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1977's animated 'The Hobbit' is a hero's journey worth taking again

On Friday nights, IndieWire After Dark honors fringe cinema in the streaming age with midnight movies from any moment in film history. First, the BAIT: a weird genre pick, and why we're exploring its ...
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Why Disney Turned Down An Adaptation Of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit In The '70s

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Poster for The Hobbit (1977) showing Bilbo Baggins surrounded by treasure - NBC Peter Jackson's "The Lord of the Rings" is the ...
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1977’s Animated ‘The Hobbit’ Proves the Right Hero’s Journey Can Be Taken Again and Again

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We all have "The Odyssey" fever this week, and rightly so. In fact, I've had it bad enough to go reread Emily Wilson's translation ...
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Why Disney Turned Down An Adaptation Of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit In The '70s

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Peter Jackson's "The Lord of the Rings" is the definitive cinematic adaptation of the J.R.R Tolkien Legendarium, but it wasn't the first.