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Lord  of  The  Rings
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J.R.R. Tolkien [1892–1973], beloved throughout the world as the creator of "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings",
was a professor of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford University, a fellow of Pembroke College, and a fellow of Merton College
until his retirement in 1959. His chief interest was the linguistic aspects of the early English written tradition,
but even as he studied these classics he was creating a set of his own.

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Links

J.R.R. Tolkien entry at Wikipedia
J.R.R. Tolkien's movie credits at Internet Movie Database

Tolkien Society [est. 1969]
HarperCollins UK official Tolkien site
'The Grey Havens' Tolkien fansite
Cambridge University Tolkien Society [est. 1983]
La Sociedad Tolkien Española [est. 1991]
fansite in Slovakia Republic
German Tolkien fansite
Tolkien Library

"Lord  of  the  Rings"  Trilogy
publisher's booksite
official movies website

	"The Lord of The Rings" Trilogy [1954-55] by J.R.R. Tolkein listed on Time Magazine's All-TIME 100 Novels (10/2005) Houghton Mifflin 8½x5½ pb boxed set [9/2003] for $24.50 Houghton Mifflin 9¾x6¼ hardcover boxed set [9/2001] for $44.20 50th Anniversary leather-bound box set Houghton Mifflin 10x6½ box set [10/2004] for $53.55
	"The Lord of The Rings: A Reader's Companion" [2005] by Wayne G. Hammond & Christina Scull Houghton Mifflin 9x6 by 2 inches! hardcover [12/2005] for $19.80

Trilogy  box sets
[New Line Cinema/Wingnut Films Dec 2003]

New Line extended edition DVD set [12/2004] for $49.86 New Line widescreen DVD set [5/2004] for $47.99 New Line full screen DVD set [5/2004] for $67.49

"Lord of The Rings I:
The Fellowship of The Ring"
[New Line Cinema/Wingnut Films Dec 2001]

Co-written & directed by Peter Jackson; starring Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Christopher Lee, Ian Holm, Liv Tyler, Dominic Monaghan, Sean Astin & Cate Blanchett; won Oscars for Best Cinematography, Best Visual Effects, Best Original Score, Best Makeup; nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Script/Adaptation & 6 more; also won A.F.I. Movie of the Year, five BAFTA awards; listed on Time Magazine's All-TIME 100 Movies (10/2005) New Line Extended Edition VHS [11/2002] for $22.49 New Line color VHS [8/2002] for $19.50 Platinum Gift Set DVD [11/2002] 4 disks for $59.94 New Line Extended Edition DVD [11/2002] 4 disks for $29.99 New Line widescreen DVD [8/2002] for $22.46 Warner soundtrack CD [11/2001] for $14.99 Hwd Studio Orch audio CD [5/2002] for $14.99 full credits from IMDb

"Lord of The Rings II:
The Two Towers"
[New Line Cinema/Wingnut Films Dec 2002]

Co-written & directed by Peter Jackson; starring Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Christopher Lee, Ian Holm, Liv Tyler, Dominic Monaghan, Sean Astin & Cate Blanchett; nominated for Oscars for Best Picture, Best Sound, Best Editing, Best Visual Effects, Best Sound Effects, Best Art Direction; nominated for DGA, USC Scripter, & 9 BAFTA awards; listed on Time Magazine's All-TIME 100 Movies (10/2005) NewLine widescreen VHS Extended Edition [11/2003] 2 tapes for $22.49 Warner color VHS [8/2003] 2 tapes for $19.49 Warner VHS w/Spanish subtitles [8/2003] 2 tapes for $19.49 Warner widescreen DVD [8/2003] 2 disks for $17.97 NewLine color DVD [8/2003] 2 disks for $17.97 Warner Limited Edition soundtrack CD [12/2002] out of stock/used Warner soundtrack CD [12/2002] for $14.99 Hwd Studio Orch audio CD [3/2003] for $15.98 full credits from IMDb

"Lord of The Rings III:
Return of The King"
[New Line Cinema/Wingnut Films Dec 2003]

