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He had made several attempts to produce The Lord of the Rings as an animated film before producer Saul Zaentz and distributor United Artists provided funding. Set in Middle-earth, the film follows a group of fantasy races- Hobbits, Men, an Elf, a Dwarf and a wizard-who form a fellowship to destroy a magical ring made by the Dark Lord Sauron, the main antagonist.īakshi encountered Tolkien's writing early in his career. Tolkien, adapting from the volumes The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers. It is based on the novel of the same name by J. The Lord of the Rings is a 1978 animated fantasy film directed by Ralph Bakshi from a screenplay by Chris Conkling and Peter S.