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	The Hobbit
		Although the Hobbit was a popular childrens book from the time of its original publication, it was not until the explosion of interest in The Lord of the Rings, during the 1960s that sales shot up into the millions.
		As Tolkien was writing the Hobbit sequel, The Lord of the Rings, he became aware of inconsistencies between the characterization of Gollum in the Hobbit and the features of desperation and obsession with the Ring that were required as motivation for his behavior in The Lord of the Rings.
		The primary sources for this section are The Annotated Hobbit by Douglas Anderson, The J R R Tolkien Descriptive Bibliography by Wayne Hammond and The Biography of JRR Tolkien by Humphrey Carpenter.
	www.tolkiencollector.com /BookHobbit.htm (2758 words)

	The Hobbit
		The Hobbit is a fantasy novel written by J.R.R. Tolkien originally as a children's story in the tradition of the fairy tale.
		For The Hobbit itself, "The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins", performed by Leonard Nimoy as part of his 1968 Two Sides of Leonard Nimoy album, is the most pertinent because it recounts the book's storyline in its two minutes.
		One of the first was The Hobbit, a computer game developed in 1982 by Beam Software and published by Melbourne House for most computers available at the time, from the more popular computers such as the ZX Spectrum, and the Commodore 64, through to such esoteric computers as the Dragon 32 and Oric computers.
	www.sfcrowsnest.com /scifinder/a/The_Hobbit.php (3247 words)

	Hobbit DVD
		A particular hobbit, Bilbo Baggins (Orson Bean), is taken by surprise one morning when the mighty wizard Gandalf (John Huston) knocks at his door.
		Based on the beloved novel by J.R.R. Tolkien, THE HOBBIT is an animated classic that was brought to the TV screen in the late 1970s by Arthur Rankin and Jules Bass.
		But if you already own the trilogy movies or are going to obtain them, then this will complete the set by giving your audiance the beginning of the story.
	www.cduniverse.com /search/xx/movie/pid/2037747/a/Hobbit.htm (794 words)

	MousePlanet - Home Theater and Entertainment
		The video transfers of all three of these movies are generally acceptable, especially given their age and lack of restoration.
		With regards to the various aspect ratios of the movies, The Hobbit and The Return of the King are presented in their original, full-frame television format, and thankfully (after the Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory fiasco) Warner Brothers decided to present Lord of the Rings in anamorphic widescreen.
		The Hobbit and The Return of the King are interesting to watch once, but because of their brevity and plot deviations, hard-core Tolkien fans may not like these somewhat musical adaptations.
	www.mouseplanet.com /hometheater/ht010927.htm (1536 words)

	"Kings of Fantasy" by Robin Chew
		With the new movie version of "Fellowship of the Ring" being released in December, 2001, and the other film editions of the 'Rings' novels due out each of the next two years, it is doubly important that you READ these books.
		Movies are great, especially in this day of high-tech animation, but nothing beats the thrill of reading these great books, and imagining your own images of the heros and villains of the 'Rings' trilogy.
		While not officially part of 'Rings,' "The Hobbit" introduces the reader to many of the characters, races and themes that are revisited in the trilogy.
	www.lucidcafe.com /library/currentread/currentread05.html (1744 words)

	Amazon.com: The Hobbit: DVD: Orson Bean,Richard Boone,Hans Conried,John Huston,Otto Preminger,Cyril Ritchard,Brother ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The vocal cast can't be improved upon: Orson Bean is perfect as Bilbo Baggins, the timorous hobbit who grows brave on his adventure with the wizard Gandalf (John Huston).
		Bilbo Baggins is a mild-mannered little hobbit living unobtrusively in Bag End, a conventional hobbit-hole in the comfortably boring Shire.
		The movie's voice talent is superb -- Orson Bean as Bilbo, Richard Boone as Smaug, John Huston as Gandalf, Hans Conried as Thorin and Otto Preminger as the Elvenking.
	www.amazon.com /Hobbit-Orson-Bean/dp/B00005MP59 (1555 words)

	The Hobbit Movie
		Now, as the Lord of the Rings movies were a big success, chances are that they will be followed by The Hobbit movie as a 'prequel' not much after.
		The first movie would be a direct adaptation of The Hobbit, and the second would be drawn from footnotes and source material connecting The Hobbit with The Lord of the Rings.
		Saul Zaentz, producer and one of the holders on the rights of the Hobbit movie expresses his optimism that the movie could be made soon.
	derhobbit-film.de /indexengl.shtml (1488 words)

	-=[RedBookofWestmarch]=- J.R.R. Tolkien bibliography : tolkien lord of the rings hobbit silmarillion
		Thirteen Dwarves, a Wizard and a Hobbit on the hunt for a treasure, guarded by Smaug the Dragon.
		Although the Hobbit was primarily written as a children's story, LOTR took the story to a higher level, being far more complicated and dug far more deeper in the world and history of Middle Earth.
		The references in the Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit to the older matter, such as "Gondolin", the "Last Alliance", "Beren and Luthien" are clearified.
	www.geocities.com /redbookofwestmarch/biblio.htm (1393 words)

