Heywood, Lora Hirschberg, Mike Hopkins, Paul Huntingford, Mike Jones, Martin Kwok, John McKay, Polly McKinnon, Adrian Medhurst, Peter Mills, John Neill, Tim Nielsen, Martin Oswin, Hammond Peek, Angus Robertson, Ken Saville, Michael Semanick, Ben Sinclair, Nigel Stone, Matt Stutter, Gary Summers, Addison Teague, Craig Tomlinson, Ethan Van der Ryn, Chris Ward, John Warhurst, Justin Webster, Dave Whitehead, Chris Winter, Katy Wood, Gareth Bull, Neil Draper, Sarah Faust, Nick Foley, Chris Hiles, Grant Johnson, Ann Kroeber, Gilbert Lake, Michael Semanick, Sam Spicer, Mike Stewart, Ted Swanscott, Ian Tapp

Special Effects by

Gudrun Abbott, Michael Abott, Gino Acevedo, Greg Allison, Erica Anderson, Matt Appleton, Michael Asquith, Rebecca Asquith, Keith Barclay, Saul Barnes, Jeremy Barr, Gordon Barrell, David Barson, John Baster, Mike H.G. Bates, Warren Beaton, Andrew Beattie, Gary Bennett, Tama Berkeljon, Jamie Beswarick, Hannah Bianchini, Megan Bint, Nicola Birchfield, Freya Blackwood, Morgan Boehringer, Shaun Bolton, Steve Bond, David Booth, Matt Brebner, Carola Broekhoff, Jonathon Brough, Angela Brown, Duncan Brown, Hamish Brown, Michelle Bryant, Lyndon Burford, Lesley Burkes-Harding, Bob Burns, Jacq Burrell, Dean Bushby, John Caldwell, Jonathan Campbell, Glyn Carter, Tim Castelow, Sourisak Chanpaseuth, Karl Chisholm, Hil Cook, Rich E. Cordobes, Chris Covich, John Craney, Geoff Curtis, Jorkos Damen, Bryon Darling, Jason Docherty, Joe Dunckley, Liam Dunstan, Andrew Durno, Sarah Durno, Susan Durno, Alex Dyer, Jon Ewen, Daniel Falconer, Doug Falconer, Alex Falkner, Sam Farquar, Tony Ferrier, Gilly Fiford, Blair Foord, Sean Foot, Rodney Ford, Xander Forterie, Ryk Fortuna, Oliver Gee, Ollie Gee, Rob Gillies, Darin Gordine, Nathan Gray, Michael Grealish, Savannah Green, Warren Green, Brad Greenwood, Chris Guise, Simon Hall, Paul Hambleton, Marjory Hamlin, John Harding, Sue Hardy, Scott Harens, Sven Harens, Brett Harman, Cathy Harris, Vance Hartwell, John Harvey, Ben Hawker, Luke Hawker, Thomas Haywood, Darran Holmes, Nori Honda, Kayne Horsham, Michael Hughes, Bill Hunt, Iain Hutton, Steve Ingram, Dave Irons, Simon Jay, Stu Johnson, Karen Kelly, Jan Kofzler, Simon Lamason, Tami Lane, Sukhita Langford, Sacha Lee, Roger Lewis, Nicci Lock, Darian Lumsden, Peter Lyon, Gary Mackay, Mary MacLachlan, Warren Mahy, Pietro Marson, Ross Martindale, Tim Marwick, Richard Maybery, Clare McCutcheon, Fiona McDonald, Mike McDonald, Gareth McGhie, Robynne McIntyre, Pranee McKinlay, Phil McLaren, Kerry McSaveney, Valerie Metin, Howard Millard, Nardeen Mitchell, Melanie Morris, John Mowat, Gayle Munro, Brad Murphy, Paul Murphy, Les Nairn, Tira O Daly, Megumi Ogo, Kent Parker, Stephen Patrick, Carl Payne, Dan Perry, Bill Perryman, Graham Piddington, Dean Powell, Ben Price, Fenella Probert, Karen Purvis, Pip Reisch, Roman Reyes, Darryl Richards, Frances Richardson, Tania Rodger, Tich Rowney, Jeremy Ryder, Kym Sainsbury, Rogier Samuels, Scott Schneider, Neil Schrader, Mike Seddon, Gareth Selwood, Heidi Skeet, Gavin Skudder, Carlos Slater, Chris Smith, Rod Smith, Fiona Sole, Ben Stenbeck, Mike Stringer, Emily Sturrock, Suzanne Sturrock, Bruce Tanner, Dominic Taylor, Richard Taylor, Neil Testa, Janet Thomas, Sharon Thomas, Bill Thomson, Dominie Till, Greg Tozer, Tim Tozer, David Tremont, Rob Uivel, Steve Unwin, Wineke Van thof, Ben Vere-Jones, Mark Viniello, Adrian Walker, Michael Wallace, Lynne Walsh, Martin Walsh, Paul Walton, Deb Watson, Carlos Wedde, Annemiek Weterings, Tim Wigmore, Jamie Wilson, Kenny Wilson, Ben Wootten, Annette Wullems, Warwick Yin, Petar Zivkovic, Norman Cates, Alain de Zilva, Doug de Zilva, Tanya Marriott, James L. Millington, Tomek Piatek, Richard Taylor

