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Old 09-20-05, 06:45 AM   #20
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Originally Posted by Beery
all-in-all, I felt Jackson got closer to the feel of the books than anyone else could possibly have done.
Who else have tried to get close? I think Jackson is he only one! :rotfl:
There was an unfinished (and atrocious) animated version done in the '70s, and a reasonably good BBC radio version (with Ian Holm) done in (I think) the early '80s.
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