What perhaps pleases me most about this animated version of The Hobbit is its fidelity to the songs found throughout the book (that, and the fact that the opening line of the book was unaltered). A similar fidelity is likewise found in the much abbreviated version of The Return of the King, which Rankin/Bass also produced and which I also enjoy (both of which I have brought with me to Rome).
I mention this today simply because Arthur Rankin, Jr. died last week in Bermuda at the age of 89.
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