The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

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New Zealand film epic fantasy film film

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is an epic fantasy film directed by Peter Jackson that concludes the Lord of the Rings trilogy, renowned for its sweeping storytelling, groundbreaking visual effects, and multiple Academy Awards including Best Picture.

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Statements (84)

Predicate Object
instanceOf New Zealand film ⓘ
epic fantasy film ⓘ
film ⓘ
academyAward Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Art Direction ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Costume Design ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Director ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Film Editing ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Makeup

Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Sound ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing

Academy Award for Best Visual Effects ⓘ
basedOn The Lord of the Rings film trilogy ⓘ
surface form: The Lord of the Rings

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Return of the King
basedOnAuthor J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ
boxOfficeGrossWorldwide over 1.1 billion USD ⓘ
cinematographyBy Andrew Lesnie ⓘ
concludesSeries The Lord of the Rings film trilogy ⓘ
countryOfOrigin New Zealand ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Peter Jackson ⓘ
distributor New Line Cinema ⓘ
editedBy Jamie Selkirk ⓘ
featuresCharacter Aragorn ⓘ
Denethor II ⓘ
Faramir ⓘ
Frodo Baggins ⓘ
Gandalf ⓘ
Gimli ⓘ
Gollum ⓘ
Legolas ⓘ
Samwise Gamgee ⓘ
Éowyn ⓘ
featuresEvent Battle of the Pelennor Fields ⓘ
Destruction of the One Ring ⓘ
featuresLocation Minas Tirith ⓘ
Mordor ⓘ
follows The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers ⓘ
genre adventure film ⓘ
epic film ⓘ
fantasy film ⓘ
musicBy Howard Shore ⓘ
notableFor groundbreaking visual effects ⓘ
large-scale battle sequences ⓘ
sweeping storytelling ⓘ
numberOfAcademyAwardsWon 11 ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf The Lord of the Rings film trilogy ⓘ
precededBy The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers ⓘ
producer Barrie M. Osborne ⓘ
Fran Walsh ⓘ
Peter Jackson ⓘ
productionCompany New Line Cinema ⓘ
WingNut Films ⓘ
releaseDate 2003-12-01 ⓘ
releaseYear 2003 ⓘ
runtime 201 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter Fran Walsh ⓘ
Peter Jackson ⓘ
Philippa Boyens ⓘ
setInFictionalUniverse Middle-earth ⓘ
stars Andy Serkis ⓘ
Bernard Hill ⓘ
Billy Boyd ⓘ
Cate Blanchett ⓘ
Dominic Monaghan ⓘ
Elijah Wood ⓘ
Hugo Weaving ⓘ
Ian Holm ⓘ
Ian McKellen ⓘ
John Noble ⓘ
John Rhys-Davies ⓘ
Karl Urban ⓘ
Liv Tyler ⓘ
Miranda Otto ⓘ
Orlando Bloom ⓘ
Sean Astin ⓘ
Sean Bean ⓘ
Viggo Mortensen ⓘ
tiesRecordWith Ben-Hur ⓘ
Titanic ⓘ
worldPremiereLocation Wellington ⓘ

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Fran Walsh → produced → The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ⓘ
Mount Ngauruhoe → usedAsFilmLocationFor → The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ⓘ
Fran Walsh → wroteScreenplayFor → The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ⓘ
Philippa Boyens → wroteScreenplayFor → The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ⓘ