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The Ring Thing (2004)

The Ring Thing poster
Directed by
Marc Schippert
Genre
fantasy film
Country
Switzerland
Runtime
1h 20m
Rating
5.2 of 10 from 19 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This is a low-budget Swiss parody that makes fun of the Lord of the Rings movies. It spoofs characters and scenes from that trilogy in a comic way.

comediclow-budgetplayfulsillycheerfullightheartedwhimsicalparodicamusing

What happens

The Ring Thing is a 2004 Swiss parody film. Produced without state film funding, it is a low-budget comic spoof on the Lord of the Rings film trilogy. It had its world premiere on 14 December 2004 at the Pathé cinema centre near Zurich. The theatrical release in Switzerland was in mid-December 2004, and summer of 2005 in Germany. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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