The story follows on from Tolkein's childrens tale, The Hobbit, and it is all about a brave band of Hobbits (half-lings), a couple of men, an elf a dwarf and a wizard who set out to destroy a magical ring that belongs to a great evil (Sauron).
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Ralph Bakshi's 1978 animated adaptation ofThe Lord of the Ringsis a bold, colourful, ... more
ambitious failure. Severely truncated, this two-hour version tackles only about half the story, climaxing with the battle of Helm's Deep and leaving poor Frodo and Sam...
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Ralph Bakshi's 1978 animated adaptation ofThe Lord of the Ringsis a bold, colourful, ... more
ambitious failure. Severely truncated, this two-hour version tackles only about half the story, climaxing with the battle of Helm's Deep and leaving poor Frodo and Sam...
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Warner Bros. Lord of the Rings: arranged for piano, vocal and guitar; Aníron (Theme for ... more
Aragorn and Arwen), The Prophecy, Many meetings, Lament of Gandalf (Featured in "Lothlorien"), In dreams (Featured in "The Breaking of the Fellowship"), May it be
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instrumental solos for horn in F, Level 2-3, Incl. CD with demo- and Play-Along-tracks Songs: The Prophecy (The Fellowship Of The Ring), In Dreams (The Fellowship Of The Ring), Concerning Hobbits (The Fellowship Of The Ring), Many Meetings (The Fellowship Of The Ring), The Black Rider (The Fellowship Of The Ring), Gollum`s Song (The Two Towers), Rohan, Evenstar (The Two Towers), Forth Eorlingas (The Two Towers), Into The West (The Return Of The King), Steward Of Gondor (The Return Of The King), Minas Tirith (The Return Of The King)
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Piano accompaniment to the instrumental solos of this series, Level 2-3, Incl. CD with demo-tracks Songs: The Prophecy (The Fellowship Of The Ring), In Dreams (The Fellowship Of The Ring), Concerning Hobbits (The Fellowship Of The Ring), Many Meetings (The Fellowship Of The Ring), The Black Rider (The Fellowship Of The Ring), Gollum`s Song (The Two Towers), Rohan, Evenstar (The Two Towers), Forth Eorlingas (The Two Towers), Into The West (The Return Of The King), Steward Of Gondor (The Return Of The King), Minas Tirith (The Return Of The King)
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instrumental solos for trombone, Level 2-3, Incl. CD with demo- and Play-Along-tracks Songs: The Prophecy (The Fellowship Of The Ring), In Dreams (The Fellowship Of The Ring), Concerning Hobbits (The Fellowship Of The Ring), Many Meetings (The Fellowship Of The Ring), The Black Rider (The Fellowship Of The Ring), Gollum`s Song (The Two Towers), Rohan (The Two Towers), Evenstar (The Two Towers), Forth Eorlingas (The Two Towers), Into The West (The Return Of The King), Steward Of Gondor (The Return Of The King), Minas Tirith (The Return Of The King)
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Production Year: 2002 - Action/Adventure - Director: Vincenzo Natali - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring:Lucy Liu, David Hewlett, Anne Marie Scheffler, Joseph Scoren, Matthew Sharp, Jeremy Northam
Production Year: 1964 - Action/Adventure - Director: Cyril Endfield - Original Language: English - Classification: Parental Guidance - Starring:Stanley Baker, Jack Hawkins, Ulla Jacobsson, James Booth, Michael Caine, Nigel Green
Production Year: 1977 - Action/Adventure - Director: Clint Eastwood - Original Language: English - Classification: 18 years and over - Starring:Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle, William Prince, Bill McKinney
Advantages: Will still be enjoyable in 10 years time Disadvantages: Minimal extra features
The story follows on from Tolkein's childrens tale, The Hobbit, and it is all about a brave band of Hobbits (half-lings), a couple of men, an elf a dwarf and a wizard who set out to destroy a magical ring that belongs to a great evil (Sauron).
