Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring

Overview

A documentary about the influences on Tolkien, covering in brief his childhood and how he detested the onslaught of industry through the idyllic countryside, moving on to describe his fighting experience from WWI, and closing with a look at the Finnish inspiration for the scholar's self-invented languages of Elfish. In between are interviews with the cast of the films and some clips, by far the most from "The Fellowship of the Ring", but a few glimpses of Rohan riders (from "The Two Towers") are provided. Also, there are interviews with a range of the filmmakers.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

December 23, 2001

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Countries

United States of America

Production

National Geographic

Cast

John Rhys-Davies,Peter Jackson,Elijah Wood,Ian McKellen,Orlando Bloom,Sean Astin,Billy Boyd,Philippa Boyens,Winston Churchill,Adolf Hitlerand 7 more

Director

Lisa Kors

Producer

Michael Rosenfeld,Dan Arden,John B. Bredar

Music

Michael Richard Plowman

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0312999