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Classic animation · separate adaptation

The Lord of the Rings (1978)

Ralph Bakshi's animated film, which stops halfway through

Runtime2h12Where to watchTBCIn your marathonnot seen yet
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Do you need to watch it before The Hunt for Gollum?

Not required. It sits outside the official timeline and only shows up in Everything mode.

Where it falls in the order

  • Main storynot included
  • Chronologicalnot included
  • Everything13 of 14
BeforeThe Hobbit (1977)AfterThe Return of the King (1980)
2 easter eggs

Hidden details

  1. Behind the scenesFilmed, then traced

    Bakshi shot scenes with live actors and traced over them, a technique called rotoscoping. The film stops at Helm's Deep: part two was never made.

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  2. ReferenceThe film that made Peter Jackson

    Peter Jackson says this film is what got him to read the book. His trilogy pays homage to it: the shot of the hobbit who shouts "Proudfeet!" during Bilbo's party speech copies an angle from Bakshi's film.

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