Not surprisingly, because the ring is magical the evil wants it back and sends forth army after army, and attracts many would be kings to its power in order for them to do its evil deeds and ... ...be honest, I had seen this film about 30 times on video prior to getting the DVD as a gift, so the plot and general feel of the film I already knew.
The quality of this film will undoubtedly stand the test of time, as animation tends to age better than 'proper' films, and still compares favourably with the new version.
Unlike the new version, it does stick fairly regimentedly to the book, so if you own the new version, ... more
The story follows on from Tolkein's childrens tale, The Hobbit, and it is all about a brave band of Hobbits (half-lings), a couple of men, an elf a dwarf and a wizard who set out to destroy a magical ring that belongs to a great evil (Sauron).
Not surprisingly, because the ring is magical the evil wants it back and sends forth army after army, and attracts many would be kings to its power in order for them to do its evil deeds and to try to retrieve it.
Now, to be honest, I had seen this film about 30 times on video prior to getting the DVD as a gift, so the plot and general feel of the film I already knew.
The quality of this film will undoubtedly stand the test of time, as animation tends to age better than 'proper' films, and still compares favourably with the new version.
Unlike the new version, it does stick fairly regimentedly to the book, so if you own the new version, you will notice some subtle differences between the two. Particularly as this version goes about half way through the Two Towers (being the second book of the LOTR) and doesn't leave you expecting more as does the latest version!
The film blends in animation and real life sequences - which comes off most of the time. The character's voices are from a number of well known actors (e.g. John Hurt - Aragorn) which really do add to the film. Again, these voices do not seem out of place and do add a lot of character to the animation.
Additional features are small, unless you are hard of hearing or from another country. There are subtitles for 10 different languages and dolby sound for the English version.
There is no behind the scenes documentary showing you how they managed to blend in the real actors and animation or a bit more information on the story line! But then again, this was made a long time ago so it is understandable that they may not have thought this out ahead!!!!
It is a film of a classic story, and the animation will never age. Ahead of it's time for when it was made, but enjoyable nevertheless - however, the film goes so far and then stops! and you can't help wish that they either carried on or made the second one to finish it off - but for some reason they just stopped.
Well worth a look and suitable for being entertaining for all age groups, but particularly aimed at the younger viewers.
Advantages: Timeless classic Disadvantages: leaves you wanting more
LORD OF THE RINGS (1978 Animated version
LORD OF THE RINGS (1978 Animated)
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The Lord of the rings is a classic timeless epic split into three books the first being the fellowship of the rings. The second is The Two Towers, and last The Return of the king, the film it self really only covers the first part but does go into the second a little where it was to be carried on but got cancelled for some reason unknown to ... ...film covers and not into the whole book as well as the connecting books like The Hobbit and the Lost Tales and The Silmarillion, as I could write ten of thousands of words and still not cover this masterpiece as I am and always have been totally hooked on all the works from John Robert Tolkien and his son Christopher Tolkien.
I will start with the animation style of the film before I go into the story element of it. Well this film was like Star ...
NAZGUL 26.09.2001
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The Lord of the rings is a classic timeless epic split into three books the first being the fellowship of the rings. The second is The Two Towers, and last The Return of the king, the film it self really only covers the first part but does go into the second a little where it was to be carried on but got cancelled for some reason unknown to me so I will stick with the elements that the film covers and not into the whole book as well as the connecting ... ...Silmarillion, as I could write ten of thousands of words and still not cover this masterpiece as I am and always have been totally hooked on all the works from John Robert Tolkien and his son Christopher Tolkien. I will start with the animation style of the film before I go into the story element of it. Well this film was like Star Wares well beyond its time for special effects use as its uses a hybrid animation and live action blended together to ...
ScoobyDooo 03.12.2001
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Advantages: Classic animation of a classic tale Disadvantages: Wish they had gone further .....
