Explores the formative years of the renowned author's life as he finds friendship, courage, and inspiration among a fellow group of writers and artists at school. Their brotherhood strengthens as they grow up and weather love and loss together, including the author's tumultuous courtship of his beloved Edith Bratt, until the outbreak of the First World War which threatens to tear their fellowship apart. All of these experiences would later inspire him to write his famous Middle-earth novels.
MPAA rating: PG-13 for some sequences of war violence.
Fox Searchlight Pictures presents ; in association with TSG Entertainment ; a Chernin Entertainment production ; directed by Dome Karukoski ; written by David Gleeson and Stephen Beresford ; produced by Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping, David Ready, Kris Thykier.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2019.
Widescreen.
Special features: Audio commentary by director Dome Karukoski ; First look ; Deleted scenes ; Gallery.
Nicholas Hoult, Lily Collins, Colm Meaney, Anthony Boyle, Patrick Gibson, Tom Glynn-Carney, Craig Roberts, Derek Jacobi, Laura Donnelly, Genevieve O'Reilly, Pam Ferris.
Director of photography, Lasse Frank ; editor, Harri Yl©œnen ; music, Thomas Newman.
DVD ; widescreen (2.39:1) ; Dolby digital 5.1, 2.0 ; NTSC, region 1.
English Spanish or French audio; Spanish or French subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH), closed captioned; English described video.
