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2003 Certificate 12
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As Sauron gathers his forces, the kingdom of Gondor is in need of its king, Aragorn. Gandalf sets off to Minas Tirith to try and rally the troops of Gondor, while King Theoden of Rohan brings his forces to help keep Sauron distracted from the movements of the ring bearer. Meanwhile Frodo, accompanied by his friend Samwise .. Read more

Starring Elijah Wood, Miranda Otto, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen
Director Peter Jackson
Genres Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi/Fantasy

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The Lord Of The Rings - The Return Of The King

As Sauron gathers his forces, the kingdom of Gondor is in need of its king, Aragorn. Gandalf sets off to Minas Tirith to try and rally the troops of Gondor, while King Theoden of Rohan brings his forces to help keep Sauron distracted from the movements of the ring bearer. Meanwhile Frodo, accompanied by his friend Samwise Gamgee and the former ring bearer Golem, continues his journey to cast the One Ring into Mount Doom. However Golem intends to lead them not to their destination but into the lair of Shelob.

Starring Elijah Wood, Miranda Otto, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Liv Tyler, Sean Astin, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Andy Serkis, Bernard Hill, Karl Urban
Director Peter Jackson
Studio ENTERTAINMENT IN VIDEO
Run time DVD: 3 hrs 12 mins
Certificate Certificate 12
Collections 100 Big Adventures, 100 must-see movies
Genres Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Language DVD: English
Subtitles DVD: English
Released DVD: 21 May 2004
Production year: 2003
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  • 5 stars out of 5

    Peter Jackson deservedly won the best director Oscar for this powerful and enchanting concluding episode to his massively ambitious adaptation of JRR Tolkien's trilogy. It also became the first fantasy film to receive the best picture Oscar and won awards in all the categories it was nominated for, equalling the record haul of 11 set by Ben-Hur and Titanic. One staggeringly beautiful sight follows another as the brilliant ensemble cast brings Tolkien's fantasy masterpiece to life, and Jackson mixes man, myth and magic together with astonishing scope and intoxicating invention. The action picks up from The Two Towers with Frodo crawling to Mount Doom to finally destroy the ring, while Aragorn enlists an army of the dead to help Gandalf defend the besieged city of Minas Tirith from the Witch-king and his armies. Jackson's loyalty to Tolkien's over-stuffed text means certain characters get little screen time and the ending does drag on with its series of teary farewells. But these are minor gripes considering his towering achievement in creating a timeless, literate and passionate masterpiece that will live for ever. The Minas Tirith battle sequence in particular will surely go down as one of the greatest in cinema history.

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    • Posted 29 Jan 2006
  • 4 stars out of 4

    Magnificent bravura epic that also works on an individual level: each member of the Fellowship has to struggle to find within himself the strength to continue in what seems to be a lost cause. The final battle ranks with the most thrilling and brilliant s

    • Halliwell's Film Guide
    • Posted 02 Mar 2006

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    Rated - 5 stars

    Easily, the best film of the last 10 years!

    Without question, this is Peter Jacksons penultimate triumph in film-making! No matter what film he makes in the future, everything else will compared to this. From the opening scenes, to the final closing moments as we see Bilbo, Frodo and Co. sail west with the elves, you are completely drawn in, and believe that elves and wizards and orcs et al, are as near to real as they can be!

    This film will be the new generations Star Wars! The characters are well formed and true to the book, with a few noteworthy deletions left out of the film due to time constraints, the scenery and cinematography is unparallelled to this reviewer. Of course the breakaway shining star of this movie and the 2nd instalment is easily Gollum. A first in film-making history, a CGI character that you forget is CGI.

    Short of continuously rambling on and singing it’s praises, I suggest you watch this movie with the same open mouthed awe and wonder as I did.

      • CerebralRedneck from Kent
      • Posted 25 May 2004 14:14

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    Rated - 5 stars

    The Lord of the Rings-The Return of the King.This is the culmination of an epic adventure of a motley fellowship of Hobbits,men,dwarves and elves intent on destroying The One Ring. If you have waited with baited breath for the final part of the trilogy than you will not be disappointed with The Return of the King.The action carries you with it in a rush of emotions. You will feel disgust and yet empathy with the tormented figure of Gollum,you will experience revulsion and a frisson of fear at the appearance of the giant spider Shelob,you will reach for your sword and wish that you too could fight along side the Fellowship as they battle many foes...but most of all the ending will have the most hard hearted reaching for the tissues.

    Do not miss seeing this film...it will lift your spirit and make you smile.

      • A customer from WINDSOR
      • Posted 09 Jun 2004 18:37

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    • 23 Dec 2004

    The Return of the King, the last instalment of Peter Jackson's epic Lord of the Rings trilogy adaptation, has topped the BBC's annual Film 2004 poll. The result marks the third year in a row that a Lord of the Rings film has come out on top in the poll by the show's viewers and will add to the 11 Oscars that Return of the King has already received. Viewers selected Michel Gondry's reflection of love, life and loss in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, starring Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet,... Read more

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