The Hobbit (1977) 6.7
A homebody hobbit in Middle Earth gets talked into joining a quest with a group of dwarves to recover their treasure from a dragon. |
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The Hobbit (1977) 6.7
A homebody hobbit in Middle Earth gets talked into joining a quest with a group of dwarves to recover their treasure from a dragon. |
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Orson Bean | ... |
Bilbo Baggins
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Richard Boone | ... |
Smaug
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Hans Conried | ... |
Thorin Oakenshield
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John Huston | ... |
Gandalf The Grey
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Otto Preminger | ... |
The Elvenking
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Cyril Ritchard | ... |
Elrond
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Brother Theodore | ... |
Gollum
(voice) (as Theodore)
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Paul Frees | ... |
Bombur /
Bill Huggins - Troll Leader
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Jack DeLeon | ... | ||
Don Messick | ... | ||
John Stephenson | ... | ||
Glenn Yarbrough | ... |
The Balladeer
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Bilbo Baggins the Hobbit was just minding his own business, when his occasional visitor Gandalf the Wizard drops in one evening . One by one, a whole group of dwarves drop in, and before he knows it, Bilbo has joined their quest to reclaim their kingdom, taken from them by an evil dragon named Smaug. The only problem is that Gandalf has told the dwarves that Bilbo is an expert burglar, but he isn't.... Written by Murray Chapman <muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au>
When I saw this movie around 1984 it sparked my interest in the Lord of the Rings series. I thought the drawing were outstanding (the thin lines on the characters shows the animators took the time to get details correct). The songs seemed a bit silly, but I thought the directors were trying to reflect the attidude of the book. Although fans of the book might say the movie had an oversimplifed plot, I thought the directors did an excellent job condensing a 200 page story into an adventuorous hour and half movie.