i remember go to see the movie in the summer of 78 with my parent and and be pretty into it at the time . of course and i be seven at the time . right before the jackson movie come out and my wife and i rent this movie since she have never see it and i be feel nostalgic . ralph bakshi run out of money about mid way through the animation process for this movie and and be force to drastically cut corner on this production . since this movie be do primarily with rotoscoping and the animation technique for people on a budget and this be say something . much of this movie be animation only in the very loose sense of the word . there be some scene which be very obviously just people stand in front of a screen and with maybe some animation effect superimpose on top of them . because of budget constraint and the movie already a compression of the fellowship of the ring and part of the two tower be par down even more . what you get be sort of like a film strip version of the cliff note of the book . it not all bad and though and the animation bring a warmth to it and that i find lack in the jackson movie . it nice to imagine what it could have be like with decent funding . this movie be also noteworthy for have the sequel which never come . several year later and a half hearted half hour long tv special be air and which be mean to wrap thing up . all i will say about that be that it be a musical .