The Hobbit or There and Back Again Cartoon Soundtrack
| The Hobbit | |
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 Cover of 1991 United states of america video release by Warner Home Video | |
| Genre | Fantasy |
| Based on | The Hobbit past J. R. R. Tolkien |
| Written by | Romeo Muller |
| Directed by |
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| Starring |
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| Theme music composer | Glenn Yarbrough |
| Composer | Maury Laws |
| Country of origin |
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| Original language | English |
| Production | |
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| Running fourth dimension | 78 minutes[a] |
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| Distributor | Warner Bros. Television Distribution |
| Budget | $3,000,000 |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Picture format | Colour |
| Audio format | Dolby |
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| Chronology | |
| Followed past | The Return of the King |
The Hobbit is a 1977 American animated musical television special created by Rankin/Bass, a studio known for their holiday specials, and animated past Topcraft, a forerunner to Studio Ghibli. The moving picture is an adaptation of the 1937 book of the aforementioned name by J. R. R. Tolkien, and was beginning circulate on NBC in the Us on Sun, November 27, 1977.
Voices [edit]
The voice actors for the characters were:[2]
- Orson Bean – Bilbo Baggins
- Richard Boone – Smaug
- Hans Conried – Thorin Oakenshield
- John Huston – Gandalf / Narrator
- Otto Preminger – Thranduil
- Cyril Ritchard – Elrond
- Brother Theodore – Gollum
- Paul Frees – Bombur, Troll #ane
- Jack DeLeon – Dwalin, Fíli, Kíli, Óin, Glóin, Ori, Nori, Bifur, Bofur, Troll #2
- Don Messick – Balin, Goblin, Lord of the Eagles, Troll #iii
- John Stephenson – Dori, Bard, Not bad Goblin
- Glenn Yarbrough – The Balladeer
- Thurl Ravenscroft – Goblin (singing vox), Groundwork vocalization
Plot [edit]
A Hobbit named Bilbo Baggins lives peacefully in his hobbit-hole. He is visited by Gandalf, who informs him he is looking for someone to share an take a chance, and introduces a group of thirteen dwarves led by Thorin Oakenshield. They invite themselves into Bilbo'south firm, eat dinner, and play music. The magic in the music affects Bilbo, making him suddenly long for adventure.
Thorin explains Bilbo is to exist a lucky number fourteen for them, and tells the story of how the in one case-prosperous dwarves were driven out of the Lonely Mountain by the dragon Smaug, who also stole their treasure. Gandalf accepts the mission before the Hobbit can speak. Bilbo decides not to fence, and departs with Gandalf and the Dwarves the next morn.
The company discovers a camp of three trolls, who promptly capture all but Gandalf and Bilbo. Bilbo hides while Gandalf uses his magic to bring the sunrise, which turns the trolls to stone. In the troll'southward cave, Bilbo discovers some stolen treasure, which the dwarves claim. They likewise find two swords, and a dagger for Bilbo.
Gandalf shows Thorin a map of Lone Mountain and a cardinal, given to him by Thorin's father. The map shows a underground passage. When the travelers stay in Rivendell, Elrond discovers letters on the map visible simply in moonlight, revealing instructions to discover the entrance.
Traveling through the Misty Mountains, the group shelters from a thunderstorm in a cave, and all only Gandalf are captured by goblins. Merely as the Great Goblin is virtually to eat Thorin, he is slain past Gandalf, and the dwarves flee. Bilbo hits his caput and becomes lost from the dwarves; he finds an underground lake, where he discovers a band, and meets the creature Gollum, who challenges him to a riddle contest. Bilbo wins by a play tricks, and Gollum goes to get the ring to employ against Bilbo. Finding information technology missing, he suspects Bilbo stole it and hunts him. Bilbo, having discovered the ring grants invisibility, follows Gollum all the fashion to the back door, rejoining the dwarves.
