The Lord of the Rings (1978 film) and Related Topics

Gandalf

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Protagonist in J. R. R. Tolkien's novels The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.

Odin, the Wanderer by Georg von Rosen, 1886

Like Odin in "Wanderer" guise—an old man with a long white beard, a wide brimmed hat, and a staff: Gandalf, by 'Nidoart', 2013

Earlier guide figure: Virgil guides Dante around the Eighth Circle of hell in Dante's Inferno, Canto 18. Painting by Sandro Botticelli, c. 1480

Gandalf as depicted in Ralph Bakshi's 1978 animated film

Ian McKellen as Gandalf the White in Peter Jackson's The Two Towers (2002)

Gandalf has featured in radio, television, and film adaptations, including Ralph Bakshi's 1978 animated film.

Frodo Baggins

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Fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's writings, and one of the protagonists in The Lord of the Rings.

Frodo in Ralph Bakshi's 1978 animated version

Elijah Wood as Frodo in Peter Jackson's film trilogy

In Ralph Bakshi's 1978 animated version, Frodo was voiced by Christopher Guard.

The Lord of the Rings (film series)

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Series of three epic fantasy adventure films directed by Peter Jackson, based on the novel written by J. R. R. Tolkien.

Peter Jackson at the premiere of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King on 1 December 2003 at the Embassy Theatre in Wellington.

Alan Lee, a Tolkien illustrator who assisted in the visual design, at Worldcon 2005 in Glasgow.

The house of Bilbo and Frodo Baggins in the Shire, as filmed in New Zealand

Howard Shore, composer of the music of the films.

Ian McKellen received multiple accolades for his portrayal of Gandalf, including a nomination for Best Supporting Actor at the 74th Academy Awards.

Air New Zealand painted this Airbus A320 in The Lord of the Rings livery to promote The Return of the King in 2003–2004.

In 1977, an animated adaptation of The Hobbit was produced as a TV special by Rankin and Bass, and in 1978 Ralph Bakshi made an animated feature of the first half of The Lord of the Rings.

The Lord of the Rings

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Epic high-fantasy novel by English author and scholar J. R. R. Tolkien.

Tolkien's calligraphy of the Rhyme of the Rings was one of the few illustrations in the first edition.

Beowulfs eotenas [ond] ylfe [ond] orcneas, "ogres [and] elves [and] devil-corpses" helped to inspire Tolkien to create the Orcs and Elves of Middle-earth.

Barbara Remington's cover illustrations for the Ballantine paperback version "achieved mass-cult status" on American college campuses in the 1960s. They were parodied by Michael K. Frith's cover design for the 1969 Bored of the Rings.

"Welcome to Hobbiton" sign in Matamata, New Zealand, where Peter Jackson's film version was shot

In 1978, Ralph Bakshi made an animated film version covering The Fellowship of the Ring and part of The Two Towers, to mostly poor reviews.

J. R. R. Tolkien's watercolour illustration of Sauron

Title character and the primary antagonist, through the forging of the One Ring, of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, where he rules the land of Mordor and has the ambition of ruling the whole of Middle-earth.

A flag displaying the Red Eye of Sauron, based on a design by Tolkien that was used on the cover of the first edition of The Fellowship of the Ring in 1954

Sauron, portrayed by Sala Baker, in Peter Jackson's The Fellowship of the Ring

"Eye of Sauron": dust ring around HR 4796A

In film versions of The Lord of the Rings, Sauron has been left off-screen as "an invisible and unvisualizable antagonist" as in Ralph Bakshi's 1978 animated version, or as a disembodied Eye, as in Rankin/Bass' 1980 animated adaptation of The Return of the King.

Sketch map of the north-west of Middle-earth at the end of the Third Age

Aragorn

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Fictional character and a main protagonist in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.

Max Adams suggested that Tolkien based Aragorn on the saint and king Oswald of Northumbria.

Aragorn in Ralph Bakshi's animated version of The Lord of the Rings

Aragorn in the Rankin/Bass animated production of The Return of the King

Viggo Mortensen gave an acclaimed portrayal of Aragorn in Peter Jackson's film adaptation of The Lord of the Rings.

Aragorn was voiced by John Hurt in Ralph Bakshi's 1978 animated film version of The Lord of the Rings, and by Theodore Bikel in the 1980 Rankin/Bass animated version of The Return of the King, made for television.

Merry's birthplace, Buckland, is to the East of the Shire, between the River Brandywine and the Old Forest. Both geographic features made Bucklanders different from other hobbits.

Merry Brandybuck

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Hobbit, a fictional character from J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium, featured throughout his most famous work, The Lord of the Rings.

Merry (right) and Pippin in Ralph Bakshi's animated 1978 version of The Lord of the Rings

Merry as voiced by Casey Kasem in the 1980 Rankin/Bass animated version of The Return of the King

Dominic Monaghan as Merry in Peter Jackson's 2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

Merry appeared in the animated film of Lord of the Rings by Ralph Bakshi, the animated version of The Return of the King by Rankin/Bass, and in the live action film series by Peter Jackson.

Pippin was born in Whitwell in the Tookland, a hilly area of the West Farthing of the Shire.

Pippin Took

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Fictional character from J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings.

Pippin (left) and Merry, in Ralph Bakshi's animated version of The Lord of the Rings

Billy Boyd as Pippin in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

In Ralph Bakshi's 1978 animated version of The Lord of the Rings, Pippin was voiced by Dominic Guard.

Gollum

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Fictional monster in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium.

A very large Gollum in Tove Jansson's illustration for the 1962 Swedish translation of The Hobbit, before Tolkien stated that the monster was small

Gollum by Frederic Bennet, 2014 (detail)

The story of Sméagol's murder of Déagol echoes the Biblical story of Cain and Abel. Cain Kills Abel by Hugo Vogel, 1922

The shrunken gold-obsessed Mime, described as a Gollum-like figure, cowers behind the celebrating Siegfried in Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen. Illustration by Arthur Rackham, 1911

Gollum in his boat, in Gene Deitch's 1967 short The Hobbit

Gollum in Rankin/Bass's animated 1977 The Hobbit

Gollum in Ralph Bakshi's animated 1978 version of The Lord of the Rings

A green-clad Gollum in Leningrad Television's 1991 Khraniteli

Gollum was voiced and performed by Andy Serkis in Peter Jackson's live-action version of The Lord of the Rings.

A graffiti depiction of a Jacksonesque Gollum on the East Side Gallery of the Berlin Wall (2008)

Gollum was voiced by Brother Theodore in Rankin-Bass' animated adaptations of The Hobbit and Return of the King, and by Peter Woodthorpe in Ralph Bakshi's animated film version and the BBC's 1981 radio adaptation of The Lord of the Rings.