 Director John Boorman (qv) originally envisioned making the entire  trilogy as a single 100 minute film. Ralph Bakshi (qv) heard that  he was going to do this, and, as a fan of the "Lord of the Rings"  trilogy, and J.R.R. Tolkien (qv), was horrified. When Boormans  plans to bring Tolkiens novels to the screen fell apart, Bakshi  approached J.R.R. Tolkeins daughter to do the novels as a trilogy  of animated films. Tolkeins daughter loved Bakshis fantasy  _Wizards (1977)_ (qv), so she gave him the rights to The Lord of the  Rings. Bakshi filmed "The Fellowship of the Rings" and "The Two  Towers" (which were collapsed into a single two