National Geographic: Beyond the Movie - The Lord of the Rings (TV 2002)

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Phil Crowley	...	Narrator
	John Howe	...	Himself / Conceptual Designer of LOTR
	Peter McHugh	...	Additional Voices
	Oliver Muirhead	...	Additional Voices
	Alan Lee	...	Himself / Conceptual Designer of LOTR
	Billy Boyd	...	Himself / Peregrin 'Pippin' Took
	Dominic Monaghan	...	Himself / Meriadoc 'Merry' Brandybuck
	Sean Astin	...	Himself / Samwise 'Sam' Gamgee
	Christopher Lee	...	Himself / Saruman the White
	John Garth	...	Himself / Tolkien Historian
	Martin Carver	...	Himself - Archeologist (as Martin Carver PhD)
	Richard Taylor	...	Himself - Director: Weta Workshop
	Orlando Bloom	...	Himself
	Cate Blanchett	...	Herself / Galadriel, Lady of the Galadhrim
	Pekka Huttu-Hiltunen	...	Himself - Music Instructor

Storyline

A documentary about the influences on Tolkien, covering in brief his childhood and how he detested the onslaught of industry through the idyllic countryside, moving on to describe his fighting experience from WWI, and closing with a look at the Finnish inspiration for the scholar's self-invented languages of Elfish. In between are interviews with the cast of the films and some clips, by far the most from "The Fellowship of the Ring", but a few glimpses of Rohan riders (from "The Two Towers") are provided. Also, there are interviews with a range of the filmmakers. Written by Joshua Calvert  

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