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Bree
Mar 30 2018, 3:10am
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The Fantastic Journey Of Mr. Bilbo Baggins
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This may have been posted before, but this is a 1985 Soviet TV adaptation of The Hobbit. After the Finnish Lord of the Rings and the 30 minute "animated" storyboard for the unmade Hobbit movie from the 60's, this has to be the most obscure Tolkien adaptation I've heard of....
https://archive.org/details/TheFantasticJourneyOfMr.BilboBagginsTheHobbit
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hobbit_(1985_film)
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squire
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Mar 30 2018, 11:52am
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Well, production values were not the priority, clearly
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I just glimpsed at it, via your link (it's a 71-minute video), and the costumes, choreography, and production design are pretty ghastly from a professional standpoint. Of course, if it was an amateur production made on a shoestring, it's incredibly ambitious.
I couldn't follow the Russian dialogue, so I have no idea how the adaptation works.
Thanks for the heads-up!
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Bree
Mar 30 2018, 1:23pm
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If you click CC you get English Subs...not that it improves it much!
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Otaku-sempai
Immortal
Mar 30 2018, 1:56pm
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I suppose that shouldn't come as a surprise that it looks more like a stage production than not, though I've only watched a few minutes of it. The budget seems to have been fairly modest.
Btw, I'm not sure why you posted this in the forum for discussion of the Amazon series. Main seems like a more logical choice.
"I may be on the side of the angels, but do not think for one second that I am one of them." - Sherlock
(This post was edited by Otaku-sempai on Mar 30 2018, 1:57pm)
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dernwyn
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Mar 30 2018, 3:05pm
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Yes, it does look like a stage production.
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Interesting puppetry, with Smaug and the spiders. Several scenes missing, and Kili and Fili are still alive at the end, but not bad for what could easily be a small stage production.
By the way, it's moved, now! 
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Bree
Mar 30 2018, 6:13pm
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Because it's a Tolkien TV project, but if it's in the wrong place let the Forum Gods moveth it to its proper place :)
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N.E. Brigand
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Mar 30 2018, 6:18pm
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Darkstone once linked to this, I think.
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He certainly mentioned it here, and I know I've seen parts of it before.
Thanks for sharing!
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