The Return of the King (Original Animated Classic) (Deluxe Edition)

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DVD Details

  • Rated: Not Rated
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 37 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: July 22, 2014
  • Originally Released: 1980
  • Label: New Line Home Video

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User Ratings: 8,384
Rating: 4/10 -- A joyless failure which has only the latent strength of Tolkien's fantastic imaginings to give it any merit whatsoever. Full Review
Antagony & Ecstasy
Dec 2, 2012
The cartoon version isn't that bad, espcecially when they couldn't use the first two books in the trilogy.
Greenwich Village Gazette
May 29, 2004
Rating: 5/5 -- I love this. All of it. Although I adore what Peter & Co. did, I think this movie, for sheer atmosphere, slightly nudges out his Oscar-winner. Really.
ÜberCiné
Aug 15, 2005
Rating: 3/5 -- Cartoon tale is darker, more complex than others in series. Full Review
Common Sense Media
Dec 15, 2010
Rating: C -- Works even less well than The Hobbit, which really is a children's story… overbearing folk-ballad soundtrack doesn't even gesture lyrically to Tolkien's poetry. Full Review
Decent Films Guide
Jan 30, 2004
Rating: 3/5 -- McDowall is terrific
Moviehole
Feb 3, 2009

Product Description:

Continuing the story they began in 1978's THE HOBBIT, directors Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin present THE RETURN OF THE KING, the close to J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings series. As hobbits Frodo and Samwise head to Mount Doom to destroy the evil ring that brings plague to the land, they must overcome a number of obstacles--orcs, ring wraiths, the deadly Gollum, and the madness of the ring itself--while Gandalf and Aragon head an epic battle against the evil forces that threaten to destroy all of Middle-earth.

THE RETURN OF THE KING ends the cycle started in THE HOBBIT and continued in Ralph Bakshi's THE LORD OF THE RINGS. Viewers get to see an aged Bilbo Baggins contentedly smoking his pipe and listening to his nephew Frodo's tales. Orson Bean and John Huston reprise their roles as Bilbo and Gandalf. (Bean also lends his voice to Frodo.) And as with THE HOBBIT, there's plenty of thrilling action, masterfully painted backgrounds, and catchy Glenn Yarbrough songs.

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  • Sales Rank: 8,878
  • UPC: 883929396443
  • Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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