T H E   L O R D   O F   T H E   R I N G S
A Saul Zaentz Production / A Ralph Bakshi Film
Animated film released November 1978

The Lord of the Rings is a chronicle of the Great War of the Ring forged by Sauron the Dark Lord, and its history spans many thousands of years until Middle-earth's Third Age. The Ring, through misdeed or oversight, at times fell to other hands until it came to be held by the Hobbit Frodo Baggins. To its wearer the Ring gave mastery over all living creatures but it was imbued with unparalleled evil and eventually corrupted the wearer past redemption. Eagerly sought by its Master, the Ring was the one thing he lacked to completely rule Middle-earth. This animated feature covers the first two books of the trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers.

CREDITS
Directed by Ralph Bakshi
Produced by Saul Zaentz
Screenplay by Chris Conkling and Peter S. Beagle
Based on the novels by J.R.R. Tolkien
(The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers)
Music by Leonard Rosenman

CAST
Christopher Guard  /  Frodo (voice)
William Squire  /  Gandalf (voice)
Michael Scholes  /  Sam (voice)
John Hurt  /  Aragorn (voice)
Simon Chandler  /  Merry (voice)
Dominic Guard  / Pippin (voice)
Norman Bird  /  Bilbo (voice)
Michael Graham-Cox  /  Boromir (voice)
Anthony Daniels  /  Legolas (voice)
David Buck  /  Gimli (voice)
Peter Woodthorpe  /  Gollum (voice)
Fraser Kerr  /  Saruman (voice)
Philip Stone  / Theoden (voice)
Michael Deacon  / Wormtongue (voice)
André Morell  /  Elrond (voice)
Alan Tilvern  /  Innkeeper (voice)
Annette Crosbie  / Galadriel (voice)
John Westbrook  /  Treebeard (voice)
Billy Barty / Bilbo, Sam

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