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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
Deluxe Edition release cover art
Directed by
Jay Oliva
Written by
Bob Goodman
Based on
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
by Frank Miller and Klaus Janson
Starring
Peter Weller
Ariel Winter
David Selby
Wade Williams
Michael Emerson
Mark Valley
Music by
Christopher Drake
Edited by
Christopher D. Lozinski
Production
companies
Warner Premiere
DC Entertainment
Warner Bros. Animation
Distributed by
Warner Home Video
Release date
September 25, 2012 (2012-09-25) (Part 1)
January 29, 2013 (2013-01-29) (Part 2)
October 8, 2013 (2013-10-08) (Deluxe Edition)
Running time
76 minutes (Part 1)
76 minutes (Part 2)
148 minutes (Deluxe Edition)
Country
United States
Language
English
Box office
$5,589,376 (Part 1)[1]
$4,059,217 (Part 2)[2]
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns is a two-part direct-to-video animated superhero film, an adaptation of the 1986 comic book The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller. It was directed by Jay Oliva, who worked as a storyboard artist on Man of Steel, Under the Red Hood, Year One and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Several other Batman veterans were also involved in the film.[3][4] Part 1 was released September 25, 2012, and Part 2 was released January 29, 2013. A deluxe edition combining both films was released on October 8, 2013.[5] It is the 15th film in the DC Universe Animated Original Movies series.
Contents
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1 Plot
1.1 Part 1
1.2 Part 2
2 Cast
3 Music
3.1 Track listing
4 Reception
5 References
6 External links
Plot[edit]
Part 1[edit]
After the death of his protégé Jason Todd, billionaire industrialist Bruce Wayne was forced to retire from his Batman persona. Ten years later, Gotham City is overrun with crime and terrorized by a gang known as the Mutants. The 55-year-old Wayne maintains a friendship with 70-year-old retiring Police Commissioner James Gordon, while the Joker (Batman's archenemy) has been catatonic in Arkham Asylum since Wayne's retirement. Arkham inmate and former district attorney Harvey Dent undergoes plastic surgery to repair his disfigured face. Although he is declared sane, he quickly goes into hiding following his release. Dent's disappearance, news stories of the crime epidemic throughout the city and the memory of his parents' deaths drive Wayne to become Batman once more. He combats serious crimes, rescuing 13-year-old Carrie Kelley, but now struggles with the physical limitations of age.
Public reaction to his return is divided. Dent's psychologist Bartholomew Wolper blames Batman for creating his own rogues gallery. Dent resurfaces, threatening to blow up a building unless he is paid a ransom. Batman defeats Dent's henchmen, learning that the bombs will explode even if the ransom is paid; he realizes that Dent intends to kill himself. Batman disables one bomb, and the other detonates harmlessly. He defeats Dent, who reveals that although his face was repaired he still thinks of himself as Two-Face. Kelley dresses as Robin and looks for Batman, who attacks a gathering of the Mutants with a tank-like Batmobile (incapacitating most of them). The Mutant leader challenges Batman to a duel. He accepts to prove to himself that he can win. The Mutant leader (who is in his prime) nearly kills Batman, but Kelley distracts him long enough for Batman to subdue him. The leader and many gang members are arrested. Injured, Batman returns to the Batcave with Kelley; he allows her to become his protégée in spite of protests from his butler, Alfred Pennyworth.
Batman has Kelley disguise herself as a Mutant, and she lures the gang to a sewer outlet at the West River. At the Gotham City Police Department, the Mutant leader murders the mayor during negotiations. Commissioner Gordon deliberately releases the leader, providing an escape from the building, which leads to the sewer outlet. Before the amassed Mutants, Batman fights the leader in a mud pit; the mud slows the leader, removing his physical advantage, and Batman overpowers him. Seeing their leader's defeat, the Mutants divide into smaller gangs; one becomes the "Sons of Batman", a violent vigilante group. Batman's victory becomes public and the city's inhabitants are inspired to stand up against crime. Gordon retires after meeting his anti-Batman successor, Ellen Yindel. In Arkham, televised reports about Batman bring the Joker out of his catatonic state.
