The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King: Directed by Peter Jackson. With Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, Noel Appleby. Gandalf and Aragorn lead the World of Men against Sauron's army to draw his gaze from Frodo and Sam as they approach Mount Doom with the One Ring.. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is a 2003 epic fantasy film directed by Peter Jackson from a screenplay he wrote with Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens. It is based on 1955's The Return of the King, the third volume of the novel The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien. The sequel to 2002's The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, the film is the final instalment in The Lord of the.
High resolution official theatrical movie poster (#1 of 9) for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003). Image dimensions: 2025 x 3000. Directed by Peter Jackson. Starring Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Liv Tyler. But "Return of the King" dispatches its characters to their destinies with a grand and eloquent confidence. This is the best of the three, redeems the earlier meandering, and certifies the "Ring" trilogy as a work of bold ambition at a time of cinematic timidity. That it falls a little shy of greatness is perhaps inevitable.