The film was also nominated for the hugo award for best dramatic presentation, but lost to star wars. The hobbit 1977 a homebody hobbit in middle earth gets talked into joining a quest with a group of dwarves to recover their treasure from a dragon. And my dad happened upon a vhs copy of the 1977 rankinbass cartoon of the hobbit. The hobbit is a 1977 animated musical television special created by rankinbass, a studio known for their holiday.
Rent the hobbit 1977 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Directed by jules bass, arthur rankin jr with orson bean, john huston, theodore gottlieb, cyril ritchard. Knowing i loved the lord of the rings, he picked it up for me. The 2001 dvd release by warner brothers omited a number of sound effects from the origianl sony vhs release. Usually the critics who dismiss this cite the films poor animation and lack of fantasy violence. The hobbit, an animated version of the story produced by rankinbass, debuted as a television movie in the united states in 1977.
The hobbit 1977 full movie part 1 of 2 video dailymotion. For example the star wars films, in storychronology, released as films 4, 5, 6 then 1, 2, 3 and the latest is film 7, to be followed by 8 and 9. Approached out of the blue by the wizard gandalf the grey, bilbo finds himself joining a company of thirteen dwarves led by the legendary warrior, thorin oakenshield. The movie originally aired on nbc on november 27, 1977 and was rather well received by critics. An unexpected journey is a 2012 epic high fantasy adventure film directed by peter jackson. Thorin becomes angry with bilbo due to what he perceives as cowardice on bilbos part since bilbo is unwilling to fight in the battle rather than because bilbo handed the arkenstone to bard and the elvenking. Rent the hobbit 1977 starring orson bean and john huston on dvd and bluray. Lord of the rings 1978 one to rule them all duration. Peter jackson interviewed for film4 about the hobbit duration. The combination of the tv broadcast and this edition of the book have made the rankinbass movie an inseparable part of my tolkien experience.
Peter jacksons fifth 5th behind the scenes hobbit movie production video from new zealand. National catholic register holidayspecial animation veterans arthur rankin jr. The hobbit 1977 animated film in the 1977 rankinbass the hobbit, the voice of nori is provided by jack deleon. The hobbit cartoon movie on selectavision videodisc. In the book, he gave his share of the gold to laketown. Tolkien, with large portions of the trilogy inspired by the appendices to the return of the king, which expand on the story told in the hobbit, as well as new material and characters written especially for the films. A new version of the famous hifi hobbit which uses the original 1977 audio mix of the hobbit. Tolkien and was first broadcast on nbc in the united states on sunday, november.
Secondly, apologies anyway, because this is going to be a long post. As a child it meant to much to me and still does at the age of 37. From the smallest beginnings come the greatest legends bilbo baggins, a hobbit enjoying his quiet life, is swept into an epic quest by gandalf the grey and thirteen. Bilbo baggins is swept into a quest to reclaim the lost dwarf kingdom of erebor from the fearsome dragon smaug. It is the first installment in a threepart film adaptation based on j. The hobbit full production video blogs 16 lord of the rings hd movie duration. It is followed by the desolation of smaug 20 and the battle of the five armies 2014, and together, they act as a prequel to jacksons the lord of the rings film trilogy.
Nostalgia aside, i think that the 1977 animated version of the hobbit stands up admirably as a piece of childrens entertainment. Cartoon adaptation of famous book is a great intro for kids. Tolkien, and was first broadcast on nbc in the united states on sunday, november 27, 1977. Vhs secam videotape with the ralph bakshi cartoon movie of the lord of the rings, dubbed in french. Like star wars, the lord of the rings series came out over a long period of time and not exactly in sequence. This small cartoon had more heart than jacksons 3 drawn out films. Granted, this is a kids movie, but the funky art style is a big part of the draw. First of all, im new to reddit, so apologies if im an idiot, haha. The hobbit is a film series consisting of three high fantasy adventure films directed by peter jackson. The french revolution oversimplified part 1 duration. The hobbit films in peter jacksons hobbit trilogy, nori is played by jed brophy. The hobbit 1977 full movie part 2 of 2 video dailymotion. French films of 1977 at the internet movie database. It achieved the feat of translating tolkiens materially as.
The film is an adaptation of the 1937 book of the same name by j. The hobbit tv movie 1977 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. An unexpected journey, trailer 1 1977 animated version animation movies tv. The hobbit was my first introduction to tolkien and in addition to my sister reading the book to me, i can remember listening to the readalong record book of this movie over and over again.
The hobbit is a 1977 japaneseamerican animated musical television special created by rankinbass, a studio known for their holiday specials, and animated by topcraft, a precursor to studio ghibli. Watch latest movies and tv shows for free on lookmovie. However, he made the decision to make them look differently than the creatures in the lotr movies. The hobbit 1977 movie complete the hobbit 1977 ost complete rotk 1980 ost lotr fotr ost lotr ttt ost lotr ro. A new vhs source courtesy of myspleen user bun39, who uploaded a rip of the 1996 vhs release of the film in december 2016 has been used for higher quality audio than was previously available with the first hifi hobbit project. Bilbo le hobbit, published in 1976, was the first illustrated french language edition of jrr tolkiens. The rankinbass production of the hobbit 1977 us only 2lp box set. In this latest episode, viewers get to see all the work that goes into shooting in middle earth. The hobbit 1977 cast and crew an animated adaptation of j. Clean up a still from the movie itself and youd have a much better cover than this. The hobbit 1977 directed by jules bass, arthur rankin. A homebody hobbit in middle earth gets talked into joining a quest with a group of dwarves to recover their treasure from a dragon. Tolkiens tale of the adventures of a hobbit on a quest to regain a dwarf kings gold.
Nori is the only member of thorin and company to notice bilbo escaping in goblintown, but he does not see bilbo fall into gollums lair. I dont even believe i saw the movie until much later. Oops that was the lord of the rings animated movie. In the hobbit movies, peter jackson also chose to use the term orc over goblin most of the time, presumably to keep the movie feeling like a part of his other trilogy. In the movie, bilbo does not give any of his gold to the men of laketown. The little hobbit mammam fanedit, the hobbit tolkien fan edit, i.