The Goblins, riding Wargs, pursue the company into a pine wood, setting it ablaze. The Lord of the Eagles and his fellow giant eagles rescue the company. The birds carry the group to Mirkwood Woods, where Gandalf leaves the company for urgent business elsewhere. Bilbo is left in charge as they enter Mirkwood; he and the dwarves are captured by giant spiders, merely Bilbo puts on his ring and drives off the spiders with his dagger, which he then names "Sting". In fleeing the spiders, the dwarves are apprehended by the wood elves. Thorin refuses to answer whatsoever of the elf rex's questions, not wanting to share the treasure, and so the dwarves are imprisoned, but Bilbo escapes capture by using his band to go invisible. After weeks of searching, Bilbo pilfers the sleeping guard's keys, and floats the dwarves in barrels down the river into Laketown.
The people of Laketown, led by the helm of the guard Bard the Bowman, feed and nurse the company back to health. The fourteen finally make it to the Lonely Mountain, and follow the map'due south instructions to enter. Bilbo goes in starting time, and meets Smaug, though he uses the band to hide. He and Smaug converse, and the dragon assumes Bilbo must be a Laketowner. Bilbo discovers a patch of skin on Smaug not covered by protective scales. When Smaug attacks him for stealing, he escapes, mocking the dragon. In a rage, Smaug flies off to wreak vengeance on Laketown. Bilbo sends a thrush to tell Bard about the bare patch, and Bard shoots and kills Smaug with his family's black arrow. Smaug completely destroys Laketown in his death throes.
The Dwarves reclaim their treasure, only to observe that the Lakemen and the Elves have arrived, wanting recompense for Smaug'southward many damages over the years. Thorin refuses to share, and declares war. Bilbo immediately rebukes him for his nonsensical beliefs, as they are outnumbered 14 to thousands. Thorin in turn insults Bilbo as a coward, nearly ending their friendship. Thorin'southward cousin, Dain, soon arrives with more dwarves, but before the battle can begin, Gandalf arrives and warns all parties that the Goblins are coming. The men, elves, and dwarves unite against the common foe, and Bilbo uses his ring to hide every bit a great battle rages. The Eagles go far to assist the brotherhood against the Goblins.
Much later, Bilbo finds a dying Bombur, and explains he was knocked unconscious while hiding. Bombur informs Bilbo that the battle has been won. Bilbo learns that only seven of the original thirteen dwarves are left, and is led by Gandalf to Thorin, who is also dying. Thorin and Bilbo say a bawling goodbye, regretting words spoken in anger before. Bilbo only accepts two small chests of gold and his dagger equally payment from the dwarves, and Gandalf escorts him back home to Hobbiton. Gandalf warns Bilbo that the chance is not over, but is merely just first, thank you to the band he has found.
Production [edit]
The motion picture was produced and directed by Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass of Rankin/Bass Productions in New York City, and was adapted for the screen by Romeo Muller, with Rankin taking on the additional duties of product designer. When interviewed for the picture show, Rankin declared that he would add aught to the story that wasn't in the original.[three] The New York Times reported that The Hobbit cost $3 million to produce.[three]
In a 2003 interview, Rankin stated, "I love the Tolkien piece of work," and explained that he was able to make the film because The Hobbit was nevertheless in the public domain at the fourth dimension, despite claims to the contrary from the copyright holders.[4]
The story's protagonist, Bilbo Baggins, is voiced by Orson Bean, backed upwardly by noted Hollywood managing director and player John Huston equally the voice of Gandalf.[5] In supporting roles, the comedian and performance creative person Brother Theodore was chosen for the voice of Gollum, and Thurl Ravenscroft performed the baritone singing voices of the goblins. The gravelly voice of the dragon Smaug was provided past Richard Boone, with Hans Conried as Thorin Oakenshield, rounding out the cast of primarily American voice actors. The film was the final Rankin/Bass projection to star the Australian actor Cyril Ritchard, here playing the voice of Elrond.
