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I have to tell you, Mr. Tolkien
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I have to tell you,Mr. Tolkien, I've never come acrossanything like it

I have to tell you,
Mr. Tolkien, I've never come across
anything like it

Full Transcript

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I have to tell you, Mr. Tolkien,
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I've never come across anything like it.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
133
Timestamp in Movie
01:18:35
Uploaded
Jun 18, 2025
Genres
biography, drama, romance
Production
N/A

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Movie Summary

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.
"Byrthwold spoke out..." - Tolkien 00:11
"Byrthwold spoke out..."
"He instructed the warriors most boldly of all: - Tolkien 00:04
"He instructed the warriors most boldly of all:
Courage must be the harder - Tolkien 00:18
Courage must be the harder
I've just written a play where a French waitress - Tolkien 00:05
I've just written a play where a French waitress
I made the biggest mistake of my life - Tolkien 00:05
I made the biggest mistake of my life
You are the most remarkable spirit I have ever met - Tolkien 00:43
You are the most remarkable spirit I have ever met
You are the most remarkable spirit I have ever met. - Tolkien 00:05
You are the most remarkable spirit I have ever met.
You have courage and resourcefulness, talent, - Tolkien 00:13
You have courage and resourcefulness, talent,
It's the Ascanius. - Tolkien 00:06
It's the Ascanius.
Yes. "Pity the poor citizens of the kingdom of Ascanius." - Tolkien 00:07
Yes. "Pity the poor citizens of the kingdom of Ascanius...
Lancashires on the Ascanius! - Tolkien 00:04
Lancashires on the Ascanius!
You've had trench fever, but you're all right. - Tolkien 00:04
You've had trench fever, but you're all right.
I spend my every afternoon - Tolkien 00:42
I spend my every afternoon
I spend my every afternoon - Tolkien 00:06
I spend my every afternoon
Your sons have died in the war to end all wars. - Tolkien 00:05
Your sons have died in the war to end all wars.
There's a comfort, I think, in distance. - Tolkien 00:05
There's a comfort, I think, in distance.
Throughout the whole of your illness, - Tolkien 00:06
Throughout the whole of your illness,
Oh. This arrived for you via... - Tolkien 00:05
Oh. This arrived for you via...
He wrote it, I believe, during his last days. - Tolkien 00:04
He wrote it, I believe, during his last days.
My dear John Ronald, - Tolkien 00:36
My dear John Ronald,