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Peter Jackson's film version of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, and the accompanying proliferation of Rings-related paraphernalia, has once again brought the work of J.R.R. Tolkien to a popular audience. There are, however, few full and accessible treatments of the religious vision permeating Tolkien's influential works. Bradley Birzer has remedied that with his fresh study, J.R.R. Tolkien's sanctifying Myth: understanding Middle-earth. In it Birzer...
6) King Kong
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Academy Award®-winning director Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings Trilogy) brings his sweeping cinematic vision to King Kong. Naomi Watts, Jack Black and Adrien Brody star in this spectacular film filled with heart-pounding action, terrifying creatures and groundbreaking special effects. Get ready for breathtaking action in this thrilling epic adventure about a legendary ape captured on a treacherous island and brought to civilization, where he...
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Includes information on Woody Allen, Robert Altman, Asian films, Brian de Plama, European cinema, Alfred Hitchcock, Hong Kong films, Sam Peckinpah, Arthur Penn, Otto Preminger, Brett Ratner, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, Oliver Stone, Orson Welles, American Graffiti, At Long Last Love, A Beautiful Mind, Bonnie and Clyde, Chinatown, Citizen Kane, The Godfather, Jaws, Jerry Maguire, Lord of the Rings trilogy, Matrix trilogy, Memento, Raiders of...
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John Algeo presents the hidden symbols, myths, and transcendent metaphors contained in many popular fairy tales. Attention is given to L. Frank Baum's The wizard of Oz, Lewis Carroll's Alice through the looking-glass, J. R. R. Tolkien's Lord of the rings trilogy and the beginning section of The silmarillion. Fairy tales readily lend themselves to esoteric interpretation. The program is a live classroom situation including dialogue between the instructor...
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