The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Gandalf and Aragorn lead the World of Men against Sauron's army to draw his gaze from Frodo and Sam as they approach Mount Doom with the One Ring.
Director
Peter Jackson
Writers
J.R.R. Tolkien Fran WalshPhilippa Boyens
Stars
Elijah Wood Viggo MortensenIan McKellen
• Release Date: December 1, 2003 (premiere at Embassy Theatre in Wellington) and December 17, 2003 (United States).
• Director & Studio: Directed by Peter Jackson, and financed and distributed by New Line Cinema.
• Box Office Success: Grossed over $1.1 billion worldwide, becoming only the second film in history (after Titanic) to cross the billion-dollar mark.
• Academy Awards Sweep: Won all 11 Academy Awards it was nominated for at the 76th Oscars (including Best Picture and Best Director), tying the all-time record set by Ben-Hur and Titanic. It was also the first fantasy film to win Best Picture.
• Runtime: The theatrical edition runs for 201 minutes (3 hours 21 minutes), and the extended edition spans 251 minutes (4 hours 13 minutes).
• Special Effects & Scale: Weta Digital utilized groundbreaking "MASSIVE" artificial intelligence software to animate up to 200,000 independent digital soldiers for the Battle of the Pelennor Fields.
• Military Extras: A few hundred members of the New Zealand Army were recruited as extras for the Battle at the Black Gate, and they were so enthusiastic that they kept accidentally breaking their wooden props.
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