Visual Effects by

Gino Acevedo, Shane Acker, Holly Acton, Wade Acuff, Cathy Adams, Lindsay Adams, Richard Addison-Wood, Malcolm Aitchison, Matt Aitken, Jon Allitt, Colin Alway, Svend Andersen, Glenn Anderson, Malcolm Angell, Hillary Yeo Tze Ann, Gail Appleton, Elisabeth Arko, Kyle Ashley, Mia Askew, John-Mark Austin, Michael Bain, Richard Baneham, Jeremy Barr, Ned Barraud, David Bawel, Jon Baxter, Jamie Beard, Kelly Bechtle-Woods, Lyse Beck, Susanne Becker, Cory Bedwell, Samantha-Kate Belcher, Paula Bell, Kyla Bendall, Jeremy Bennett, Jill Berger, Lee Berger, Sandrine Bernet, John-Michael Bills, Graham Binding, Alicia Bissinger, Justin Blaustein, Jennifer Bloomfield, Samati Boonchitsitsak, Nick Booth, Barbara A. Bordo, Jake Botting, Jon Bowen, Lee Bramwell, Harald Brendel, Loren Brookes, Ronn Brown, David Brunette, Nathan Brunskill, Julian Bryant, Stephen A. Buckley, Sam Bui, Clare Burgess, Thomas Burkhart, Chris Burn, Cathy Burrow, Alex Burt, John Butiu, Greg Butler, Hans Butler, Julian R. Butler, Julian Büchner, Andrew Calder, Sonia Calvert, Andrew Camenisch, Scott Camera-Smith, Jodi Campanaro, Paul Campion, Dave Cardwell, Marcus Carter, Nick Carter, Aaron Caskey, Norman Cates, Paul Charisse, Tim Cheng, Siong Loong Choong, Glen Christie, Eduardo Cisneros, Hannah Clarke, David Clayton, Woody Clayton, Ann Cloet, Emily Cobb, Dylan Cole, Sam Cole, Tony Cole, Ross Collinge, Paul Conway, Randall William Cook, Shane Cooper, Aaron Cowan, Jessica Cowley, Frank Cowlrick, Christine Cram, Doug Cram, Jim Croasdale, Steve Cronin, Tim Crosbie, Martyn Moose Culpitt, John Curtis, Kevin Cushing, Susan Cuthbert, Enid Dalkoff, Casey Dame, Marion Davey, Kathleen Davidson, Chris Davison, Karen deJong, Doug Delaney, Graeme Demmocks, Max Dennison, Chetan Deshmukh, Richard Dexter, Ben Dishart, Adam Dotson, Grace Dotson, Loring Doyle, Dale Drummond, Steve Dubin, Simeon Duncombe, Shawn Dunn, Simon Dye, Frank Dürschinger, Luke Emrose, Paul Everitt, Oliver Exmundo, Campbell Taylor Fairweather, Mark Fattibene, Eric Fernandes, Florian Fernandez, Mitch Fishman, Shine Fitzner, Erina Fon, Frederic Fortin, Fiona Foster, Angela Frame, Richard Frances-Moore, Evan Fraser, Paul Freeman, Dimitri Frost, Alex Fry, Alex Funke, Nick Gabchenko, Roman Gadner, Eric Gambini, Mark Gee, Chris George, David Gilligan, Moritz Glaesle, Geoff Gordon, David Gould, Jason Greenblum, D.R. Greenlaw, Paul Griffin, Michael Grobe, Mike Gunn, Paul Gunn, Glen Gustafson, Bassim Haddad, Geoff Hadfield, Mikael Hakansson, John Haley, Monica Singh Haley, Ben Hall, Joe Hall, Jeff Hameluck, Briana Hamilton, David Hampton, Joe Han, David R. Hardberger, Benjamin Hardy, Harry Harrison, Geoffrey Harvey, Todd Harvey, Christopher Hatala, Ed Hawkins, Libby Hazell, G.G. Heitmann Demers, Donyale Hema, Quentin Hema, Lisa Hodge, Matt Holmes, Matt Holmes, Tom Holzinger, Mark Hopkins, Richard Hopkins, Steven Hornby, Gray Horsfield, Erin Horton, Kathryn