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The Lord of the Rings

The Lord of the Rings

Adventure · Animation · Fantasy · 1978

Young Hobbit Frodo Baggins is thrown into an amazing adventure when he's tasked with destroying the One Ring, created by the dark lord Sauron. Frodo must travel in a small fellowship of nine warriors and accomplices. But it won't be an easy journey for the Fellowship of the Ring, on the ultimate quest to rid Middle-earth of evil.

Movie details

The Lord of the Rings

“Fantasy...beyond your imagination.”

1978 Adventure · Animation · Fantasy 2h 12m

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TMDB

6.6 / 10

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Young Hobbit Frodo Baggins is thrown into an amazing adventure when he's tasked with destroying the One Ring, created by the dark lord Sauron. Frodo must travel in a small fellowship of nine warriors and accomplices. But it won't be an easy journey for the Fellowship of the Ring, on the ultimate quest to rid Middle-earth of evil.

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Ralph Bakshi

Written by

Peter S. Beagle · Chris Conkling

Christopher Guard

Christopher Guard

Frodo (voice)

William Squire

William Squire

Gandalf (voice)

M

Michael Scholes

Sam (voice)

John Hurt

John Hurt

Aragorn (voice)

Simon Chandler

Simon Chandler

Merry (voice)

Dominic Guard

Dominic Guard

Pippin (voice)

Michael Graham Cox

Michael Graham Cox

Boromir (voice)

Court is in session

Put The Lord of the Rings on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.