The Ring Thing

20042004
1h 20m

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3.5/10

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Middle Earth is... right in the heart of Europe! A spoof of the Lord of the Rings Trilogy set in Switzerland.Middle Earth is... right in the heart of Europe! A spoof of the Lord of the Rings Trilogy set in Switzerland.Middle Earth is... right in the heart of Europe! A spoof of the Lord of the Rings Trilogy set in Switzerland.

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3.5/10

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Director
- Marc Schippert
Writers
- Chris Silber(author)
- André Küttel(author)
- Marc Schippert(author)
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Director
- Marc Schippert
Writers
- Chris Silber(author)
- André Küttel(author) (dialogue translation)
- Marc Schippert(author)
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All Friedrich wanted was to propose to Heidi, his supervisor, on a business trip. But while rehearsing on an airplane toilet, he and his ring drop out into the sky over the alps. Only to land in a very strange fairytale world. Come to find out, Middle Earth is right in the heart of Switzerland! To make matters worse, the quirky inhabitants mistake Friedrich for Frido the Tellyhobbie. Before he can say Tolkien, he's on a mission to save the world from an evil wizard who wants to dip the whole planet in one huge sizzling Swiss cheese fondue. A mission so crazy... it just might wake the hero in him. In the tradition of Scary Movie, THE RING THING is a spoof of the Ring Trilogy, topped off with the funny peculiarities of Switzerland. —Elevator Group AG

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- Adventure
- Comedy
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Trivia
Sauraus translates into "letting the pigs out". In German that stands for having a party.

Quotes
Pupsi: Yesterday? We will never make it!

Connections
References Tabaluga (1994)

Soundtracks
Glaub A Di
Performed by Semih featuring Raquel
Written by B. Mühlethaler, S. Yavsaner & R. Rodo
Arranged and produced by Grooveprofessor & Semih
Rap & Lyrics by Semih
Vocals by Raquel
Published by TBA Music Publishing
(C) & (P) 2004 TBA AG

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9/10

Great spoof of the Lord of the Rings

As this movie is completely in Swiss dialect, it's probably hard for most German speakers to really follow this movie. I'm not from Switzerland, but I worked there for some years, so I had the chance to understand this great spoof of the Lord of the Rings. I've seen a lot of movies of this kind (eg. Scary Movie, loads of Scifi spoofs etc.) but this one is the best one of that kind, I've seen so far. I give a 9 of 10. The only reason I can't give a 10 is, because there are some little details which could have been done better and because they supplied no subtitles in any language on the DVD, so there's almost no chance for non-Swiss to understand.

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