Explore the amazing connections between real-world history and the epic events of The Lord of the Rings trilogy!
Overview
Documentary exploring the parallels between 'The Return of the King' and real events and people in history.
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
Media
Recommendations
The Lord of the Rings
Free Birds
Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring
The Three Musketeers
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Joker
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Prometheus
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
Dune
Edge of Tomorrow
Inception
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Frozen
Baby Driver
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
Inside Out
Forrest Gump
Punch-Drunk Love
