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Selmo · 12-06-2002, 06:28 AM

In the first chapter of The Fellowship of the Ring, Bilbo is 111 years old and Frodo is 33.

The second chapter opens when Frodo is 49 years old. He leaves Bag End the day after his 50th birthday.

This gap of seventeen years is ignored in the film.

12-06-2002, 06:28 AM	#2
Selmo Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: The Shire (Staffordshire), United Kingdom Posts: 273	In the first chapter of The Fellowship of the Ring, Bilbo is 111 years old and Frodo is 33. The second chapter opens when Frodo is 49 years old. He leaves Bag End the day after his 50th birthday. This gap of seventeen years is ignored in the film.