The Lord of the Rings was released in the United States on November 15, 1978, and in the United Kingdom on July 5, 1979. It uses a hybrid of traditional cel animation and rotoscoped live-action footage. The film is notable for its extensive use of rotoscoping, a technique in which scenes are first shot in live-action, then traced onto animation cels.
He had made several attempts to produce The Lord of the Rings as an animated film before producer Saul Zaentz and distributor United Artists provided funding. Set in Middle-earth, the film follows a group of fantasy races- Hobbits, Men, an Elf, a Dwarf and a wizard-who form a fellowship to destroy a magical ring made by the Dark Lord Sauron, the main antagonist.īakshi encountered Tolkien's writing early in his career. Beagle, based on the novel of the same name by J. The Lord of the Rings is a 1978 animated fantasy film directed by Ralph Bakshi from a screenplay by Chris Conkling and Peter S.
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