What if The Lord of the Rings films were made in the '60s?

[Elthir]

Re: Andress as Galadriel, as it happens, I saw her a couple of days ago in the western Red Sun (meh). She doesn't strike me as a dignified or kindly enough to play Galadriel. Her face strikes me as having a villainous (and pouty) cast to it.

How 'bout for the Things Of Power show then oops I mean Rings
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[Radaghast]

How 'bout for the Things Of Power show then oops I mean rings
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True, she'd be perfect for that show. The Anti-Galadriel.

 

[Eljorahir]

We've gotta find a role for Gegory Peck!
First Choice: Gandalf
Second Choice: Denethor

 

[Deimos]

We've gotta find a role for Gegory Peck!
First Choice: Gandalf
Second Choice: Denethor
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He could be Elrond... Elrond doesn't have to be a "youngish elf".
But I agree with you ... he would make a good Gandalf or Denethor

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

Lorre would be the perfect Gollum.

Here he was in 1962:

More suitable for a hobbit. And as Mr. O pointed out, it would have to be a very early 60s movie, since two years later he was dead. I'd nominate Michael J. Pollard.

Now I'll admit that when movie rumors were floating around back then, I suggested him for Aragorn, but I'm pretty sure it was a joke.

Pretty sure . . . 🤔

 

[Deimos]

@Squint-eyed Southerner ... what is that pic of Price and Lorre from?
Price is wearing his "ham-it-up" expression 😄

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

It's from this:

Tales of Terror - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

An entry in Roger Corman's Poe cycle, it's a trilogy of shorts, shot -- typically for him -- in three weeks. Lorre appeared in the "comedy" of the three segments, so yes, Price hammed it up even more than usual, but so did Lorre. All three were written by SF writer Richard Matheson, best known for his post-apocalyptic zombie/vampire novel I Am Legend.

BTW, the final project in the cycle, "The Tomb of Ligeia" is IMO the best, and in fact one of my favorite movies. Price was apparently impressed enough by Robert Townsend's script that he played his part completely straight, a rarity for him.

 

[Radaghast]

Here he was in 1962:
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More suitable for a hobbit. And as Mr. O pointed out, it would have to be a very early 60s movie, since two years later he was dead. I'd nominate Michael J. Pollard.
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Now I'll admit that when movie rumors were floating around back then, I suggested him for Aragorn, but I'm pretty sure it was a joke.

Pretty sure . . . 🤔

Eh, I'd prefer LoR be animated anyway, so Lorre's voice would be perfect 😁

 

[Erestor Arcamen]

Dick van Dyke as Tom Bombadil

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

Eh, I'd prefer LoR be animated anyway, so Lorre's voice would be perfect 😁

I assume you mean via AI, which didn't exist then.

 

[Radaghast]

I assume you mean via AI, which didn't exist then.

Not AI, CGI, though not necessarily even that.

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

Cut-and-paste from his other movies?

 

[Radaghast]

Cut-and-paste from his other movies?

Oh, you mean the voice?

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

Dat's wot yu was talkin about, right? 😄

 

[Radaghast]

Actually, I wouldn't trust AI for anything.

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[Eljorahir]

I keep trying to cast Yul Brynner in our movie, but I can't seem to find the right role for him. Can we insert a backstory flashback to young Ar-Pharazon?

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

Excellent suggestion!

 

[Deimos]

It's from this:
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Tales of Terror - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

An entry in Roger Corman's Poe cycle, it's a trilogy of shorts, shot -- typically for him -- in three weeks. Lorre appeared in the "comedy" of the three segments, so yes, Price hammed it up even more than usual, but so did Lorre. All three were written by SF writer Richard Matheson, best known for his post-apocalyptic zombie/vampire novel I Am Legend.

BTW, the final project in the cycle, "The Tomb of Ligeia" is IMO the best, and in fact one of my favorite movies. Price was apparently impressed enough by Robert Townsend's script that he played his part completely straight, a rarity for him.

Thanks... I'll look it up. I like to watch Price play it straight.
Off topic (so what else is new with Deimos?🙄) and I may have mentioned it elsewhere, but sometime watch the noir thriller Laura... Price has a lesser role, and plays it straight. Maybe he was just getting started in his career.
BUT Laura is definitely worth watching. Clifton Webb is at his biting sarcastic best, and a bit creepy too.

 

[Squint-eyed Southerner]

Yes, he said his later horror work for Corman and William Castle was to fund his art collecting.

 

[Eljorahir]

Abe Vigoda as Ghan-buri-Ghan

If we hire him, he'll furnish his own Pukel-man.