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The Return of the King

1980 · 98 min

A quaint, song-filled animated journey through a grand fantasy finale, earnest in its storytelling but limited by its vintage TV budget.

Genres
Animation, Fantasy, Adventure
Overview
Two Hobbits struggle to destroy the Ring in Mount Doom while their friends desperately fight evil Lord Sauron's forces in a final battle.

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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • survival
  • betrayal
  • power
  • redemption
Places
  • fantasy world
Era
timeless
Audience
family
Form
  • animated
  • musical
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror3
Humour3
Realism2
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Genres
animation, fantasy, adventure
Directed by
Arthur Rankin Jr., Jules Bass
Written by
Romeo Muller
Starring
Orson Bean, Roddy McDowall, John Huston, Theodore Gottlieb, Casey Kasem, Sonny Melendrez, Theodore Bikel, William Conrad
Music
Maury Laws
Runtime
98 min
Country
United States of America, Japan
Languages
English

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