Brother Theodore, Casey Kasem, Glenn Yarbrough
Continuing the story they began in 1978's THE HOBBIT, directors Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin present THE RETURN OF THE KING, the close to J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings series. As hobbits Frodo an...( read more
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Directed by: Arthur Rankin Jr., Brother Theodore, Casey Kasem, Glenn Yarbrough, John Huston, Jules Bass, Orson Bean, Paul Frees, Roddy McDowall, William Conrad
Release Date: January 1, 1980
DVD Release Date: September 11, 2001
Stats: 252 reviews
The original animated movie covered the first 2 books. It wasn't perfect, but it was very interesting to watch in this post-Jackson era. The Hobbit also had some wonderful designs and interesting moments. Return of the King, is a poorly rushed and choppy completion for the animat...( read more)
I really enjoyed "The Hobbit" by Rankin/Bass, but thought this movie was a bit of an embarrassment. The animation used the odd Rankin/Bass style as the Hobbit, so I couldn't fault it too much. I found most of the songs painful to sit through. I did get a good chuckle out of the d...( read more)
So incredibly bad. At least the animated Lord of the Rings wasn't a musical. We can't say that here. Although "Frodo of the Nine Fingers" is a catchy tune.
This was great and very interesting but the ending may of let this film down because this must of had about 3 or 4 endings all together.
have not seen t his one! Loved the animated The Hobbitt. Roddy MacDowal does a voice on this.
Nowhere near the classic that The Hobbit was. Songs suck and just not as enjoyable.
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