The enormity of The Lord of the Rings was still too far off, but there were movie versions to fill the gap. The moment I was old enough, I read it for myself. At age five, I had my first “Tolkien” experience with the television broadcast of the animated movie The Hobbit from Rankin/Bass. They both knew about the books The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings (although neither had read them) and told me their pages were filled with dragons and trolls and all sorts of wonderful beasties they showed me the Greg and Tim Hildebrandt calendars to whet my appetite. As a young child, I already loved monsters and tales of fantasy, and my parents were glad to feed my monster obsession. The novel The Lord of the Rings has had an important place in my life even before I actually read it in ninth grade. “Listen as we speak of the fall of the Lord of Darkness, and the return of a King of Light.” Featuring the Voices of John Huston, Roddy McDowall, Orson Bean, William Conrad, Casey Casem, Theodore Gottlieb, Theodore Bikel, Glenn Yarbrough, Paul Frees Directed by Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin Jr.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |