The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is a 2003 English-language Adventure Drama motion picture written by J.r.r. Tolkien, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens and Peter Jackson. The movie is directed by Peter Jackson and produced by Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Barrie M. Osborne. Gandalf and Aragorn lead the World of Men against Sauron's army to draw his gaze from Frodo and Sam as they approach Mount Doom with the One Ring. The lord of the rings: the return of the king stars Elijah Wood, Ian Mckellen, Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Cate Blanchett and Robert Catto. The screenplay is written by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens and Peter Jackson which is inspired from The Return of the King by J. R. R. Tolkien. The music was composed by Academy Award Oscar winner Howard Shore. Cinematography was done by Andrew Lesnie and editing by Jamie Selkirk. The film has a running time of 201-252 minutes. It was released on 18th December 2003 and it received positive reviews from critics when it was released and became successful at box office. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King was made on a budget of $94 million and it was a super hit at box office gross of $1142 million. Distribution rights for the movie were acquired by New Line Cinema. At the 2004 Oscar Awards It won 11 awards including: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay, Best Film Editing, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Costume Design, Best Makeup, Best Music, Original Score, Best Music, Original Song, Best Sound Mixing and Best Visual Effects.