The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - Movie Trivia

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King is the third and final film in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, directed by Peter Jackson and based on J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.

The film picks up the story from the end of The Two Towers and features key scenes that occurred in the middle portion of the novel but were not included in the film The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.

The film is highly unusual, being the only movie series whose separate installments were written simultaneously and shot all at once, so that it could be considered three parts of a single very long film.

This ensured that all three movies were consistent in terms of story, acting, effects and direction.

Gollum leads Frodo and Sam towards Mordor, while Gandalf and the other heroes ride towards Edoras to celebrate their victory at Helm's Deep.

Gollum leads Frodo and Sam to the Misty Mountains, where he slowly mutates into the creature known as Gollum.

Saruman insults King Théoden and claims that Gríma will never be free, which leads to Gríma attacking him. Legolas quickly fires an arrow into Gríma, killing him.

Treebeard informs the group that the Ents will return to fill up Isengard.

As the watermill spins and Saruman is submerged below the water, he drops the palantír from his sleeve. Pippin sights the palantír in the water and jumps down from Aragorn's horse to get it.

Pippin pauses for a moment to find Gandalf, and hands him the palantír. Gandalf is unsure of Pippin, but knows that he may be up to something.

Gandalf tells Aragorn that Frodo is very close to Mordor and that Aragorn's heart confirms that Frodo is alive.

Gollum reveals that he plans to lead Frodo and Sam up a stairway where "she" will kill them.

Sam suddenly attacks Gollum, but is dragged away by Frodo.

Frodo leads Gollum away, who looks back at Sam with an evil grin.

Gandalf rushes to Pippin in a panic and asks whether he revealed anything about Frodo and the Ring.

Pippin confirms that he revealed nothing about Frodo and the Ring, but that he saw a dead, white tree in a courtyard of stone.

Gandalf tells Aragorn that he will be travelling to Minas Tirith with Pippin.

Merry is furious with Pippin, saying that it is always him who causes trouble and this time, the enemy believes Pippin has the Ring, and because they will be looking for him, they must get Pippin out of Rohan.

In the stables, Pippin asks Gandalf on how far Minas Tirith is, and Gandalf says that it would be three day's ride.

Gandalf leaves for Gondor with Pippin on Shadowfax, leaving a heartbroken Merry behind.

Merry then goes on to view Gandalf and Pippin going away from Edoras, and Merry says to Aragorn that he has always been there for Pippin, and now he's gone, just like Frodo and Sam.

Aragorn then says to Merry that there is one thing he learnt from Hobbits - they are very stout folk.

Meanwhile, Arwen is travelling with a company of Elves (including Figwit) toward the Grey Havens.

On the journey, she has a vision of Eldarion, her future son by Aragorn, which convinces her to turn back to Rivendell.

There, she urges her father Elrond to reforge Narsil, the sword of Elendil, so that it may be given to Aragorn.

Elrond is resistant, until he realizes that Arwen is becoming mortal. He is told by Arwen that this is her choice, and that there is no ship that can take her away now.

Gandalf and Pippin, meanwhile, ride into the Kingdom of Gondor and up a hill bank to view the huge and mighty White City of Minas Tirith - City of Kings.

They ride up on Shadowfax up every level of the city, from the First up to the Seventh, until they reach the citadel of the city thousands of feet above the plain, right at the tip of a huge rock prow.

Before entering the Throne Hall, Pippin notices the White Tree (From his vision) guarded by the Fountain Guard and Gandalf explains that the Gondorians believe that one day the White Tree will flower again, once a King returns to the throne.

Also, Gandalf warns Pippin not to say anything to the current Steward of Gondor, Denethor, about the death of his son, Boromir, Aragorn, or to say anything at all.

Gandalf and Pippin leave with Pippin following him, furious with the Steward’s actions and walks across the citadel, telling Pippin about the line of Kings failing in Gondor, and about the White Tree withering because of this.

The rule of Gondor was given over to lesser men. He also says that Sauron’s forces will use a large block of fumes to cover Gondor’s sky and allow the Orcs to pass onto the fields and conquer the city.

Meanwhile, Frodo, Sam and Gollum continue their journey through woods near Gondor.

Sam notices that the sky is growing darker every day, foreshadowing the foreb