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| image=[[File:Tolkien film 2019 poster.jpg|250px]]
| image=[[File:Tolkien film 2019 poster.jpg|250px]]
| name= Tolkien
| name=Tolkien
| director=[[Dome Karukoski]]
| director=Dome Karukoski
| producer=Peter Chernin<br>Jenno Topping<br>David Ready<br>Kris Thykier
| producer=Peter Chernin<br>Jenno Topping<br>David Ready<br>Kris Thykier
| writer=David Gleeson<br>Stephen Beresford
| writer=David Gleeson<br>Stephen Beresford
| narrator=
| narrator=
| starring= see below
| starring=
| music=Thomas Newman
| music=Thomas Newman
| cinematography=Lasse Frank
| cinematography=Lasse Frank
| editing=Harri Ylönen
| editing=Harri Ylönen
| distributor=[[The Walt Disney Company|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures]]
| distributor=[[The Walt Disney Company|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures]]
| released=[[May 3]], 2019
| released=[[3 May]] 2019
| runtime=112 min.
| runtime=112 minutes
| country=USA
| country=USA
| language=English
| language=English
| budget= $20 million
| budget=$20 million
| website=[http://www.foxsearchlight.com/tolkien/ Official website]
| website=[http://www.foxsearchlight.com/tolkien/ Official website]
| imdb_id=3361792
| imdb_id=3361792
}}
}}
'''Tolkien''' is a [[2019]] American biographical drama film directed by Dome Karukoski and written by David Gleeson and Stephen Beresford. The film stars Nicholas Hoult, Lily Collins, Colm Meaney, and Derek Jacobi. It was released in the United Kingdom on [[May 3]], 2019 and in the United States on [[May 10]], 2019 by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures. The film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $7 million worldwide on a $20 million budget, making it a box-office bomb.<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=tolkien.htm|articlename=Tolkien (2019)|dated=June 14, 2019|website=[http://www.boxofficemojo.com Box Office Mojo]|accessed=}}</ref>
'''''Tolkien''''' is a [[2019]] biographical drama film depicted [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s early life in [[Birmingham]] and [[King Edward's School]], as an undergraduate at [[University of Oxford|Oxford]] and serving in the [[World War I|Great War]]. Directed by [[wikipedia:Dome Karukoski|Dome Karukoski]], the film stars [[wikipedia:Nicholas Hoult|Nicholas Hoult]] as Tolkien, [[wikipedia:Lily Collins|Lily Collins]] as [[Edith Bratt]], [[wikipedia:Colm Meaney|Colm Meaney]] as [[Francis Morgan|Father Francis Morgan]], and [[wikipedia:Derek Jacobi|Derek Jacobi]] as Professor [[Joseph Wright]]. That was released by [[The Walt Disney Company|Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures]] in the United Kingdom on [[3 May]] 2019 and in the United States on [[10 May]] 2019. The film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $7 million worldwide on a $20 million budget.<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=tolkien.htm|articlename=Tolkien (2019)|dated=June 14, 2019|website=[http://www.boxofficemojo.com Box Office Mojo]|accessed=}}</ref>
 
Some weeks before its released, the [[Tolkien Estate]] "wished to make clear that they did not approve of, authorise or participate in the making of this film", and that "they do not endorse it or its content in any way".<ref>{{webcite|author=Alison Flood|articleurl=http://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/apr/23/tolkien-estate-disavows-forthcoming-film-starring-nicholas-hoult|articlename=Tolkien estate disavows forthcoming film starring Nicholas Hoult|dated=23 April 2019|website=[http://www.theguardian.com The Guardian]|accessed=}}</ref>


==Synopsis==
==Synopsis==
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==Cast==
==Cast==
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| Patrick Gibson || [[Robert Gilson|Robert Q. Gilson]]
| Patrick Gibson || [[Robert Gilson|Robert Q. Gilson]]
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| Tom Glynn-Carney || [[Christopher Wiseman]]
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| James MacCallum || [[Hilary Tolkien]]
|-
| Harry Gilby || young Tolkien
|-
| Mini Keene || young Edith Bratt
|-
|-
| Adam Bregman || young Geoffrey Smith
| Adam Bregman || young Geoffrey Smith
|-
| Albie Marber || young Robert Gilson
|-
| Ty Tennant || young Christopher Wiseman
|-
| Guillermo Bedward || young Hilary Tolkien
|-
| Pam Ferris || Mrs. Faulkner
|}
|}
==Reception==
Some weeks before its released, the [[Tolkien Estate]] "wished to make clear that they did not approve of, authorise or participate in the making of this film", and that "they do not endorse it or its content in any way".<ref>{{webcite|author=Alison Flood|articleurl=http://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/apr/23/tolkien-estate-disavows-forthcoming-film-starring-nicholas-hoult|articlename=Tolkien estate disavows forthcoming film starring Nicholas Hoult|dated=23 April 2019|website=[http://www.theguardian.com The Guardian]|accessed=}}</ref>
{{References}}
{{References}}
 
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[[Category:Films]]
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Tolkien is a 2019 biographical drama film depicted J.R.R. Tolkien's early life in Birmingham and King Edward's School, as an undergraduate at Oxford and serving in the Great War. Directed by Dome Karukoski, the film stars Nicholas Hoult as Tolkien, Lily Collins as Edith Bratt, Colm Meaney as Father Francis Morgan, and Derek Jacobi as Professor Joseph Wright. That was released by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures in the United Kingdom on 3 May 2019 and in the United States on 10 May 2019. The film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed $7 million worldwide on a $20 million budget.[1]

Synopsis

Beginning with the childhood of Tolkien in Sarehole Mill, the film covers the early years of his life until the end of the Great War.

Cast

Actor Role
Nicholas Hoult J. R. R. Tolkien
Lily Collins Edith Bratt
Colm Meaney Father Francis Morgan
Derek Jacobi Prof. Joseph Wright
Anthony Boyle Geoffrey Bache Smith
Patrick Gibson Robert Q. Gilson
Tom Glynn-Carney Christopher Wiseman
James MacCallum Hilary Tolkien
Harry Gilby young Tolkien
Mini Keene young Edith Bratt
Adam Bregman young Geoffrey Smith
Albie Marber young Robert Gilson
Ty Tennant young Christopher Wiseman
Guillermo Bedward young Hilary Tolkien
Pam Ferris Mrs. Faulkner

Reception

Some weeks before its released, the Tolkien Estate "wished to make clear that they did not approve of, authorise or participate in the making of this film", and that "they do not endorse it or its content in any way".[2]

References

  1. "Tolkien (2019)" dated 14 June 2019, Box Office Mojo (accessed 29 March 2024)
  2. Alison Flood, "Tolkien estate disavows forthcoming film starring Nicholas Hoult" dated 23 April 2019, The Guardian (accessed 29 March 2024)