Part 2[edit]
Feigning remorse for his past, Joker convinces Wolper to take him on a talk show to tell his story; he makes plans for his escape with an old henchman, who supplies him with mind-controlling lipstick. Meanwhile, Superman, who works as a government operative in exchange for being allowed to covertly help people, is asked by President Ronald Reagan to end Batman's vigilante activities. Framing these events is a growing hostility between the USA and the Soviet Union over possession of the island of Corto Maltese. As Batman's continued presence humiliates the national authorities, Yindel becomes commissioner and orders Batman's arrest, and Superman warns Batman that the government will not tolerate him much longer.
Joker makes his talk show appearance on David Endochrine's show as Batman fights with the GCPD on the studio roof; while they fight, Joker kills Wolper, gasses everyone in the studio to death and escapes. He finds Selina Kyle and uses one of her escorts and his lipstick to take control of a congressional representative, who calls for a nuclear strike on the Soviets before falling to his death. Batman's investigation leads him to Selina, whom he finds bound and dressed like Wonder Woman. Kelley notices cotton candy on the floor, and Batman deduces that Joker is at the fairgrounds. There Kelley accidentally kills Joker's henchman while Batman pursues the Joker, who indiscriminately guns down dozens of people. As Batman corners a wounded and partially blinded Joker, he admits to feeling responsible for every murder Joker has committed and intends to stop him permanently. In the ensuing fight, Joker stabs Batman repeatedly, and Batman breaks Joker's neck in front of witnesses.
Content that he made Batman lose control and that he will be branded a murderer, the Joker finishes twisting his neck, killing himself. The GCPD arrive and Batman, bleeding profusely, fights his way to Kelley and escapes. After Superman deflects a Soviet nuclear missile, he is hit with the blast and badly injured; the detonation creates an electromagnetic pulse that wipes out all electrical equipment in the United States and causes a nuclear winter. As the city descends into chaos, Batman, Kelley and Gordon rally the Sons of Batman and the citizens of Gotham to restore order, and Yindel accepts that Batman has become too powerful to take down. While the rest of the powerless U.S. is overrun with crime, Gotham becomes the safest city in America, embarrassing the President's administration and prompting them to send Superman to finally stop Batman. Batman and Superman agree to meet in Crime Alley.
Superman can't help but feel remorse for disregarding Batman throughout the years, and humbly asks him to not go through the fight. Wearing a powerful exoframe and supported by Kelley and former superhero Oliver Queen (Green Arrow), Batman fights Superman, using various tactics to make the fight even. When Superman gains the advantage, Queen hits him with an arrow made with synthetic Kryptonite, severely weakening him. Batman defeats Superman, and claims that he intentionally made the Kryptonite weak, to defeat Superman without killing him. Superman then stops fighting Batman despite his constant injuries, because his x-ray vision reveals Batman's heart-rate being dangerously high. Batman is furiously beating Superman, all the while listing off his reasons for being angry at him. However, Batman apparently dies of a heart attack, while Wayne Manor self-destructs, and Alfred dies of a stroke. Superman holds Batman's body, yelling at the police to stay away.
In the aftermath, the world learns that Bruce was Batman; all of his secrets are destroyed with the manor and his finances disappear. As Superman leaves Wayne's funeral, he gives Kelley a knowing wink after hearing a faint heartbeat coming from Bruce's coffin. In underground caves, Bruce is revealed to have survived his heart attack and faked his death to make preparations to continue his mission more discreetly, allied with Kelley, Queen, and his followers.
