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Tolkien

The formative years of the orphaned author J.R.R. Tolkien as he finds friendship, love and artistic inspiration among a group of fellow outcasts at school.

Director

Dome Karukoski

Year

Genre

biography, drama, romance

Box Office

$4,535,154

Production

N/A

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J.R.R. Tolkien

First Soldier

Second Soldier

Private Sam Hodges

J.R.R. Tolkien (Young)

Father Francis

Mabel Tolkien

Hilary Tolkien (Young)

Guillermo Bedward

Bronwen

Mrs. Faulkner

English Master

Adrian Schiller

Robert Gilson (Young)

Christopher Wiseman (Young)

Geoffrey Smith (Young)

Mackintosh

Goodson-Thomas

Michael Bryceson

Rugby Coach

Headmaster Gilson

Edith Bratt (Young)

Waitress

Robert Gilson

Geoffrey Smith

Christopher Wiseman

Tom Glynn-Carney

Edith Bratt

MaÃ®tre d' (as Antony Raymond Barlow)

Hilary Tolkien

James MacCallum

Box Office Man

David Puckridge

Schoolmaster

Rose

Beryl

Mary

Jane Dixon-Rowland

Mrs. Smith

Genevieve O'Reilly

Porter

Professor #1 (as Colin Macdonald Burnie)

Professor Wright

Professor #2

Drunken Student

Photographer

Lieutenant

Joel Phillimore

Student

Priscilla Tolkien (Child)

Priscilla Tolkien (Child)

Michael Tolkien (Child)

Paul Gurcel Escudero

John Tolkien Jnr. (Child)

Christopher Tolkien (Child)

Mr. Gandalf

Moroccan Waiter

Shafi Choudhury

Sailor

Bargeman

Adam Darlington

Professor / Middle Class Gent

Rugby Spectator

Student

Blacksmith / Lower Class Man

Anthony G Hamer

Edwardian Singer

Patricia Hammond

Middle Class Gentleman

Oxford Student

Blacksmith

Middle Class Gentleman

Woman in Library

Sergeant Kahn

Soldier

Martin Partington

WW1 soldier

Andrew Rawlinson-Heath

WW1 British Sergeant / sikh Sergeant

John Alan Roberts

White Knight

Barge Man

Student

Student

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Robert Gilson J.r.r. Tolkien (young)English Master Professor Wright J.r.r. Tolkien Edith Bratt Christopher Wiseman John Tolkien Jnr. (child)Geoffrey Smith Hilary Tolkien Mabel Tolkien Robert Gilson (young)Hilary Tolkien (young)Father Francis Christopher Wiseman (young)Geoffrey Smith (young)Beryl

I can die in any way the fates choose - Tolkien

I can die in any way the fates choose

I prayed
for a strong pack mule - Tolkien

I prayed for a strong pack mule

Boys, we are going
to face some difficult times, - Tolkien

Boys, we are going to face some difficult times,

Wherever you feel happy, - Tolkien

Wherever you feel happy,

We will find our place,
sweetheart, we will. - Tolkien

We will find our place, sweetheart, we will.

Boys listen to me - Tolkien

Boys listen to me

Boys, listen to me. - Tolkien

Boys, listen to me.

A family of good
and brave people - Tolkien

A family of good and brave people

By coming across
some marvelous treasure. - Tolkien

By coming across some marvelous treasure.

Let us begin Ronald - Tolkien

Let us begin Ronald

The earth began to shake
with the weight of the dragon - Tolkien

The earth began to shake with the weight of the dragon

But Sigurd waited - Tolkien

But Sigurd waited

The dragon lashed his tail
till stones broke - Tolkien

The dragon lashed his tail till stones broke

And then he spoke, as he died, - Tolkien

And then he spoke, as he died,

But all men die - Tolkien

But all men die

She's an enormous beast, - Tolkien

She's an enormous beast,

She's chewing,
on what I can only assume - Tolkien

She's chewing, on what I can only assume

After Africa, their mother
home-schooled them, - Tolkien

After Africa, their mother home-schooled them,

You boys will be mixing - Tolkien

You boys will be mixing

They've been living in England - Tolkien

They've been living in England

What they need, of course,
is the civilizing influence - Tolkien

What they need, of course, is the civilizing influence

Edith, another orphan, - Tolkien

Edith, another orphan,

It's Keen sir - Tolkien

It's pronounced Tolkeen, sir.
Not Tol-Kine. - Tolkien

It's pronounced Tolkeen, sir. Not Tol-Kine.

As we are so sensitive - Tolkien

As we are so sensitive

Mr. Tol-Keen can keep up
as best he can. - Tolkien

Mr. Tol-Keen can keep up as best he can.

Is it that you believe
I have nothing better to do - Tolkien

Is it that you believe I have nothing better to do

Collegiate relationships - Tolkien

Collegiate relationships

Headmaster, with respect, - Tolkien

Headmaster, with respect,

You will do
everything together - Tolkien

You will do everything together

What Robert meant to say - Tolkien

What Robert meant to say

His marks
only have to drop below - Tolkien

His marks only have to drop below

Imagine walking
into Barrow's Stores, - Tolkien

Imagine walking into Barrow's Stores,

And now I'm going to stop you
from doing it." - Tolkien

And now I'm going to stop you from doing it."

