Editing Bree (Middle-earth) (section)

== In adaptations ==

[[File:Inside_the_Prancing_Pony.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Dark looks from some of the Men the Hobbits see in [[Peter Jackson]]'s rendering of ''The Prancing Pony'' inn at Bree, in his 2001 film ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring|The Fellowship of the Ring]]''<ref name="Croft 2004"/>|alt=Detail of a frame from a Peter Jackson film]]

Butterbur appears in both [[Ralph Bakshi]]'s animated [[The Lord of the Rings (1978 film)|1978 adaptation of ''The Lord of the Rings'']] and [[Peter Jackson]]'s epic live-action 2001 film ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring|The Fellowship of the Ring]]'', but in both adaptations most of his scenes are cut. Alan Tilvern voiced Butterbur (credited as "Innkeeper") in the animated film,<ref>{{cite web |title=Innkeeper |url=https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/movies/The-Lord-of-the-Rings/Innkeeper/ |website=Behind the Voice Actors |access-date=25 September 2020}}</ref> while [[David Weatherley (actor)|David Weatherley]] played him in Jackson's epic.<ref>{{cite web |title=David Weatherley |url=https://robertbruceagency.com/artist/david-weatherley/ |publisher=RBA Management |access-date=25 September 2020 |archive-date=30 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220330060505/https://robertbruceagency.com/artist/david-weatherley/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[James Grout]] played Butterbur in [[BBC Radio]]'s 1981 serialization of ''The Lord of the Rings''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Inspector Morse actor James Grout dies at 84 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-18720117 |access-date=25 September 2020 |work=BBC News |date=5 July 2012}}</ref> In the 1991 low-budget Russian adaptation of ''[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]'', ''[[Khraniteli]]'', he appears as "Lavr Narkiss", played by Nikolay Burov.<ref>{{cite web |title= Николай Буров |language=ru |trans-title=Nikolay Burov |url=https://www.kino-teatr.ru/kino/acter/m/ros/616/works/ |website=Kino-teatr.ru |date=12 December 2013 |access-date=13 February 2023 |quote=1991 Хранители (фильм-спектакль) Лавр Наркисс}}</ref><!--<ref>{{cite web |title=[Khraniteli] The Fellowship of the Ring (1991-): Full Cast & Crew |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14358016/fullcredits?ref_=ttfc_ql_1 |publisher=IMDb |access-date=7 April 2021}}</ref>--> In the 1993 television miniseries ''[[Hobitit]]'' by Finnish broadcaster Yle, Butterbur ("Viljami Voivalvatti" in Finnish, meaning "William Butter") was portrayed by Mikko Kivinen.<ref>{{cite web |title=Barliman Butterbur |url=https://whatcharacter.com/Character/e991078c-8ebd-e611-80bb-001ec9e44883 |website=WhatCharacter |access-date=25 September 2020}}</ref> 

In Jackson's film, far from being a friendly place as in the book, Bree is constantly unpleasant and threatening; and whereas in the book the Ring just makes Frodo disappear when he puts it on in ''The Prancing Pony'', [[The Lord of the Rings: film versus book|in the film]] there are special effects with a strong wind, blue light, and the Eye of [[Sauron]].<ref name="Croft 2004">{{cite book |last=Croft |first=Janet Brennan |author-link=Janet Brennan Croft |chapter=Mithril Coats and Tin Ears: 'Anticipation' and 'Flattening' in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings Films |title=Tolkien on Film: Essays on Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings |title-link=Tolkien on Film |editor-last=Croft |editor-first=Janet Brennan |editor-link=Janet Brennan Croft |publisher=[[Mythopoeic Society |Mythopoeic Press]] |date=2004 |isbn=1-887726-09-8 |page=68}}</ref> A character credited as "Butterbur, Sr" appears briefly during the prologue of Jackson's 2013 ''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug]]'', portrayed by Richard Whiteside.<ref>{{cite web |title=Richard Whiteside |url=https://www.nzonscreen.com/profile/richard-whiteside/screenography |website=NZonScreen |access-date=25 September 2020}}</ref> 

Bree and Bree-land are featured prominently in the PC game ''[[The Lord of the Rings Online]]'', which allows the player to explore the town.<ref>{{cite web |last=Porter |first=Jason |title=Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar |url=https://www.gamechronicles.com/reviews/pc/lotro/body.htm |website=GameChronicles |access-date=25 September 2020 |date=22 May 2007}}</ref>
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