Middle-Earth Tours

Tour 2: The Places of Middle-Earth

Bree
For Bree stood at an old meeting of ways; another ancient road crossed the East Road just outside the dike at the western end of the village, and in former days Men and other folk of various sorts had travelled much on it.
    [The Prancing Pony] was a meeting place for the idle, talkative, and inquisitive among the inhabitants, large and small, of the four villages; and a resort of Rangers and other wanderers, and for such travellers (mostly dwarves) as still journeyed on the East Road, to and from the Mountains. --FotR, "At the Sign of the Prancing Pony,"
an image from the official movie site

David Weatherley as Butterbur,
pic from the official movie site
Viggo Mortenson as Strider,
pic from the official movie site
At the Sign of the Prancing Pony,
by Ted Nasmith

The company was in the big common-room of the inn. The gathering was large and mixed, as Frodo discovered, when his eyes got used to the light. This came chiefly from a blazing log-fire, for the three lamps hanging from the beams were dim, and half veiled in smoke. Barliman Butterbur was standing near the fire, talking to a couple of dwarves and one or two strange-looking men. On the benches were various folk: men of Bree, a collection of local hobbits (sitting chattering together), a few more dwarves, and other vague figures difficult to make out away in the shadows and corners. --FotR, "At the Sign of the Prancing Pony"

a spy photo from theonering.net
an image from the official movie site
image from a Decipher trading card
It was now Frodo's turn to feel pleased with himself. He capered about on the table; and when he came a second time to the cow jumped over the Moon, he leaped in the air. Much too vigorously; for he came down, bang, into a tray full of mugs, and slipped, and rolled off the table with a crash, clatter and bump! The audience all opened their mouths wide for laughter, and stopped short in gaping silence; for the singer had disappeared. He simply vanished, as if he had gone slap through the floor without leaving a hole! --FotR, "At the Sign of the Prancing Pony"
Incident at the Prancing Pony, by Alan Lee

image from the second commercial, available on the official movie site
image from the official movie site

an image from Elostirion		 Strider: Are you frightened?
Frodo: Yes.
Strider: Not nearly frightened enough.

--Dialogue from the FotR movie


image from the 2nd movie trailer
on the official movie site
Full-size versions of these pictures are on display at Rolozo Tolkien and theonering.net.