No Saruman in ROTK

Christopher Lee’s character Saruman won’t appear in the Return of The King when it comes out next month. Lee says that 7 minutes of his character’s role has been cut from the final film. This is quite strange, because it will leave few loose ends remaining for moviegoers. If you read the book, you know that Saruman shows up. I suppose director Peter Jackson had to have something for the extended DVD version…