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| The Return of the King | |
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| Based on | The Hobbit and The Return of the King by J. R. R. Tolkien |
| Written by | Romeo Muller |
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| Theme music composer | Glenn Yarbrough |
| Composer | Maury Laws |
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| Original language | English |
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| Running time | 98 minutes |
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| Network | ABC |
| Release | May 11, 1980 |
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| The Hobbit | |
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The Return of the King (also known as The Return of the King: A Story of the Hobbits) is a 1980 American-Japanese animated musical fantasy television film created by Rankin/Bass and Topcraft. It is an adaptation of part of J. R. R. Tolkien's 1955 high fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings. It takes its name from The Return of the King, the third and final volume of the novel, and is a sequel to the 1977 film The Hobbit.
The special aired on ABC on Sunday, May 11, 1980 after a legal challenge filed by the Tolkien Estate and Fantasy Films was settled.[1] Both critics and fans gave The Return of the King a lukewarm welcome.[2]
- ^ Solomon, Charles (May 10, 1980). "Lawsuit Threatened Showing of 'Return of the King'". Part II. Los Angeles Times. pp. 5, 10. Retrieved June 16, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Tolkien Online: The Return of the King Archived 2011-11-20 at the Wayback Machine