John Boorman: Difference between revisions
From Tolkien Gateway
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
(5 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown) | |||
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{stub}} | {{stub}} | ||
'''John Boorman''' is a director who had planned to adapt [[The Lord of the Rings]] to film, however the plan fell through and he directed ''Excalibur'' instead. | '''John Boorman''' is a director who had planned to adapt [[The Lord of the Rings]] to film, however the plan fell through and he directed ''Excalibur'' instead. | ||
=Quote= | |||
"I met Tolkien when I was preparing the film and he asked me if the film would be live-action or animated; he was relieved we weren't animating the film. Well, we all know what subsequently happened with Ralph Bakshi's version of Lord of the Rings which was animated."<ref name="Wired">[newspaperarchive.com], "[http://newspaperarchive.com/ca/manitoba/winnipeg/winnipeg-free-press/1981/04-04/page-35]", 4 April 1981 (accessed 8 September 2014)</ref> | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Line 7: | Line 11: | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* {{WP|John Boorman}} | * {{WP|John Boorman}} | ||
{{references}} | |||
[[Category:Directors|Boorman, John]] | [[Category:Directors|Boorman, John]] | ||
[[Category:British people|Boorman, John]] | [[Category:British people|Boorman, John]] | ||
[[Category | [[Category:People by name|Boorman, John]] |
Revision as of 18:12, 8 September 2014
This article or section is a stub. Please help Tolkien Gateway by expanding it. |
John Boorman is a director who had planned to adapt The Lord of the Rings to film, however the plan fell through and he directed Excalibur instead.
Quote
"I met Tolkien when I was preparing the film and he asked me if the film would be live-action or animated; he was relieved we weren't animating the film. Well, we all know what subsequently happened with Ralph Bakshi's version of Lord of the Rings which was animated."[1]
See also
External links