A Classic Era LOTR Movie - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Archaic Elf · 07-04-2010, 01:27 AM

Klaus Kinski as Gollum would be the icing on the cake. That would be amazing to see. I was a huge fan of Nosferatu ('79), a visual masterpiece. The soundtrack for that film gets stuck in your head easily.

Wow, I just found this parody. Lord of the Rings Movie of 1940. This isn't what I had in mind, but it's great:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xruJ...eature=related

Rumil · 07-04-2010, 03:25 AM

Archaic Elf,

that's an excellent link!

from the 60s-70s I reckon Pitchwife has it spot on for Alec Guiness as Gandalf, also

Clint Eastwood as Aragorn
Dustin Hoffman as Frodo
James Mason as Bilbo

Morthoron · 07-04-2010, 05:47 PM

Well, if you're going to have Bela Lugosi as Saruman, how about Dwight Fry as Grima Wormtongue? He was the best Renfield of all time! He might even be a good Gollum. Except for being dead, of course.

Archaic Elf · 07-04-2010, 11:02 PM

You're right, Dwight Fry would be a great Wormtongue. Fry is excellent at behaving rather bold and being full of himself when he is dealing with the orderlies and security guard, but he turns sedate and cowardly whenever Lugosi appears before him. It's fantastic the way his persona shifts in certain scenes in Dracula, and that's a talent that's necessary for depicting Gollum, especially in scenes when Golllum loses his temper with Sam.

Karloff would be better in another role...Treebeard? I like the way Karloff and Lugosi interact in the few movies they worked on together, which is particularly cool since they weren't close in reality.

Alec Guinness as Gandalf would be great to see. Guinness and Karloff squaring off against Lugosi and Fry at Orthanc would be brilliant.

***Mister Underhill*** · 07-04-2010, 11:34 PM

Well I had to reach all the way back to the long-defunct but still hanging in there EZBoard incarnation of the Downs to find it, but I still think my late 60s era all-star action extravaganza cast is pretty good:

Bilbo -- Sir Alec Guinness
Frodo -- Peter O'Toole
Sam -- Gene Hackman
Merry -- Michael Caine
Pippin -- Donald Sutherland
Gandalf -- Sir John Gielgud
Aragorn -- Clint Eastwood (or you could go William Holden)
Legolas -- Robert Redford
Gimli -- Telly Savalas (or George Kennedy)
Denethor -- Yul Brynner
Theoden -- Carroll O'Connor
Boromir -- Charles Bronson
Faramir -- Steve McQueen
Wormtongue -- Robert Vaughn (or Dennis Hopper)
Arwen -- Raquel Welch
Saruman -- Henry Fonda
Gollum -- Don Rickles
Galadriel -- Jane Fonda
Éomer -- James Coburn
Orcs -- Eli Wallach, Ben Johnson, Bruce Dern, Strother Martin

I note some overlap with previous posters -- great minds and all that.

Follow the link if you dare for other variations, including a black cast (Denzel as Aragorn

) and a made-for-TV cast (Hasselhoff as Aragorn

).

Estelyn Telcontar · 07-05-2010, 01:42 AM

Quote:

Britney Spears as Éowyn

Underhill, you're a sadist! How could you even dare to introduce a thought like that into the collective consciousness?!

"Gollum = Urkel", on the other hand, amuses me.

Thanks for the link to that old thread - very amusing to read, and very nostalgic to see names that are now legend...

Morthoron · 07-05-2010, 07:05 AM

AN UNPRECEDENTED TECHNICOLOR EXTRAVAGANZA, PRODUCED BY DAVID O. SELZNICK (UNDER JOINT AGREEMENT WITH MGM/WARNER BROS.), DIRECTED BY VICTOR FLEMING, MICHAEL CURTIZ & CECIL B. DeMILLE.

Bilbo -- Charles Laughton
Thranduil -- Paul Henreid
Elrond -- Robert Donat
Gandalf -- Walter Huston
Beorn -- Victor McLaglen
Thorin -- Monty Woolley
Smaug -- George Sanders

Frodo -- James Cagney
Sam -- Thomas Mitchell
Aragorn -- Errol Flynn
Legolas -- Leslie Howard
Gimli -- Alan Hale
Denethor -- Claude Rains
Theoden -- Ralph Richardson
Boromir -- Cary Grant
Faramir -- James Stewart
Arwen -- Vivian Leigh or Merle Oberon
Saruman -- Sidney Greenstreet
Grima/Gollum -- Peter Lorre
Galadriel -- Greta Garbo
Éomer -- Tyrone Power

***Mister Underhill*** · 07-05-2010, 08:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Estelyn Telcontar

Underhill, you're a sadist!

I aim to please.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Morthoron

Aragorn -- Errol Flynn

I was thinking more like Macbeth-era Welles:

Something about that wild look in the eyes and the nerve it takes to wear a crown fashioned out of a cigar box with such swagger. Laughton as Bilbo is spot on however.

