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The Lord of the Rings

Year:

1978

Duration:

132 min

Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Drama | Fantasy

IMDB rate:

6.1

Director:

Ralph Bakshi

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 2 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1978-11-15

Filming Locations: Belmonte, Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain

Earnings

Budget: $4,000,000

Opening Weekend: $626,649 (USA) (19 November 1978)

Gross: $30,471,420 (USA) ( 1979)

Cast

Actor

Character

Mic Rodgers

Angelo Rossitto

Christopher Guard

Frodo

William Squire

Gandalf

Michael Scholes

Sam

John Hurt

Aragorn

Simon Chandler

Merry

Dominic Guard

Pippin

Norman Bird

Bilbo

Michael Graham Cox

Boromir

Anthony Daniels

Legolas

David Buck

Gimli

Peter Woodthorpe

Gollum

Fraser Kerr

Saruman

Philip Stone

Theoden

Michael Deacon

Wormtongue

André Morell

Elrond

Alan Tilvern

Innkeeper

Annette Crosbie

Galadriel

John Westbrook

Treebeard

John A. Neris

Gandalf

Sharon Baird

Frodo

Michael Lee Gogin

Paul Gale

Patrick Sullivan Burke

Billy Barty

Bilbo

Donn Whyte

Trey Wilson

Albert Ash

(as Albert Cirimele)

Patty Maloney

Jere Rae Mansfield

(as Jeri Lea Ray)

Felix Silla

Mike Clifford

Larry Larsen

Art Hern

David Dotson

Tommy Madden

Gary Jensen

Aesop Aquarian

Santy Josol

Stan Barrett

John L.

(as John L)

Herbie Braha

(as Herb Braha)

Sam Laws

Hank Calia

Terry Leonard

Frank Delfino

Peter Looney

Russ Ernest

(as Russ Earnest)

Dennis Madalone

Louie Elias

Robert 'Big Buck' Maffei

(as Buck Maffei)

Edoardo Faieta

(as Eddy Fay)

Jerry Maren

Carmen Filpi

Harry Monty

Ruth Gay

Frank Morson

Leonard P. Geer

(as Lenny Gear)

Walter Robles

(as Walt Robles)

Harriet Gibson

(as Harriett Gibson)

Bob Haney

Chuck Hayward

Peter Risch

(as Pete Risch)

Eddie Hice

(as Eddy Hice)

Jack Verbois

Loren Janes

Greg Walker

(as Gregg Walker)

Did you know?

Trivia

Rotoscoped action scenes were filmed in Spain.

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Tim Burton worked as an animator on this film. He was not credited, but worked as an "inbetween" artist. It was his first job on a film.

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On the DVD commentary of "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring," Peter Jackson acknowledges one shot, a low angle of a hobbit at Bilbo's birthday party shouting "Proudfeet!", as an intentional homage to Bakshi's film. By far the biggest "lift" however is the scene of the Nazgûl appearing in the room at Bree and slashing the beds to ribbons thinking the shapes under the sheets to be the hobbits. This is almost identical to Bakshi's version which is significant as the scene is not depicted as described in the book: in the book, the attack is carried out by the Nazgûl. Some of Sam's interjections are also sourced from Bakshi rather than Tolkien.

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Goofs

In Rivendell when you first see Bilbo he is stood reciting poetry, while the other four hobbits walk into the room. In one frame you see Frodo sat in a corner playing a harp, then it returns to him entering with the other hobbits and it is an elf playing the harp.

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In the first shot of the orc attack in Moria, Legolas' bow is tall with spiral tips (which he uses throughout the movie). In the very next shot, two seconds later, it is much smaller, with the regular curved tips of a straight-limb longbow.

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The night Boromir tries to persuade Frodo to lend him the ring, the moon is behind Frodo, but it is also behind Boromir as well.

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Quotes

Sam: Woah, Sam Gamgee, your legs are too short, so use your head!

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Frodo Baggins: [brightly] I'll give it to you, Gandalf!

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Sam: Oh, Mr. Frodo, sir! Don't let him hurt me, sir! Don't let him turn me into something unnatural!

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Faq

Who is Aruman?

United Artists insisted on the name change from Saruman to Aruman to avoid confusion with the similarly-named villain Sauron. The decision was later reversed during production, thus the brief references to "Aruman".

Why wasn't it indicated that this would be the first part of the story?

The original title was "The Lord of the Rings Part One." After the film was completed, the studio told the director that no one would pay to see half of a film. The director objected to the name change, because it would confuse audiences into thinking that they would be getting the whole story. Nevertheless, the studio went ahead and issued the film as J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, against the director's objections.

Why does the film only cover half of the story?

The director had originally proposed a three-part adaptation to United Artists, the then-current rights holders. UA negotiated down to two films, and later refused to fund a sequel.

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