The Hobbit was animated by Topcraft in Tokyo, a now-defunct Japanese animation studio whose animation team re-formed as Studio Ghibli nether Hayao Miyazaki, while some of the animators went to institute Pacific Animation Corporation. Topcraft successfully partnered with Rankin/Bass on several other productions in traditional animation, including 'Twas the Nighttime Before Christmas (1974), The Stingiest Man in Town (1978) and The Concluding Unicorn (1982). According to Rankin, the visual style of the film took its basic cue from the early illustrations of Arthur Rackham.[3]
While Topcraft produced the blitheness overseas, the concept artwork was completed at the Rankin/Bass studio under the direction of Arthur Rankin.[3] Rhode Island artist Lester Abrams did the initial designs for well-nigh of the characters; Rankin had seen Abrams' illustrations to an excerpt from The Hobbit in Children's Digest.[6] Main artists included analogous animator Toru Hara; supervising animator/character designer Tsuguyuki Kubo; character and effects animators Hidetoshi Kaneko and Kazuko Ito; and background designer Minoru Nishida. The same studio and crew members were also used for The Return of the King.
Harry Due north. Abrams published a large, illustrated coffee tabular array edition of the book featuring concept art and stills.[three]
Jules Bass primarily adapted Tolkien'south original lyrics for the film's musical interludes, fatigued primarily from the songs that feature prominently in the book. He also assisted Maury Laws, Rankin/Bass'due south composer and conductor-in-residence, in the composition of an original theme song, "The Greatest Hazard (The Carol of the Hobbit)", sung by Glenn Yarbrough as the sole original song written for the film. This folk carol came to be associated with Yarbrough, who reprised information technology in the soundtrack to 1980 animated film The Render of the King.[3]
Disquisitional reception [edit]
In 1978, Romeo Muller won a Peabody Laurels for his teleplay for The Hobbit. The moving picture was also nominated for the Hugo Honour for Best Dramatic Presentation, but lost to Star Wars. A few days before its first airing, John J. O'Connor wrote in The New York Times that "Rankin and Bass Productions have now carefully translated 'The Hobbit' into picture show. The event is curiously eclectic, only filled with nicely constructive moments. … The drawings frequently propose strong resemblances to non-Tolkien characters… The goblins could have stepped out of a Maurice Sendak volume. Just … the Dragon and Gollum the riddle aficionado bring some clever original touches… Whatever its flaws, this television version of 'The Hobbit' warrants attending."[vii]
Criticism primarily focused on adaptation problems, including the unfamiliar manner of artwork used by the Japanese-American co-product squad, whereas some Tolkien fans questioned the appropriateness of repackaging the material every bit a family unit film for a very young audience. Douglas A. Anderson, a Tolkien scholar, called the adaptation "execrable" in his own introduction to The Annotated Hobbit, although he did not elaborate;[8] and a few critics said it was confusing for those not already familiar with the plot.[9]
IGN gave the pic 7 out of 10 recommending information technology to fans of the novel.[ten]
Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, which compiles reviews from a broad range of critics, gives the film a score of 67% based on reviews from xv critics.[xi]
Sequel [edit]
Before The Hobbit aired on NBC, Rankin/Bass and its partner blitheness houses were preparing a sequel.[3] Meanwhile, United Artists released J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings in 1978, an animated adaptation directed by Ralph Bakshi, originally intended as the first function in a two-role film. United Artists's sequel would soon be cancelled after a disagreement with Bakshi.
Taking elements from the last volume of The Lord of the Rings, they developed the musical The Return of the King, featuring virtually of the vocalisation artists and production team every bit The Hobbit. The Return of the Male monarch used a framing device in which both The Hobbit and King begin and end with Bilbo's stay at Rivendell.
The Render of the King is often mistaken every bit a sequel to Bakshi'south The Lord of the Rings. After Rankin/Bass became defunct in 1987, Warner Bros. acquired the rights to King for habitation video distribution and chose to market the film, along with The Hobbit, equally instalments of an animated Tolkien trilogy, with The Lord of the Rings (by then too endemic by Warner Bros., from United Artists) interim equally the centre affiliate. This false promotion led to rumours that Rankin/Bass had originally decided to produce The Return of the King upon hearing that Bakshi's sequel to The Lord of the Rings had been cancelled. However, Rankin/Bass had always planned on making The Return of the King equally a follow-upwardly to their product of The Hobbit, fifty-fifty earlier the release of Bakshi'south film.[12]
Release [edit]
The Hobbit starting time aired as an animated tv special in 1977 with the goal of producing an accompanying tie-in storybook and song recordings for children, as in other Rankin/Bass productions.
