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Ron Obvious

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2. It's more interesting as a historical artefact than as a film, I think.

Reply to eShirl (Reply #1)

Wed Apr 7, 2021, 04:10 PM

Apr 2021

A lot of eastern European TV from those days are more or less filmed stage plays rather than films in their own right.

Hey, at least it has Tom Bombadil in it and all real LOTR fans know he's actually a crucial element to the story....

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Soviet TV version of Lord of the Rings rediscovered after 30 years (youtube link included) [View all] Ron Obvious Apr 2021 OP

kinda trippy so far eShirl Apr 2021 #1

It's more interesting as a historical artefact than as a film, I think. Ron Obvious Apr 2021 #2