Horton, Christopher Horvath, David Houghton-Williams, Jim Hourihan, Sandy Houston, Scott Houston, Jason Howden, Dave R. Howe, Wayne Howe, Keith Huggins, Bret Hughes, John Hughes, John Huikku, Gus Hunter, Philip Hunter, Katherine Hurst, Brett Ineson, Claire Inglis, Robyn Isaacs, Mel James, Dee Jamison, Paul Jenness, Allan Torp Jensen, Mia Jewett, Linda Johnson, Verena Jonker, Pete Jopling, Lisa Josephs, Simon Jung, Kory Juul, Sandip Kalsy, Miae Kang, Mel Kangleon, Samson Kao, Mike Kelly, Cheryl Kerr, Michael Kiely, Bert Klein, Susie Kleis, Daniel Klem, Tom Kluyskens, Heather Knight, Jonny Kofoed, Sergei Koudriautsev, Alex Kramer, Lars Kramer, Dmitri Krasnokoutski, Dan Kripac, N. Balamurali Krishna, Bridgitte Krupke, Bryan Ku, Andrew Kunzel, Rita Kunzler, Roger Kupelian, Joosten Kuypers, Vicky Kwan, Jon Labrie, Suzanne Labrie, Laure Lacroix, Michelle Ladd, Kirsty Lancaster, Paul Lasaine, Joseph J. Lawson, Jacob Leaf, Jake Lee, Alex Lemke, Dan Lemmon, Mike Lemmon, Agnes Leroux, Joe Letteri, Mark Tait Lewis, Sophie Lodge, Matt Logue, Lance Lones, Jade Lorier, Patrick Lowery, Jacob Luamanuvae, Robyn Luckham, David Luke, Danie Lupovici, Kristoffer Lynch, Stephen Lynch, Dean Lyon, Anthony Mabin, Keith MacGowan, Damian Mackle, Tibor Madjar, Brenda Mah-Madjar, Alastair Maher, Gianni Malpeli, David Man, Michael Manza, Campbell March, Evans Mark, Nic Marrison, Florian Martin, Jeffrey Martin, Albert Mason, Ray Massa, Sean Mathiesen, Jean Matthews, Sharon Maxwell, Jolene McCaffrey, James McCallum, Timothy McCallum, Charlie McClellan, Damian McDonnell, Shane McEwan, Siuan McGahan, Ken McGaugh, Jenny McGee, Steve McGee, Paul McInnes, Steven McKendry, Nick McKenzie, Tristan McMahon, Brian McMillin, Bruce McNaught, Michelle Meeker, Peter Megow, Alex Mein Smith, Angela Menz, Matthias Menz, Andrea Merlo, David Miles, Justin Miller, Michael Miller, Ben Milsom, Saki Mitchell, Chad Moffitt, Patrick Mooney, Elizabeth Moore, Richard Moore, Eileen Moran, Ivan Moran, TJ Morgan, Lauren Morimoto, Gwilym Morris, Matt Mueller, Andrew Mumford, Hiroaki Muramoto, Mike L. Murphy, Puck Murphy, Alfred Mürrle, HyeSeung Nam, Shoban Narayanan, Dylan Neill, Sergei Nevshupov, Milton Ngan, Thai-My Nguyen, Ann Niccum, Tim Nicholas, Wolfgang Niedermeier, Tonya Noerr, Jennifer Maryam Nona, Sverker Nordqvist, Danielle Norgate, Alexander Nowotny, John P. Nugent, Murray Nuttall, Jane O Callaghan, Josh O Neil, Mike O Neill, Robert O Neill, Cyndi Ochs, James Ogle, George Oliver, Leslie Oliver, Tor-Bjorn Olsson, David A. Ostler, Lulu Lianhlupuii Pachuau, Annabel Page, Ben Paschke, Helen Paul, Emily Pearce, Hannah Peirce, Mike Perry, Dana Peters, Noah Peterson, Alan Pilkington, Navin Pinto, Fred Place, Emrys Plaisted, Giuseppe Poli, Jason Porter, Lance Powell, Steve Preeg, Martin Preston, Jo Priest, Henk Prins, Thomas Proctor, Jean-Colas Prunier, Lucas Putnam, Orash Rahnema, Bay Raitt, Mohan Ramachandran, Troy Ramsey, Derek Rausch, Donny