The Hobbit

1977

Action / Adventure / Animation / Family / Fantasy / Musical

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 65% · 18 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 65% · 50K ratings
IMDb Rating 6.7/10 10 18439 18.4K

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Plot summary

The story follows the adventures of Bilbo Baggins, a diminutive creative who resides in a place called Middle-Earth before he is compelled to go on a quest to find a treasure buried deep in the heart of the Lonely Mountain.

Director

Jules Bass Photo
Jules Bass

Top cast

Don Messick Photo
Don Messick as Balin / Tom - Troll #3 / Grinnah - The Goblin / Goblin / Orc / Gwaihir - Lord of the Eagles
John Stephenson Photo
John Stephenson as Dori / Bard / Great Goblin
Cyril Ritchard Photo
Cyril Ritchard as Elrond
Jack DeLeon Photo
Jack DeLeon as Dwalin / Fíli / Kíli / Óin / Glóin / Ori / Nori / Bifur / Bofur / Bert - Troll #2 / Goblin / Orc / Spiders / Wood Elves / Lake People
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673.32 MB
1280*682
English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 17 min
Seeds 16
1.32 GB
1920*1024
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 17 min
Seeds 100

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by thrix 8 / 10

Good adaption, although compact

'The Hobbit' in its animated shape is what we have to go with until Peter Jackson finishes the LotR prequel (hey, it's bound to happen...), but it doesn't mean all one should do is wait for that occasion. Watch the Rankin-Bass classic!Rankin-Bass are behind the huge 80's successes 'Thundercats', 'Silverhawks' etc and also shine here with their interpretation of Tolkien's masterpiece. 'The Hobbit' is in this shape more of a family/children's movie than the new Lord of the Rings movies, and its runtime of only 78 minutes makes it feel a little stressed through since the scenes aren't given much time each. But nevertheless, it features good animation, solid voicework and music that is FAR MORE fantasy-like than the more majestic approach in Peter Jackson's movies. See this movie with your children!Only backdraft I have to say is the runtime. 8/10
Reviewed by gazzo-2 7 / 10

well..

This was what introduced me to the Lord of the Rings, back in '77, when I was in 6th grade, it got the kids in my class to reading the trilogy and etc. Personally, I was all up for watching this, in the fall of '77, then the local TV station ran something else(MULLIGANS' STEW?!?) in its place. We were crushed in my family. I DID buy the record/sound track instead and listened to it to Death. Loved it-the voices and artwork both. Didn't actually See this til '85...though had caught parts here and there...my thinking then and now is the same--Rankin-Bass did a fine job with it. Yes its done by Japanese animators, and No it isn't outta Allen Lee or whomever else' kind of drawing. But they stuck some interesting spins on what elves, dwarves, Wizards, Dragons and Hobbits look like, along with trolls and whatever, personally I found it to be interesting.And how can you knock the voices-I mean-John Huston? Hans Conried, Cyril Ritchard, Theodore Bikel, Richard Boone, Don Messick, Orson Bean-and last but not least-Otto Preminger. Some legends here guys, esp. Otto and JHuston. I loved it! Rankin-Bass did make it more for kids, definately, and took some cuts here and there-Beorn and the Arkenstone bye-bye, for example, and no one is claiming the animation is up to, say, 'Aladdin' standards, but on its own, it works fine.*** outta ****, pretty good, actually.And Where is Leonard Maltin's review? somehow he missed this one...
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