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=== Documentary === In 2004, a 57-minute [[Documentary film|documentary]] on the Figwit phenomenon was created by McKenzie's fiancée (and now wife) Hannah Clarke<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/17/fashion/17nite.html?ex=1339732800&en=220d6600cddffae0&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink |title=A Family in Harmony |first=Zoë |last=Wolff|newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |location=New York City|date=June 17, 2007|access-date=July 31, 2008}}</ref> and friends Stan Alley and Nick Booth. Entitled ''Frodo Is Great... Who Is That?!!'', it premiered at the [[New Zealand International Film Festivals#The NZ International Film Festival in Auckland|Auckland International Film Festival]] on July 23.<ref name="nzherald">{{cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/6/story.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=3579940 |title=Worldwide fame not a figwit of elf's imagination |date=July 23, 2004|access-date=July 31, 2008|first=Kate|last=Perry|newspaper=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |publisher=New Zealand Media and Entertainment|location=Auckland, New Zealand}}</ref> Meant to "[unravel] Bret's identity",<ref name="nzherald"/> it follows McKenzie to the [[Edinburgh Festival Fringe]], where he meets the fans of his trademark pout and "elvish good looks", and features extensive interviews with fans behind various Figwit fan sites as well as with [[Peter Jackson]], [[Barrie Osborne]], [[Mark Ordesky]], [[Ian McKellen]], and other cast members.<ref name="telegraph"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2004/07/31/24645-another-figwit-doco-review-2/ |title=Another 'Figwit' Doco Review |date=July 31, 2004|access-date=July 31, 2008|website=theonering.net }}</ref> Booth stated that their film was "much more irreverent and strange" compared to other behind-the-scenes documentaries of the film trilogy, which were "very much driven around the production and the cast and Tolkien".<ref name="nzherald"/>
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