Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King
2003
52 minutes
Overview
Documentary exploring the parallels between 'The Return of the King' and real events and people in history.
Top Cast
John Rhys-Davies
Self / Narrator
Elijah Wood
Self
Hugo Weaving
Self
Peter Jackson
Self
Ian McKellen
Self
Jock Ferguson
Self - William Wallace Re-enactor
Jock Ferguson
Self - Scottish Historian
Michael Drout
Self - Tolkien Expert
Susan Doran
Self - Oxford University
David Loades
Self - Author, 'Elizabeth I'
Theodore Roosevelt
Self (archive footage)
Tweed Roosevelt
Self - Theodore Roosevelt's Great-Grandson
Michael Zuckerman
Self - Benjamin Franklin Expert
Christopher Lee
Self
Czar Nicholas II of Russia
Self (archive footage)
Tsarina Alexandra
Self (archive footage)
Richard Pipes
Self - Russian Historian
Vladimir Lenin
Self (archive footage)
Lynette Nusbacher
Self - English Historian
David Wenham
Self
James M. McPherson
Self - Civil War Historian
Philippa Boyens
Self - Co-Screenwriter
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage)
Winston Churchill
Self (archive footage)
Bob Doe
Self - World War II RAF Pilot
Gary Moulton
Self - Lewis and Clark Expert
Billy Boyd
Self
Orlando Bloom
Self
Tenzing Norgay
Self (archive footage)
Edmund Hillary
Self (archive footage)
Broughton Coburn
Self - Everest Expert
Jamling Tenzing Norgay
Self - Son of Tenzing Norgay
Sean Astin
Self
Allen Counter
Self - Peary Expedition Historian
Robert Peary Stafford
Self - Robert A. Peary Great-grandson