Tolkien

Tolkien

A Life of Love, Courage & Fellowship.

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Release Date

5/3/2019

Runtime

112 mins

Overview

England, early 20th century. The future writer and philologist John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973) and three of his schoolmates create a strong bond between them as they share the same passion for literature and art, a true fellowship that strengthens as they grow up, but the outbreak of World War I threatens to shatter it.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$20,000,000

Revenue

$8,654,322

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A tender portrait of literary fellowship and youthful idealism shadowed by the gathering darkness of the First World War. It's a film about the bonds forged in schoolboy dreams and the cost of growing up.

Mood

WistfulMelancholicHopeful

Themes

FriendshipComing of ageArt and creationWarMemory

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Steady

Look

NaturalisticPainterly

Structure

Linear

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Graphic violence

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