Where to watch The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is available to stream in BR on HBO Max and Claro tv+. It can also be rented or bought from AppleTV and Amazon.
As armies gather for a decisive war, a reluctant heir must unite the forces of good while a brave hobbit and his loyal companion undertake a perilous journey into the enemy’s land. Their mission offers the only hope of destroying a powerful ring and saving their world.
Cast: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Andy Serkis, Dominic Monaghan, Billy Boyd, John Noble, David Wenham, Miranda Otto, Bernard Hill, John Rhys-Davies
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Trivia & production notes
- The Return of the King contains 1,489 visual effects shots, nearly three times more than the first film in the trilogy.
- During planning for the Battle of Pelennor Fields, the number of digital characters ballooned from 50,000 to 200,000, and planned visual effects shots increased from 60 to 250.
- Shelob's head was scanned by a Canadian company for ten times more detail than Weta Digital had previously been able to capture from any sculpture.
- The Mouth of Sauron's mouth was enlarged by 200 percent for an unsettling visual effect.
- A miniature of Minas Tirith was built at 1:72 scale, standing 7 meters high and 6.5 meters in diameter.
- Peter Jackson found The Return of the King the easiest of the three films to make because it contained the story's climax.
- The Minas Tirith set was constructed from parts of the Helm's Deep set, with the gate from Helm's Deep repurposed as Minas Tirith's second gate.
- John Howe designed Minas Morgul by imagining how Orcs would corrupt a former Gondorian city, drawing inspiration from his experience having a wisdom tooth extracted.
- Shelob's body design was based on a tunnelweb spider, while Peter Jackson's children selected the head design from multiple sculpts.
- The Battle of the Black Gate was filmed at Rangipo Desert, a former minefield in New Zealand, with military guides present to watch for unexploded ordnance.
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