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The Lord of the Rings (1978)

An animated fantasy film from 1978 based on the first half of J.R.R Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings novel. The film was mainly filmed using rotoscoping, meaning it was filmed in live action sequences with real actors and then each frame was individually animated.

Genre: Family | Sci-Fi | Animation | Fantasy

Country: United States of America   Language: English | Sindarin

themoviedb.org: http://www.themoviedb.org/movie/123

IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077869/

Director(s) / Writer(s):

Ralph Bakshi

Chris Conkling

Peter S. Beagle

Cast:

Christopher Guard

Frodo Beutlin

William Squire

Gandalf

Michael Scholes

Sam

John Hurt

Aragorn

Simon Chandler

Merry

Dominic Guard

Pippin

Norman Bird

Bilbo Beutlin

Michael Graham Cox

Boromir

Anthony Daniels

Legolas

David Buck

Gimli

Peter Woodthorpe

Gollum

Fraser Kerr

Saruman

André Morell

Elrond

Also Known As:

The Lord of the Rings