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MPAA Rating - PG

Length:
    134 Minutes

Genre:
    Fantasy

Original Release Date:
    Sep 11, 2001

Director
    Ralph Bakshi

Cast
    Christopher Guard, William Squire, Michael Sholes, John Hurt, Simon Chandler, Dominic Guard

 
Movie Summary
Controversial animator Ralph Bakshis literal adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkiens classic fantasy trilogy, The Lord of the Rings, is brought to the screen in a reverent, stilted way, with Bakshi forsaking his sharp-edged animated looniness for a rotoscoped dullness. Although the films title encompasses the entire Tolkien trilogy, this longish Bakshi feature, in fact, covers only the first book, The Fellowship of the Ring, and the first half of the second, The Two Towers. Given the complexity of the original story line, this unfortunately means that only those intimately familiar with the books will be able to understand what is happening in the movie. In brief, however, an evil sorcerer from a previous era created a magical ring which enables its users to call upon its tremendous powers to rule the world, but it inevitably warps them to evil. It was believed lost, but during a resurgence of magical evil in the world, Bilbo, a simple, plain-spoken hobbit, recovers it from its hiding place. The forces of good give his nephew Frodo the choice to bear the awful burden of the ring to a place where it may be destroyed. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide


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