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'''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. | {{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. | |||
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"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== | ||
* [[John Boorman's The Lord of the Rings]] | * [[John Boorman's The Lord of the Rings]] | ||
[[Category:Directors]] | ==External links== | ||
* {{WP|John Boorman}} | |||
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[[Category:Directors|Boorman, John]] | |||
[[Category:British people|Boorman, John]] | |||
[[Category:People by name|Boorman, John]] |
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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
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