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  2. Tolkien (film) - Wikipedia

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    Tolkien is a 2019 biographical drama film directed by Dome Karukoski and written by David Gleeson and Stephen Beresford. It is about the early life of English professor and philologist J. R. R. Tolkien , author of The Hobbit (1937), The Lord of the Rings (1954–55), and The Silmarillion (1977) as well as notable academic works.

  3. Middle-earth in motion pictures - Wikipedia

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    J. R. R. Tolkien's novels The Hobbit (1937) and The Lord of the Rings (1954–55), set in his fictional world of Middle-earth, have been the subject of numerous motion picture adaptations across film and television. Tolkien was skeptical of the prospects of an adaptation.

  4. List of Napoleonic Wars films - Wikipedia

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    Mary and Napoleon: Marysia i Napoleon: Leonard Buczkowski: Comedy, History, Romance. Marie Walewska: 1966 Spain Italy France The Sea Pirate: Surcouf, le tigre des sept mers Surcouf, l'eroe dei sette mari El tigre de los siete mares: Sergio Bergonzelli Roy Rowland: Adventure. Robert Surcouf: 1967 West Germany Italy A Handful of Heroes: Eine ...

  5. Tolkien Film Fails to Capture the Majesty of His Achievement

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    Perhaps Finnish film director Dome Karukoski took on an impossible task with his biopic Tolkien. When J. R. R. Tolkien began writing The Lord of the Rings, he hoped to give England something he ...

  6. Roverandom - Wikipedia

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    Roverandom is a novella by J. R. R. Tolkien, originally told in 1925, about the adventures of a young dog, Rover.In the story, an irritable wizard turns Rover into a toy, and Rover goes to the Moon and under the sea in order to find the wizard again to turn him back into a normal-sized dog.

  7. Ridley Scott Tells Historian Who Called Out ‘Napoleon’ Errors ...

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    Phoenix previously touched upon the film’s historical accuracy when he told Empire magazine: “If you want to really understand Napoleon, then you should probably do your own studying and reading.

  8. The Great War and Middle-earth - Wikipedia

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    The Finnish film director Dome Karukoski's 2019 biographical drama film Tolkien narrates Tolkien's early life and wartime experiences. It depicts him in delirium with trench fever on the front line, [ 39 ] beginning "to hallucinate scenes from the books he is yet to write", [ 40 ] and thus visually linking the war to his legendarium.

  9. List of historical films set in Near Eastern and Western ...

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    Film set in 2016 BC, in the ancient city of Mohenjo-daro. The historical city was one of the largest settlements of the Indus Valley civilisation, and one of the world's earliest major cities. Jacob: 1994: 2000 BC (according to the Hebrew calendar) A German/Italian/American television film based on the novel Giacobbe by Francesco Maria Nappi.