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The Lord of the Rings

“Fantasy...beyond your imagination.”

19782h 12mAdventure · Animation · Fantasy

Released

November 15, 1978

6.6

TMDB Score

66% match · 1,103 votes

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About the Movie

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AdventureAnimationFantasy

Synopsis

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.

DirectorRalph Bakshi

Released: November 15, 1978
Runtime: 2h 12m
Status: Released
Original language: English
Budget: $4.0M
Box office: $30.5M
Studios: Fantasy Films, Bakshi Productions, Saul Zaentz Film Productions

Top Billed Cast

Christopher Guard

Frodo (voice)

William Squire

Gandalf (voice)

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Michael Scholes

Sam (voice)

John Hurt

Aragorn (voice)

Simon Chandler

Merry (voice)

Dominic Guard

Pippin (voice)

Michael Graham Cox

Boromir (voice)

Anthony Daniels

Legolas (voice)

David Buck

Gimli (voice)

Norman Bird

Bilbo (voice)

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Peter Woodthorpe

Gollum (voice)

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Fraser Kerr

Saruman (voice)

Philip Stone

Theoden (voice)

André Morell

Elrond (voice)

Annette Crosbie

Galadriel (voice)

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Michael Deacon

Wormtongue (voice)

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