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He meets Gandalf again, after the latter escapes the corrupt wizard Saruman (Fraser Kerr), who plans to ally with Sauron but also wants the Ring for himself. The Ringwraiths catch up with them shortly after they meet the Elf Legolas ( Anthony Daniels) and at a standoff at the ford of Rivendell, the Ringwraiths are swept away by the river.Īt Rivendell, Frodo is healed by Elrond ( André Morell). Frodo is stabbed atop Weathertop mountain by the chief of the Ringwraiths, and becomes sickened as the journey progresses. After a narrow escape from the Ringwraiths, the hobbits eventually come to Bree, from which Aragorn ( John Hurt) leads them to Rivendell. He is accompanied by three Hobbits, his cousins, Pippin ( Dominic Guard), Merry ( Simon Chandler), and his gardener Sam (Michael Scholes). Gandalf meets Frodo to explain the Ring's history and the danger it poses and Frodo leaves his home, taking the Ring with him. Seventeen years pass, during which Gandalf learns that evil forces have discovered that the Ring is in the possession of a Baggins. Bilbo reluctantly agrees, and departs for Rivendell. Hundreds of years later, Bilbo Baggins ( Norman Bird) finds the Ring in Gollum's cave and brings it back with him to the Shire.ĭecades later, during Bilbo's birthday celebration, the Wizard Gandalf ( William Squire) tells him to leave the Ring for his nephew Frodo ( Christopher Guard). The Ring twists his body and mind, and he becomes the creature Gollum ( Peter Woodthorpe) who takes it with him into the Misty Mountains. The One Ring is discovered by Déagol, whose kinsman, Sméagol, kills him and takes the Ring for himself. Over time, Sauron captures the Nine Rings and transforms their owners into the Ringwraiths. After defeating Sauron, Prince Isildur takes the Ring, but after he is killed by Orcs, the Ring lies at the bottom of the river Anduin for over 2,500 years. Soon after, the Dark Lord Sauron makes the One Ring, and uses it to attempt to conquer Middle-earth.

5.3 Influence on Peter Jackson's The Lord of the RingsĮarly in the Second Age of Middle-earth, Elven smiths forge nine Rings of Power for mortal Men, seven for the Dwarf-Lords, and three for the Elf-Kings.

5.1 Box office, awards, and nominations.

Nonetheless, the film was an influence on Peter Jackson's trilogy in the early 2000s, as detailed in the DVD extras of The Fellowship of the Ring. Beagle, based on an earlier draft by Chris Conkling.Īlthough Bakshi's The Lord of the Rings was a financial success, it received mixed reactions from critics, and hostility from disappointed viewers who felt that it was incomplete there was no official sequel to cover the remainder of the story. The film features the voices of William Squire, John Hurt, Michael Graham Cox, and Anthony Daniels. 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. They embark on a quest to destroy the One Ring made by the Dark Lord Sauron he has put much of his power into the Ring, and with it would control the whole of Middle-earth, but if it were destroyed, he would perish with it.īakshi encountered Tolkien's writing early in his career. Set in Middle-earth, the film follows a group of Hobbits, Men, an Elf, a Dwarf and a Wizard who form a fellowship.

Tolkien's high fantasy epic novel of the same name, comprising The Fellowship of the Ring and some material from both books of The Two Towers. The Lord of the Rings is a 1978 American animated fantasy film directed by Ralph Bakshi.