Tolkien 2019 Movie

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. More details

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Nicholas Hoult Lily Collins Colm Meaney Derek Jacobi Al Bollands Kallum Tolkien

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Biography Drama Romance War world war one battle of the somme oxford university trench warfare group of friends based on true story author inspiration loss of mother husband wife relationship teenage boy trench fever fellowship friendship fencing match university professor reference to cambridge university boyfriend girlfriend reunion author name as title young romance friendship between boys male friendship violence male protagonist death of mother death of friend orphan brother brother relationship year 1914 year 1916 reference to the hobbit reference to richard wagner reference to johannes brahms reference to ludwig van beethoven catholic priest finding a dead body what happened to epilogue englishman abroad boyfriend girlfriend relationship loss of friend poverty headmaster trench battlefield hospital overhead camera shot tree lying under a tree university campus character name as title one word title surname as title young soldier flashback classroom playing piano love restaurant opera dancing kiss expelled from college reflection in eye taking a photograph battle war violence combat epic battle bayonet bayonet charge war veteran world war one veteran sword fencing play fight sword fight toy sword wooden sword opening action scene fixed bayonet rugby younger version of character boy horse horse in armor scene during opening credits slow motion scene fantasy sequence explosion lantern fever sarehole mill england cold the temperature priest flash forward running hiding birmingham west midlands england mother son relationship mother son embrace latin promise treasure story telling reference to a dragon double exposure effect name calling reference to a drunken peacock king edward's school birmingham west midlands england poisonous gas gas warfare crawling on the ground barbed wire cake reference to africa reference to home schooling reference to bloemfontein south africa orphanage drawing singer singing hymn class reference to the canterbury tales school reference to geoffrey chaucer middle english language fight knocking on a door tea liegeman female piano player father son relationship humiliation piano piano player teenage girl stained glass window library whispering footsteps punishment book handshake barrow's stores birmingham west midlands englane bath bun shilling aspiring composer poetry metaphor aspiring poet aspiring painter reference to decapitation food eating money sitting in a tree gunfire barracks rifle letter best friend chess the game waitress reference to the realm of the dead reference to helheimr quest dare brotherhood club loyalty changing the world circular staircase reading a book reading aloud mirror song magic chandelier invented language cellar door touching someone's hand reference to a princess apology forest sense of sight poisonous tree sap lying on the ground opera house reference to das rheingold the opera jealousy fire breathing dragon flame thrower reference to greek drinking drink comrade billiards portrait painting lifting a teenage boy into the air german listening to music lip syncing theatrical props theatrical costume first kiss alleyway exam scholarship concert hall catholic legal guardian reference to god reference to celibacy 21 year old breakup oxford england bus drinking from a bottle stealing a bus punched in the face asking someone to hit you in the face hit in the face alliance policeman release from jail university expulsion bicycle losing a schokarship reference to monte carlo british soldier reference to a bakery reference to making shoes rector drunkenness star the celestial object marriage engagement crying teenage boy oxfordshire england reference to chiltern hills oxford england reference to finnish reference to a fairy exeter college oxford university reference to saxon language reference to proto germanic language reference to old norse language philology magnifying glass symbolism reference to arboriculture professor passion old english the language reference to anglo saxon language obsession reference to gawain ancient language writing reflection in a mirror beowulf montage reference to germany reference to belgium courage warrior military enlistment mailbox military uniform reference to kaiser wilhelm giving a toast camera photographer posing for a photograph reference to a french waitress playwright scotch whiskey reference to france military vehicle female piano teacher beach military embarkment pride lost love happiness saying goodbye ship waving goodbye bomb crater machine gun artillery lancashire blood white horse searching for missing friend war wound death rat gas mask subjective camera nurse liturgy illness voice over letter letter from dead friend bird briefcase photograph tolling bell barking dog reference to a jam pudding historical event man wears pajamas war survivor talking to a tree kissing a tree little girl journey reference to a wizard ink pen reference to a hobbit year 1937 fantasy writer shared headstone book of poems year 1987 year 1973 year 1971 mythology england 1910s reference to an oak tree movie flop disney death of son j.r.r. tolkien chsractwr scene during closing credits

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