The Hobbit

The Hobbit (1977)

Timing: 1:17 (77 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

1977-11-27

Country

Japan, United States

Production

Topcraft, Rankin/Bass Productions

Genre

Family, Fantasy, Animation, Adventure, TV Movie

Budget

$3 000 000

Revenue

$0

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Director

Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin, Jr.

Actors

Orson Bean, John Huston, Hans Conried, Richard Boone, Theodore Gottlieb, Otto Preminger, Cyril Ritchard, Paul Frees, Don Messick, John Stephenson
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Scenario

Producer

Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin, Jr., Masaki Îzuka

Operator

Composer

Maury Laws

Artist

Audition

Editing

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• The cartoon is based on the story by John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, “The Hobbit, or There and Back Again” (1937).
• The first song of the dwarves in Bag End, “Smash glasses and plates, because that’s exactly what Bilbo Baggins hates,” is taken from the book. Tolkien wrote many songs in his books, but only in the form of poems.
• In the book, Bilbo lost consciousness after being hit on the head with a stone when he saw the arrival of the eagles during the Battle of Five Armies. In the film, he simply put on the ring and quietly sat through the whole battle where no one accidentally stumbled upon him, and then lied that he got hit on the head and lost consciousness.
• The cartoon is based on the novella by John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, "The Hobbit, or There and Back Again" (1937).
• The first song of the dwarves in Bag End, "Break the glasses and plates, because that’s exactly what Bilbo Baggins hates," is taken from the book. Tolkien wrote many songs in his books, but only in verse form.