Cast[edit]
Introduced in Part 1
Peter Weller as Bruce Wayne / Batman[6]
Ariel Winter as Carrie Kelley / Robin[6]
David Selby as Commissioner James Gordon[6]
Wade Williams as Harvey Dent / Two-Face[6]
Michael Emerson as The Joker[6]
Dee Bradley Baker as Don
Maria Canals-Barrera as Commissioner Ellen Yindel
Paget Brewster as Lana Lang
Grey DeLisle as Anchorwoman Carla
Richard Doyle as The Mayor of Gotham City
Michael Jackson as Alfred Pennyworth
Yuri Lowenthal as The Son of Batman and other additional voices (uncredited)
Michael McKean as Dr. Bartholomew Wolper[6]
James Patrick Stuart as Murray
James Arnold Taylor as Mr. Hudson, Spud, additional voices
Bruce Timm as Thomas Wayne
Frank Welker as Mayor Stevenson
Gary Anthony Williams as Mutant Leader
Rob Paulsen as Rob
Introduced in Part 2
Mark Valley as Clark Kent / Superman[7]
Robin Atkin Downes as Oliver Queen
Tress MacNeille as Selina Kyle
Jim Meskimen as President Ronald Reagan
Conan O'Brien as David Endochrine[8]
Andy Richter as Frank
Tara Strong as Additional Voices (uncredited)
Music[edit]
Christopher Drake, veteran DC Animated Universe composer, scored both parts of the film. A deluxe two-disc edition soundtrack was released on October 8, 2013, to coincide with the deluxe version of the film.[9]
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns - Deluxe Edition (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Soundtrack album by Christopher Drake
Released
8 October 2013
Recorded
2011-2012
Length
112:10
Label
WaterTower Music
Track listing[edit]
All music composed by Christopher Drake.[9]
[show]Disc 1
No.
Title
Length
1. "Gotham City, 1986" 1:30
2. "Slice & Dice/Never Again" 3:00
3. "Both Sides Match" 0:52
4. "Mark of Zorro/The Time Has Come" 2:22
5. "The Dark Knight Returns" 4:17
6. "These Men Are Mine" 2:57
7. "Sightings" 1:11
8. "The Signal" 1:29
9. "Harvey" 6:13
10. "Liquor Store Shootout" 0:27
11. "I Believe You/Robin's Run" 1:50
12. "I'm Your Worst Nightmare" 0:47
13. "Eyes Sideways!" 0:46
14. "The General" 1:10
15. "Mutants...Surrender Now, or Be Destroyed" 7:41
16. "Carrie Kelly...Robin" 2:06
17. "You're Never Finished with Me" 1:46
18. "Robin's Legacy" 0:47
19. "Mayor for Dinner" 1:12
20. "I'm Counting on You, Jim...One Last Time" 5:57
21. "It's an Operating Table. And I'm the Surgeon" 4:48
22. "The Dark Knight Triumphant/End Titles" 5:09
[show]Disc 2
No.
Title
Length
1. "A Ruckus I'd Like You to Straighten Out" 0:44
2. "Bruno" 5:04
3. "Corto Maltese" 0:35
4. "Hunt the Dark Knight I" 2:00
5. "Hunt the Dark Knight II" 0:58
6. "I'm Going to Kill Everyone in This Room/Ace the Cloak" 2:06
7. "God is on Our Side, or the Next Best Thing" 1:06
8. "Selena" 1:01
9. "Good Soldier" 3:05
10. "See You...In Hell" 7:47
11. "Hunt the Dark Knight III" 1:46
12. "20 Million Die By Fire...If I Am Weak" 1:26
13. "Nuclear Resurrection" 1:25
14. "E.M.P." 1:15
15. "Tonight, I Am the Law" 2:34
16. "Community Spirit" 2:51
17. "One Hour" 1:08
18. "I Want You to Remember the One Man Who Beat You" 9:53
19. "Requiem" 1:08
20. "A Good Life...Good Enough/End Titles" 5:51
Reception[edit]
Rotten Tomatoes gives Part 1 a score of 100% based on reviews from 5 critics and Part 2 a score of 94% based on reviews from 3 critics.[10][11]
IGN reviewer Nikhil Umraskar gave Part 1 a score of 7.5 out of 10, praising the voice performances and animation. Esposito noted that the newscasters' segments do not translate well to the screen and lack the thematic punch they had in the comic, making them extraneous at best. He also criticized Batman's inner monologue and the poor quality of the DVD extras.[12][13] Esposito went on to give Part 2 a score of 8.6 out of 10, praising Michael Emerson's portrayal of the Joker, as well as an improvement in Blu-ray extras.[14] Gil Kellerman of Collider.com praised Part 1 overall, praising Weller's portrayal of Batman but also denigrating the DVD extras.[15] Spencer Perry at SuperHeroHype considers Part 1 to be "one of the best Batman films ever made", scoring it nine out of ten.[16] Noel Murray of The A.V. Club gave Part 1 a grade B+, saying that "there are ways in which the animated Dark Knight Returns gets across Miller’s vision even better than the comics page did."[17] Kofi Outlaw of ScreenRant gave Part 2 three out of five stars, criticizing the outdated Cold War subplot as "a major distraction from an otherwise focused narrative", as well as the toning down of the Joker's character.[18]
Part 1 received a Golden Reel Awards nomination for Best Sound Editing in Direct to Video Animation.[19]
References[edit]
Jump up ^ "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 - DVD Sales". The Numbers. Nash Information Service. Retrieved January 30, 2015.
