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Why the film version of The Lord of the Rings betrays Tolkien's novel [Part 1]

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 July 2005

Ross Smith
Ross Smith
Affiliation:
Manager in charge of the translation service at PricewaterhouseCoopers Spain, ross.smith@es.pwc.com
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Abstract

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2005 marks the 50th anniversary of the original publication of J. R. R. Tolkien's celebrated novel The Lord of the Rings. Voted both ‘the book of the century’ in a poll conducted by the UK book retailer Waterstones in 1997 and ‘The UK's best loved book’ in a BBC survey carried out in 2003, TLOTR was adapted to the screen in 2001 by the previously little-known director Peter Jackson and released in three parts between 2001 and 2003 to widespread popular acclaim. But does the film version of The Lord of the Rings betray both the letter and the spirit of Tolkien's novel?

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Original Article
Information
English Today , Volume 21 , Issue 3 , July 2005 , pp. 3 - 7
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© 2005 Cambridge University Press