Description: You are bidding on an ! * EXTREMELY RARE - VGC 1992 VHS Tape (110 mins.) narrated by (Award-winning actress) DAME JUDI DENCH, JRRT: A FILM PORTRAIT OF J R R TOLKIEN.A portrait of an enduring author illustrated by his own drawings plus family photographs, with reminiscences from his children, commentary by Tom Shippey and Verlyn Flieger, and excerpts from his works read by Dame Judi Dench. ************* This TAPE is listed as Very Good Condition.!!!!! It plays with NO problems. (See pics). English writer, scholar and philologist, Tolkien's father was a bank manager in South Africa. Shortly before his father died (1896) his mother took him and his younger brother to his father's native village of Sarehole, near Birmingham, England. The landscapes and Nordic mythology of the Midlands may have been the source for Tolkien's fertile imagination to write about 'the Shire' and 'hobbits' in his later book the Hobbit (1937). ***** ASK Questions PRIOR to Bidding !!!!!! About the AuthorJohn Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973) was a major scholar of the English language, specializing in Old and Middle English. Twice Professor of Anglo-Saxon (Old English) at the University of Oxford, he also wrote a number of stories, including most famously The Hobbit (1937) and The Lord of the Rings (1954-1955), which are set in a pre-historic era in an invented version of the world which he called by the Middle English name of Middle-earth.!!!! SEE PICTURES Prior to Bidding as they are considered as part of the Description.JRRT - A FILM PORTRAIT OF J R R TOLKIEN.Pictures above are NOT Stock Photos, but are of my actual item up for bidding. A portrait of an enduring author illustrated by his own drawings plus family photographs, with reminiscences from his children, commentary by Tom Shippey and Verlyn Flieger, and excerpts from his works read by Dame Judi Dench. Visual Entertainment : 1992 VHS (110 mins.) / Aspect Ratio : 1.33:1 NO Original Sticker price Listed No Slip Case Issued / Plain (white) case Only Please check out my Feedback. I have 100 % Positive Feedback and work hard to keep it that way. Bid with confidence for both product quality and Shipping. Thanx for checking out my item and Good Luck bidding. **** NOTE - Will Combine Shipping for Like Items. **** NOTE - Winning Bids outside of the Continental U.S. will be higher Shipping Cost to be determined after the closure of the Bid.
Price: 25.88 USD
Location: Louisville, Kentucky
End Time: 2024-12-15T03:21:52.000Z
Shipping Cost: 4.65 USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Cast: Judi Dench -Narrator, Christopher Tolkien -Son, John Tolkien -Son
Signal Standard: Aspect Ratio : 1.33:1
Rating: NR
Former Rental: No
Sub-Genre: Biography, Historical
Director: Derek Bailey
Cast & Crew: Tom Shippey -Professor University of Leeds, Baillie Tolkien -Daug
Leading Role: John Ronald Reuel Tolkien
Studio: VISUAL ENTERTAINMENT
Special Features: illustrated by his own drawings plus family photographs, with
Edition: N/A
California Prop 65 Warning: N/A
Language: English
Release Year: 1992
Actor: JUDI DENCH (narrator)
Genre: Documentary
Movie/TV Title: JRRT: A FILM PORTRAIT OF J R R TOLKIEN / VHS
Country/Region of Manufacture: Unknown