Ep 109 (Part 2): Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings Trilogy – Collateral Cinema Movie Podcast (SPOILERS)

About this episode

The episode covers the final movie of The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, discussing its significance and the challenges of adaptation.

Authority is not given to us to deny The Return of the King! Jim from Film Rage joins us for Part 2 of our episode on the esteemed Lord of the Rings Trilogy, as we cover the final movie. While this conclusion to arguably the greatest film trilogy of all time was notorious for having ”too many endings”, it is remembered as the momentous culmination of Peter Jackson’s direction, the cast’s dedication, and the crew’s perseverance to the immense task of adapting Tolkien’s celebrated novel in the span of 3 years. We also briefly look at the Hobbit film trilogy and other attempts to adapt The Lord of the Rings. Stay tuned for our next episode on Rocky V and our Season Finale on Salò!

People in this episode

Guest: Jim From Film Rage

Topics covered

• The Lord of the Rings
• Peter Jackson
• film trilogy
• adaptation
• The Hobbit

Keywords

• The Return of the King
• film reviews
• Tolkien
• cinema

Mentioned in this episode

Products: The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, The Hobbit Trilogy

Books & works: The Lord of the Rings Trilogy – Collateral Cinema Movie Podcast, The Return of the King, Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings

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