	J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit CED Web Page
		This page covers "The Hobbit," while the Lord of the Rings and the Return of the King are on separate pages.
		"The Hobbit" is the 1977 animated adaption by Arthur Rankin Jr.
		The story of "The Hobbit" takes place 60 years before the start of the story told in "The Lord of the Rings" and mainly concerns an adventure a hobbit named Bilbo Baggins takes with 13 dwarves in search of treasure.
	www.cedmagic.com /featured/tolkien/hobbit.html (453 words)

	Dragonlance Movie Site Forums - A Well-tread Path...
		The animated movie adaptation was released on November 27, 1977.
		The Fellowship of the Ring live-action movie was released in December of 2001.
		So i doubt the studios will mistreat a DL movie like they did with D&D movie because to much money is at stake.
	www.dragonlance-movie.com /forum/go/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=471 (452 words)

	Lord of the Rings News \| Hobbit movie background
		If you are looking for news on the Hobbit Movie, check out our Hobbit News section, or browse the headlines in our Lord of the Rings News section (separate from this older LoTR movie news site).
		It was reported that Connery had at one point agreed to play the role, but the delays in getting the movie(s) underway and his reluctance to stay in New Zealand for up to two years led to his withdrawal from the project(s).
		In September 2006, MGM finally announced that it was greenlighting a movie called "The Hobbit" and that they would work together with New Line Cinema to make the project happen.
	www.xenite.org /faqs/lotr_movie/hobbit_background.htm (823 words)

	Press Release for The Annotated Hobbit published by Houghton Mifflin Company
		The Annotated Hobbit shows how Tolkien worked as a writer; what his interests and inspirations were (literary, linguistic, and otherwise); and how these pertain to the fascinating particulars of Middle-earth.
		After The Hobbit was published and the publisher asked to see Tolkien's other writings, he submitted some of the various legends, but they were not found suitable as a successor to The Hobbit.
		When Tolkien began to write The Lord of the Rings, an actual sequel to The Hobbit, the new book quickly took on the grander scale and higher tone of the earlier legendarium, and it became as much a sequel to "The Silmarillion" as it was a sequel to The Hobbit.
	www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com /booksellers/press_release/annohobbit (1858 words)

	The Hobbit \| Retro Junk
		Movie Plot:A Hobbit named Bilbo Baggins is whisk away on a journey by Gandalf the Wizard and a company of Dwarves.
		So if you want to see a trailer to The Hobbit, just be patient and it will come.
		I just watched this movie last night, it had been FOREVER since I last saw it.
	www.retrojunk.com /details_movies/619-the-hobbit (214 words)

	The Hobbit (1977 film) - The Lord of the Rings Wiki - A Wikia wiki
		An LP with the soundtrack and dialog from the film was also released in 1977 — ironically, by Disney, through its Buena Vista Records label, although, by popular demand, an edited version, along with accompanying "storyteller read-alongs," was later issued for the Mouse Factory's Disneyland Records imprint.
		The film was first broadcast on NBC in the United States, on November 27, 1977, and was tailored to children: the story was done in a very light-hearted style, and featured a lot of songs (most of which came from the book).
		The original content was at The Hobbit (1977 film).
	lotr.wikia.com /wiki/The_Hobbit_(1977_film) (1261 words)

	the hobbit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		With the colossal success of the Lord of the Rings movies, older animated Tolkien adaptations are coming out of the woodwork into DVD release.
		The Hobbit was produced for television in the late 1970s by the Rankin/Bass animation company (who were mainly known for Saturday morning children's cartoons).
		Whereas The Lord of the Rings is an epic saga, The Hobbit is a fairy story, simpler and more child-like, with dragons, elves and giant spiders.
	www.renaissancemagazine.com /movies/hobbit.html (271 words)

	The Lord of the Rings \| Lord of the Rings and Hobbit movies
		In September 2006, MGM committed to produce a "Hobbit" movie, hopefully starring Sir Ian McKellen as Gandalf and possibly with Peter Jackson directing.
		While many of today's movie viewers are astounded by Peter Jackson's "The Lord of the Rings" movies, Jackson did not lay the groundwork for his own success (which he readily admits).
		John Huston, Brother Theodor, Glenn Yarbrough, and Orson Bean were all involved in both the Rankin/Bass productions (of "The Hobbit" in 1977 and "The Return of the King" in 1980).
	www.sf-worlds.com /lord-of-the-rings (1196 words)

	TheOneRing.net™ \| Features \| NewsRoom \| The Hobbit Movie: Been There, Coming Back Again?
		It seems inevitable that Tolkien's 'Hobbit' will be turned into a movie, or if not a feature length film, then some similar incarnation.
		First published in England by George Allen & Unwin, Ltd. in 1937, the text of The Hobbit has undergone alterations, illustrations, translations and transformations from the first; although in text it is nearly the same as the original.
		If a movie is too big of an enterprise, Weta and the New Zealand television industry demonstrate with series like Xena and Hercules that such sustained efforts are well worth the gamble.
	www.theonering.net /features/newsroom/files/100103_hobbitmovie.html (1324 words)

