Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring

Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring

60 mins | Documentary | Dec. 23, 2001

A documentary about the influences on Tolkien, covering in brief his childhood and how he detested the onslaught of industry through the idyllic countryside, moving on to describe his fighting experience from WWI, and closing with a look at the Finnish inspiration for the scholar's self-invented languages of Elfish. In between are interviews with the cast of the films and some clips, by far the most from "The Fellowship of the Ring", but a few glimpses of Rohan riders (from "The Two Towers") are provided. Also, there are interviews with a range of the filmmakers.

Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring

60 mins | Documentary | Dec. 23, 2001

Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring
A documentary about the influences on Tolkien, covering in brief his childhood and how he detested the onslaught of industry through the idyllic countryside, moving on to describe his fighting experience from WWI, and closing with a look at the Finnish inspiration for the scholar's self-invented languages of Elfish. In between are interviews with the cast of the films and some clips, by far the most from "The Fellowship of the Ring", but a few glimpses of Rohan riders (from "The Two Towers") are provided. Also, there are interviews with a range of the filmmakers.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers National Geographic
Original title Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring
Directors Lisa Kors
Writers

Cast

John Rhys-Davies

as Narrator (voice)

Peter Jackson

as Self

Elijah Wood

as Self

Ian McKellen

as Self

Orlando Bloom

as Self

Sean Astin

as Self

Billy Boyd

as Self

Philippa Boyens

as Self

Winston Churchill

as Self (archive footage)

Adolf Hitler

as Self (archive footage)

John Howe

as Self

Alan Lee

as Self

Christopher Lee

as Self

Richard Taylor

as Self

Cate Blanchett

as Self

Liv Tyler

as Self