The Hobbit (1978) Own it! VHS DVD review by Scott Hamilton and Chris Holland See also: Hawk the Slayer Princess Mononoke Aladdin and the King of Thieves The Hobbit Our rating: four LAVA motion lamps. Bilbo Baggins at the door of his hobbit-hole. Nearly twenty years ago, a production team headed by Arthur Rankin and Jules Bass set about to animate J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit, one of the most ...