![]() ![]() United Artists was concerned that audiences would not be receptive if a film was broken in two. His intent was to film the third novel in the second film. His version of Lord of the Rings was originally intended to only be the first part of the story, encompassing the first two novels and entitled The Lord of the Rings, Part One. Bakshi’s original vision was to create three films - one for each book - but he had to condense them into two. ![]() When Bakshi heard about the planned adaptation of The Lord of the Rings, he negotiated to direct the film. In order to cut costs on the film, which was released in 1977, Bakshi used the rotoscoping technique he would come to use in Lord of the Rings. Lord of the Rings posters and "Frodo Lives" graffiti were common on college campuses - by 1978, the burgeoning popularity of Tolkien caused the American film industry began to see the cinematic possibilities in the story.īakshi began working on a fantasy film, originally titled War Wizards, but the title was changed to Wizards to avoid conflict with Star Wars. Tolkien's world (earning a lawsuit from Tolkien Enterprises, but that's another story). This same demographic was obviously early adapters of Dungeons & Dragons, which came out in 1974 and borrowed heavily from J.R.R. Direct and indirect allusions to Tolkien in the music of Led Zeppelin and Rush confirmed the cool factor for Tolkien - for shaggy college kids who liked heavy music, you couldn't get a better seal of approval than Robert Plant/Jimmy Page lyrics (see "Ramble On" and "Battle of Evermore"). The three Lord of the Rings books weren't published in paperback editions in the States until 1965 and steadily climbed the New York Times bestseller list. ![]() ![]() In the late '60s and '70s, Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings books were an underground phenomenon on American college campuses. ![]()
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