Jump up ^ "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2 - DVD Sales". The Numbers. Nash Information Service. Retrieved January 30, 2015.
Jump up ^ Brendon Connelly (April 14, 2011). "Movie Version of Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns in the Works". Bleedingcool.com. Retrieved April 16, 2011.
Jump up ^ Comicscontinuum.com – July 23, 2011
Jump up ^ 'Batman: The Dark Knight Returns' Deluxe Edition coming in October [update] - Batman News
^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Kit, Borys (May 23, 2012). "'Dark Knight' Animated Movie Sets Voice Cast (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 23, 2012.
Jump up ^ Harvey, Jim (December 17, 2012). "Press Release For "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part Two" Animated Feature". Worldsfinestonline.com. Retrieved December 27, 2012.
Jump up ^ "Conan O'Brien Joins Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2". IGN. Newscorp. October 13, 2012.
^ Jump up to: a b "iTunes - Music - Batman: The Dark Knight Returns - Deluxe Edition - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by Christopher Drake". iTunes. Apple. October 1, 2013.
Jump up ^ Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 at Rotten Tomatoes Retrieved January 30, 2013.
Jump up ^ Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2, retrieved 2017-01-27
Jump up ^ IGN Reviews : Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 1 Video Review – IGN Reviews on YouTube September 21, 2012
Jump up ^ Esposito Sep 21, 2012, Joey (September 21, 2012). "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 1 Blu-ray Review". IGN. Newscorp.
Jump up ^ Esposito, Joey (2013-02-04). "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 2 Blu-ray Review". IGN. Retrieved 2013-02-07.
Jump up ^ Kellerman, Gil (October 4, 2012). "BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS PART 1 Blu-ray Review". Collider.com.
Jump up ^ Perry, Spencer (September 18, 2012). "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 Review". Superhero Hype. CraveOnline.
Jump up ^ Murray, Noel (October 3, 2012). "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 1 | HomeVideo Review". The A.V. Club. The Onion.
Jump up ^ Kofi Outlaw (January 2013). "Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 2 Review". ScreenRant.com. Retrieved 2013-02-07.
Jump up ^ "Sound Editors Announce Nominations For Golden Reel Awards". Deadline.com. PMC. January 17, 2013. Retrieved January 17, 2013.
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External links[edit]
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In the fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien, the Wizards of Middle-earth are a group of beings outwardly resembling Men but possessing much greater physical and mental power. They are also called the Istari (Quenya for "Wise Ones") by the Elves.[1]:388 The Sindarin word is Ithryn (sing. Ithron).[2]:448: "Istari" They were sent by the Valar to assist the people of Middle-earth to contest Sauron.[1]:388
The wizards of Middle-earth were Maiar: spirits of the same order as the Valar, but lesser in power.[1]:389 The first three of these five wizards were known in the Mannish tongues of the Lord of the Rings series as Saruman "man of skill" (Rohirric), Gandalf "elf of the staff" (northern Men), and Radagast "tender of beasts" (possibly Westron).[1]:390–391 Tolkien never provided non-Elvish names for the other two; one tradition gives their names in Valinor as Alatar and Pallando,[1]:393 and another as Morinehtar and Rómestámo in Middle-earth.[3] Each wizard in the series had robes of a characteristic colour: white for Saruman (the chief and the most powerful of the five), grey for Gandalf, brown for Radagast, and sea-blue for Alatar and Pallando (known consequently as the Blue Wizards). Gandalf and Saruman both play important roles in The Lord of the Rings, while Radagast appears only briefly. Alatar and Pallando do not feature in the story, as they are said to have journeyed far into the east after their arrival in Middle-earth.[1]:390
Tolkien gives multiple names for all of them. In Quenya, Saruman was Curumo ("skillful one"); Gandalf was Olórin ("dreaming" or "dreamer"); and Radagast was Aiwendil ("friend of birds").[1]:389–392 The Quenya names Morinehtar ("darkness-slayer") and Rómestámo ("east-helper") are given for Alatar and Pallando, though it is not clear which name goes with which wizard. Other names are noted in individual articles.
