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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.
Rankin/Bass Productions was an American production company, best known for its animated seasonal television specials. Television series and films pre-1974 are owned by NBCUniversal through DreamWorks Animation and post-September 1974 are owned by Warner Bros. Entertainment.
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 ...
Don Messick voiced Balin in Rankin/Bass's 1977 animated version of The Hobbit. [5] In Jackson's live-action film series of The Hobbit, Balin is portrayed by Ken Stott as reluctant to go on the quest for old gold, whether or not the dragon had stolen it from Balin's ancestors. As such, he is sympathetic to Bilbo, who appears quite unsuitable for ...
The Hobbit calls him an elf-friend rather than an elf, one "who had both elves and heroes of the North for ancestors." [T 9] The Elvenking, king of the Mirkwood Elves. He held the dwarves captive. They were eventually freed by Bilbo. [T 10] (In The Hobbit he is only called "the Elvenking"; his name "Thranduil" is given in The Lord of the Rings ...
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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 States Japan: Jules Bass Arthur Rankin Jr. Rankin/Bass Topcraft: Traditional: Television film: November 27, 1977: 78 minutes The Holiday of ...
In the 1968 BBC Radio serialization of The Hobbit, Bilbo was played by Paul Daneman. [19] The 1969 parody Bored of the Rings [20] by "Harvard Lampoon" (i.e. its co-founders Douglas Kenney and Henry Beard) modifies the hobbit's name to "Dildo Bugger". [21] In the 1977 Rankin/Bass animated version of The Hobbit, Bilbo was voiced by Orson Bean.