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'''The Beatles''' were a legendary band, made up of [[wikipedia:John Lennon|John Lennon]], [[wikipedia:Paul McCartney|Paul McCartney]], [[wikipedia:George Harrison|George Harrison]] and [[wikipedia:Ringo Starr|Ringo Starr]]. | |||
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[[Category: | The Beatles were [[Tolkien fandom|Tolkien fans]], and in the 1960s, they wanted to make their own adaptation of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''. George Harrison wanted to play [[Gandalf]], [[Frodo Baggins]] was to be played by Paul McCartney, and Ringo Starr to play the part of [[Samwise Gamgee]]. [[wikipedia:Twiggy|Twiggy]] was to appear as [[Galadriel]]. Unfortunately for The Beatles, Tolkien disliked the idea, and still owning the rights to the films, the idea perished.<ref>[http://blastr.com/2010/11/little-known-sci-fi-facts.php Little-known sci-fi facts: Tolkien killed a Beatles LOTR movie] at [http://blastr.com/ Blastr.com] (accessed 4 September 2011)</ref> | ||
==External links== | |||
* '''[http://www.beatles.com/core/home/ Official website]''' | |||
* {{WP|The Beatles}} | |||
{{references}} | |||
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[[Category:Bands]] | |||
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Revision as of 19:43, 4 September 2011
The Beatles were a legendary band, made up of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr.
History
The Beatles were Tolkien fans, and in the 1960s, they wanted to make their own adaptation of The Lord of the Rings. George Harrison wanted to play Gandalf, Frodo Baggins was to be played by Paul McCartney, and Ringo Starr to play the part of Samwise Gamgee. Twiggy was to appear as Galadriel. Unfortunately for The Beatles, Tolkien disliked the idea, and still owning the rights to the films, the idea perished.[1]
External links
References
- ↑ Little-known sci-fi facts: Tolkien killed a Beatles LOTR movie at Blastr.com (accessed 4 September 2011)