Thursday, December 16, 2010
From The Byrds To The Eagles
BBC Four
Brilliant documentary on the Folk Rock scene in California from the 60's to the 70's.
The Hobbit
The J.R.R. Tolkien fantasy classic set in Middle-earth was adapted into this excellent 1977 animated feature first broadcast on television. Codirectors Jules Bass and Arthur Rankin Jr., working from a script by Romeo Muller, are faithful to Tolkien's story and for that alone they get big points. 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). Otto Preminger is the voice of Elvenking, Richard Boone is Smaug, Hans Conreid is Thorin, and Brother Theodore is very effective as the weird Gollu
Wizards (1977)
On a post-apocalyptic Earth, A wizard and his faire folk comrades fight an evil wizard who's using technology in his bid for conquest
Heavy Traffic
Heavy Traffic is an R-rated mix of animation and live action that creator Ralph Bakshi lists as the favorite among his own films.
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