Dec 02, 2003
51 min
Full-HD

Secrets of Middle-Earth: Inside Tolkien's The Hobbit (2003)

Explores Tolkien's classic fantasy/adventure novel The Hobbit and examines the story behind its conception.

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J.R.R. Tolkien

Self (archive footage)

Tim Hildebrandt

Self

Greg Hildebrandt

Self

Humphrey Carpenter

Himself

John Tolkien

Himself

Priscilla Tolkien

Herself

Rayner Unwin

Himself

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