Saturday, November 17, 2007

Nov 16th
The Lord of the Rings*
US 1978. United Artists/Fantasy. 132m.

The safety of Middle Earth is threatened by a powerful ring which a young hobbit is entrusted to destroy.
Creditable attempt through serious animation to adapt a then "unfilmable" fantasy epic, slightly folksy in parts and constrained by a budget which stopped the story short at the end of Book 2 (The Two Towers), but with some unsettling moments including live action photographic effects for some of the book's darker scenes.

Written by: Chris Conkling, Peter S. Beagle, from the novel by J.R.R.Tolkien.
Producer: Saul Zaentz.
Director: Ralph Bakshi.
Voices of: William Squire (Gandalf), John Hurt (Aragorn), Christopher Guard (Frodo Baggins), Michael Scholes (Sam Gamgee), Norman Bird (Bilbo Baggins), Anthony Daniels (Legolas), Peter Woodthorpe (Gollum), Fraser Kerr (as "Arruman"), John Westbrook, Philip Stone, Andre Morell, Annette Crosbie, Alan Tilvern, Felix Silla.
Photography: Timothy Galfer.
Music: Leonard Rosenman.

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1 Comments:

Blogger Derek said...

I remember renting the video of this in the mid 80's (before I read the book or listening to the BBC radio drama)and being really disappointed with the editing and style of the film, and the fact that it finished without an end!

Thankfully Peter Jackson came along a few years later and made the definite films, which I love!

Anyway, here is a the 2nd "Lord of the Rings" cartoon film, which I have never seen:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079802/

Do you think this would be worth watching?!

Jan 5, 2008, 8:20:00 PM  

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