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Overview

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6.4/10   4,116 votes
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Writers:
J.R.R. Tolkien (novel)
Romeo Muller (writer)
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Release Date:
27 November 1977 (USA) more
Plot:
A homebody demi-human in Middle Earth gets talked into joining a quest with a group of dwarves to recover their treasure from a dragon. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
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what?. more

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)

Orson Bean ... Bilbo Baggins (voice)

Richard Boone ... Smaug (voice)
Hans Conried ... Thorin (voice)

John Huston ... Gandalf the Grey (voice)
Otto Preminger ... Elvenking (voice)
Cyril Ritchard ... Elrond (voice)
Brother Theodore ... Gollum (voice) (as Theodore)
Paul Frees ... Bombur / Troll #1 (voice)
Jack DeLeon ... Other Dwarfs / Goblins (voice) (as Jack De Leon)
Don Messick ... Balin / Troll #3 / Goblin / Lord of the Eagles (voice)
John Stephenson ... Dori / Great Goblin / Bard (voice)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
77 min | USA:90 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Canada:G (Manitoba/Quebec) | USA:Not Rated

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Trivia:
John Stephenson, who voiced Bard (and others), was the original voice for Dr. Benton Quest in the original "Jonny Quest" cartoon series. After it was determined his voice was too similar to Mike Road's Race Bannon voice, he was replaced by Don Messick, who provides the voice for Balin (and others). more
Goofs:
Continuity: Bilbo tells the dwarves to "run back to the wood-elf clearing" while he fights a rearguard action against the Mirkwood spiders. However, the company has not yet met the wood-elves. When they reach the clearing, Bilbo notes that the wood-elves "had returned, armed for battle". This is the first time we see the wood-elves. There is a scene from the book which was clearly scripted but is missing from the animation, where the starving dwarves attempt to gate-crash a gathering of wood-elves in a clearing. more
Quotes:
Bilbo Baggins: The Eagles! The Eagles are coming! more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in See No Evil (2006) more
Soundtrack:
The Goblin Song more

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9 out of 13 people found the following comment useful:-
what?., 19 March 2006
6/10
Author: smonoco from Kilkenny, Ireland.

This film has its good parts and its bad parts. The music really doesn't fit in with the plot and is very un-Tolkien (it might have been O.K. if it was in a different film.)Sméagol-Gollum is basically a frog, and you won't believe this, but he is Green!! Green!?. They also messed up some of the great lines from the book, and the elves don't look to me like tall, perfect, beautiful immortals people, although Elrond isn't done too badly in this film. They did do a good job at setting up The Lord Of The Rings, though. Thorin, also is more-the-less the kind of dwarf I imagined from the book. This film is probably best for the kind of people who aren't Tolkien purists.

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