The Hobbit was released on LP with the soundtrack[3] and dialogue from the film was also released in 1977 by Disney through its Buena Vista Records characterization, and an edited version, forth with accompanying "storyteller read-alongs", was later issued for the Mouse Factory's Disneyland Records banner. A second music anthology past Glenn Yarbrough of music "inspired" by The Hobbit was also released.
The Hobbit was released past ABC Video Enterprises in the early 1980s on Betamax and VHS past Sony, and CED by RCA. Warner Domicile Video released the film on VHS in 1991, once again in 1996 (every bit part of the Warner Bros. Archetype Tales VHS line), and on DVD in 2001 (through Warner Bros. Family Entertainment). Parade Video released the film on DVD and VHS in 2004. The earlier 1980s and 1990s videocassette releases contain sound effects that were edited out of the 2001 DVD without explanation.[b]
The moving-picture show was also released on DVD past Warner Bros. equally part of the DVD trilogy boxed set up, which includes Ralph Bakshi'southward The Lord of the Rings and the Rankin Bass product of The Return of the Rex. A remastered deluxe edition DVD was released on July 22, 2014. Sound furnishings missing in previous DVD releases are absent-minded from this release besides.
See also [edit]
- The Hobbit picture show series (live action)
- The Last Unicorn (film)
- Listing of animated feature films
- The Lord of the Rings (1978 film), directed by Ralph Bakshi
- Rankin/Bass Productions
- The Render of the Rex (1980 film), also by Rankin/Bass
- The Hobbit (1967 film) a curt film by Factor Deitch
- The Hobbit (1985 film) a USSR film
Notes [edit]
- ^ The film has a running fourth dimension of 77 minutes; several Internet sites list the full 90 infinitesimal air time.[1]
- ^ E.1000. goblets clanking and hammer-tinkering noises omitted, spider death screams, along with several lines of dialogue.[xiii]
References [edit]
- ^ "Rankin/Bass 'The Hobbit' Follow Upwards", The One Band net (archive), archived from the original on April eleven, 2011, retrieved November sixteen, 2010
- ^ The Rankin/Bass Production of The Hobbit (The Consummate Original Soundtrack) (Vinyl LP). Buena Vista Records. 1977. 103.
- ^ a b c d e f k h Culhan, John. Volition the Video Version of Tolkien Exist Hobbit Forming? Archived 2016-01-10 at the Wayback Machine The New York Times, Nov 27, 1977.
- ^ Arthur Rankin Jr., Interview at the Museum of Tv set & Radio (video). YouTube. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ^ Tracy, Lisa (November 27, 1977). "Orson Bean finds take chances in a 'Hobbit' hole". The Herald-News.
- ^ Potter, Russell (2015). "A Tolkien Endeavour: The Story of the 1977 Hobbit Drawing". Hogan's Alley. Vol. 20.
- ^ O'Connor, John J. (25 Nov 1977). "Television Weekend: "The Hobbit"". The New York Times. Archived from the original on xv July 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2017.
- ^ Anderson, Douglas A. (1988). The Annotated Hobbit. Houghton Mifflin. Introduction. ISBN978-0-395-47690-ane.
- ^ Kask, TJ, "NBC's The Hobbit", Dragon Magazine, December 1977.
- ^ Conrad, Jeremy (September xiii, 2001), Hobbit, archived from the original on 2015-05-17, retrieved 2021-11-21
- ^ "Tomatometer for The Hobbit (1978)". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on 2018-07-26. Retrieved 2018-11-18 .
- ^ J. Westward. Braun, The Lord of the Films (ECW Printing, 2009)
- ^ "The Hobbit", Mimsy (review), Hoboes, archived from the original on 2010-12-26, retrieved 2010-12-05
External links [edit]
- The Hobbit at IMDb
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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hobbit_(1977_film)
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