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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

Adventure, Fantasy, Action • 3h 21m

Overview

As armies mass for a final battle that will decide the fate of the world--and powerful, ancient forces of Light and Dark compete to determine the outcome--one member of the Fellowship of the Ring is revealed as the noble heir to the throne of the Kings of Men. Yet, the sole hope for triumph over evil lies with a brave hobbit, Frodo, who, accompanied by his loyal friend Sam and the hideous, wretched Gollum, ventures deep into the very dark heart of Mordor on his seemingly impossible quest to destroy the Ring of Power.​

Director: Peter Jackson

Cast: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Andy Serkis, Dominic Monaghan, Billy Boyd, John Noble, David Wenham, Miranda Otto, Bernard Hill, John Rhys-Davies, Orlando Bloom, Hugo Weaving, Liv Tyler, Cate Blanchett, Karl Urban, Ian Holm, Sean Bean, Lawrence Makoare, Marton Csokas, Paul Norell, Noel Appleby, Sarah McLeod, Ali Astin, Maisy McLeod-Riera, David Aston, John Bach, Sadwyn Brophy, Alistair Browning, Richard Edge, Jason Fitch, Bruce Hopkins, Ian Hughes, Bret McKenzie, Bruce Phillips, Shane Rangi, Todd Rippon, Thomas Robins, Harry Sinclair, Peter Tait, Joel Tobeck, Stephen Ure, Sala Baker, Robert Pollock, Ross Duncan, Pete Smith, Jed Brophy, Lee Hartley, Billy Jackson, Katie Jackson, Alan Howard, Jane Abbott, Gino Acevedo, Aidan Bell, Jarl Benzon, Jørn Benzon, Emma Deakin, Michael Elsworth, Clint Elvy, Zo Hartley, Peter Jackson, Sandro Kopp, Andrew Lesnie, Joseph Mika-Hunt, Henry Mortensen, Craig Parker, Rick Porras, Christian Rivers, Michael Semanick, Howard Shore, John Stephenson, Richard Taylor, Royd Tolkien, Sam Kelly, Christopher Lee, Bruce Spence, Brad Dourif

Best English-Friendly Release

Best Video Release

4K Blu-ray caveat: mostly great video but the UHDs have had additional DNR applied in some scenes on top of the DNR that had been applied in post-production and was already present on the DVDs & BDs

Additional Info

UHD set is missing extras from the old Blu-Ray/DVD releases

Format

UHD Blu-ray

UHD Tiers

Solid

WB:

caveat: mostly great video but the UHDs have had additional DNR applied in some scenes on top of the DNR that had been applied in post-production and was already present on the DVDs & BDs

TSPDT

2026: #959
2025: #949
2024: #971
2023: #976
2022: #976

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Length

201 mins

Type

Movie

Alternative Titles

The Return of the King, The Lord of the Rings 3: The Return of the King, The Lord of the Rings III: The Return of the King, The Lord of the Rings The Return of the King, LOTR3 - The Return of the King

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