The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

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The King makes his return in filmmaker Peter Jackson's stunning conclusion to The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, to be released by Entertainment In Video on DVD May 25th 2004.

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King will follow the groundbreaking success of the multi-tiered platform releases of both The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers, and will be available on a two-disc DVD.

Based on J.R.R. Tolkien's epic adventure of good versus evil, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King will be released separately in both widescreen and full screen versions, each including a second disc offering hours of additional content. Disc Two will feature exciting behind-the-scenes specials, featurettes, theatrical trailers, TV spots, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy super trailer, a preview of the upcoming The Lord of the Rings based video game from Electronic Arts and a link to exclusive online content about the three films.

"The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is the crowning glory of a truly unparalleled filmmaking achievement," said Stephen Einhorn, president and chief operating officer of New Line Home Entertainment. "The two-DVD edition includes the award-winning theatrical epic as well as hours of behind-the-scenes bonus materials."

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is the most successful box office film of the trilogy, becoming the second film ever to earn more than $1 billion and the first to hit this mark in only ten weeks. The film also made Oscar® history on February 29, winning Academy Awards® in all eleven categories in which it was nominated - including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay - and tying with Ben Hur (1959) and Titanic (1997) for the most wins ever.

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King was honoured with the following Academy Awards®:

• Best Picture, Barrie M. Osbome, Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, Producers
• Director, Peter Jackson
• Adapted Screenplay, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens and Peter Jackson
• Costume Design, Ngila Dickson and Richard Taylor
• Art Direction, Grant Major (Art Direction); Dan Hermah and Alan Lee (Set Decoration)
• Film Editing, Jamie Selkirk
• Original Score, Howard Shore
• Original Song, "Into The West," Music and Lyrics by Fran Walsh, Howard Shore, and Annie Lennox; Performed By Annie Lennox
• Makeup, Richard Taylor and Peter King
• Visual Effects, Jim Rygiel, Joe Letteri, Randall William Cook, and Alex Funke
• Sound Mixing, Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek