Movie connections for
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

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Follows

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

Followed by

The Hobbit (2011)
The Hobbit 2 (2012)

Edited from

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
 -  Scenes from first film incorporated into flashback scenes

Spin off

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) (VG)
 -  the video game version of the movie
The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age (2004) (VG)
 -  Video game adaptation
The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth (2004) (VG)
 -  This is a game based on the Lord Of The Rings movie trilogy

References

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916)
 -  The siege towers, especially the attack ramps which are used to clamp on to the walls, and their movement up to the walls
The Third Man (1949)
 -  Samwise's shadow preceding him up the stairs when he rescues Frodo
Vertigo (1958)
 -  The famous 'vertigo' reverse-tracking shot is used
Robin Hood (1973)
 -  Pippin takes the ball of Saruman away from Gandalf in the very same manner as Robin Hood steals away the last bag of coins from Prince John in Disney's Robin Hood
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
 -  The elephant battle scenes were strikingly similar to the Hoth At-At battles. An elephant is brought down by Legolas, much in the same way that Luke Skywalker brought down the Imperial walker.
Gallipoli (1981)
 -  Faramir's suicidal horseback charge
Mad Max 2 (1981)
 -  Shot of Frodo becoming semi conscious as the eagle carries him from Mount Doom is the same shot as when Max becomes semi-conscious as the Gyro Captain flies him to safety after he is nearly killed.
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
 -  Theoden and Eowyn exchange lines almost exactly like Luke and Anakin: "I'm going to save you" "You already have."
Bad Taste (1987)
 -  The Orc captain's head is shaped like the alien's in Bad Taste, an early Peter Jackson film.
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
 -  Frodo hangs on the edge of doom like Indy does in the last crusade while a rescuer asks for his hand
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
 -  Gollum's descent into the lava pit
Braindead (1992)
 -  The canyon used leading up to the Paths of the Dead was also used by Peter Jackson in Braindead.
Braveheart (1995)
 -  Theoden's and Aragorn's speeches before battles similar to William Wallace's speech before battle

Referenced in

"South Park: The Return of the Fellowship of the Ring to the Two Towers (#6.13)" (2002)
 -  The episode name is a mish-mash of the titles of all 3 Lord of the Rings movies. "The Return of" comes from this film, "The Fellowship" comes from the 1st film and "The Two Towers" comes from the 2nd film.
National Geographic: Beyond the Movie - The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (2003) (TV)
 -  topic of the tv-special
Året i Kongehuset 2003 (2003/I) (TV)
 -  the Royal Family attends the premiere of film
Meet Bob Shaye (2004) (V)
Subdivision, Colorado (2004)
 -  The story's characters are guided by an evil, magical arrowhead (similar to the One Ring) and must destroy it to survive.
'Secondhand Lions': One Screenplay's Wild Ride in Hollywood (2004) (V)
 -  mentioned once
"Saturday Night Live: Drew Barrymore/Kelis (#29.12)" (2004)
 -  Referenced in Spy Glass
"Saturday Night Live: Colin Firth/Norah Jones (#29.14)" (2004)
 -  Mentioned on Weekend Update
Surge of Power (2004)
 -  "I just got the new Lord of the Rings boxset."
Mogelpackung Mann (2004) (TV)
 -  Azzurro visits this movie in a cinema.
Raise Your Voice (2004)
 -  In Raise Your Voice, there's a LOTR:ROTK poster in Paul's room.
Fear of Clowns (2004) (V)
 -  poster in movie theater
"Veronica Mars: Return of the Kane (#1.6)" (2004)
 -  title reference
Creating the Lord of the Rings Symphony: A Composer's Journey Through Middle-Earth (2004) (V)
 -  Music composed for this movie
Conan: The Rise of a Fantasy Legend (2005) (V)
 -  This movie gets mentioned.
Ringers: Lord of the Fans (2005)
 -  this is a documentary that is about fans of LOTR and the Peter Jackson movie trilogy
Film Geek (2005)
 -  in Scotty's 'favorite Peter Jackson films' list
"Saturday Night Live: Paris Hilton/Keane (#30.11)" (2005)
 -  Referenced in Exclusive Connections
Transamerica (2005)
 -  Toby is expaining the gay aspects of the 3rd LOTR movie during the beginning of the cross country car trip
Comic Relief: Red Nose Night Live 05 (2005) (TV)
 -  Mentions the Lord of the Rings trilogy
Antikörper (2005)
 -  When Martens is dying he says with a feverish voice "mein böser Schatz" in the same way Gollum says "precious" or "mein schatz" german dubbed version.
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)
 -  Harry Lockhart (Robert Downey Jr.) : "Don't worry, I saw Lord of the Rings. I'm not going to end this 17 times."
GamerZ (2005)
 -  Lennie says he saw the 'Lord of the Rings' (trilogy) on acid
'War of the Worlds': Characters - The Family Unit (2005) (V)
 -  mentioned once
"Stargate: Atlantis: Critical Mass (#2.13)" (2005)
 -  The method they're going to use to contact the Daedalus is compared with the scene where the torches from Gondor are lit, in order to ask Rohan from help
The 100 Greatest Family Films (2005) (TV)
 -  Makes the countdown, is talked about in detail.
Don't Panic About Christmas Shopping (2005) (TV)
 -  Reference to the trilogy
Long-Term Relationship (2006)
 -  Lord of the Rings Extended Edition DVD box set is discussed
"The Boondocks: Return of the King (#1.9)" (2006)
 -  the episode title references the film
"The Office: Dwight's Speech (#2.17)" (2006)
 -  Dwight's line
Dreamfall: The Longest Journey (2006) (VG)
 -  Crow refers to Sam in Lord of the Rings when he tells Zoë about him being a sidekick and his membership in the Sidekicks Guild.
"Bones: The Man in the Morgue (#1.19)" (2006)
 -  Booth sarcastically describes the throwing of the ring into the fires of Mount Doom
Incubus (2006)
 -  discussion about how the LOTR trilogy is a gay commentary
Clerks II (2006)
 -  SW vs. LOTR discussion
"Hilfe! Zu Hause sind die Teufel los: Fußball ist ihr Leben (#1.6)" (2006)
 -  A room was built into a fairy tale forest, and the children have seen the trilogy
An Evening with Kevin Smith 2: Evening Harder (2006) (V)
 -  reference directly in dialogue
"Friday Night with Jonathan Ross: (#11.12)" (2006)
 -  Mentioned in Elijah Wood interview.
Mosaic (2007) (V)
 -  mentioned in dialogue
Hellphone (2007)
 -  (Spoiler) At the end, one of the characters says "Mon précieux" before dropping the hellphone container into the sea.
"Entourage: The Return of the King (#3.17)" (2007)
 -  episode title reference
The Tattooist (2007)
 -  "It's the 'Return of the King', like 'Lord of the Rings'" (lyrics)
Be Kind Rewind (2008)
 -  Video Seen

