Lord of the Rings Animated 1978 / Capture of Merry & Pippin Re-Edit

Oh calamity! The dance of doom. The march of the macabre.

The last defence and death of mighty Boromir, the capture of Merry and Pippin and tracking down the escaping orcs from the animated version of Lord of The Rings, by Ralph Bakshi 1978
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Music: A very stirring 'Following the Orcs' by Leonard Rosenman LOTR OST.
WITH a sprinkle of extra effects and edits.

I love this music and I love this bit of the film so....hey presto. Let's celebrate it!

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'We follow the Orcs!'. John Hurt is great here as a more stern Aragorn. I also love the more defiant and fierce Boromir in the last stand scene. Although admittedly the look of these characters is better realised in the live action version in reference to the book. The bare legged with boots look was popular in animated heroes in this time period. However I still like Aragorns look in this and think it suits the voice work of John Hurt. He looks older and more weather beaten. Boromir's barbarian esque look I'm guessing is a simplified reflection of the character for the audience.

The animated version is far from perfect but there are definitely elements of it I prefer to the Peter Jackson version here and there. Mainly the stuff that has a more dark and serious tone.


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A mile, maybe, from Parth Galen in a little glade not far from the lake he found Boromir. He was sitting with his back to a great tree, as if he was resting. But Aragorn saw that he was pierced with many black-feathered arrows; his sword was still in his hand, but it was broken near the hilt his horn cloven in two was at his side. Many Orcs lay slain, piled all about him and at his feet.
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Slowly in Pippin's aching head memory pieced itself together and became
separated from dream-shadows. Of course: he and Merry had run off into the woods. What had come over them? Why had they dashed off like that, taking no notice of old Strider? They had run a long way shouting – he could not remember how far or how long; and then suddenly they had crashed right into a group of Orcs: they were standing listening, and they did not appear to see Merry and Pippin until they were almost in their arms. Then they yelled and dozens of other goblins had sprung out of the trees. Merry and he had drawn their swords, but the Orcs did not wish to fight, and had tried only to lay hold of them, even when Merry had cut off several of their arms and hands. Good old Merry!
Then Boromir had come leaping through the trees. He had made them fight. He slew many of them and the rest fled. But they had not gone far on the way back when they were attacked again. by a hundred Orcs at least, some of them very large, and they shot a rain of arrows: always at Boromir. Boromir had blown his great horn till the woods rang, and at first the Orcs had been dismayed and had drawn back; but when no answer but the echoes came, they had attacked more fierce than ever. Pippin did not remember much more. His last memory was of Boromir leaning
against a tree, plucking out an arrow; then darkness fell suddenly.
'I suppose I was knocked on the head,' he said to himself. 'I wonder if poor Merry is much hurt. What has happened to Boromir? Why didn't the Orcs kill us? Where are we, and where are we going?'
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'I don't trust you little swine. You've no guts outside your own sties. But for us you'd all have run away. We are the fighting Uruk-hai! We slew the great warrior. We took the prisoners.' Ugluk to Grishnakh

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