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.
Cast
John Rhys-Davies
Narrator (voice)
Peter Jackson
Self
Elijah Wood
Self
Ian McKellen
Self
Orlando Bloom
Self
Sean Astin
Self
Billy Boyd
Self
Philippa Boyens
Self
Winston Churchill
Self (archive footage)
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage)
John Howe
Self
Alan Lee
Self
Dominic Monaghan
Self
Christopher Lee
Self
Richard Taylor
Self
Cate Blanchett
Self
Liv Tyler
Self
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