How about Spencer Tracy as Frodo?

07-04-2010, 03:25 AM	#2
Rumil Sage & Onions Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Britain Posts: 894	Play it again Samwise Archaic Elf, that's an excellent link! from the 60s-70s I reckon Pitchwife has it spot on for Alec Guiness as Gandalf, also Clint Eastwood as Aragorn Dustin Hoffman as Frodo James Mason as Bilbo __________________ Rumil of Coedhirion

07-04-2010, 05:47 PM	#3
Morthoron Curmudgeonly Wordwraith Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Ensconced in curmudgeonly pursuits Posts: 2,515	Well, if you're going to have Bela Lugosi as Saruman, how about Dwight Fry as Grima Wormtongue? He was the best Renfield of all time! He might even be a good Gollum. Except for being dead, of course. __________________ And your little sister's immaculate virginity wings away on the bony shoulders of a young horse named George who stole surreptitiously into her geography revision.

07-05-2010, 07:05 AM	#7
Morthoron Curmudgeonly Wordwraith Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Ensconced in curmudgeonly pursuits Posts: 2,515	An MGM/Warner Brothers cast circa 1939... AN UNPRECEDENTED TECHNICOLOR EXTRAVAGANZA, PRODUCED BY DAVID O. SELZNICK (UNDER JOINT AGREEMENT WITH MGM/WARNER BROS.), DIRECTED BY VICTOR FLEMING, MICHAEL CURTIZ & CECIL B. DeMILLE. Bilbo -- Charles Laughton Thranduil -- Paul Henreid Elrond -- Robert Donat Gandalf -- Walter Huston Beorn -- Victor McLaglen Thorin -- Monty Woolley Smaug -- George Sanders Frodo -- James Cagney Sam -- Thomas Mitchell Aragorn -- Errol Flynn Legolas -- Leslie Howard Gimli -- Alan Hale Denethor -- Claude Rains Theoden -- Ralph Richardson Boromir -- Cary Grant Faramir -- James Stewart Arwen -- Vivian Leigh or Merle Oberon Saruman -- Sidney Greenstreet Grima/Gollum -- Peter Lorre Galadriel -- Greta Garbo Éomer -- Tyrone Power __________________ And your little sister's immaculate virginity wings away on the bony shoulders of a young horse named George who stole surreptitiously into her geography revision.

07-04-2010, 01:27 AM	#1
Archaic Elf Animated Skeleton Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: USA Posts: 33	Klaus Kinski as Gollum would be the icing on the cake. That would be amazing to see. I was a huge fan of Nosferatu ('79), a visual masterpiece. The soundtrack for that film gets stuck in your head easily. Wow, I just found this parody. Lord of the Rings Movie of 1940. This isn't what I had in mind, but it's great: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xruJ...eature=related

07-04-2010, 11:02 PM	#4
Archaic Elf Animated Skeleton Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: USA Posts: 33	You're right, Dwight Fry would be a great Wormtongue. Fry is excellent at behaving rather bold and being full of himself when he is dealing with the orderlies and security guard, but he turns sedate and cowardly whenever Lugosi appears before him. It's fantastic the way his persona shifts in certain scenes in Dracula, and that's a talent that's necessary for depicting Gollum, especially in scenes when Golllum loses his temper with Sam. Karloff would be better in another role...Treebeard? I like the way Karloff and Lugosi interact in the few movies they worked on together, which is particularly cool since they weren't close in reality. Alec Guinness as Gandalf would be great to see. Guinness and Karloff squaring off against Lugosi and Fry at Orthanc would be brilliant.

07-04-2010, 11:34 PM	#5
*Mister Underhill* Dread Horseman Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Behind you! Posts: 2,744	Well I had to reach all the way back to the long-defunct but still hanging in there EZBoard incarnation of the Downs to find it, but I still think my late 60s era all-star action extravaganza cast is pretty good: Bilbo -- Sir Alec Guinness Frodo -- Peter O'Toole Sam -- Gene Hackman Merry -- Michael Caine Pippin -- Donald Sutherland Gandalf -- Sir John Gielgud Aragorn -- Clint Eastwood (or you could go William Holden) Legolas -- Robert Redford Gimli -- Telly Savalas (or George Kennedy) Denethor -- Yul Brynner Theoden -- Carroll O'Connor Boromir -- Charles Bronson Faramir -- Steve McQueen Wormtongue -- Robert Vaughn (or Dennis Hopper) Arwen -- Raquel Welch Saruman -- Henry Fonda Gollum -- Don Rickles Galadriel -- Jane Fonda Éomer -- James Coburn Orcs -- Eli Wallach, Ben Johnson, Bruce Dern, Strother Martin I note some overlap with previous posters -- great minds and all that. Follow the link if you dare for other variations, including a black cast (Denzel as Aragorn ) and a made-for-TV cast (Hasselhoff as Aragorn ).