The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

New Zealand and United States of America, 2003

Film
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Aragorn is revealed as the heir to the ancient kings as he, Gandalf and the other members of the broken fellowship struggle to save Gondor from Sauron’s forces. Meanwhile, Frodo and Sam take the ring closer to the heart of Mordor, the dark lord’s realm.

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Collection

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Credits

director

Peter Jackson

costume design

Ngila Dickson

Richard Taylor

producer

Barrie M. Osborne

Fran Walsh

Peter Jackson

production company

New Line Cinema

The Saul Zaentz Company

WingNut Films

production design

Grant Major

screenplay

Fran Walsh

Peter Jackson

Philippa Boyens

Duration

03:21:00

Production places
New Zealand United States of America
Production dates
2003

On other websites

View at www.lordoftherings.net

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

tmdb-movie-122

Language

English

Subject categories

Action

Adventure

Fantasy

TMDB-Movie

122

Wikidata

Q131074

Collected

83 times

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