Other Titles • The Lord of the Rings • J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings (1978) • Herr der Ringe (1979)
Trivia from The Lord of the Rings (1978)
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Director Ralph Bakshi's plans to make a second film, concluding the story, fell through. Luckily Rankin and Bass, who made THE HOBBIT in 1977, also animated THE RETURN OF THE KING for television in 1980, thereby completing the story. Fans of the RING trilogy should try and capture all three films, as they cohere nicely in relating the entire saga.
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The cast of THE LORD OF THE RINGS not only voiced their characters, but most of the actors physically portrayed their roles in costume along with extras and stunt people. Bakshi then applied his rotoscoping technique to animate the live footage.
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The battle footage in THE LORD OF THE RINGS is drawn from scenes in the 1938 film ALEXANDER NEVSKY.
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Actors John Hurt and Anthony Daniels (C-3PO of the STAR WARS films) lend their voices to the characters of Aragorn and Legolas, respectively.
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One of the hundreds of animators hired to work on this film was future director Tim Burton (EDWARD SCISSORHANDS, BATMAN).
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A live action adaptation of THE LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy was directed by Peter Jackson for release as three separate films--THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING in 2001, THE TWO TOWERS in 2002, and THE RETURN OF THE KING in 2003.
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