I Watched The FORGOTTEN Versions of Lord of the Rings

The Lord of the Rings are certified classics. But Peter Jackson’s trilogy ain’t the first LOTR adaptations. Not by a long shot! In this video, I take a look at all the different versions of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit which came out before the Peter Jackson trilogy. I start by looking at some of the outright cancelled Lord of the Rings projects, including a planned adaptation by Walt Disney, an abandoned idea by the Beatles to do their own Lord of the Rings musical extravaganza, and a bizarrely raunchy attempt by British director John Boorman. Then, I move onto actual filmed/animated versions. Starting with a disastrous version of The Hobbit by William L. Snyder and cartoonist Gene Deitch, which never saw the light of day until years later. Then, Swedish music producer Bo Hansson made a Lord of the Rings album which served as the inspiration for the low budget Swedish version of Fellowship of the Ring. Then, Rankin Bass and Ralph Bakshi gave it a go in the late 70s with versions of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Then, in 1980s Soviet Russia, Lord of the Rings was popular enough to get three versions done there! Including two Russian language teleplays and a cancelled Lord of the Rings cartoon. And finally, we head to Finland, to check out a 9 part miniseries of theirs. ↓🅻🅸🅽🅺🆂↓ 🟠 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗼𝗻 --- 🌳 𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮! --- ⌛TIMECODES⌛ 0:00 Intro 1:56 Disney’s Lord of the Rings 2:20 The Beatles’ Lord of the Rings 3:04 John Boorman’s Lord of the Rings 4:20 The Hobbit [William L. Snyder] (1967) 8:11 Sagan Om Ringen (1971) 11:05 The Hobbit [Rankin Bass] (1977) 14:55 The Lord of the Rings [Ralph Bakshi] (1978) 22:30 The Return of the King [Rankin Bass] (1980) 29:24 The Hobbit [Soviet Teleplay] (1985) 34:38 Khraniteli (1991) 40:51 The Hobbit: Treasures Under the Mountain (1991) 42:15 Hobitit (1993) 50:06 Post Peter Jackson Adaptations 50:29 Patreon Thank You’s / End Screen #lordoftherings #lotr #movies