J.R.R. Tolkein's The Lord of the Rings, the 1978 Ralph Bakshi animated animation cartoon sword-and-sorcery fantasy adventure epic ("One man cast a lingering spell of awe and wonder, of magical innocence overcoming evil, of simple courage conquering fear - he gave us the legend that will live forever in our minds. J.R.R. Tolkein triumphed with the perception that a single dream is more powerful than a thousand realities. Come to Middle-earth, a world beyond the furthest reaches of your imagination."; "Speak friend and enter"; "Based on the novels ['The Fellowship of the Ring' and 'The Two Towers'] of J.R.R. Tolkien"; "Screenplay by Chris Conkling and Peter S. Beagle") featuring the voices of Christopher Guard (as Frodo), William Squire (as Gandalf), Michael Scholes (as Sam), John Hurt (as Aragorn), Simon Chandler (as Merry), Dominic Guard (as Pippin), Norman Bird (as Bilbo), Michael Graham Cox (as Boromir), Anthony Daniels (as Legolas), David Buck (as Gimli), Peter Woodthorpe (as Gollum), and Fraser Kerr (as Saruman)