The Return of the King

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animated television film fantasy film

The Return of the King is a 1980 animated television film by Rankin/Bass that adapts the final part of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, focusing on the climax of the War of the Ring and the destruction of the One Ring.

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The Return of the King (1980 film) 1
The Return of the King (film) 1
The Return of the King, Book VI 1

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf animated television film ⓘ
fantasy film ⓘ
adaptationOf The Lord of the Rings NERFINISHED ⓘ
animationStudio Topcraft NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn The Return of the King (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOnWorkBy J. R. R. Tolkien NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
depictsEvent Battle of the Pelennor Fields NERFINISHED ⓘ
Journey to Mount Doom NERFINISHED ⓘ
Siege of Minas Tirith NERFINISHED ⓘ
director Arthur Rankin Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jules Bass NERFINISHED ⓘ
distributor ABC NERFINISHED ⓘ
featuresCharacter Aragorn NERFINISHED ⓘ
Frodo Baggins NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gandalf NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gollum NERFINISHED ⓘ
Samwise Gamgee NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sauron NERFINISHED ⓘ
focusesOn War of the Ring NERFINISHED ⓘ
destruction of the One Ring ⓘ
follows The Hobbit (1977 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre adventure ⓘ
animated ⓘ
fantasy ⓘ
hasFormat animated musical ⓘ
medium television film ⓘ
musicBy Maury Laws NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor Rankin/Bass adaptation of Tolkien ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originalNetwork ABC ⓘ
partOf The Lord of the Rings adaptations ⓘ
partOfFranchise The Lord of the Rings NERFINISHED ⓘ
precedes The Hobbit (1982 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
producer Arthur Rankin Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jules Bass NERFINISHED ⓘ
productionCompany Rankin/Bass Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ
releaseYear 1980 ⓘ
runtimeApprox 98 minutes ⓘ
setting Middle-earth NERFINISHED ⓘ
title The Return of the King NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (25)

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Rankin/Bass Productions → notableWork → The Return of the King ⓘ
Grey Pilgrim → appearsIn → The Return of the King ⓘ
Heir of Elendil → usedInWork → The Return of the King ⓘ
War of the Ring → appearsIn → The Return of the King ⓘ
Prince of the Woodland Realm → appearsInWork → The Return of the King ⓘ
The Shire → appearsIn → The Return of the King ⓘ
The Grey Havens → appearsIn → The Return of the King ⓘ
Black Speech → appearsInWork → The Return of the King ⓘ
The One Ring → destroyedIn → The Return of the King ⓘ
The Lord of the Rings (1978 film) → followedBy → The Return of the King ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Return of the King (1980 film)
Shire → appearsIn → The Return of the King ⓘ
Bag End → appearsIn → The Return of the King ⓘ
Nazgûl → appearIn → The Return of the King ⓘ
Slinker → appearsIn → The Return of the King ⓘ
Stinker → appearsInVolume → The Return of the King ⓘ
Shelob → appearsIn → The Return of the King ⓘ
Mount Doom → appearsIn → The Return of the King ⓘ
Ents → appearsIn → The Return of the King ⓘ
Scouring of the Shire → partOf → The Return of the King ⓘ
Scouring of the Shire → appearsIn → The Return of the King ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Return of the King, Book VI
Bagshot Row → appearsIn → The Return of the King ⓘ
Fourth Age → mentionedIn → The Return of the King ⓘ
The Took family → appearsIn → The Return of the King ⓘ
subject surface form: Took family
Goblins of the Misty Mountains → appearsIn → The Return of the King ⓘ
Sindarin (film depiction) → usedForDialogue → The Return of the King ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Return of the King (film)