# The Return of the King (1980)

> An ambitious animated Middle-earth quest follows Frodo and Samwise toward Mount Doom while Gandalf rallies a besieged kingdom against Sauron's armies.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/901

## Facts

- Runtime: 98 min
- Genres: Animation, Fantasy, Adventure
- Director: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr.
- Cast: Orson Bean, Roddy McDowall, John Huston, Theodore Gottlieb, Casey Kasem, Sonny Melendrez, Theodore Bikel, William Conrad
- TMDB rating: 6.4/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079802/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: breakneck
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: mythic, ominous, earnest, fantasy movie night, tolkien marathon

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- [The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)](https://ember.film/movie/92)
- [The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)](https://ember.film/movie/32928)
- [The Dark Crystal (1982)](https://ember.film/movie/6602)
- [Watership Down (1978)](https://ember.film/movie/6743)
- [The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)](https://ember.film/movie/91)
- [The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)](https://ember.film/movie/90)
- [The Sword in the Stone (1963)](https://ember.film/movie/4430)
- [The Lord of the Rings (1978)](https://ember.film/movie/93)

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