You will do as I did.
You will put them aside." - Tolkien

You will do as I did. You will put them aside."

I would go somewhere - Tolkien

I would go somewhere

Lieutenant Geoffrey Smith
is a friend. - Tolkien

Lieutenant Geoffrey Smith is a friend.

Well, if we're halfway there, - Tolkien

Well, if we're halfway there,

Perfectly frank, sir,
by the look on you, - Tolkien

Perfectly frank, sir, by the look on you,

Geoffrey, are you trying - Tolkien

Geoffrey, are you trying

Gentlemen A thought - Tolkien

Gentlemen A thought

I'm not talking about pale, - Tolkien

I'm not talking about pale,

Hel, a huge
and ruthless goddess. - Tolkien

Hel, a huge and ruthless goddess.

It's a place
where warriors are sent - Tolkien

It's a place where warriors are sent

I can die in any way
the Fates choose, - Tolkien

I can die in any way the Fates choose,

But what is within my power
is to decide how I live. - Tolkien

But what is within my power is to decide how I live.

Courageously or timidly. - Tolkien

Courageously or timidly.

Madam. My lady of the lake,
the bearer of my dreams. - Tolkien

Madam. My lady of the lake, the bearer of my dreams.

Would you do me
the greatest honor, - Tolkien

Would you do me the greatest honor,

Are you sure that doesn't sound like a disease - Tolkien

Are you sure that doesn't sound like a disease

Brothers, - Tolkien

"Not for us, I reckon, - Tolkien

"Not for us, I reckon,

They twisted fast
the strands of fate, - Tolkien

They twisted fast the strands of fate,

Pale hands I loved
beside the Shalimar - Tolkien

Pale hands I loved beside the Shalimar

What I don't have a hat - Tolkien

What I don't have a hat

It's about an old man
who's watching an unlucky frog - Tolkien

It's about an old man who's watching an unlucky fr...

Well boys I was right - Tolkien

Well boys I was right

If you say it over and over, - Tolkien

If you say it over and over,

A word isn't beautiful just because of its sound - Tolkien

A word isn't beautiful just because of its sound

A word isn't beautiful
just because of its sound. - Tolkien

A word isn't beautiful just because of its sound.

It's the marriage
of sound and meaning, - Tolkien

It's the marriage of sound and meaning,

I'm sorry,
have you just dismissed - Tolkien

I'm sorry, have you just dismissed

Your language
isn't worth anything - Tolkien

Your language isn't worth anything

But it means so much more - Tolkien

But it means so much more

Things aren't beautiful because of how they sound - Tolkien

Things aren't beautiful because of how they sound

It begins with the arrival - Tolkien

It begins with the arrival

Bored of cakes and muffins - Tolkien

Bored of cakes and muffins

And at the heart
of Cellardoor, - Tolkien

And at the heart of Cellardoor,

Is it a proud
and opinionated princess? - Tolkien

Is it a proud and opinionated princess?

It is a place which is revered
by all who know of it. - Tolkien

It is a place which is revered by all who know of it.

Trees? - Tolkien

The branches of the two trees,
reaching, twisting, - Tolkien

The branches of the two trees, reaching, twisting,

Their poisoned saps commingled - Tolkien

Their poisoned saps commingled

The water... of Cellardoor. - Tolkien

The water... of Cellardoor.

The water of Cellardoor,
to taste it, - Tolkien

The water of Cellardoor, to taste it,

Is to possess the power of sight - Tolkien

Is to possess the power of sight

A magic beyond anything
anyone has ever felt before. - Tolkien

A magic beyond anything anyone has ever felt before.

I mean, I'm not saying
that everything everyone says - Tolkien

I mean, I'm not saying that everything everyone says

You know that's when we're not trying to change the world - Tolkien

You know that's when we're not trying to change...

When we're not
trying to change the world, - Tolkien

When we're not trying to change the world,

I don't believe in examinations - Tolkien

I don't believe in examinations

I would love to hear you play
the piano sometime, Miss... - Tolkien

I would love to hear you play the piano sometime, Miss...

I appreciate Wagner.
I'm not sure that I like him. - Tolkien

I appreciate Wagner. I'm not sure that I like him.

I love Wagner's Rheingold - Tolkien

I love Wagner's Rheingold

Of course operas can be considered long and laborious - Tolkien

Of course operas can be considered long and laborious

Of course, operas can be
considered long and laborious - Tolkien

Of course, operas can be considered long and laborious

There's no secret
literary societies for me. - Tolkien

There's no secret literary societies for me.

I have a passion for Wagner - Tolkien

I have a passion for Wagner

I want to talk about him.
To discuss. To debate. - Tolkien

I want to talk about him. To discuss. To debate.

"Shapes in the mist - Tolkien

"Shapes in the mist

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The formative years of the orphaned author J.R.R. Tolkien as he finds friendship, love and artistic inspiration among a group of fellow outcasts at school.

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Director: Dome Karukoski

Writer: David Gleeson, Stephen Beresford

Production: N/A

Genre: biography, drama, romance

Year: 2019

MetaScore: 48/100

ImdbRating: 6.8

BoxOffice: $4,535,154

Released: 10 May 2019

Awards: N/A

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