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the film rights reached outer space expire in one month just the letter of the contract – to deliver a 'full-color film' of THE HOBBIT by June 30th all my previous year's work, and hoke up a super-condensed scenario on the order of a movie preview and get it to a New York projection room on or before June 30th, 1966!
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The short is only slightly animated; it consists mostly of camera movements over still pictures, with some cut-outs moving on the screen. Rushing through production, Snyder "premiered" the film on June 30, 1967 — the last day before his film rights would expire. He paid people a dime to give back to
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