• 2014
  • 27m
Looking for the Hobbit

Summary John Howe, the famous illustrator of Tolkien's novels and the conceptual artist for Peter Jackson's films, decided to find out more and set off in search of the legends - and the places that gave rise to them. View more details

  • 2014
  • 27m

Looking for the Hobbit

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : John Howe Stuart Davidson

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5.6

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Genres : Documentary

Release date : Jan 7, 2025

Countries of origin : France

Language : English

Summary John Howe, the famous illustrator of Tolkien's novels and the conceptual artist for Peter Jackson's films, decided to find out more and set off in search of the legends - and the places that gave rise to them. View more details

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Jan 7, 2025

Countries of origin : France

Language : English

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Stuart Davidson in Looking for the Hobbit (2014) Stuart Davidson in Looking for the Hobbit (2014) Looking for the Hobbit (2014)

Episodes

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Episode 1 • Dec 31, 1969
Tolkien's Worlds
In New Zealand, John Howe takes us on an exclusive tour of a film set, which has since been destroyed. In the United Kingdom, Professor Leo Carruthers reveals that the writer Tolkien was also a professor, and an expert on European legends. We must look to these legends for his sources of inspiration. Perhaps they could tell us where the mysterious Hobbits come from.
Episode 2 • Dec 31, 1969
The Magical Forest of Brocéliande
Tolkien took his inspiration from European legends. The first stage of our quest for the sources of the imaginary world takes us to the forest of Brocéliane. Nicolas Mezzalira reveals the legend of Merlin: his birth, romance with the Lady of the Lake, and his first prophecy. The numerous resemblances to the character of the magician Gandalf reveal the extent of Tolkien's force and originality.
Episode 3 • Dec 31, 1969
In the Footsteps of King Arthur
Storyteller Nicolas Mezzalira tells him about the birth of King Arthur and then about the origins of the Knights of the Round Table and the Quest for the Holy Grail, and Professor Leo Garruthers highlights the links between these legends and the Fellowship of the Ring in The Lord of the Rings. For John Howe, this episode is also an opportunity to examine the links between legend and history.
Episode 4 • Dec 31, 1969
The Lost Gold of the Rhine
John Howe travels to Germany, the birthplace of the legend of the Niebelungen or the "Gold of the Rhine". There he meets Canadian writer David Day, the author of several works on Tolkien. Will they discover the origins of the Hobbits in this legend, which is full of dwarfs, dragons and a magic ring?
Episode 5 • Dec 31, 1969
The Creatures of the North
This final episode takes us to Iceland. Yet it is in Oxford, among students of the Tolkien Society, that the answers to the long search for the Hobbits lie. What if the Hobbits were born entirely from Tolkien's imagination? And what if they were purely and simply a projection of human beings, with their weaknesses and faults - and their capacity to change the world?
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