The Return of the King. Poster of the 1980 movie and cover of the 1955 book
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The Return of the King
J.R.R. Tolkien, 1955
movie vs book
Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr., 1980

At Bilbo Baggins’s 129th birthday party in Rivendell, his nephew Frodo tells the story of the quest to destroy the One Ring and defeat the Dark Lord Sauron. In Mordor, Frodo’s friend and companion Samwise Gamgee bears the Ring in Frodo’s absence as he ventures to rescue Frodo from the Orc fortress of Cirith Ungol. During his journey, Sam is tempted to claim the Ring for himself.