The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Extended Edition 12A
Showing as part of Special screenings & events, Showroom Classics
“A day may come when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day. An hour of wolves and shattered shields, when the age of men comes crashing down! But it is not this day! This day we fight!”
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King presents the final confrontation between the forces of good and evil fighting for control of the future of Middle-earth. Hobbits Frodo and Sam reach Mordor in their quest to destroy the ‘one ring', while Aragorn leads the forces of good against Sauron's evil army at the stone city of Minas Tirith.
Like the previous films in the trilogy, The Return of the King is widely recognised as one of the greatest and most influential films ever made. The film received numerous accolades; at the 76th Academy Awards, it won all eleven awards for which it was nominated, including Best Picture, the first fantasy film to do so and tying with 1959's Ben-Hur and 1997's Titanic as the movie with the most Academy Award wins.
To complete the trilogy this week, also make sure to see our extended edition screenings of The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers. Watch all three films back to back in our The Lord of the Rings marathon screening on Sunday 22nd September.
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- Director
- Peter Jackson
- Year
- 2003
- Duration
- 4 hours 13 minutes
- Language
- English
- Cast
- Elijah Wood, Sir Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen
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