The Return of the King: Last of Lord of the RingsTrilogy premiere

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WELLINGTON (Reuters) - "It's quite good. Nah it's fantastic! It's amazing, it's definitely the best," chirped Pippin Took. Being a hobbit, you would expect Took, otherwise known as actor Billy Boyd, to enthuse wildly about the last of the Lord of The Rings trilogy -- "The Return of the King," which premieres in the New Zealand capital, Wellington, on December 1. But the few whispers that have escaped from the sneak previews seem unanimous that director Peter Jackson has saved the best until last. The "Return of the King" is Jackson's favorite of the three, and features more action-packed battle scenes per foot of celluloid than the others. Based on the novels by Oxford scholar J.R.R. Tolkien, they have become some of the highest grossing movies in box office history. The first two movies have raked in a combined $1.8 billion, neck and neck with that other fantasy phenomenon of the big screen, the young wizard Harry Potter.

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