Rausch, Sarah Rausch, Mathieu Raynault, Paul Redican, Stephen Regelous, Sandra Reis, Stephan Remstedt, Marco Revelant, Matthew Riordan, Lauren Ritchie, Anne Ritter, Christian Rivers, Guy Robinson, Troy Robinson, Tom Rolfe, Ivan Rooda, Michael Root, Campbell Rose, Luaan Ruaine, Tim Rudgard, Frank Rueter, Patrick Runyon, Carmel Russell, Ian Ruxton, Bill Ryder, Jim Rygiel, Theresa Ellis Rygiel, Karim Sahai, Eric Saindon, Christoph Salzmann, Adrian Samuels, Brian Samuels, V. Samundeswari, Mahria Sangster, Atsushi Sato, Robin Saxen, Jennifer Lee Scheer, Katie Scheid, Jason Schleifer, Jakob Schmidt, Rolf Schneider, Rolfe Schneider, Hamish Schumacher, Sean Schur, David Scott, Shaun Scott, Brad Selkirk, Nelson Sepulveda, Adam Shand, Glen Sharah, Janet Sharpe, Betty Shaw, John Sheils, Kevin L. Sherwood, Steven Shields, Tomoko Shin, Nick Shore, Roger Shortt, Chuck Shuman, Martin Simcock, Murray Smallwood, Cameron Smith, Hugh Smith, Colleen Smith-Brattesani, Udo Smutny, Jason Snyman, Joe Spampinato, Greg Spencer, Holger Spill, Wayne Stables, Brett Stapleton-French, Hilary Sperling Stauffer, Rob Stauffer, Justin Steel, Albrecht Steinmetz, Mark Stetson, Mike Stevens, Craig Stevenson, John Stillman, Tamara Stone, Daniel Story, Paul Story, Ileana Stravoskiadi, Petra Stueben, Lee F. Sullivan, Roxanne Sutherland-Valentine, Blake Sweeney, David Swift, Aaron Symes, Eric Tablada, Emi Tahira, Charles Tait, Mark Tait, Eric Tang, Anne Taunga, Marty Taylor, Sandy Taylor, Stephanie Taylor, Kevin Tengan, Carrie Thiel, Lisa Thomas, Nicholas Titmarsh, Geoff Tobin, Jensen Toms, Terrance Tornberg, Remy Torre, Guerdon Trueblood, Doug Tubach, Zachary Tucker, Jon Turburfield, Stephen Unterfranz, Steve Upstill, James Van Der Reyden, Phil Van Der Reyden, Paul Van Ommen, Brian Van t Hul, Trish Van t Hul, Kara Vandeleur, Jenny Vial, Mary Victoria, Marco Vidaurre, Mike Wallis, Sandra Warren, Morris Wassman, Christine Watkins, Imery Watson, Roland Watson, Matt Welford, Craig Wentworth, R. Christopher White, James Whitlam, Melissa Widup, Todd Widup, Lisa Wild, Lisa Wildermoth, Ed Wilkie, Joseph Wilkie, Guy Williams, Pete Williams, Dan Wills, Erik Winquist, Dean Wright, Malcolm Wright, Klaus Wuchta, Marco Wuest, Billy Wychgel, Dennis Yoo, Chris Young, Joyce Young, Lucas Young, Marvyn Young, Christian Zeh, Johan Åberg, Erik Akutagawa, David Bawel, Miles Bellas, Hannah Bianchini, Jason Billington, Greg Bradner, Daniel Aristoteles Collins, Ian Cope, Brandon Craig, Yvonne Cuthbert, Bradford deCaussin, Rebecca Downes, Jason Duncan, Greg Ellis, Richard Elworthy, William Gammon, Kyle Goodsell, Clark Graff, Phil Greig, Mark Hawthorne, Phil Holland, John Huikku, Malcolm Humphreys, Bryan Jones, Tim Kings-Lynne, Jason Madigan, Mike Morasky, Sébastien Moreau, Adam Paschke, Gerard Benjamin Pierre, Jamie Pilgrim, Ben Roberts, James Rogers, Don Schmeichel, Fred Simon, Kevin Andrew Smith, Madhu Sudhanan, Chu Tang, Leon Woods

