Movie

The Lord of the Rings

Name: The Lord of the Rings
Genre: Adventure, Animation, Fantasy
Released: 1978-11-15
Duration: 132 min
Rating: 6.2
Cast: Christopher Guard, William Squire, Michael Scholes, John Hurt, Simon Chandler

Fantasy...beyond your imagination.

Movie1978132 minPGAdventure, Animation, Fantasy

Avg Score

Critic Scores

IMDb

6.2/10

38775 votes

Rotten Tomatoes

48%

Tomatometer

Metacritic

51/100

Metascore

Overview

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.

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)

Michael Graham Cox

Boromir (voice)

Anthony Daniels

Legolas (voice)

David Buck

Gimli (voice)

Norman Bird

Bilbo (voice)

Peter Woodthorpe

Gollum (voice)

Fraser Kerr

Saruman (voice)

Details

Director: Ralph Bakshi
Writer: Chris Conkling, Peter S. Beagle, J.R.R. Tolkien
Released: 15 Nov 1978
Box office: $30,471,420
Awards: 1 win & 3 nominations total

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