As the
trailer for Peter Jackson's film adaptation of
The Hobbit premieres online, it's worth remembering that this isn't the first take on the journey of one Bilbo Baggins.
There was the 1977 animated version as well.
Here's some screencaps and a
trailer. Of course, if that's not enough for you, you could just watch it on Youtube (
1,
2,
3,
4,
5,
6). And before it was a film, it was something called...
a book?
Here's pictures of the cover of this 'book' thing from all over the world.
posted by Effigy2000
on Dec 20, 2011 -
126 comments
Did The Wizard of Oz inspire Lord of the Rings? "The first film version of L. Frank Baum’s The Wizard of Oz was released in the summer of 1939, less than a month before World War II officially began. Though started as early as 1937, The Lord of the Rings was largely composed during the war years, but not published until somewhat later. Therefore, it is by no means impossible that J.R.R. Tolkien saw the magnificent MGM movie before he wrote most of his magnum opus. Could Oz have influenced his tale somehow, consciously or unconsciously?"
posted by Joey Michaels
on Apr 7, 2005 -
35 comments
