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The Hobbit is a 1977 American animated musical television special created by Rankin/Bass and animated by Topcraft. The film is an adaptation of the 1937 book of the same name by J. R. R. Tolkien ; it was first broadcast on NBC in the United States on Sunday, November 27, 1977.
November 24, 1977: 60 minutes A Flintstone Christmas: United States: Charles A. Nichols: Hanna-Barbera: Traditional: Television special: December 7, 1977: 48 minutes Gulliver's Travels: United Kingdom Belgium: Peter R. Hunt: Belvision: Traditional/Live action: Theatrical Live-action animated film: May 6, 1977: 80 minutes The Hobbit: United ...
The first commercial adaptation of Tolkien's works was the Rankin/Bass animated television special The Hobbit (1977). The first theatrical adaptation was Ralph Bakshi's animated film The Lord of the Rings (1978). This was followed by the Rankin/Bass animated television film The Return of the King (1980). The first live-action adaptations were ...
Andrew Clement Serkis [1] [2] (born 20 April 1964) is an English actor and filmmaker. He is best known for his motion capture roles comprising motion capture acting, animation and voice work for computer-generated characters such as Gollum in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy (2001–2003) and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012), King Kong in the eponymous 2005 film, Caesar in the Planet ...
The 1967 short animated film The Hobbit was the first film production of The Hobbit.It was directed by Gene Deitch in Czechoslovakia.American film producer William L. Snyder obtained the rights to the novel from the Tolkien estate very cheaply while it was still largely unknown, with the proviso that he produce a "full-colour film" by 30 June 1966, and immediately set about producing a feature ...
In the 1977 animated version of The Hobbit, Thorin is voiced by Hans Conried. [13] In the 1985 Soviet television play The Hobbit, Thorin was played by Anatoly Ravikovich. [14] In Peter Jackson's three-film adaptation of The Hobbit (2012–2014), Thorin is portrayed by Richard Armitage. [15]
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:1977 films. It includes 1977 films that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. This category is for animated films released in the year 1977 .
The Hobbit is a 1967 fantasy animated short film by Gene Deitch [2] and the first attempt to adapt J.R.R. Tolkien's 1937 novel The Hobbit (upon which it is loosely based) into a film. [ 1 ]