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Kristin Thompson
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Jul 29 2012, 4:52pm
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I completely agree with you, geordie
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I dealt with Cathleen Blackburn during the time when I was trying to get the clearance letters from the Tolkien Estate and HarperCollins, and she was quite friendly and helpful. I also met Christopher in 1987 when he came to the Marquette University conference to celebrate the 50th anniversary of THE HOBBIT's publication. He, too, was friendly and asked for a copy of the paper I presented. That slight acquaintance, I infer, may have helped me in my request for the letters I needed.
But quite apart from the Tolkien Estate's willingness or lack thereof to sell the film rights for THE SILMARILLION and other posthumous Tolkien books, we should remember that it's not as if they've turned down any such requests. No such requests, to the best of everyone's knowledge, have been made. I doubt they ever will be. I think THE SIMARILLION, taken as a whole, is unfilmable--far more so than Christopher assumed LOTR to be. Individual episodes could be filmed, and of course one such episode exists now as a self-contained novel, THE CHILDREN OF HURIN. That's more filmable, in terms of its narrative structure and content, but it is as unremittingly grim a fictional book as I have ever read. (I admire it a great deal, but still.) I believe that no film production company that could afford to make such a film would even consider such a thing.
So those who complain that the Estate is somehow blocking the production of more Tolkien-derived films are really doing so for no reason. It's all speculation about something that most probably will not happen.
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Researching THE FRODO FRANCHISE: Part 1, Off to Wellington without a Handkerchief
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News from Bree
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Jul 26 2012, 1:15pm
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Very interesting!
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Silverlode
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Jul 26 2012, 7:24pm
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work, work, work
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pasi
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Jul 26 2012, 8:03pm
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Thanks, Pasi!
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Kristin Thompson
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Jul 27 2012, 12:03am
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Agree with previous post, nice distraction from Hobbit events, and
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jschomburg
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Jul 26 2012, 8:52pm
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Thank you Kristin
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SirDennisC
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Jul 26 2012, 10:17pm
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A very interesting beginning
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Shelob'sAppetite
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Jul 27 2012, 12:44am
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Barrie W. Osborne
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pasi
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Jul 27 2012, 11:06am
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Absolutely true about Barrie
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Kristin Thompson
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Jul 27 2012, 1:55pm
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I think the Tolkien Estate
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geordie
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Jul 29 2012, 3:50pm
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I completely agree with you, geordie
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Kristin Thompson
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Jul 29 2012, 4:52pm
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yes -
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geordie
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Jul 31 2012, 6:16am
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When we speak of money
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Kristin Thompson
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Jul 31 2012, 2:05pm
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IMO
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Shelob'sAppetite
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Jul 31 2012, 7:06am
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Born of Hope
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Lurker in the Dark
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Aug 5 2012, 4:43am
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Born of Hope
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Lurker in the Dark
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Aug 5 2012, 4:54am
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Tolkien fanfilms and rights
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Kristin Thompson
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Aug 5 2012, 2:52pm
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As Kristen says
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geordie
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Aug 6 2012, 12:30pm
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Messed with?
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Lurker in the Dark
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Aug 7 2012, 5:24am
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Yes, that's the sort of stuff I mean -
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geordie
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Aug 7 2012, 5:26pm
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Sick burn!
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SirDennisC
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Aug 8 2012, 2:24am
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Thanks, SirDennisC!
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Kristin Thompson
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Aug 9 2012, 1:18am
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... and thank you for the book suggestion! //
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SirDennisC
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Aug 9 2012, 8:05am
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Um..
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geordie
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Aug 9 2012, 5:35pm
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Awesome!
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zarabia
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Jul 29 2012, 7:23am
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It wasn't exactly in every bookshop
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Kristin Thompson
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Jul 29 2012, 2:40pm
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I _really_ need to get a copy of this book -
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geordie
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Jul 29 2012, 3:07pm
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You definitely do need a copy, geordie :)
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Kristin Thompson
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Jul 29 2012, 3:48pm
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Hmm..
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geordie
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Jul 29 2012, 4:20pm
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More please
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Lurker in the Dark
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Aug 5 2012, 4:34am
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Believe me,
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Kristin Thompson
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Aug 5 2012, 3:35pm
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A most important book
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Lurker in the Dark
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Aug 7 2012, 5:57am
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I'm afraid I have to disagree
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Kristin Thompson
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Aug 7 2012, 3:46pm
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