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The Lord of the Rings was basically written 1936 to 1949, and published 1954-1955. The content of Book V and VI was written sometime after 1944, and published in the LotR's third volume The Return of the King in October 1955.

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2003. (17 December 2003, to be exact.)

The book was published in 1954 and that is what the movie is based on.

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