Co-written & directed by Peter Jackson; starring Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Christopher Lee, Ian Holm, Liv Tyler, Dominic Monaghan, Sean Astin & Cate Blanchett; won eleven Oscars: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay (Adaptation), Best Editing, Best Sound, Best Art Direction, Best Costumes, Best Makeup, Best Original Score, Best Original Song, Best Visual Effects; also won ACE Best Film, DGA, PGA, SAG (ensemble), 4 VES & 5 BAFTA awards; nominated for DGGB, WGA & USC Scripter awards; listed on Time Magazine's All-TIME 100 Movies (10/2005) New Line widescreen DVD [5/2004] for $9.97 New Line extended edition DVD [12/2004] for $18.96 New Line Collector's Gift Set [12/2004] for $71.99 New Line full screen DVD [5/2004] for $9.97 full credits from IMDb

"The  Hobbit"

The film rights to "The Hobbit" were acquired by New Line Cinema and M.G.M.
in early 2008, with Peter Jackson producing and Guillermo Del Toro directing.

"The Hobbit" animated mini-series episode [1978] Co-directed by Jules Bass & Arthur Rankin, Jr. Warner color DVD [9/2001] for $9.99 Parade color VHS [8/97]out of prodn/used full credits at IMDB

"The Hobbit: Or There and Back Again" [1937, 1951 & 1966] Del Rey mass pb [7/96] for $7.99 Houghton Mifflin 7¾x5 pb [8/2002] for $8.00 Del Rey 10¼x6¾ pb [5/2001] for $11.32 Houghton Mifflin Annotated Edition 9¼x8 hardcover [9/2002] for $19.32 Houghton Mifflin Collector's Edition hardcover [10/73] for $23.10 Recorded Books UNABR audio CD [7/2001] for $26.39 Fantasy Flight board game [undated] for $29.95 Vivendi Universal video game for Playstation2 [11/2003] for $19.99

Other  Video,  Other  Media

browse "LOTR: Fellowship of the Ring" video games
browse "LOTR: The Two Towers" video games
browse "LOTR: Return of the King" video games
browse "Battle For Middle Earth" video games
Entertainment Arts "LOTR" official game sites

"Making TLotR" [documentary 2002] Directed by Costa Botes
video not available; credits from IMDb

	"Master of The Rings: The Definitive Guide to The World of The Rings" [Video Release Prodns Dec 2001] Directed by Stephen Grant color VHS [12/2001] 2 tapes for $10.98 Eagle Vision color DVD [12/2001] for $12.98 Warner color DVD [7/2002] for $17.98 full credits from IMDb
	A Visual Guide to J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Two Towers" [2002] Kultur color VHS [12/2002] for $14.95 Kultur color DVD [12/2002] for $12.99
	"National Geographic Beyond The Movie: The Lord of The Rings - The Fellowship of The Ring" [2001] NGS color VHS [2/2002] for $19.98 NGS color DVD [2/2002] for $22.48
	animated mini-series [1978] Co-directed by Jules Bass & Arthur Rankin, Jr. Warner widescreen VHS BOX SET [12/2001] 3 tapes for $50.99 "The Hobbit" [1978]: credits at IMDB Warner color DVD [9/2001] for $9.99 Parade color VHS [8/97] out of prodn/used "Lord of the Rings" [1978]: see Bakshi feature below "Return of the King" [May 1980]: credits at IMDB Warner color DVD [9/2001] for $16.99 Warner color VHS [9/2-001] for $14.95
	"The Lord of The Rings" animated feature [Fantasy Films / Saul Zaentz Nov 1978] Directed by Ralph Bakshi; voices of Christopher Guard, William Squire, Michael Scholes, John Hurt, Simon Chandler, Dominic Guard & Norman Bird Warner widescreen DVD [9/2001] for $17.98 Warner color VHS [9/2001] for $14.95 Intrada soundtrack CD [11/92] out of stock/used full credits from IMDb

"Tolkien Remembered" [40-min documentary short 1992]
video not available; full credits at IMDb

"J.R.R.T.: A Film Portrait of J.R.R. Tolkien"
[2-hour documentary video Landseer U.K. 1996]
video not available; full credits at IMDb