Everyone should know the story by now, but just in case you don't ......
The story follows on from the childrens tale, The Hobbit, and it is all about a brave band of Hobbits (half-lings), heroes and a wizard who set out to destroy a magical ring that belongs to a great evil.
Not surprisingly, because the ring is magical the evil wants it back and sends forth a army (and the odd magical creature) to try to retrieve it.
Now, to be honest, I had ... ...getting the DVD as a gift, so the plot and general feel of the film I already knew.
The quality of this film - which was ahead of its time when it was made - will stand the test of time, and compares favourably with the new version. Unlike the new version, it does stick fairly regimentedly to the book, so if you own the new version, you will notice some subtle differences between the two.
The film blends in animation and real life sequences - which ...
mrnasty10 04.08.2002
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Advantages: Entertaining Disadvantages: Seen the plot before
I watched the first of the trilogy this week on DVD.
I havn't read the book so I didn't and don't know what to expect next.
The film was certainly entertaining but the plot I've seen before in many guises starting long ago in greek mythology with such films as Jason and the Argonauts, Ulysses etc. More recently it reminded me of Star Wars particularly as Stephen Lee was a baddy in both who had been turned from good to the dark side in both films. ... ...I'm not so I won't.
The early part of the film is a little slow going as most are but the second half is non stop action and the journey through the caves reminded me of many a computer labyrinth game and possibly the best part of this first part.
I wasn't overimpressed with the lead actor but I thought the rest of the actors where very good.
On the whole I'd give it 8 out of 10 for entertainment value, possibly just a little too long.
I certainly ...
johnpa 21.08.2003
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Advantages: Nice one for after the pub Disadvantages: No hoper against the current version
I first saw this film in 1978 when I was extremely young!! (not). At the time I thought it was brilliant but having just seen Peter Jacksons vision of Middle Earth, this version shows its age!
I wish that he had made the second part of the film, as it should be made clear to people that this film only covers half of the complete story, which is not evident from the packaging. Having said that this version is entertaining in its own right, and is ...
Molefay 18.08.2002
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The Lord of the Rings film trilogy consists of three live action fantasy epic films: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), The Two Towers (2002) and The Return of the King (2003). The trilogy is based on the three-volume book The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien. While they follow ...
Magical full-length cartoon based on Tolkien's great fantasy saga. A fellowship of nine sets out to destroy an evil ring of power and are set upon by the dark Lord of Mordor and his evil servants.
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"...Bakshi attempts to go beyond the limits of movie animation as we know it....Visually compelling..." (New York Times, p.C21, 15/11/1978)
"...Bakshi has perfected some outstanding pen-and-ink effects while translating faithfully a portion of J.R.R. Tolkien's trilogy..." (Variety, 08/11/1978)
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Ralph Bakshi's animated adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's revered Middle-earth saga captures the dark mood of the books extraordinarily well. The film covers the first half of the trilogy--THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING and the earlier part of THE TWO TOWERS--as Frodo (voiced by Christopher Guard), the cousin of Bilbo Baggins from THE HOBBIT, is given the all-powerful ring sought by the evil Sauron of Mordor. So begins his adventure, as he must elude Mordor's black riders in an effort to prevent the ring from returning to its owner and thereby signaling the end of Middle-earth. Even with the mighty wizard Gandalf as his ally and faithful friends Merry, Sam, and Pippin by his side, Frodo is still up to his hobbit neck in peril. Bakshi took a big risk when deciding to direct the beloved Tolkien tale, but the resulting work effectively brings Middle-earth to the screen. Bakshi combines painted live-action footage with various styles of animation to create a very unusual collage-style texture for this film. Viewers should be warned that the story ends rather abruptly, leaving room for a sequel that was, unfortunately, never filmed. Still, for fans of fantasy, this moody, atmospheric version of the novels captures the shadowy hues of Tolkien's work in a way that is unique and worth discovering.
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