	The Hobbit News and Headlines (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		So Peter Jackson is definitely OUT as director of "The Hobbit." And then MGM and producer Saul Zaentz chime and say "well, maybe not." Meanwhile every movie site on the planet is grasping at the newest and most hopeful "Hobbit" news they can.
		Movie producer Saul Zaentz (aka The Guy Who Owns the Movie Rights to "Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit") has made his opinions known regarding the future of the "Hobbit" movie -- and the guy seems strangely confident that director Peter Jackson WILL be returning for that particular gig.
		So the (maybe) good news is that New Line is planning to make a movie (or two) out of JRR Tolkien's "The Hobbit." The bad news is that Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh will most definitely NOT be involved with the project.
	www.rottentomatoes.com /m/hobbit/news.php (501 words)

	Techtite DVD Reviews
		I felt I'd be nudged for such knowledge during the film by a movie companion, who I worried might feel "lost" at more complicated moments of the story.
		It is up to him, a diminutive Hobbit, to destroy the ring once and for all, since he alone has a mind innocent enough to not be corrupted by the power the ring possesses.
		It excellently shows the innocent Hobbits --Frodo in particular-- plus the sad fate of whoever possesses the ring for too long, once seduced by the ring (a power which nearly consumes kindly old Bilbo himself).
	www.techtite.com /Reviews/Dvd/2001/Lotrings.html (1398 words)

	Lord of the Rings Movie Forum
		We proudly bring you the Lord of the Rings Movie Forum, a home away from home for fans of Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings movies around the world.
		While animated, the movie was one of Bakshi's infamously roto-scoped movies, which used live actors to carry the action.
		Although the Jackson movies are not very faithful to the details of Tolkien's book, the essential conflict and the core adventure of the nine members of the Fellowship of the Ring were retained.
	www.sf-fandom.com /movies/lord_of_the_rings/forum (1131 words)

	Amazon.ca: The Hobbit (Full Screen): DVD: Jules Bass,Jr. Arthur Rankin,Orson Bean,Richard Boone,Brother Theodore,Hans ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Having watched this movie since I was a kid, I'm still able to remember it in great detail.
		It's possible that someone unfamiliar to the movie won't even spot any problems, but to those who have seen it even a few times, the omissions are glaring.
		This movie had be at aw from the giant spiders to Smaug.
	www.amazon.ca /Hobbit-Full-Screen-Jules-Bass/dp/B00005MP59 (1625 words)

	The Hobbit - Animated - Anime
		The only Hobbit on film was created by Arthur Rankin, Jr., who later created the made-for-TV rendition of Return of the King.
		Released in 1977, the animated Hobbit was the introduction for millions of people to the fantastic world of JRR Tolkein.
		Some thought the songs were annoying, but after all this was a movie aimed at kids.
	www.bellaonline.com /articles/art9847.asp (260 words)

	Movie Info for The Return of the King on MSN Movies
		The second of Rankin/Bass' animated TV specials based on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, Return of the King plots the quest to defeat the evil wizard Sauron.
		Frodo, nephew of The Hobbit protagonist Bilbo Baggins, vows to destroy the Ring, even if it costs him his own life.
		Orson Bean, who'd been the voice of Bilbo Baggins in the 1977 Hobbit cartoon special, returns to portray Frodo.
	entertainment.msn.com /movies/movie.aspx?m=462980 (138 words)

	Ralph Bakshi's unfairly maligned Lord of the Rings. - By Glenn Gaslin - Slate Magazine
		The Black Riders, who hunt the fleeing band of hobbits and dwarves and elves, are shriveled human forms draped in fl.
		(In this scene, one of the movie's most gripping, a Rider senses the presence of the ring he seeks.) When Frodo makes the mistake of slipping the ring onto his finger, he becomes invisible to mortals and finds himself on the plane of the dead, a scorched, gorgeous alien moonscape.
		(In this clip from The Lord of the Rings, a hobbit and a wizard are out for a stroll, and, for a moment, it seems like a pretty everyday thing.) His rock-star epic American Pop (1981) may be the best example of this, a cartoon movie for and about grown-ups, in both style and substance.
	www.slate.com /?id=2058784 (1115 words)

	The Barer Cave (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		I've seen the movie before, on cable TV, and in bits and pieces; and frankly, when I first saw it, I was too young to understand it much beyond the sex and violence.
		I can't imagine a movie like this being made in any decade before the seventies; and the look and feeling of it is mirrored in many subsequent films and TV series.
		It was the first Bond movie to feature the trademark opening titles, with silhouettes of nude women performing graceful ballets and gymnastic routines based on the movie's theme (here, the movie's underwater-battle climax).
	barercave.blogspot.com (5557 words)

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