The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is a 2003 English-language Adventure Drama film written by J.r.r. Tolkien, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens and Peter Jackson. The movie is directed by Peter Jackson and produced by Barrie M. Osborne, Fran Walsh and Peter Jackson. Continuing the plot of the previous film, Frodo, Sam and Gollum are making their final way toward Mount Doom to destroy the One Ring, unaware of Gollum's true intentions, while Merry, Pippin, Gandalf, Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli and the others join forces together against Sauron and his legions in Minas Tirith. The lord of the rings: the return of the king features Elijah Wood in the lead role along with an ensemble cast including Ian Mckellen, Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Cate Blanchett and John Rhys-davies. 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 motion picture has a running time of 201 minutes. It was released on 6th February 2004 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 $1147 million. Distribution rights for the film 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. Continuing the plot of the previous film, Frodo, Sam and Gollum are making their final way toward Mount Doom to destroy the One Ring, unaware of Gollum's true intentions, while Merry, Pippin, Gandalf, Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli and the others join forces together against Sauron and his legions in Minas Tirith.