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Beery

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Originally Posted by Type941

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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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