The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

The journey is complete.

For one day the fellowship trilogy will be screened on the Kino Sõprus screen in extended version and with some brand new extra sequences that have never been seen before. Come and celebrate the 25th birthday of the start of the Lord of the Rings trilogy in Sõprus!

The final instalment of the rousing, hugely successful trilogy that redefined the studio blockbuster, The Return of the King won 11 Oscars to add to its box office haul.

“With enormous energy and a passionately exacting eye for detail, Jackson has made the regressive-romantic legend live again. He has given the Tolkien myth a turbo-charged rush into the 21st century.” Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian, 2003.

The Return of the King sees hobbit Frodo Baggins (Elijah Wood) reach the end of his attempt to destroy the magic ring that will otherwise plunge his world into darkness. Meanwhile Middle-earth has erupted in battles between the forces of evil and good, the latter led by the wizard Gandalf (Ian McKellen). Taking up where The Two Towers left off, part three of the epic assumes its audience will know the first two instalments. The most spectacular of the series, The Return of the King builds towards a massive battle scene that is among the finest expressions of director Peter Jackson’s flair for action. The movie’s 11 Oscars, including awards for Best Picture and Best Director, was generally considered recognition for the trilogy as a whole. Aragorn’s famous rallying-the-troops speech in front of the Black Gate recalls Henry V’s “Once more unto the breach”, as delivered on film by Laurence Olivier (1944) and Kenneth Branagh (1989).