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The Lord of the Rings: Book V – The War of the Ring ()

Directed by Peter Jackson

Overview

The fifth of a six-part edit made to bring Peter Jackson’s adaptations of “The Lord of the Rings” as close as possible to the original book by J.R.R. Tolkien, this covers the first half of “The Return of the King”. To separate Peter Jackson’s “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy into six parts that adhere as closely as possible to the six books of J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings”. This is done by both restructuring the films to match the narrative structure found in Tolkien’s book, and by removing as much as possible of the material that has no basis in Tolkien’s vision of Middle-Earth. For Book V, this has involved removing all of Frodo and Sam’s story from the film, as well as recutting and rearranging many of the remaining scenes.

Length 85 minutes