Rules of the Frame

089 | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King ft. Alan Sisto & Shawn Marchese

Episode Summary

Connor & Jon are joined by Alan Sisto and Shawn Marchese of The Prancing Pony Podcast to talk about the Middle Earth Masterpiece: The Return of the King. The four ponder the strange filmic history of The Lord of the Rings. Shawn and Alan use Tolkien's letter to Ackerman to evaluate whether Jackson did a good job of adapting the books. Connor gushes over the sound design and Jon's mind is changed on the ending of the film. WARNING: Major spoilers for The Lord of the Rings, minor spoilers for Star Wars: Episodes 6 & 9, Follow Alan & Shawn: Prancing Pony Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/2VarjDoOdeWCYjCtLLdkSM?si=66def0323adb4571 The Rings of Power Wrap-Up: https://open.spotify.com/show/6D6NcEveliOPgaimYYzJbI?si=4696ddd1b8614f41 Website: https://theprancingponypodcast.com Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/theprancingponypodcast/ https://instagram.com/prancingponypod?utm_medium=copy_link https://www.facebook.com/ringswrapup/ https://instagram.com/ringswrapup?utm_medium=copy_link Link to Anything You Can Imagine: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/anything-you-can-imagine-ian-nathan/1126335643 Follow us: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rulesoftheframe/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rulesoftheframe Twitter: https://twitter.com/RulesOfTheFrame YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCII7_Fevn8na1ZkXyfUeTQA/featured

Episode Notes

Connor & Jon are joined by Alan Sisto and Shawn Marchese of The Prancing Pony Podcast to talk about the Middle Earth Masterpiece: The Return of the King. The four ponder the strange filmic history of The Lord of the Rings. Shawn and Alan use Tolkien's letter to Ackerman to evaluate whether Jackson did a good job of adapting the books. Connor gushes over the sound design and Jon's mind is changed on the ending of the film.

WARNING: Major spoilers for The Lord of the Rings, minor spoilers for Star Wars: Episodes 6 & 9,

Follow Alan & Shawn:

Prancing Pony Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/2VarjDoOdeWCYjCtLLdkSM?si=66def0323adb4571

The Rings of Power Wrap-Up: https://open.spotify.com/show/6D6NcEveliOPgaimYYzJbI?si=4696ddd1b8614f41

Website: https://theprancingponypodcast.com

Social Media:

https://www.facebook.com/theprancingponypodcast/

https://instagram.com/prancingponypod?utm_medium=copy_link

https://www.facebook.com/ringswrapup/

https://instagram.com/ringswrapup?utm_medium=copy_link

Link to Anything You Can Imagine: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/anything-you-can-imagine-ian-nathan/1126335643

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Films mentioned in this episode:

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• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) | Dir. Peter Jackson
• The Book Thief (2013) | Dir. Brian Percival
• The Batman (2022) | Dir. Matt Reeves
• The Eternals (2021) | Dir. Chloe Zhao
• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) | Dir. Peter Jackson
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) | Dir. Peter Jackson
• The Thing (1982) | Dir. John Carpenter
• Help! (1965) | Dir. Richard Lester
• Excalibur (1981) | Dir. John Boorman
• The Lord of the Rings (1978) | Dir. Ralph Bakshi
• The Hobbit (1977) | Dir. Arthur Rankin Jr. & Jules Bass
• The Return of the King (1980) | Dir. Arthur Rankin Jr. & Jules Bass
• Heavenly Creatures (1994) | Dir. Peter Jackson
• The Frighteners (1996) | Dir. Peter Jackson
• The Star Wars Sequel Trilogy (2015-2019) | Dir. J.J. Abrams & Rian Johnson
• The Star Wars Original Trilogy (1977-1983) | Dir. George Lucas, Irvin Kershner, Richard Marquand
• The Star Wars Prequel Trilogy (1999-2005) | Dir. George Lucas
• The Indiana Jones Trilogy (1981-1989) | Dir. Steven Spielberg
• Jaws (1975) | Dir. Steven Spielberg
• The Godfather Trilogy (1972-1990) | Dir. Francis Ford Coppola
• The Hobbit Trilogy (2012-2014) | Dir. Peter Jackson
• Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) | Dir. Terry Gilliam & Terry Jones
• Bad Taste (1987) | Dir. Peter Jackson
• Meet the Feebles (1989) | Dir. Peter Jackson
• Forgotten Silver (1995) | Dir. Peter Jackson
• King Kong (1933) | Dir. Merian C. Cooper & Ernest B. Schoedsack