The Fellowship of the Ring embark on a journey to destroy the One Ring and end Sauron's reign over Middle-earth.The Fellowship of the Ring embark on a journey to destroy the One Ring and end Sauron's reign over Middle-earth.The Fellowship of the Ring embark on a journey to destroy the One Ring and end Sauron's reign over Middle-earth.
- Awards
- 1 win & 3 nominations
Christopher Guard
- Frodo
- (voice)
William Squire
- Gandalf
- (voice)
Michael Scholes
- Sam
- (voice)
Simon Chandler
- Merry
- (voice)
Dominic Guard
- Pippin
- (voice)
Norman Bird
- Bilbo
- (voice)
Michael Graham Cox
- Boromir
- (voice)
- (as Michael Graham-Cox)
Anthony Daniels
- Legolas
- (voice)
David Buck
- Gimli
- (voice)
Peter Woodthorpe
- Gollum
- (voice)
Fraser Kerr
- Saruman
- (voice)
Philip Stone
- Theoden
- (voice)
Michael Deacon
- Wormtongue
- (voice)
André Morell
- Elrond
- (voice)
- (as Andre Morell)
Alan Tilvern
- Innkeeper
- (voice)
Annette Crosbie
- Galadriel
- (voice)
John Westbrook
- Treebeard
- (voice)
- Director
- Writers
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaPredominantly filmed with live actors in black-and-white and rotoscoped, each animation cel drawn over a film frame of an actor. However, several sequences do not use rotoscoping.
- GoofsThe name of the wizard of Isengard fluctuates between "Saruman" and "Aruman" throughout the movie.
- Alternate versionsThe version screened on British TV in the 1980s contains more music than the recently-released VHS and DVD version.
- ConnectionsEdited from Alexander Nevsky (1938)
Featured review
Psychedelic experiment
This film is a low budget experiment that is very much a product of its time and full of shoddy production values, yet it is also very endearing as a personal experiment. There is an odd mix of art styles including rotoscoping against psychedelic backgrounds. Sometimes this works, creating an otherworldly atmosphere. Sometimes this style is just confusing, inconsistent and messy. Everything is quite a mixed bag, actually. Some of the character designs are dumpy but others are quite heroic. Some of the voice acting is laughable but some of it is emotional and booming. Some of the music is cheesy but some of it is genuinely riveting. The story itself is extremely condensed to its basics but it works well, up until the end when it suddenly cuts off.
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- Apr 22, 2021
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- Countries of origin
- Official site
- Languages
- Also known as
- J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $4,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $30,471,420
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $626,649
- Nov 19, 1978
- Gross worldwide
- $30,477,175
- Runtime2 hours 12 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.78 : 1
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