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Tolkien

Summary: Tolkien's novels were inspired by his mom's storytelling, falling in love with another orphan, Edith, forming a brotherhood with 3 other misfits at school, Oxford, the trench war of WWI and later telling stories to his own kids.

Release Date: May 10, 2019

Genres: Biography, Drama, Romance

Director: Dome Karukoski

Writers: David Gleeson

, Stephen Beresford

Runtime: 1 h 52 min

MPAA: PG-13

Production: Searchlight Pictures, Chernin Entertainment

Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox

Country: United States

Language: English

Movie budget: $ 20,000,000

Domestic: $ 4,535,154

International: $ 4,554,886

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1910s 21 year old alleyway alliance ancient language apology artillery asking someone to hit you in the face aspiring composer aspiring painter aspiring poet author author name as title barbed wire barking dog barracks barrow's stores birmingham west midlands englane based on true story bath bun battle battle of the somme battlefield bayonet bayonet charge beach beowulf best friend bicycle billiards bird birmingham west midlands england blood bomb crater book book of poems boy boyfriend girlfriend relationship boyfriend girlfriend reunion breakup briefcase british soldier brother brother relationship brotherhood bus cake camera catholic catholic priest cellar door chandelier changing the world character name as title chess the game circular staircase class classroom club cold the temperature combat comrade concert hall courage crawling on the ground crying teenage boy dancing dare death death of friend death of mother death of son disney double exposure effect drawing drink drinking drinking from a bottle drunkenness eating england englishman abroad epic battle epilogue exam exeter college oxford university explosion fantasy sequence fantasy writer father son relationship fellowship female piano player female piano teacher fencing fencing match fever fight finding a dead body fire breathing dragon first kiss fixed bayonet flame thrower flash forward food footsteps forest friendship friendship between boys frivolous marriage proposal gas mask gas warfare german giving a toast group of friends gunfire handshake happiness headmaster hiding historical event hit in the face horse horse in armor hospital humiliation husband wife relationship hymn illness ink pen inspiration invented language j.r.r. tolkien character jealousy journey king edward's school birmingham west midlands england kiss kissing a tree knocking on a door lancashire lantern latin legal guardian letter letter from dead friend library liegeman lifting a teenage boy into the air lip syncing listening to music little girl liturgy loss of friend loss of mother lost love love loyalty lying on the ground lying under a tree machine gun magic magnifying glass mailbox male friendship man wears pajamas marriage engagement metaphor middle english language military embarkment military enlistment military uniform military vehicle mirror money montage mother son embrace mother son relationship mythology name calling nurse obsession old english the language one word title opening action scene opera opera house orphan overhead camera shot oxford england oxford university oxfordshire england passion philology photograph photographer pianist piano play fight playing piano playwright poetry poisonous gas poisonous tree sap policeman portrait painting posing for a photograph poverty pride priest professor promise punishment quest raised by a lone mother rat reading a book reading aloud reciting story from memory rector reference to a bakery reference to a dragon reference to a drunken peacock reference to a fairy reference to a french waitress reference to a hobbit reference to a jam pudding reference to a princess reference to a wizard reference to africa reference to an oak tree reference to anglo saxon language reference to arboriculture reference to belgium reference to bloemfontein south africa reference to cambridge university reference to celibacy reference to chiltern hills oxford england reference to das rheingold the opera reference to decapitation reference to finnish reference to france reference to gawain reference to geoffrey chaucer reference to germany reference to god reference to greek reference to helheimr reference to home schooling reference to johannes brahms reference to kaiser wilhelm reference to ludwig van beethoven reference to making shoes reference to monte carlo reference to old norse language reference to proto germanic language reference to richard wagner reference to saxon language reference to the canterbury tales reference to the hobbit reference to the realm of the dead reflection in a mirror reflection in eye release from jail restaurant rifle rugby running sarehole mill england saying goodbye scene during closing credits scene during opening credits scholarship school school friend scotch whiskey searching for missing friend sense of sight shared headstone shilling ship singer singing sitting in a tree slow motion scene song stained glass window star the celestial object story telling subjective camera surname as title sword sword fight symbolism taking a photograph talking to a tree tea teenage boy teenage girl theatrical costume theatrical props timeframe 1910s told in flashback tolling bell touching someone's hand toy sword treasure tree trench trench fever trench warfare university university campus university expulsion university professor violence voice over letter waitress war survivor war veteran war violence war wound warrior waving goodbye whispering white horse wooden sword world war one world war one veteran writing year 1914 year 1916 year 1937 year 1971 year 1973 year 1987 young romance young soldier younger version of character

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