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Lord  of  The  Rings
Movies  &  Books

map of West Middle Earth          synopses & history

links

books

movies I, II & III

The Hobbit

other videos, other media

audio

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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Synopses

"The Hobbbit"
"The Fellowship of The Ring"
"The Two Towers"
"Return of The King"

           Days after

History of The Films
           Days after


Links

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

'Lord of The Rings' posters at AllPosters.com

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
'Festival In The Shire' event [Aug 2010 = #1] in Wales, U.K.



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

browse 'Lord of The Rings' category on DVD at Amazon

trilogy boxed set   "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] status unclear
Lord of the Rings Reader's Companion  
"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
Lord of The Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy on Blu-ray disks  "The Lord of The Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy" [2009]
Blu-ray Theatrical Editions

New Line Cinema widescreen color Blu-ray set [4/2010] 9 disks for $59.99  
Blu-ray Extended Editions
New Line Cinema widescreen color Blu-ray [DUE 2011?] pre-release signup  
Lord of The Rings Trilogy box set   "The Lord of The Rings Trilogy" DVD Box Sets
[New Line Cinema/Wingnut Films Dec 2003]

New Line Cinema extended edition DVD set [12/2004] out of prodn/many used
New Line Cinema widescreen DVD set [5/2004] out of prodn/used
New Line Cinema full screen DVD set [5/2004] out of prodn/used


"Lord of The Rings I:
The Fellowship of The Ring"

[New Line Cinema/Wingnut Films Dec 2001]
Fellowship of the Ring poster   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)
available on Blu-ray only on the new Trilogy 9-disk set above
New Line Platinum Gift Set DVD [11/2002] 4 disks - out of prodn/used
New Line Extended Edition DVD [11/2002] 4 disks for $29.99
New Line widescreen DVD [8/2002] for $22.46
New Line Extended Edition VHS [11/2002] for $22.49
New Line color VHS [8/2002] for $19.50
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]
Two Towers poster   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)
available on Blu-ray only on the new Trilogy 9-disk set above
Warner widescreen DVD [8/2003] 2 disks for $17.97
NewLine color DVD [8/2003] 2 disks for $17.97
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 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]
RotK poster   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)
available on Blu-ray only on the new Trilogy 9-disk set above
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"

annotated The Hobbit   "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

animated The Hobbit   "The Hobbit" animated mini-series episode [1977]
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
also available as part of 3-disk DVD & 3-tape VHS below
full credits at IMDB

The film rights to "The Hobbit" were acquired by New Line Cinema and M.G.M. in early 2008,
with plans for live action films produced in New Zealand by Peter Jackson & directed by Guillermo del Toro
director del Toro announced leaving project 5/2010, largely since troubled M.G.M. Studios has not greeenlighted

"The Hobbit, Part 1" [due 2011?]
DVD/Blu-ray not yet available • full credits at IMDbmovie entry at Wikipedia

"The Hobbit, Part 2" [due 2013?]
DVD/Blu-ray not yet available • full credits at IMDbentry at Wikipedia {redirect to 2011}


Other  Video,  Other  Media

animated mini-series [1977-1980]
includes "The Hobbit" [1977], Bakshi's "Lord of The Rings" [1978], and "Return of The King" [1980]
Warner widescreen color DVD [12/2001] 3 disks for $23.99
Warner widescreen VHS box set [12/2001] 3 tapes - out of prodn/used

The Hobbit animated feature   "The Hobbit" animated feature [N.B.C. Nov 1977]
Co-directed by Jules Bass & Arthur Rankin, Jr.; voices of Orson Bean, Richard Boone, Hans Conried, John Huston, Otto Preminger, Cyril Ritchard, Brother Theodore, Paul Frees, Jack DeLeon, Thurl Ravenscroft & Don Messick
Warner color DVD [9/2001] for $9.99
Parade color VHS [8/97] out of prodn/used
full credits at IMDB
Bakshi animated Lord of The Rings   "The Lord of The Rings" animated feature [United Artists Nov 1978]
Produced by Saul Zaentz; directed by Ralph Bakshi; voices of Christopher Guard, William Squire, Michael Scholes, John Hurt, Simon Chandler, Dominic Guard & Norman Bird
Warner Home Video widescreen color Blu-ray [4/2010] for $19.99  
Warner widescreen color DVD [9/2001] for $10.99
Warner color VHS [9/2001] out of prodn/many used
Intrada soundtrack CD [11/92] out of prodn/used
full credits from IMDbofficial movie site

