Rent The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King: Extended Cut (2003)
4.4 of 5 from 249 ratings
4h 12min
- General info
- Available formats
- Synopsis:
- The extended version (with 48 extra minutes) of the final film in Peter Jackson's epic big screen adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy - which won all 11 Academy Awards it was nominated for, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay. Gandalf manages to rally Gondor's fallen army with the help of King Theoden of Rohan for the biggest battle in the history of Middle-earth; and Aragorn finally faces up to his responsibilities. They are obviously out-numbered but are determined to keep Sauron distracted in order to enable Frodo to complete his quest to destroy the Ring by throwing it into the fires of the Mountain of Doom.
- Actors:
- Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, Noel Appleby, Ali Astin, Sean Astin, David Aston, John Bach, Sean Bean, Cate Blanchett, Orlando Bloom, Billy Boyd, Sadwyn Brophy, Alistair Browning, Marton Csokas, Richard Edge, Jason Fitch, Bernard Hill, Ian Holm, Bruce Hopkins
- Directors:
- Peter Jackson
- Producers:
- Peter Jackson, Barrie M. Osborne, Fran Walsh
- Voiced By:
- Alan Howard, John Stephenson, Craig Parker
- Writers:
- J.R.R. Tolkien, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson
- Studio:
- Entertainment In Video
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Collections:
- Award Winners, Oscars: Winners & Losers
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 03/12/2012
- Run Time:
- 263 minutes
- Languages:
- English DTS-HD Master Audio 6.1
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.40:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- 4 Commentaries by the Director and Writers, the Cast, the Production Team and the Design Team, with More Than 30 Participants including Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Barrie M. Osborne, Richard Taylor, Howard Shore, Jim Rygiel and Cast including Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Sean Astin, John Rhys-Davies, Bernard Hill, Christopher Lee, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Orlando Bloom, Hugo Weaving, Miranda Otto, David Wenham, Karl Urban, John Noble and Andy Serkis, with Smeagol and Gollum
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- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 30/11/2020
- Run Time:
- 264 minutes
- Languages:
- Castilian Spanish DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, English Dolby Atmos, French DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, German DTS-HD Master Audio 6.1, Italian DTS-HD Master Audio 6.1
- Subtitles:
- Cantonese, Castillian, Chinese, Complex Mandarin, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English Hard of Hearing, Finnish, French, German Hard of Hearing, Greek, Italian Hard of Hearing, Korean, Latin American Spanish, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish, Thai
- DVD Regions:
- Region 2
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.40:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
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Reviews (1) of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King: Extended Cut
Truly Marvellous - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King: Extended Cut review by GI
The final epic and what a magnificent piece of cinema deserving of its 11 Oscars (to date only three films have achieved this). The Extended edition opens up the story with far more clarity than the theatrical release which went for more battle scenes to the expense of narrative and character. Luckily director Peter Jackson was always planning to finalise his true vision for this film and it is always the one to turn to. By the time this was released the world of Tolkien's Middle-earth was fully absorbed into the general imagination of the film-going public and Jackson could spread his vision and take risks such as opening the film with a gruesome murder, filling the story with monsters that are bound to provoke nightmares especially the giant spider, Shelob, and with gory battle scenes which rival any huge war film. The cast are magnificent clearly so comfortable now in their roles and I love that Jackson took chances especially by adding the films codas which are sad and uplifting at the sametime. A glorious film about heroism, friendship and loyalty centred around a passion for myth and legend. A wonderful film and a fantastic final instalment of one of the great cinematic trilogies. This is a modern masterpiece and a film to enjoy time and time again.
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