![]() ![]() The final project has very little to do with the source material. He later sold the rights for around $100,000 (not adjusted for inflation). The project fell through, but after the explosion in the novel's popularity, Snyder realized that his contract had not required the film to be of any length: he, therefore, instructed Deitch to create a 12-minute film based on his earlier work so that he could retain his rights. Snyder obtained the rights to the novel from the Tolkien estate very cheaply while it was still largely unknown, with the proviso that he produce a "full-colour film" by 30 June 1966, and immediately set about producing a feature-length film, with a screenplay by Deitch. It was directed by Gene Deitch in Czechoslovakia. ![]() The 1967 short animated film The Hobbit was the first film production of The Hobbit.See also: Middle-earth in film Film and television ![]()
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