Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King
December 12, 2003
52 minutes
8.3
DocumentaryHistoryTV Movie

Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King

Documentary exploring the parallels between 'The Return of the King' and real events and people in history.

Trailer
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)