As the Istari were Maiar, each one served a Vala in some way. Saruman was the servant and helper of Aulë, and so learned much in the art of craftsmanship, mechanics, and metal-working, as was seen in the later Third Age. Gandalf was the servant of Manwë or Varda, but was a lover of the Gardens of Lórien, and so knew much of the hopes and dreams of Men and Elves. Radagast, servant of Yavanna, loved the things of nature, both Kelvar and Olvar. As each of these Istari learned from their Vala, so they acted in Middle-earth.[1]
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1 Internal history
1.1 Arrival
1.2 Purpose
1.3 Later events
2 Adaptations
2.1 Film
3 See also
4 References
5 External links
Internal history[edit]
Arrival[edit]
They came to Middle-earth around the year 1000 of the Third Age, when the forest of 'Greenwood the Great' fell under shadow and became known as Mirkwood. The wizards already appeared old when they entered Middle-earth. They were "clothed" in the bodies of old Men, as the Valar wished them to guide the inhabitants of Middle-earth by persuasion and encouragement, not by force or fear. They were forbidden to dominate the free peoples of Middle-earth or to match Sauron's power with power. However, they aged very slowly and were in fact immortal. Physically they were "real" Men, and felt all the urges, pleasures and fears of flesh and blood. Therefore, in spite of their specific and unambiguous goal, the Wizards were capable of human feelings; Gandalf, for example, felt great affection for the Hobbits. They could also feel negative human emotions such as greed, jealousy, and lust for power. It is hinted in the essay in Unfinished Tales that the Blue Wizards may have fallen prey to these temptations, though information published in The Peoples of Middle-earth seems to contradict this version of their history.
Although immortal, their physical bodies could be destroyed by violence – thus Gandalf truly died in the fight with the Balrog, beyond the power of the Valar to resurrect him; Eru Ilúvatar intervened to send Gandalf back.[4] Similarly, Saruman was killed when his throat was cut by his servant in The Return of the King. The Istari also carried staves, which seem to aid their magic. When Saruman is defeated at Isengard, Gandalf casts him from the White Council and breaks his staff.
Even after his staff is broken, however, Saruman retains persuasive power over the heart and will of men. Similarly, when Gandalf's staff is broken at the Bridge of Khazad-dûm he is still able to slay the Balrog, showing that a wizard's strength was not entirely dependent on his staff.
Purpose[edit]
Though the Valar intervened only rarely in Middle-earth, they sent the wizards as emissaries from Valinor because they had not forsaken the Men and Elves of Middle-earth. In imposing the prohibition against using force to compel the Children of Eru, the Valar sought with the wizards to avoid repeating an ancient error. They had tried direct intervention in the destiny of the Elves in the Years of the Trees by leading the Eldar into the West, but this resulted in many bloody wars and confrontations. In the struggle against the Dark Lord, they hoped instead to help Men achieve their own destiny. Thus Gandalf and the other wizards were meant to use their great wisdom to persuade Men to courses of action which would achieve Men's own goals, rather than trying to dominate them, hence their power was ultimately restricted. Saruman failed in this when he tried to set himself up as a commander in opposition to Sauron, but Gandalf remained faithful to his charge.
The wizards landed at the Grey Havens in the North-west of Middle-earth, for the Valar felt that Arnor and Gondor, remnants of Elendil's old kingdom, had the greatest hope of mounting resistance against Sauron. Few of Middle-earth's inhabitants knew who the wizards really were; the wizards did not share their identities and purposes widely. Most thought they were Elves or wise Men; the name Gandalf, meaning "Wand-elf", reflects the belief that he was an Elf.
