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Create header Richard Kloostra Professor Aaron Taylor English 127 F November 24, 2004 1954: The birth of a Blockbuster Epic When individuals discuss important dates in history, the year 1954 is not one that tends to be discussed. People might debate the importance of the first flight over the North Pole or possibly the ending of segregation in the schools of Nova Scotia as being one of the significant issues that occurred in 1954. No one would deny these two previous events as not being influential in today's society, but in regards to the film and literary industries, the date 1954 has another significance. On July 29, 1954, John Ronald Reuel Tolkien released his first book, entitled The Fellowship of the Ring, of the epic trilogy, The Lord of the Rings. When the trilogy was released, the publisher only printed 3500 copies, as they did not anticipate people buying it (BBC.com). At the time of...

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