Stunts

Bob Anderson, Daniel Andrews, Jeff Barber, Daniel W. Barringer, Trevor Bau, Brett Beattie, Shane Blakey, Matthew Breen, Sean Button, Shaughan Campbell, Ryan Carey, Justin B. Carter, Sebastiano Cartier, Rodney Cook, Robert Cooper, Gareth Courtney, Augie Davis, Mana Hira Davis, Shane Dawson, Peter Dillon, Branko Dordevich, Steve Drage, Duncan Dwight, Neill Dwight, Clint Elvy, Morgan Evans, Amanda Foubister, Winham Hammond, Albert Heimuli, Shelley Hodder, Taran Howell, Lani Jackson, Are Manea Karati, Baz Karbouris, Gary Kingsman, Thomas Kiwi, Gregory Paul Lane, Dave Leader, Master Lee, Slade Leef, Lance Louez, Aaron Lupton, Kirk Maxwell, Tim McLachlan, Steve McQuillan, Greg Danger Morrison, David J. Muzzerall, Nooroa Poa, Joshua Randall, Bob Reinsfield, Ken Reinsfield, Steve Reinsfield, Barrie Rice, Markos Rounthwaite, Vincent Roxburgh, George Marshall Ruge, Gene Sadler, Jeremy Sciascia, Paul Shapcott, Allan Smith, Bronson Steel, Andrew Stehlin, Johnny Sullivan, Billy Roy Taylor, Kyle Thomson, Marcus Thorne, Stuart Thorp, Jacob Tomuri, James Waterhouse-Brown, Tim Wong, Brendan Young, Robert Young, Saeed Zamiri, Sala Baker, Adam Campbell, Clint Carleton, Ben Cooke, Jonathan Costelloe, Aron Eastwood, Marcus Goldfinch, Glen Levy, Tony Marsh, Sharon Maxwell, Casey O Neill, Allan Poppleton, Shane Rangi, Campbell Rousselle, Abigail Turner, Tim Wong

Camera and Electrical Department

Steve Allanson, Dave Anderson, David Arm, Mike Arthur, Kane Asher, Andrew Ayrton, Alan Baird-Smith, Brian Bansgrove, Jon Barltrop, Neil Benseman, George Binnersley, Phil Blackburn, Nigel Bluck, Richard Bluck, Alun Bollinger, Lucy Bowey, Jacob Bridge, David Brown, Jenny Bundellu, Nigel Burton, Ross Butler, Simon Byers, John Cavill, Colin Chase, Adam Clark, Giles Coburn, Olly Coleman, Jamie Couper, Alex Cross, Simon Currie, Tim Dallas, John Day, Colin Deane, Matt Denton, Richard Elworthy, Ants Farrell, Jac Fitzgerald, Annie Frear, Gerry Ganger, Callan Green, Huw Griffiths, Allen Guilford, Rewa Harre, Harry Harrison, Dion Hartley, Grant Harvey, Stephen Head, Richard Poss Hogan, Stacey Hoggard, Michael Hughes, Blair Ihaka, Dennys Ilic, Regan Jones, Terry Joosten, Tony Keddy, Sean Kelly, James Kennedy, Rob Kerr, Mike Knudsen, Stephanie Kuttner, Damien Kwocksun, Brian Laird, Gilly Lawrence, Simon Lythgoe, Nigel Maclaurin, Craig Madoc, Michaela Maguire, Keri Manuel, Rob Marsh, Sam Marshal, Henare Mato, Dean Maxted, Peter McCaffrey, Dean McCarroll, Ian McCarroll, Kylie McConnell, Andrew McGeorge, Hamish McIntyre, Cameron McLean, Sam McLean, Rob Mita, Doug Monte, Louise Moore, Reuben Morrison, Gerald Morse, Miles Murphy, Paul Murphy, Blair Muschamp, Greg Nalder, Jason Naran, Jamie Nevill, Jens Normann, Chris Palmer, Matthew Parsons, Phil Pastuhov, Nick Payne, Warrick Peace, Nigel Percy, Craig Potton, Dan Rabarts, Simon Raby, Aaron Rangi, Mathew Ranginui, Simon Ranginui, Ulric Raymond, Van Redin, Tony Reed, Andy Reid, Melissa Ririnui, Jason Robertson, Jim Rowe, Chris Ruane, Paul Samuels, Luke Saulbrey, Paul Sawtell, Damon Selkirk, Richard Shaw, Marc Sim, Harry Slowey, Peter Smith, Philip A.T. Smith, Stewart Sorby, Byron Sparrow, Alfie Speight, Anthony Stehr, Joe Stick, Andrew Stroud, Anthony Sumich, Geoff Tait, Luke Thomas, Justin Topzand, Edward Tyrie, Gerry Vasbenter, Hansel Verkerk, Pierre Vinet, Angus Ward, Simon Ward, Keith Watkins, Jason White, Jennie Winter, Malcolm York, Wayne Zubritzky, Neil Cervin, Chris Coad, Kevin Donovan, Roger Feenstra, Adrian Hebron, Mark Prebble, Aniko Safran, Jonathan Woolf

Animation Department

Paul Booth, Kevin Robert Kyle, Carlos M. Rosas

Casting Department

Victoria Beynon-Cole, Tina Cleary, Amanda Duncan, Amy Hubbard, John Hubbard, Cynthia Morahan, Abdul-Majeed Moulvi, Liz Mullane, Miranda Rivers, Ann Robinson, Louis Elman

