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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is a film directed by Peter Jackson. It is currently in post-production (as of March 2003) and is due for theatrical release on Wednesday, December 17, 2003. The premier screening is proposed to be held in Wellington, New Zealand.

It is the third part of a trilogy, following the events portrayed in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring and The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, also directed by Jackson.

The film retells the story contained in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Return of the King, the third part of his epic fantasy The Lord of the Rings. (This story also served as the basis of an animated film of the same name that debuted on U.S. TV in 1980, featuring the voices of Orson Bean as Frodo Baggins and John Huston as Gandalf.)

The Cast

Frodo Baggins: Elijah Wood
Gandalf the White: Ian McKellen
Aragorn (Strider): Viggo Mortensen
Sam Gamgee: Sean Astin
Galadriel: Cate Blanchett
Arwen: Liv Tyler
Gimli son of Gloin (a Dwarf): John Rhys-Davies
Meriadoc Brandybuck (Merry) Dominic Monaghan
Peregrin Took (Pippin): Billy Boyd
Legolas: Orlando Bloom
Saruman: Christopher Lee
Elrond: Hugo Weaving
Bilbo Baggins: Ian Holm
Gollum: Andy Serkis
Theoden: Bernard Hill
Wormtongue: Brad Dourif
Éowyn: Miranda Otto
Éomer: Karl Urban
Denethor: John Noble
Faramir: David Wenham
The Witch King of Angmar: Lawrence Makoare
The Mouth of Sauron: Bruce Spence

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(If there is any prerelease information please add it here.)

This film will almost certainly contain key scenes that occurred in the middle portion of the novel The Lord of the Rings but were not included in the film The Two Towers. These include a confrontation at Isengard in which Gandalf casts Saruman out of the order of wizards, as well as the scene in which the monstrous Shelob attacks Frodo and is wounded by Sam. Other key events include the Siege of Gondor, the Battle of the Pelennor Fields, the destruction of the One Ring and the final fall of Sauron, Aragorn's assumption of the throne, and the departure of several of the heroes to the Undying Lands.

One sequence that will not make it from the book into the film despite the hopes of many fans, according to repeated statements by Jackson, is the "Scouring of the Shire", in which the Hobbits return home at the end of their quest to find they have some cleaning up to do.

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-''''The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'''' is a [[film]]  directed by Peter Jackson.  It is currently in post-production (as of January 2003) and is due for theatrical release on Wednesday, [[December 17]], [[2003]].  The [[premier]] screening is proposed to be held in [[Wellington, New Zealand]].
+''The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'' is a [[film]]  directed by [[Peter Jackson]].  It is currently in post-production (as of March 2003) and is due for theatrical release on Wednesday, [[December 17]], [[2003]].  The [[premier]] screening is proposed to be held in [[Wellington, New Zealand]].
 It is the third part of a trilogy, following the events portrayed in ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (movie)|The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' and ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (movie)|The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers]]'', also directed by Jackson.
-The film retells the story contained in the book ''[[The Return of the King]]'', the third book of the three-book (trilogy) novel ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' by [[J. R. R. Tolkien]].
+The film retells the story contained in [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s ''[[The Return of the King]]'', the third part of his [[epic]] [[fantasy]] ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''. (This story also served as the basis of an animated film of the same name that debuted on U.S. TV in [[1980]], featuring the voices of [[Orson Bean]] as Frodo Baggins and [[John Huston]] as Gandalf.)
+===The Cast===
+*[[Frodo Baggins]]: [[Elijah Wood]]
+*[[Gandalf|Gandalf the White]]: [[Ian McKellen]]
+*[[Aragorn]] (Strider): [[Viggo Mortensen]]
+*[[Sam Gamgee]]: [[Sean Astin]]
+*[[Galadriel]]: [[Cate Blanchett]]
+*[[Arwen]]: [[Liv Tyler]]
+*[[Gimli]] son of Gloin (a Dwarf): [[John Rhys-Davies]]
+*[[Meriadoc Brandybuck]] (Merry) [[Dominic Monaghan]]
+*[[Peregrin Took]] (Pippin): [[Billy Boyd]]
+*[[Legolas]]: [[Orlando Bloom]]
+*[[Saruman|Saruman]]: [[Christopher Lee]]
+*[[Elrond]]: [[Hugo Weaving]]
+*[[Bilbo Baggins]]: [[Ian Holm]]
+*[[Gollum]]: [[Andy Serkis]]
+*[[Theoden]]: [[Bernard Hill]]
+*[[Wormtongue]]: [[Brad Dourif]]
+*[[Éowyn]]: [[Miranda Otto]]
+*[[Éomer]]: [[Karl Urban]]
+*[[Denethor]]: [[John Noble]]
+*[[Faramir]]: [[David Wenham]]
+*[[The Witch King of Angmar]]: [[Lawrence Makoare]]
+*[[The Mouth of Sauron]]: [[Bruce Spence]]
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 ''Warning: [[Wikipedia:Spoiler warning|Wikipedia contains spoilers]]''
 *(''If there is any prerelease information please add it here.'')
+This film will almost certainly contain key scenes that occurred in the middle portion of the novel ''The Lord of the Rings'' but were not included in the film ''The Two Towers''. These include a confrontation at [[Isengard]] in which Gandalf casts Saruman out of the order of [[Wizards (Middle-earth)|wizards]], as well as the scene in which the monstrous [[Shelob]] attacks Frodo and is wounded by Sam. Other key events include the Siege of [[Gondor]], the Battle of the [[Pelennor Fields]], the destruction of the [[One Ring]] and the final fall of [[Sauron]], Aragorn's assumption of the throne, and the departure of several of the heroes to the [[Undying Lands]].
+One sequence that will not make it from the book into the film despite the hopes of many fans, according to repeated statements by Jackson, is the "Scouring of [[the Shire]]", in which the [[Hobbits]] return home at the end of their quest to find they have some cleaning up to do.