The Return of the King is an animated adaptation of the novel by J. R. R. Tolkien which was released by Rankin-Bass as a TV special in 1980. It has since been released on VHS and DVD. Animation is the technique in which each frame of a film or movie is produced individually, whether generated as a computer graphic, or by photographing a drawn image, or by repeatedly making small changes to a model unit (see claymation and stop motion), and then photographing the result with a... Wikicities has a wiki related to this article: The Lord of the Rings Wiki The Encyclopedia of Arda - Mark Fishers tribute site to the works of Tolkien Tolkien Gateway Tolkien Collectors Gateway The Tolkien Wiki Community TheOneRing. ... J. R. R. Tolkien in 1972, in his study at Merton Street (from by H. Carpenter) John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (January 3, 1892 – September 2, 1973) was the author of The Hobbit and its sequel The Lord of the Rings. ... Rankin-Bass (aka Videocraft International) is an American production company, known for its seasonal television specials. ... See also: 1979 in film 1980 1981 in film 1970s in film 1980s in film years in film film Events April 30 - The Roger Daltrey film, McVicar, opens in London. ... Top view VHS cassette with US Quarter for scale Bottom view of VHS cassette with magnetic tape exposed The Video Home System, better known by its acronym VHS, is a recording and playing standard for video cassette recorders (VCRs), developed by JVC (with some of its critical technology under lucrative... DVD is an optical disc storage media format that can be used for storing data, including movies with high video and sound quality. ...

The movie was created by the same team which had worked on the 1977 animated version of The Hobbit. See also: 1976 in film 1977 1978 in film 1970s in film years in film film Events In the Academy Awards, Peter Finch, Faye Dunaway and Beatrice Straight win Best Actor and Actress and Supporting Actress awards for Network. ... J. R. R. Tolkiens The Hobbit was adapted into an animated television movie by the Rankin-Bass studios in 1977. ...

Orson Bean returned as the voice of the older Bilbo Baggins, as well as that of the story's hero, Frodo Baggins. John Huston reprised his role as the voice of the wizard Gandalf, and other voices were done by William Conrad, Paul Frees, and Roddy McDowall. Orson Bean, born Dallas Frederick Burroughs (July 22, 1928- in Burlington, Vermont), is an American film actor. ... Ian Holm as Bilbo Baggins, drawn by Bente Schlick Bilbo Baggins is the central character of J. R. R. Tolkiens novel The Hobbit, and a minor character in its sequels, The Lord of the Rings series. ... Elijah Wood portrays Frodo Baggins WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!! HURRAYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!! IM FRODO BAGGINS!!! I LOVE BEING FRODO BAGGINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I ALSO LOVE CHEESE!!!!!!!!! HURAY!!!!!! PIE. ... John Huston (August 5, 1906 - August 28, 1987) was an American film director. ... This article is about the fictional character from J.R.R. Tolkiens books. ... Conrad in Cannon William Conrad (September 27, 1920 – February 11, 1994), born William Cann, was an American actor and narrator in radio, film and television noted for his gifted use of a marvelous baritone voice, as well as for his sizable girth. ... Paul Frees (June 22, 1920 - November 2, 1986) was a voice actor born in Chicago. ... Roderick Andrew Anthony Jude McDowall (sometimes written MacDowall) (September 17, 1928 – October 3, 1998) was a British actor. ...

The movie picked up approximately where Ralph Bakshi's animated adaption of The Lord of the Rings had left off in 1978, but was filmed in a very different style, and tied in more with Rankin-Bass's earlier The Hobbit than The Lord of the Rings. Several important plot elements were skipped between the end of The Lord of the Rings and the beginning of The Return of the King. Ralph Bakshi (born October 29, 1938, in Haifa, Israel) is a director of animation and occasionally live-action films. ... The Lord of the Rings is the title of an animated film produced by Ralph Bakshi, and released to theaters in 1978. ... See also: 1977 in film 1978 1979 in film 1970s in film years in film film Events February 1 - Bob Dylans film Renaldo and Clara, a documentary of the Rolling Thunder Revue tour premieres in Los Angeles, California March 1 - Charlie Chaplins coffin is stolen from a Swiss...

External links

• The Return of the King at IMDb