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Catherine Anderton, Martine Bijker, Liza Bishop, Dion Boothby, Anna Bosley, Chantelle Bowkett, Sam Brown, Tom Caddy, Susan Casey, Miriam Christie, Troy Climo, Monique Cornes, Loan Thi Dang, Catherine Dawson, Libby Dempster, Tracy Duffy, Jasmin Easterbrook, Sian Evans, Carolyn M. Fenton, Sue Franklin, Paula Goodall, Tammy Green, Erica Hackell, Joy Hanson, Cilla Harnett, Emma Harre, Alison Hill, Jessica Joe, Francesca King, Simone Knight, Pauline Laws, Pip Lingard, Emma Lumley, Jamie MacEwan, Janis MacEwan, Paula MacEwan, Hayley May, Lachlan Mayclair, Ylona McGinty, Liz McGregor, Sophie Mills, Josh Morris, Amanda Neale, Mirinda Penny, Andrea Plested, Kristelle Plummer, Dallas Poll, Cathy Pope, Kerry Robinson, Julie Zavala Ron, Sheree Roud, Silvana Sacco, Kirsten Sach, Sarah Shepherd, Jackie Speedy, Siosi Tamapoulu, Annie Tatton, Jasmine Watson, Jane Wilson, Sam Wilson, Silvana Sacco

Editorial Department

David Birrell, Annie Collins, Jack Deutchman, Megan Doneman, Bob Doyle, Peter Doyle, Haley French, Mark Hawthorne, Jenny Hicks, C. Ian Jones, Brent Kaviar, Grace Lan, Jody Levin, Damian McDonnell, Mark Miessner, Patrick C Miller, Shanon Moratti, Jon Newell, Steve Pang, Megan Powlds, Lynne Reed, Michelle Robertson, Peter Skarratt, Brett Skinner, Jonathan Woodford-Robinson, Victoria Chu, D. Todd Deeken, S. Scott Farrar, Allison Gibbons, Michael Hatzer, Jim Passon, Royce Smith

Location Management

David Comer, Jared Connon, Mathew Gordon, Robin Murphy, Nick Oliver, Richard Sharkey, Nathan Sim, Peter Tonks, Harry Whitehurst, Alicia Williams, Emily Ireland, Melanie Turner

Music Department

Roger Argente, Ann Barnard, Jacqueline Barron, Mark Berrow, Daniel Bhattacharya, Richard Bissill, Leon Bosch, Paul Broucek, Jim Bruening, Nicholas Bucknall, Heather Cairncross, Edward Cervenka, Peter Cobbin, Richard Cookson, Ruth Cornes, Mike Cox, Chris Cozens, Eric Crees, Andrew Crowley, Peter Davies, Ann De Renais, David Donaldson, Neil Draper, Andrew Dudman, Marie Ebbing, Richard Edwards, Terry Edwards, Karen Elliott, Sarah Eyden, Rob Fardell, Malcolm Fife, Andrew Findon, Renée Fleming, Vic Fraser, James Galway, Becca Gatrell, Paul Golding, Jeff Grace, Mark Graham, Nick Gray, Isobel Griffiths, Ian Hayter, Jan Hendrickse, Andrew Hewitt, Mike Hext, Mike Hornett, Richard Ihnatowicz, Nadia Jeddaoui, Erik Jordan, Skaila Kanga, Simon Kiln, John Kurlander, Richard Lancaster, Greg Laporta, Julian Leaper, Gabrielle Lester, Alex Letts, Roger Linley, The London Oratory School Schola, London Voices, David Long, Helen Jane Long, Mike Lovatt, Kevin Mahonchak, Steve Mair, Michael McCarthy, Roy Moore, Maurice Murphy, Everton Nelson, Dan Newell, Daniel Nielsen, Anna Noakes, Sam Okell, Stephen Pelluet, Lowell Pickett, Charles Portney, Jason Poss, Michael Price, Steven Price, Piers Ritchie, Steve Roche, Janet Roddick, Ralph Salmins, Gaby Santinelli, Edmund Saunders, Jonathan Schultz, Nigel Scott, James Shannon, Lindsay Shilling, Howard Shore, Lori Silfen, Gareth Small, Peter Snipp, Jonathan Snowden, Tim Starnes, Dave Stewart, Mirek Stiles, Jill Streater, Mike Thompson, Ian Titman, Helen Tunstall, Lawrence Wallington, John F.X. Walsh, Hugo Ward, Rachel Weston, Bruce White, Robert White, John Whitfield, Jonathan Williams, Mark Willsher, Ben Wilson, Rolf Wilson, Toby Wood, John Wriggle, Warren Zielinski, Seth Boggess, Rachel Bolt, Danny Bramson, Jason Cienkus, Peter Jackson, Paul Kegg, Timmy Olmstead, Howard Shore, Alicja Smietana, Michael Teoli, Allen Walley, Toby Wood

