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Liv Tyler, Sean Astin, Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, and Andy Serkis in 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

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Edited from

    • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

      Scenes from first film incorporated into flashback scenes

Edited into

    • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Special Extended Edition Scenes (Video 2004)

      Extended scenes cut from the film.
    • Catalogue of Ships (2008)

    • The Arrivals (Video 2008)

      Scenes included

Featured in

    • A Passage to Middle-earth: The Making of 'Lord of the Rings' (TV Movie 2001)

    • CinéMagique (Short 2002)

      Updated version features a clip from this film
    • The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings' (Video 2002)

    • "Siskel & Ebert" The Cat in the Hat/The Cooler/In America/The Last Samurai (TV Episode 2003)

      Clips appear in the teaser for the next episode.
    • National Geographic: Beyond the Movie - The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (TV Movie 2003)

      footage is used in the tv-special

Followed by

    • The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)

    • The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)

    • The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)

Follows

    • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

    • The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

Referenced in

    • "Siskel & Ebert" The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring/Monster's Ball/Joe Somebody/Ali (TV Episode 2001)

      Alluded to during the review of "The Fellowship of the Ring".
    • "South Park" The Return of the Fellowship of the Ring to the Two Towers (TV Episode 2002)

      The episode name is a mish-mash of the titles of all 3 Lord of the Rings movies. "The Return of" comes from this film, "The Fellowship" comes from the 1st film and "The Two Towers" comes from the 2nd film.
    • "Siskel & Ebert" The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers/Chicago/Two Weeks Notice/The Wild Thornberrys Movie (TV Episode 2002)

      Alluded to during the review of "The Two Towers".
    • "Queer as Folk" Poster May Lead to the Truth (TV Episode 2003)

      The films are mentioned.
    • The Battle for Helm's Deep Is Over... (Video 2003)

      Peter Jackson says it his favorite movie during its production

References

    • Intolerance (1916)

      The siege towers, especially the attack ramps which are used to clamp on to the walls, and their movement up to the walls
    • The Third Man (1949)

      Samwise's shadow preceding him up the stairs when he rescues Frodo
    • Vertigo (1958)

      The famous 'vertigo' reverse-tracking shot is used
    • Psycho (1960)

      Characters that "wouldn't hurt a fly" in both films.
    • Robin Hood (1973)

      Pippin takes the ball of Saruman away from Gandalf in the very same manner as Robin Hood steals away the last bag of coins from Prince John in Disney's Robin Hood

Remake of

    • The Lord of the Rings (1978)

      Live action remake of "The Lord of the Rings"
    • The Return of the King (TV Movie 1980)

      Live action remake of "The Return of the King"
    • The Shadows of Mordor (Video Game 1988)

      Live action remake of "The Return of the King"

Spin-off

    • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Video Game 2003)

      the video game version of the movie
    • The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age (Video Game 2004)

      Video game adaptation
    • The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth (Video Game 2004)

      This is a game based on the Lord Of The Rings movie trilogy
    • The Lord of the Rings: Conquest (Video Game 2009)

      Video game adaptation.
    • The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest (Video Game 2010)

      Video game adaptation.

Spoofed in

    • "Saturday Night Live" Elijah Wood/Jet (TV Episode 2003)

      Spoofed during the monologue
    • The 76th Annual Academy Awards (TV Special 2004)

      Billy Crystal is Gollum, looking into his reflection on the pond
    • The Polar Express (2004)

      The elderly elf asks the small boy to let him take care of his gift box by saying "Trust me" in a slightly sneaky seductive supplicating tone, and has somewhat crafty-looking facial features, just as Gollum does.
    • World of Warcraft (Video Game 2004)

      Human male character tells ironic story about a magic bracelet, which might be well suitable for a movie trilogy; the climatcic conclusiong could be called "Hey, the King's back!"
    • The Trouble of the Rings Returns: King-Size (Video 2004)

      parody

Version of

    • The Return of the King (TV Movie 1980)

      Both based on J. R. R. Tolkien's novel.
    • Hobitit (TV Mini Series 1993)

      Both based on J. R. R. Tolkien's novel.

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