"An Awfully Big Adventure: J.R.R. Tolkien"
[50-minute BBC tv documentary 1998]
video not available; full credits at IMDb

There is a homemade 1940s-style film adaptation of "Lord of The Rings", available in Quicktime format.
Stars include Humphrey Bogart, Sydney Greenstreet, Orson Welles & Peter Lorre.
O. Sharp's "L.O.T.R." parody

Books  by  J.R.R.  Tolkien

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	Boxed Set: "The Hobbit" & "The Lord of The Rings" by J.R.R. Tolkien Ballantine pb [11/91] for $19.57 Mariner 8½x5¾ pb [9/99] for $31.50
	"The Silmarillion" [NY Times bestseller 1977] by J.R.R. Tolkien, edited by Christopher Tolkien Del Rey mass pb [1/85] for $7.99 Houghton Mifflin illustrated hardcover [10/98] for $24.50 Houghton Mifflin hardcover [4/2001] for $19.60 Bantam UNABR audio boxed set [12/98] for $41.97 Bantam ABR audio [9/98] for $17.50 Bantam ABR audio CD [10/98] for $20.97 Bantam UNABR audio CD [12/98] 6 disks for $45.47
	"Unfinished Tales: The Lost Lore of Numenor & Middle-Earth" [1986] by J.R.R. Tolkien, edited by Christopher Tolkien Del Rey mass pb [8/88] for $7.50 Houghton Mifflin 9x5¾ pb [9/2001] for $11.21 Houghton Mifflin 9x6½ hardcover [9/2001] for $17.16
	"The Children of Húrin" [2007]   by J.R.R. Tolkien, edited by Christopher Tolkien Begun in 1918, painstakingly cobbled together from many draft manuscripts by Tolkien's son Christopher Houghton Mifflin hardcover [4/2007] for $17.16 Houghton Mifflin deluxe slipcover edition [4/2007] for $47.25

Other  Books

	"J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography" [1977] authorized biography by Humphrey Carpenter Houghton Mifflin 8¼x5½ pb [6/2000] for $11.20 Ballantine pb [8/78] out of print/used HarperCollins 9¼x6 hardcover [12/77] out of print/used Houghton Mifflin hardcover [6/77] out of print/used
	"J.R.R. Tolkien: Artist & Illustrator" [1995] by Wayne G. Hammond & Christina Scull Houghton Mifflin 11½x8½ pb [10/2000] for $16.50 Houghton Mifflin 11½x9¼ hardcover [10/95] out of print/used
	"J.R.R. Tolkien: Author of The Century" [2000] by Tom Shippey Houghton Mifflin 8½x5½ pb [8/2002] for $10.40 HarperCollins 7½x5 pb [8/2001] for $12.24 Houghton Mifflin 8½x5¾ hardcover [3/2001] for $26.00
	"Tolkien: A Cultural Phenomenon" [2003] by Brian Rosebury Palgrave Macmillan 8½x5½ 2nd edition pb [1/2004] for $19.95 Palgrave Macmillan 8¼x5½ 2nd edition hardcover [9/2005] for $72.25
	"J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: Chronology & Reader's Guide" two-volume slipcover set [2006] by Christina Scull & Wayne G. Hammond Houghton Mifflin hardcover box set [11/2006] for $63.00 Vol. 1 - Chronology: Houghton Mifflin 9x6 hardcover [11/2006] for $31.50 Vol. 2 - Reader's Guide: Houghton Mifflin 9x6 hardcover [11/2006] for $31.50

Audio  &  Audio  CDs
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"Lord of The Rings" & "The Hobbit" Boxed Set
Penguin ABR audio CDs [10/2002] 13 disks for $62.97

UNABRIDGED audio CDs from Recorded Books:
Hobbit audio CD [7/2001] for $27.99
TFotR audio CD [12/2001] for $34.99
TTT audio CD [12/2001] for $34.99
RotK audio CD [7/2001] for $34.99

"Lord of The Rings Trilogy - symphony in 3 parts" [2001] by Sir James Pitton-Smith Dressed To Kill audio CD [8/2001] 3 disks / out of stock/used

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