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All the book-based movies and TV shows featuring Don Messick, ranked
Don Messick appears in several titles adapted from the pages of books and comic books to the screen, such as Charlotte's Web or The Return of the King.
Here, we offer a ranked list, from best to worst, of 2 movies and TV series based on existing source material where Don Messick appears. Revisit old favorites or discover hidden gems, whether books or film productions. We invite you to watch, read, and vote for any title, joining the debate of whether the book or the movie is better.
Charlotte's Web
E.B. White, 1952
movie vs book
Charles A. Nichols, Iwao Takamoto, 1973
Early one morning, Fern Arable prevents her father John from slaughtering a piglet as the runt of the litter. The publicity eventually dies down, and, after a hornet lands in Charlotte’s web and ruins the SOME PIG message, Charlotte requests the barn animals to devise a new word to spin within her web.
The Return of the King
J.R.R. Tolkien, 1955
movie vs book
Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr., 1980
At Bilbo Baggins’s 129th birthday party in Rivendell, his nephew Frodo tells the story of the quest to destroy the One Ring and defeat the Dark Lord Sauron. In Mordor, Frodo’s friend and companion Samwise Gamgee bears the Ring in Frodo’s absence as he ventures to rescue Frodo from the Orc fortress of Cirith Ungol. During his journey, Sam is tempted to claim the Ring for himself.