Script and Continuity Department

Veronique Lawrence, Helen McNamara, Dianne Moffatt, Oksana Sokol, Victoria Sullivan

Transportation Department

Bruce Bartley, Ravi Dube, Rob Faint, Spencer Faulkner, Arthur Fell, Aaron Gibson, Reg Gibson, Betty Graham, Kent Greenwood, Steve Harvey, Alistair Howden, Stuart Karena, Isaac Lane, Arthur Matthews, Carl McHugh, Jerram Murray, Murray O Neil, Brent Ormsby, Simon Rebis, Karen Russell, Glenn Shaw, Michael Strickland, Tamsin Webber, Swampy Marsh

Additional Crew

Jane Abbott, Janine Abery, Bob Anderson, Dave Andrews, Elena Azuola, Rick Baer, Stephen Bayliss, Len Baynes, Emma Bendell, Jarl Benzon, Andrew Black, Kelly Black, Jan Blenkin, Melissa Booth, Mark Bowden, Billy Boyd, Kristie Breslin, Tanya Buchanan, Bob Buck, Andy Buckley, Elaine Burt, Steve Butler, Andy Bygraves, Carey Cambridge, Philip Capil, Alice Capper-Starr, Briar Carter, Jenny Carter, Graham Carthew, Laurie Cartwright, Linda Cartwright, Roisin Carty, Mac Caudill, Suzanne Celeste, Praphaphorn Fon Chansantor, Dion Church, Basil Clapham, Peter Clarke, Andrew Cochrane, Paul Constable, Matthew Cooper, Kandy Corvette, Mathew Cutfield, Anne-Marie Davenport, Jon Davidson, Ben Del Maestro, Matthew Dravitzki, Robyn Dunmore, Lyle W. Edge, Jeff Egan, Deborah Fox, Jo Friesen, Dominique Fromont, Jason Frost-Evans, Carla Gammons, Richard Gardner, Narretta Gascoigne, Aston Gavey, Marcus Gaylor, Tom George, Reece Geraghty, Jenny Gibbons, Emily Glatter, Simpson Grierson, Jonathan Roy Grindlay, Tim Haigh, Robert Halcrow, Jonathan Harding, Cilla Harnett, Niki Harris, Vance Hartwell, Mike Hayden, Christina Hazard, Liz Hewson, Jason Hill, Jessica Hogan, Vicky Holden, Jennifer Horvath, Brian Hotter, Kevin Howarth, Pania Howe, Rebecca Howell, Katie Hutchinson, Pino Insegno, H. Matthew Israel, Andrew Jack, Craig Jackson, Marcus James, Dave Johnson, Penelope M. Jones, Cindy Kahu, Bhoja BK Kannada, Scott Kanyuck, Jocelyn Karaitiana, Max Kelly, Heather Kinaston-Smith, Mark Kinaston-Smith, Kenny King, Chris Kirkham, Karl Payne Kite-Rangi, Linda Klein-Nixon, Stuart Knight, Rob Koch, Jake Koroi, Emily Lascelles, Jamie Lawrence, Josie Leckie, Ray Lenaghan, Gentiane Lupi, Rochelle Mabey, Caroline MacKay, Brian Mahony, Noa Malaulau, Tim Mansell, Sebastian Marr, Hamish Matheson, Andrew Matthews, Averil Mawhinney, Anthony May, Ann McCaw, Marty McCormack, Wayne McCormack, Robbie Miller, Mike Minogue, Eric Monette, Jenny Morgan, Kerrie Morgan, Kivani Moriarty, Viggo Mortensen, Jennifer Mount, Diane Moynagh, Tristan Murdoch, Linus Murphy, Nigel Nally, Duncan Nimmo, Carter Nixon, Warren O Keefe, Con O Neill, Steve Old, Star Olson, Sam Orbell, John Osborne, Craig Parker, Craig Pontifex, Wesley Priest, Paul Prokop, Jacqui Pryor, Philippa Race, Paul Randall, Claire Raskind, Richard Reiner, Don Reynolds, Paul Sled Reynolds, Missy Rika, Brent Robb, Suzanne Rosencrans, Mark Ross, Merrin Ruck, Christopher Rutten, David Salo, Niccola Sanderson, Paulina Saxton, John Scott, John Scott, Julianna Selfridge, Brian Sergent, Andy Serkis, Kiran Shah, Phil Shaw, Emma Simmers, Adam Slade, Heather Small, Andrew Smith, Lee Sommerville, Jill Soper, Andy South, Holger Spill, Sarah Spurway, Denise Steele, Karl Steiglbauer, Janice Street, Catarina Strom, Jeanne Stuart, Dianne Sugden, Fa Suluvave, Helene Takacs, Dion Tamihana, Carl Taylor, Patrick Thomas, Sonya Thompsen, Sue Thompson, Barry Thomson, Joel Tobeck, Brenna Townshend, Gary Tudor, Dave Turnbull, Melanie Turner, Natasha Turner, Neville Turner, Marc Tyron, Angela van de Weerdhof, Kosta Vatselias, Winston Walker, Angela Waller, Julia Walshaw, Cowan Wards, Jenny Wards, Graham Ware Jr., Tam Webster, Gary Wells, Georgina White, Andy Wickens, Sonya Wickham, Wayne Red Wickman, David Williams, Hughie Williams-Karaitiana, Alan Woodruff, Ngaire Woods, Tony Woolf, Damon Wyman, Will Yonge, Helen Young, Janine Abery, Bianca Bezdek-Goodloe, Dorothy Anne Bonner, Bob Bridges, Ronald C. Briggs Jr., Gina Deakin, Michael Elsworth, Ben Fransham, Rod Fransham, Felicity Hamill, Fraser Hesketh, Pam Hislop, Sean Jordan, Jean-Paul Leonard, Francel Diaz Leñero, Kirk Maxwell, Ian Murray, Bruce Phillips, Jeremy Shaw, Sissel, Damon J. Taylor, Robbie Titchener, Daniel Villagomez, Karl Zohrab

