About this episode
The tenth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 2003 features the Best Picture Oscar winner, Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King . Directed and co-written by Peter Jackson (based on the novel by J.R.R. Tolkien) and starring Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Liv Tyler, and Orlando Bloom, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King was nominated for eleven Oscars and won all of them, including Best Picture. The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Roger Ebert ( https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/lord-of-the-rings-the-return-of-the-king-2003 ), David Hunter in The Hollywood Reporter ( https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/lord-rings-return-king-review-2003-movie-950539 ), and Lisa Schwarzbaum in Entertainment Weekly ( https://ew.com/article/2003/12/19/lord-rings-return-king-3/ ). Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 2003 installment featuring our producer David Rosen’s personal pick, Todd Phillips’ Old School .