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The Hobbit (S)

J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit

1966

Gene Deitch

Animation

4.4

319

Animation. Fantasy. Adventure Before the 1977 Rankin And Bass production…there was this 1966 version by Gene Deitch. Originally planned as a full-length feature film before the Tolkien craze hit, a screenplay was written that took several heretical liberties with the story. Unfortunately the deal fell through with 20th Century Fox. But then, just one month before the rights were set to expire, the property value of Tolkien’s work skyrocketed and Gene put together the film. [+]

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