The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
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The Lord of the Rings
A strange, shadowy animated epic that feels like a half-remembered myth, with rotoscoped figures moving through a world both beautiful and menacing.
About 1978 animated film by Ralph Bakshi
Genres fantasy, adventure, sword and sorcery
Directed by Ralph Bakshi
Written by J. R. R. Tolkien, Peter S. Beagle, Chris Conkling
Music Leonard Rosenman
Runtime 132 min
Country Spain, United States, United Kingdom
Links TMDB · IMDb · Letterboxd · Wikipedia · Wikidata
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