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Originally Posted by j.p.s
Why would a Tolkien biopic need authorization from the Tolkien estate?
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They probably had to make sure that they didn't present Prof. Tolkien in an accidentally unfavorable light. For example say George Washington had living descendants. He had been in the British army before leading the troops in the American Revolution and during that time he would have had to requisition horses if such were needed. Basically he'd take them with a promise of payment later. Today we might call what he did horse theft and if it weren't presented properly in context his (hypothetical) descendants might be offended and sue the filmmakers. Prof. Tolkien's family could possibly do the same if they felt his memory was being desecrated.