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Tolkien Cover Image DVD DVD

Tolkien [videorecording] / Fox Searchlight Pictures presents ; in association with TSG Entertainment ; a Chernin Entertainment production ; directed by Dome Karukoski ; written by David Gleeson and Stephen Beresford ; produced by Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping, David Ready, Kris Thykier.

Summary:

Explores the formative years of the renowned author's life as he finds friendship, courage, and inspiration among a fellow group of writers and artists at school. Their brotherhood strengthens as they grow up and weather love and loss together, including the author's tumultuous courtship of his beloved Edith Bratt, until the outbreak of the First World War which threatens to tear their fellowship apart. All of these experiences would later inspire him to write his famous Middle-earth novels.

Record details

  • Physical Description: 1 videodisc (112 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches
  • Publisher: Beverly Hills, CA : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2019]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally released as a motion picture in 2019.
Special features: Audio commentary by director Dome Karukoski ; First look ; Deleted scenes ; Gallery.
Wide screen.
Title from container.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Director of photography, Lasse Frank ; editor, Harri Ylönen ; music, Thomas Newman.
Participant or Performer Note:
Nicholas Hoult, Lily Collins, Colm Meaney, Anthony Boyle, Patrick Gibson, Tom Glynn-Carney, Craig Roberts, Derek Jacobi, Laura Donnelly, Genevieve O'Reilly, Pam Ferris.
Target Audience Note:
Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.
MPAA rating: PG-13 for some sequences of war violence.
System Details Note:
DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1 DVS, 2.0.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:
For private home use only.
Language Note:
English, Spanish or French audio; English, Spanish or French subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Described video for the blind and visually impaired.
Subject: Tolkien, J. R. R. (John Ronald Reuel), 1892-1973 > Fiction.
Male friendship > Fiction.
Male authors, English > Fiction.
World War, 1914-1918 > Fiction.
Genre: Fiction films.
Feature films.
Biographical films.
Historical films.
War films.
Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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