Thanks

Andreas Ahlmann, Brian Bansgrove, Elizabeth Cotnoir, Gabe de Kelaita, Cameron Duncan, Carla Fry, Ryan J. Gilmer, Barbara Glazer, Richard Glenn, Mike Greenfeld, Bill Jackson, Joan Jackson, Ken Kamins, Rodney Knight, Aine Leicht, Hamish McHardy, Peter Nelson, Jim Passon, Phillip Prior, Scott Reynolds, Brent Robb, Tom Shippey, Lars Johan Steinsvik, Bill Welden, Beverly Wood

Genres

Action, Adventure, Drama

Companies

New Line Cinema, WingNut Films, The Saul Zaentz Company

Countries

New Zealand, USA

Languages

English, Quenya, Old English, Sindarin

ContentRating

PG-13

ImDbRating

9

ImDb Rating Votes

1816500

Metacritic Rating

94

Short Description

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is a 2003 epic fantasy adventure film directed by Peter Jackson from a screenplay by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, and Jackson, based on 1955 s The Return of the King, the third volume of the novel The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien. The sequel to 2002 s The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, the film is the final installment in The Lord of the Rings trilogy. It features an ensemble cast including Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Cate Blanchett, John Rhys-Davies, Bernard Hill, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Orlando Bloom, Hugo Weaving, Miranda Otto, David Wenham, Karl Urban, John Noble, Andy Serkis, Ian Holm, and Sean Bean.

Continuing the plot of the previous film, Frodo, Sam and Gollum are making their final way toward Mount Doom in Mordor in order to destroy the One Ring, unaware of Gollum s true intentions, while Merry, Pippin, Gandalf, Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli and the rest are joining forces together against Sauron and his legions in Minas Tirith. The Return of the King was financed and distributed by American studio New Line Cinema, but filmed and edited entirely in Jackson s native New Zealand, concurrently with the other two parts of the trilogy. It premiered on 1 December 2003 at the Embassy Theatre in Wellington and was theatrically released on 17 December 2003 in the United States, and on 18 December 2003 in New Zealand.

The film was acclaimed by both critics and audiences, who considered it to be a landmark in filmmaking and the fantasy film genre, with praise for the visual effects, performances, action sequences, direction, screenplay, musical score, costume design and emotional depth. It grossed over $1.1 billion worldwide, making it the highest-grossing film of 2003 and the second highest-grossing film of all time at the time of its release, as well as the highest-grossing film released by New Line Cinema.

Like the other films in the trilogy, The Return of the King is widely recognized as one of the greatest and most influential films ever made. The film received numerous accolades; at the 76th Academy Awards, it won all eleven awards for which it was nominated, including Best Picture, tying with 1959 s Ben-Hur and 1997 s Titanic as the movie with the most Academy Award wins. It also became the second film series whose entries have all won Best Visual Effects, after the original Star Wars trilogy.

Box Office Budget

$94,000,000 (estimated)

Box Office Opening Weekend USA

$72,629,713

Box Office Gross USA

$378,251,207

Box Office Cumulative Worldwide Gross

$1,146,436,214

Keywords

Epic,orc,middle earth,hobbit,ring