Return of the King   "Return of The King" animated feature [A.B.C. May 1980]
Co-directed by Jules Bass & Arthur Rankin, Jr.; voices of Orson Bean, Theodore Bikel, William Conrad, John Huston, Roddy McDowall, Brother Theodore, Paul Frees, Don Messick, John Stephenson, Casey Kasem, Sonny Melendrez, Nellie Bellflower & Glenn Yarbrough
Warner color DVD [9/2001] for $9.99
Warner color VHS [9/2001] out of prodn/many used
full credits at IMDB

browse "LOTR: Fellowship of the Ring" video games
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Entertainment Arts "LOTR" official game sites

"Making The Lord of The Rings" [documentary 2002]
Directed by Costa Botes; video not available; credits from IMDb

The Two Towers Visual Guide   "A Visual Guide to J.R.R. Tolkien's The Two Towers" [2002]
Kultur color DVD [12/2002] for $12.99
Kultur color VHS [12/2002] for $14.95
Master   "Master of The Rings: The Definitive Guide to The World of The Rings"
[Video Release Prodns Dec 2001]

Directed by Stephen Grant
Eagle Vision color DVD [12/2001] for $12.98
Warner color DVD [7/2002] for $17.98
color VHS [12/2001] 2 tapes for $10.98
full credits from IMDb
National Geographic  
"National Geographic Beyond The Movie: The Lord of The Rings - The Fellowship of The Ring" [2001]
NGS color DVD [2/2002] for $22.48
NGS color VHS [2/2002] for $19.98

"An Awfully Big Adventure: J.R.R. Tolkien"
[50-minute BBC tv documentary 1998]
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

"Tolkien Remembered" [40-min documentary short 1992]
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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JRRTolkien boxed set   Boxed Set: "The Hobbit" & "The Lord of The Rings"
by J.R.R. Tolkien

Ballantine mass pb set [11/91] for $19.77
Mariner 8½x5½ pb set [9/99] for $29.70
Farmer Giles of Ham & Smith of Wootton Major in book form by J.R.R. Tolkien   J.R.R. Tolkien Double [1969]
contains "Farmer Giles of Ham" short medieval fable [1949]
and "Smith of Wootton Major" short story [1967]
Del Rey mass pb [1/86] for $6.99
Ballantine mass pb [3/69] out of print/used
"Giles" entry at Wikipedia"Smith" entry at Wikipedia
Silmarillion   "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
J.R.R. Tolkien's Unfinished Tales  
"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
Tales From The Perilous Realm book by J.R.R. Tolkien   "Tales From The Perilous Realm" [1997] by J.R.R. Tolkien
Illustrations by Alan Lee; contains "Leaf by Niggle" short story [1945], "Farmer Giles of Ham" short medieval fable [1949], "The Adventures of Tom Bombadil" poetry collection [1962], and "Smith of Wootton Major" short story [1967]; the 2008 edition adds "Roverandom" children's story [1925]
HarperCollins mass pb [9/2002] out of print/used
HarperCollins 7½x5 pb [8/98] out of print/used
Houghton Mifflin 8½x6 hardcover [11/2008] for $18.48out of print/used
official book page

Children of Húrin   "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
Legend of Sigurd & Gudrun book by J.R.R. Tolkien  "The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrun" [2009]
by J.R.R. Tolkien, edited by Christopher Tolkien

Mariner Books pb [DUE Sept 2010] for $11.53  
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 8¼x5½ hardcover [5/2009] for $8.21
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Deluxe Edition 9½x6¼ hardcover [6/2009] for $46.98

Other  Books

Bored of the Rings parody book from Harvard Lampoon  "Bored of The Rings: A Parody of J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of The Rings" [1969] from The Harvard Lampoon
Signet/N.A.L. mass pb [1969] out of print/used
Roc Trade 7¾x5¼ pb [7/93] out of print/many, many used
Tolkien bio by HC   "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
Tolkien / Artist & Illustrator   "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   "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 / Cultural Phenomenon   "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
Tolkien Companion & Guide   "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

symphony CD  
"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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