How Tolkien’s words turned into Hollywood hobbits

Hobbit
As the final film in The Hobbit trilogy hits cinemas, swissinfo.ch meets John Howe, one of two illustrators who created the images and artwork that turned J.R.R.Tolkien's books into big-screen hits.
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Jo Fahy
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