The Lord of the Rings is a 1978 animated dark fantasy adventure film directed by Ralph Bakshi. It is an adaptation of J.R. R. Tolkien’s high fantasy epic The Lord Of The Rings. The film is notable for its extensive use of rotoscoping, a technique in which scenes are first shot in live-action, then traced onto animation cels. It features the voices of William Squire, John Hurt, Michael Graham Cox, and Anthony Daniels.
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The Lord of the Rings is a 1978 animated dark fantasy adventure film directed by Ralph Bakshi. It is an adaptation of J.R. R. Tolkien’s high fantasy epic The Lord Of The Rings. The film is notable for its extensive use of rotoscoping, a technique in which scenes are first shot in live-action, then traced onto animation cels. It was one of the first animated films to be presented theatrically in the Dolby Stereo sound system. The Fellowship of the Ring and the first half of The Two Towers are set in Middle-earth, and the film follows a group of hobbits, elves, men, dwarves, and wizards on a quest to destroy the One Ring made by the Dark Lord Sauron. There was no official sequel to cover the remainder of the story, but the film became a cult classic that continued to run as a matinee and a midnight movie for nearly two decades. The screenplay was written by Peter S. Beagle, based on an earlier draft by Chris Conkling. The remaining half of the film is set in the elf-haven Lothlórien, where Frodo tries to take the Ring from his nephew Frodo and battle a balrog while battling an abyss. There is a final battle between Frodo, Gandalf, Legolas, Boromir, Gimli, and Galadriel, where they meet the queen of the elves, Boradir, and try to take her Ring from Frodo.
The Ringwraiths catch up with them shortly after, and Frodo is stabbed atop Weathertop mountain by the chief of theRingwraiths, and becomes sickened as the journey progresses. After the Ring is destroyed from Rivendell, Frodo wants to go to Mordor, where the Ring can be destroyed himself. There, they are attacked by orcs, and they are forced into Moria Moria, where Gandalf falls into an abyss while battling a Balrog. The final battle takes place in MoriaMoria, with Frodo falling into the abyss while Gandalf and Gandalf fall into an balrog, while Frodo decides to continue his quest from Moria to Moria alone. The movie was an influence on Peter Jackson’s trilogy, as detailed in the DVD extras of The Lord of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring. It features the voices of William Squire, John Hurt, Michael Graham Cox, and Anthony Daniels, and was released in cinemas on November 14, 1978. It received mixed reactions from critics, and it received no official sequels to the rest of Tolkien’s story, and there was no Official Sequel to cover this part of the tale. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of The Fellowship of The Ring and The Two Towers was released on November 15, 1978, and remains available on DVD and Blu-ray.
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