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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Release Date	December 17, 2001
Genre	Fantasy
Director	Peter Jackson
Screenwriter	Fran walsh Peter Jackson Philippa Boyens
Stars	Viggo Mortensen Ian McKellen Elijah Wood Sean Astin Orlando Bloom Sean Bean Ian Holm Dominic Monaghan John Rhys-Davies Hugo Weaving
Studio	New Line Cinema

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is the third and final film in the The Lord of the Rings film trilogy directed by Peter Jackson. It was preceded by The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring and The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. The film opened on December 17, 2003 and won the Academy Awards for Best Picture as well as awards for Best Director, visual effects, sound editing, screenplay, visual effects, and art direction.

Cast

• Noel Appleby as Everard Proudfoot
• Alexandra Astin as Elanor Gamgee
• Sean Astin as Sam
• John Bach as Madril
• Sean Bean as Boromir
• Cate Blanchett as Galadriel
• Orlando Bloom as Legolas
• Billy Boyd as Pippin
• Sadwyn Brophy as Eldarion
• Alistair Browning as Damrod
• Marton Csokas as Celeborn
• Bernard Hill as Theoden
• Ian Holm as Bilbo
• Bruce Hopkins as Gamling
• Ian Hughes as Irolas
• Lawrence Makoare as Witchking/Gothmog
• Ian McKellen as Gandalf
• Bret McKenzie as Elf Escort
• Sarah McLeod as Rosie Cotton
• Maisie McLeod-Riera as Baby Gamgee
• Dominic Monaghan as Merry
• Viggo Mortensen as Aragorn
• John Noble as Denethor
• Paul Norell as King of the Dead
• Miranda Otto as Eowyn
• Bruce Phillips as Grimbold
• John Rhys-Davies as Gimli
• Thomas Robins as Deagol
• Andy Serkis as Gollum/Smeagol
• Harry Sinclair as Isildur
• Peter Tait as Shagrat
• Liv Tyler as Arwen
• Karl Urban as Eomer
• Stephen Ure as Gorbag
• Hugo Weaving as Elrond
• David Wenham as Faramir
• Elijah Wood as Frodo
• Alan Howard as The Ring (voice)

Related Terms and Articles

• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (first movie in the series)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (second movie in the series)

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