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List Price: $19.98Amazon.com's Price: $17.99 You Save: $1.99 (10%)as of 11/22/2009 08:05 EST details
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 9780792285595
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
ISBN: 079228559X
Label: Nat'l Geographic Vid
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 5.1
Manufacturer: Nat'l Geographic Vid
MPN: DG75020D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Nat'l Geographic Vid
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 19, 2002
Running Time: 60 minutes
Studio: Nat'l Geographic Vid
Theatrical Release Date: 2001
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 03/01/2005 Run time: 60 minutes Rating: Nr
Amazon.com:
The connection between National Geographic and The Lord of the Rings may seem tentative, but this illuminating TV special proves otherwise. While incorporating cast and crew interviews and film clips from director Peter Jackson's 2001 blockbuster The Fellowship of the Ring, this hourlong documentary transcends timely opportunism to explore the myriad inspirations for J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth fantasy classic, beginning with the influence of Tolkien's idyllic childhood in rural England, which served as the model for Tolkien's threatened Hobbit paradise. Equally fascinating are the influence of Tolkien's experience in World War I, the "evil" of industrial development, and especially the influence of Anglo-Saxon poetry (notably Beowulf) and the mythology of the Finnish Kalevala, which formed the basis of Tolkien's elfish culture. Tolkien's passion for nature conservancy and cultural preservation is what ultimately serves the National Geographic agenda, but eloquent testimonials by archaeologists, anthropologists, and filmmakers make this a most agreeable hour of justified propaganda. --Jeff Shannon
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I think it's a great product. I didn't get it for myself but i've seen a large chunk of it and it seems really great for ANYONE who loves lord of the rings....but ya gotta love it.
Rating:  -
I received this as a gift. Pretty hard to impress me with something Tolkien related, I've read the main books at least 3 times each, the entire 12 volume History of Middle Earth series from Christopher, the entire Tolkien Studies series from West Virginia University press, and numerous others. This would be good additional information for anyone that was a fan of the Peter Jackson trilogy, but if you're the type that's as far into Tolkien as having read the Silmarillion, this will disappoint. ... Read More
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I thought it was very interesting. I was intrigued by the ideas of Tolkien'a life as presented by National Geographics. As well as the influences that went into the "Lord of the Rings." I found it very insightful. I've studied Tolkien before maybe that is why I enjoyed this more than other reviewers.
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This National Geographic DVD has nothing to do with the actual film. It just compares the characters with real life characters.
Save your money and do not buy it for it is irellevant to the film. Tolkien repeatedly said that his Lord Of The Rings books were not allegorical and yet we still have those that like to use it to make up their own revisionist history.
Shame on you National Geographic for selling this piece of tripe.
Rating:  -
I purchased this DVD hoping to find an exploration into the historical and anthropological background to Lord of the Rings. Did it deliver? Well...sort of.
It gives us some information (precious little) about the life and times of J.R.R. Tolkien - but nothing much that we did not all ready know: he fought in World War I, he was from the English countryside and was not a fan of industrialization, he was educated and taught at Oxford, etc.
Some insight is provided into the ... Read More
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