The Hobbit
- Studio
- Rankin-Bass Productions, Topcraft
Synopsis
Bilbo Baggins the Hobbit was just minding his own business, when his occasional visitor Gandalf the Wizard drops in one night. One by one, a whole group of dwarves drop in, and before he knows it, Bilbo has joined their quest to reclaim their kingdom, taken from them by an evil dragon named Smaug.
Characters
Bilbo Baggins, Gandalf the Grey, Elvenking, Elrond, Smaug, Thorin Oakenshield, Gollum, Bombur, Balin, Lord of the Eagles, Dori, Great Goblin, Bard, Bert (Troll), Gloin, Oin, Ori, Nori, Dwalin, Kili, Fili, Bofur, Bifur, Elf, Spider, Goblin Driver, Eagles, Goblins
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Arthur Rankin Jr, Jules Bass
Producing
- Producer
- Arthur Rankin Jr, Jules Bass
- Associate Producer
- Masaki Iizuka
Writing
- Writer
- Romeo Muller
- Original Novel, "The Hobbit"
- J.R.R. Tolkien
Voices
- Voice
- Orson Bean (Bilbo), John Huston (Gandalf), Otto Preminger (Elvenking), Cyril Ritchard (Elrond), Richard Boone (Smaug), Hans Conried (Thorin Oakenshield), Brother Theodore (Gollum), Paul Frees (Bombur, Troll #1), Don Messick (Balin, Troll #3, Goblin, Lord of the Eagles), John Stephenson (Dori, Great Goblin, Bard), Thurl Ravenscroft (Goblin), Jack DeLeon
Music
- Music
- Maury Laws
- Lyrics
- Jules Bass
Animation
- Animation Directors
- Koichi Sasaki, Katsuhisa Yamada
- Animation Supervisor
- Tsuguyuki Kubo
- Animator
- Yukiyoshi Hake, Kuzuko Itoh, Hidetoshi Kakeko, Kazuyuki Kobayashi, Hidemi Kubo, Tadakatsu Yoshida
- Animation Coordinator
- Toro Hara
Art Department
- Production Designer
- Arthur Rankin, Jr.
- Character Designers
- Lester Abrams, Tsuguyuki Kubo
- Background Designer
- Minoru Nishida
Sound
- Sound Effects
- Tom Clack
- Sound Recording
- John Curcio, Dave Iveland, Bob Elder
Crew
- Adapted for the Screen by
- Romeo Muller
- Choral Director
- Lois Winter
- Song, "The Greatest Adventure (The Ballad of The Hobbit") Sung By
- Glenn Yarbrough
Production notes
Nearly 200 artists produced 110,000 animated cels for this feature, the first film dramatization of any of J.R.R. Tolkien's works.
Producer-directors Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass rejected a half-dozen scripts before selecting the final one.
Songs: "Funny Little Things," "Rowing Down The Hole."
Rankin Bass Productions released a feature sequel, "The Return of the King," in 1980.
Producer-directors Arthur Rankin, Jr. and Jules Bass rejected a half-dozen scripts before selecting the final one.
Songs: "Funny Little Things," "Rowing Down The Hole."
Rankin Bass Productions released a feature sequel, "The Return of the King," in 1980.
Awards
Winner, Peabody Award, 1977.
Winner, Christopher Award, 1977
Winner, Christopher Award, 1977
Pictures
Reviews
The Hobbit
I read the Hobbit only 3 weeks before The Hobbit aired the first time, I thought they did a fairly good job. I was only disappointed by the Elves, espicially Elrond. (Strangley enough, the worst casting job in the New movies also). Excellant film for the whole family.
The Hobbit
Perfect movie for the entire family! With the "Lord of the Rings" craze happening with the new movies, I thought this one would catch some curious eyes of both the retro fanatics of old & the eyes just realizing the potential of such a great animated film! Let us never forget the greats!