Saruman originally was the most powerful of the five and was head of the White Council. In T.A. 2759 he took over the defence of Isengard with the consent of the Steward of Gondor, who gave him the key to Orthanc. Saruman was learned in the lore of the Rings of Power, and gradually became corrupted by desire for the Rings and by Sauron's direct influence through the palantír of Orthanc. Eventually he took the title "Saruman of Many Colours" and took robes to match. He assisted Sauron in the War of the Ring, biding time to secure the One Ring for himself, in order to supplant Sauron, but his plans and forces were thwarted by the power of the Ents. Gandalf broke his staff and cast him from the White Council. However, Saruman later invaded the hobbit lands of the Shire, ruling as a petty lord, but was eventually overthrown again by the hobbits. He was finally murdered by his servant Gríma Wormtongue.
Later events[edit]
During the War of the Ring, it was Gandalf who led the Free Peoples to victory over Sauron. He also became "Gandalf the White", and defeated the traitorous Saruman. After the destruction of Sauron's forces in front of the Black Gate at the mountainous borders of Mordor, Gandalf left Middle-earth and went over the Sea to Aman, along with the Ring-bearers and many of the Elves.
In the course of The Lord of the Rings, it is never made clear what exactly Gandalf and Saruman are. Treebeard tells Merry and Pippin that the wizards appeared after the Great Ships came over the Sea (ca. T.A. 1000, according to Appendix B, some 2,000 years before the time of The Lord of the Rings), but little else is revealed in the narrative. Riding with Pippin to Minas Tirith at the end of Book III, Gandalf ponders the ability of the palantíri to see into the past, and recalls events in Valinor from the Years of the Trees—though whether from his own memory is not clear.[5] Later in Minas Tirith, Pippin wonders what Gandalf really is, and realizes that this is the first time in his life that he has done so.
The essay given in Unfinished Tales was originally begun in order to be included in the appendices of The Lord of the Rings, but was not completed in time. A more explanatory passage on the nature of the wizards is found at the end of The Silmarillion.
Adaptations[edit]
Film[edit]
In Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit film trilogies, three of the Istari are featured as characters: Saruman (portrayed by Christopher Lee), Gandalf (played by Ian McKellen), and Radagast (portrayed by Sylvester McCoy). Gandalf mentions the two Blue Wizards in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, but comments that he cannot recall their names; this is a reference to the fact that they went unnamed in both The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings. In The Hobbit films, it is Radagast who first discovers the presence of the Necromancer at Dol Guldur, and alerts Gandalf who in turn informs the White Council, including Saruman. Gandalf is quick to deduce the Necromancer's true identity, but Saruman is reluctant to accept that Sauron could have returned. At the behest of Galadriel, Gandalf and Radagast meet at the tomb of the Nine Kings of Men, and then travel to Dol Guldur. Radagast is then sent to take word to the White Council while Gandalf enters Dol Guldur alone, where he confronts and is captured by Sauron. The White Council arrived in force to rescue him, with Saruman, Elrond, and Galadriel confronting the evil there while Radagast took Gandalf to safety. Saruman later forbade pursuit of Sauron, feeling that their foe would never be able to rise again, while Gandalf and Radagast later took part in The Battle of the Five Armies.
As in the novels, Saruman later joined forces with Sauron, though he retained his white robes and was not shown to be seeking the One Ring for his own use. He and Gandalf are the only wizards featured or mentioned in the Lord of the Rings films, and for the most part go through the same experiences as in the novels. However, as seen in the extended edition of The Return of the King, Saruman is killed by Wormtongue atop Orthanc rather than in The Shire. The films place a greater emphasis on the connection between the Wizards' powers being manifested through their staffs: Gandalf and Saruman are visibly seen employing their staffs in their battle inside Orthanc, and Gandalf is rendered helpless when Saruman takes his staff from him. In a departure from the books, Gandalf's staff is shattered during his confrontation with the Witch-king.
See also[edit]
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References[edit]
^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h Essay on "The Istari" in Unfinished Tales.
Jump up ^ Index entries in Unfinished Tales.
Jump up ^ The History of Middle-earth, Vol. XII (The Peoples of Middle-earth), p. 384–385.
Jump up ^ In Letters, #156, pp 202–3, Tolkien clearly implies that the 'Authority' who sent Gandalf back was above the Valar (who are bound by Arda's space and time, while Gandalf went beyond time). Tolkien clearly intends this as an example of Eru intervening to change the course of the world.
Jump up ^ The Two Towers, Book III, "The Palantír", p. 204.
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