Featured in

Quest for the Ring (2001) (TV)
A Passage to Middle-earth: Making of 'Lord of the Rings' (2001) (TV)
The Making of 'The Lord of the Rings' (2002) (V)
National Geographic: Beyond the Movie - The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (2003) (TV)
 -  footage is used in the tv-special
The Lord of the Rings: The Quest Fulfilled (2003) (TV)
 -  show scenes from the movie.
A Filmmaker's Journey: Making 'The Return of the King' (2004) (V)
 -  Shows scenes from the movie.
The 61st Annual Golden Globe Awards (2004) (TV)
 -  clips
10th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2004) (TV)
 -  Nominee clips.
The 76th Annual Academy Awards (2004) (TV)
Frodo Is Great... Who Is That?!! (2004)
 -  'Frodo is great who is that' shows a clip from LOTR3 where 'figwit' returns to say the speaking part "Lady Arwen..."
The Force Is with Them: The Legacy of 'Star Wars' (2004) (V)
 -  special effects clip shown
The Ultimate Film (2004) (TV)
 -  number 19
The 77th Annual Academy Awards (2005) (TV)
The 100 Greatest Family Films (2005) (TV)
 -  Clips shown.
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters (2006)
 -  clip
Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong' (2006) (V)
 -  clips shown
"Friday Night with Jonathan Ross: (#11.12)" (2006)
 -  Clip shown in Elijah Wood interview.
The 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008) (TV)
 -  Featured in Best Picture montage.
"I Love the New Millennium: (#1.4)" (2008)
 -  Shown on the 2003 episode

Spoofed in

"Saturday Night Live: Elijah Wood/Jet (#29.8)" (2003)
 -  Spoofed during the monologue
The 76th Annual Academy Awards (2004) (TV)
 -  Billy Crystal is Gollum, looking into his reflection on the pond
The Trouble of the Rings Returns: King-Size (2004) (V)
 -  parody
The Magic Roundabout (2005)
 -  the fellowship and especially when reaching the surrounded-by-lava-diamond...
"Robot Chicken: A Piece of the Action (#1.7)" (2005)
 -  Corey Feldman steals the ring as it is about to be destroyed in Mount Doom
D' Anothers (2005)
 -  "My precious, My precious" one of the character repeatedly said when he was transformed into a cockroach.
Stockflame (2005)
 -  In the endbattle ghosts of ancient robber-knight come as reinforcement for the heros
Bored of the Rings: The Trilogy (2005)
 -  LOTR parody
The Emperor's New Groove 2: Kronk's New Groove (2005) (V)
 -  An old man spoofs the Gollum.
Clerks II (2006)
 -  When Randal is showing what the Rings movies were to the Rings fans.
Maple Palm (2006)
 -  The character of Amy comedically impersonates Gollum/Smeagol "Yes, that's it! My little Pressssioussss"
"American Dad!: Black Mystery Month (#2.13)" (2007)
 -  Spoofs of the scene inside of Mount Doom with lava lake consuming dreaded object. Here it is peanut butter.
"The Simpsons: Rome-old and Juli-eh (#18.15)" (2007)
 -  Spoofs the siege of Minas Tirith at the Battle of the Pelennor Fields: Bart and Lisa fight a screaching fell beast flying with brown-shirted 'Witch-king' delivery man.
"South Park: Lice Capades (#11.3)" (2007)
 -  the scene where Travis is carried off by the fly is a direct parody of the scene in this movie where Frodo and Sam are carried off Mount Doom by the Eagles
Shrek the Third (2007)
 -  In the scene with King Harold's funeral, the top of the citadel looks like the top level of Minas Tirith
The Simpsons Movie (2007)
 -  Scene of Bart fishing with Flanders mirrors opening scene of Return of the King, including replicated shots.

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