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{{Infobox Film
| name=The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
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| director=[[Peter Jackson]]
| producer=Peter Jackson<br>Michael Lynne<br>Mark Ordesky<br>Barrie M. Osborne<br>Robert Shaye<br>Fran Walsh<br>Bob Weinstein<br>Harvey Weinstein
| writer=[[J.R.R. Tolkien]] (original)<br>Fran Walsh<br>Philippa Boyens<br>Peter Jackson
| narrator=
| starring=Elijah Wood<br>[[Ian McKellen]]<br>Sean Astin<br>Viggo Mortensen
| music=Howard Shore
| cinematography=Andrew Lesnie
| editing=Jamie Selkirk
| distributor=New Line Cinema
| released=December 17, 2003
| runtime=201 min
| country=New Zealand
| language=English
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| preceded_by=[[The Two Towers (film, 2002)|The Two Towers]]
| followed_by=
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| imdb_id=0167260
}}
'''The Return of the King''' is a film made by Peter Jackson adapting the last book in J.R.R. Tolkien's classic trilogy, [[The Lord of the Rings]]. The film made significant omissions, such as the omission of the battle in the shire and death of Saruman (Saruman's death is shown in the extended edition.) The film won eleven Oscars for Best Art Direction/Set Direction, Best Costume Design, Best Director, Best Editing, Best Makeup, Best Music/Original Score, Best Music/Original Song, Best Picture, Best Sound Mixing, Best Visual Effects and Best Writing/Adapted Screenplay. The film remains one of the joint-record for Academy Awards, along with [[Ben-Hur (film, 1959)|Ben-Hur]] and [[Titanic (1997 film)|Titanic]].
[[Category: Movies]]