The Lord of the Rings Movie Review 1978

An animated interpretation of Tolkien's classic tale of the hobbits, wizards, elves, and dwarfs who inhabit Middle Earth. Animator Ralph Bakshi used live motion animation (roto-scoping) to give his characters more life-like and human motion. Well done in spite of the difficulty of adapting from Tolkien's highly detailed and lengthy works.

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Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 128 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Fantasy, Animation & Cartoons, Books to Film: J.R.R. Tolkien, Little People

Screenplay

J.C. (Chris) Conkling, Peter S. Beagle

Director

Ralph Bakshi

Other

Christopher Guard, John Hurt

Producer

United Artists