J.R.R. Tolkien Animated Films Set (The Hobbit/The Lord of the Rings/The Return of the King)
by Arthur Rankin Jr., Jules Bass, Ralph Bakshi
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DVD Cover Information
Actor: Brother Theodore, Christopher Guard, Cyril Ritchard, John Huston, Orson BeanDirector: Arthur Rankin Jr., Jules Bass, Ralph Bakshi
Brand: Warner Brothers
Producer: Arthur Rankin Jr.
Writer: Chris Conkling
Writer: J.R.R. Tolkien
Writer: Peter S. Beagle
Writer: Romeo Muller
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Portuguese (Subtitled); Japanese (Subtitled); Georgian (Subtitled); Thai (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Animated, Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 308 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-12-11
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Warner Home Video
Product features:
- Animated versions of three Tolkienics: The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Return of the King. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre:?CHILDREN Rating:?NR Age:?085392633128 UPC:?085392633128 Manufacturer No:?26331
Movie Reviews of J.R.R. Tolkien Animated Films Set (The Hobbit/The Lord of the Rings/The Return of the King)
Movie Review: O good companion for the motio picture!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
This set contains 3 animated stories from Middle-Earth. The Hobbit, maa be considered as an introduction for the main story, The Lord of the Rings. This animated episode is very accurate, and depicts the book in a very interesting way. The second, The Lord of the Rings, is another animated version with good finishing and accurate plot. The weak point is that it finishes with the assault on Helm's Deep. The second part was never published. The third DVD, The Return of the King, tells the story in a very unusual way. All te involved characters, are shown over a table telling the stories and adventures they took part in the last part of the saga. Funny, but not to be considered as part of the story. The curious fact, is that The Hobbit and The Return of the King, are directed by Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass, but do not connect to each other. The Lord of the Rings, is directed by Ralph Bakshi and, apparently, was not intended to make a connection with the other two pictures, but with a little "good will", watching them in sequence, tells the story of the Rings in a very interesting way.
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Summary of J.R.R. Tolkien Animated Films Set (The Hobbit/The Lord of the Rings/The Return of the King)
Animated versions of three Tolkien classics: The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Return of the King.The Hobbit
The J.R.R. Tolkien fantasy classic set in Middle-earth was adapted into this excellent 1978 animated feature first broadcast on television. Codirectors Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin Jr., working from a script by Romeo Muller, are faithful to Tolkien's story and for that alone they get big points. The vocal cast can't be improved upon: Orson Bean is perfect as Bilbo Baggins, the timorous hobbit who grows brave on his adventure with the wizard Gandalf (John Huston). Otto Preminger is the voice of Elvenking, Richard Boone is Smaug, Hans Conried is Thorin, and Brother Theodore is very effective as the weird Gollum. Terrific for kids and adults alike. --Tom Keogh
The Lord of the Rings
Although it was ultimately overshadowed by Peter Jackson's live-action Lord of the Rings trilogy, Ralph Bakshi's animated adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy classic is not without charms of its own. A target of derision from intolerant fans, this ambitious 1978 production is nevertheless a respectably loyal attempt to animate the first half of Tolkien's trilogy, beginning with the hobbit Frodo's inheritance of the One Ring of power from Bilbo Baggins, and ending with the wizard Gandalf's triumph over the evil army of Orcs. While the dialogue is literate and superbly voiced by a prestigious cast (including John Hurt as Aragorn), Leonard Roseman's accomplished score effectively matches the ominous atmosphere that Bakshi's animation creates and sustains. Bakshi's lamentable decision to combine traditional cel animation with "rotoscoped" (i.e., meticulously traced) live-action footage is jarringly distracting and aesthetically disastrous, but when judged by its narrative content, this Lord of the Rings deserves more credit than it typically receives. --Jeff Shannon
The Return of the King
The creative team behind 1978's impressive animation feature based on J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit returns with this 1980 entry drawn from Tolkien's famous Lord of the Rings trilogy. It's good work all around, and not at all the kind of feature-length cartoon that reduces good books to treacle. Orson Bean returns as the voice of Bilbo Baggins as well as that of the trilogy's hero, Frodo. John Huston is commanding again as the voice of the wizard Gandalf, and also in the vocal cast are William Conrad, Paul Frees, and Roddy McDowall. --Tom Keogh
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