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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. The teleplay won a Peabody Award; the film received a Christopher Award.
The Lord of the Rings is a 1978 animated epic fantasy film directed by Ralph Bakshi from a screenplay by Chris Conkling and Peter S. Beagle.It is based on the novel of the same name by J. R. R. Tolkien, adapting from the volumes The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers. [6]
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 ...
Lists of animated television series first aired in the 1970s organized by year: List of animated television series of 1970; List of animated television series of 1971; List of animated television series of 1972; List of animated television series of 1973; List of animated television series of 1974; List of animated television series of 1975
Long before Peter Jackson took a swing at “The Lord of the Rings,” audiences got a glimpse into the fantasy realm of J.R.R. Tolkien via a trio of late-’70s animated projects: two animated TV ...
Remake of a 1947 animated film The Twelve Tasks of Asterix: René Goscinny, Albert Uderzo: France: Animated 1977: The Hobbit: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr. Orson Bean, John Huston, Richard Boone, Hans Conried: United States: Animated film: Jabberwocky: Terry Gilliam: Michael Palin, Max Wall, Deborah Fallender: United Kingdom: Oh, God! Carl Reiner
In 1972, the storyboard artist Vance Gerry pitched an animated adaptation of The Hobbit. He illustrated Bilbo , and produced a synopsis, stating that the Disney studios had "never done a cartoon with this much story", admitting that "there are far more incidents in the story than we could ever use" and that "many sections are too frightening ...
The new animated fantasy film, which features the voice of the late Christopher Lee, is set 183 years before the events of the main Lord of the Rings trilogy and tells the story of Helm Hammerhand ...