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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0085392633128
Format: Anamorphic, Animated, Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 3
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: December 11, 2001
Running Time: 308 minutes
Sales Rank: 5184
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: November 27, 1977
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Description:
Animated versions of three Tolkien classics: The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Return of the King.
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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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Rating:  - A truly nifty combination
This package of three titles brings together a Ralph Bakshi production with two by Rankin-Bass (who would have thought?).
'The Hobbit' and 'The Return of the King' are the R-B Productions, and in quality they evoke much of what endeared other R-B animation to TV viewers during the holidays. As one reviewer has already pointed out, the animators they use prove to be great stylists within a limited budget. I always thought R-B was trying to rival Disney at a fraction of the cost, and in retrospect they clearly had. Especially because Disney went into a down period with its animation (though the Black Cauldron from the same era as these is films is Disney animation at its most spectacular and unsaccharine). With the R-B films you get beautiful landscapes and backgrounds, nice voice characterizations, and some enjoyable music.
Bakshi's 'Lord of the Rings' is a sorely under-rated animated feature (and a rather long one for the genre). Watching this again decades after I had seen it in a shopping mall movie theatre, I was struck with something that couldn't possibly have occurred to me when I first saw the film. In terms of visualizing about the first half of Tolkien's trilogy, this film is obviously extremely influential on the later Jackson smash hit films. In some ways it almost seems like a storyboard come to animated life if you watch this film with the Jackson films in mind. It also struck me as more true to Tolkien's plot, characters and action in some respects.
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Rating: - JUST LOVE LORD OF THE RINGS IN ANY FORM..
I already had this boxed set but I have a son-in-law that wanted it as he has all the movies and figurines. He is enjoying it very much
Rating:  - Classic trilogy
Great condition. After the live action movies, these cartoons may seem very different, but the story is still good. They are very easy to get into and enjoy.
Rating:  - Entertaining anf true to the books
These are entertaining movies that remain fairly true to the books. The animation is a little odd, especially in the Lord of the Rings where the orks seem to be real people. If you liked these as a kid and the 70s you will still like them now.
Rating: - Great pack for the price!
I used to have all these on VHS, but I decided it was time to upgrade them to DVD. However, there seems to be a problem with the formatting or something with the DVD because the sound is VERY low and the picture has black lines on the right and left side for some reason instead of being widescreen.
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