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The Return of the King (2003): Film vs Book
Film · 2003 · Directed by Peter Jackson · Starring Elijah Wood, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen
About the film
The last film of the trilogy, with a final battle and a long return.
How close is it to the book?
Close to the bookIt rearranges some episodes and leaves out a few chapters of the book.
Read or watch first?
The book has an additional epilogue and its famous appendices.
What the book gives you
The Return of the King by J. R. R. Tolkien
A powerful, deeply moving ending where friendship, sacrifice and hope carry the day. You close the book feeling that something great has truly been completed.
Who will like it: Anyone who wants a grand, satisfying finale to one of the greatest fantasy journeys ever written.