The Lord of the Rings: Great Books Explained

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In 1954, J.R.R. Tolkien was 62 years old and had just spent the last 16 years working industriously on a book. It was now time to release it into the world and he was very nervous.
And he should have been - because no-one had seen anything quite like The Lord of the Rings before.

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SUBTITLES
I input the English subtitles myself but I rely on volunteers to do subtitles for other languages and I really appreciate it - just contact me at [email protected]

CREDITS
Co creator Michael DiRuggiero
Actor: Roger Surridge
Sound Engineer (UK): Robert Lewis

Opening Animation and Title Sequence by Brian Adsit (instagram https://instagram.com/brian_vfx?utm_m... and Behance www.behance.com/badsit88)

IMAGES
Thumbnail Gandalf image: Nidoart
Scouring of the Shire: Owen William Weber @www.oweber.com

VIDEOS
All the videos, songs, images, and graphics used in the video belong to their respective owners and I or this channel do not claim any right over them.

MUSIC
"Theme" music: JS Bach “Sonata for violin solo No.1 in G Minor”
Sibelius, The Swan of Tuonela
Jerusalem (Hymn), music written by Sir Hubert Parry, Lyrics b William Blake
Elven anthem by Katarzyna Bartnik -    • Elven Anthem- Tolkien- A! ELBERETH GI...  

FILMS AND TV
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001-2003) - ©New Line Cinema
The Lord of the Rings (2022) - ©Warner Bros
Rings of Power (1966) - ©Amazon
dune 2 (2024) - ©Warner Bros
Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope - ©Lucasfilms

BOOKS
Lord of the rings - JRR Tolkien
Humphrey Carpenter. J.R.R. Tolkien: A Biography. [Houghton Mifflin, 1987].
Humphrey Carpenter and Christopher Tolkien, editors. The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien. [William Morrow, 2023].

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