On this day in 2003, “the Return of the King” was released in theatres around the world, concluding Peter Jackson’s epic the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

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“We were making 3 movies back-to-back while the press carped from the sidelines, predicting our doom. The thing that fuelled The Lord Of The Rings was this determination to prove the bastards wrong...”

— Peter Jackson

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