Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Overview
Set in mythic pre-historic times, a young hobbit named Frodo Baggins inherits a magic ring from his elderly cousin Bilbo. Wise to the powers that the magic ring holds, the dark Lord Sauron wants it, knowing it will enable him to enslave the people of Middle Earth. In his effort to thwart Sauron, Frodo recruits the fellowship of a wizard, an elf, a dwarf and others on a mission to destroy the ring by casting it into the volcanic fires in the Crack of Doom. However, the ring unleashes its own power as a result of the struggle....
Production New Line Cinema (presents); WingNut Films [nz]; The Saul Zaentz Company (licensor) (d/b/a Tolkien Enterprises);
Cast Names Alan Howard; Noel Appleby; Sean Astin; Sala Baker; Sean Bean; Cate Blanchett; Orlando Bloom; Billy Boyd; Marton Csokas; Megan Edwards; Michael Elsworth; Mark Ferguson; Ian Holm; Christopher Lee; Lawrence Makoare; Andy Serkis; Brent McIntyre; Ian McKellen; Peter McKenzie; Sarah McLeod; Dominic Monaghan; Viggo Mortensen; Ian Mune; Craig Parker; Cameron Rhodes; John Rhys-Davies; Martyn Sanderson; Harry Sinclair; Liv Tyler; David Weatherley; Hugo Weaving; Elijah Wood; Victoria Beynon-Cole; Lee Hartley; Sam La Hood; Chris Streeter; Philip Grieve; Jonathan Jordan; Semi Kuresa; Clinton Ulyatt;
Box Office USD 314,776,114
Release Date 2001-12-19
Genres Action; Adventure; Fantasy; Thriller;
MPAA Rating [?] Rated PG-13 for epic battle sequences and some scary images.
(also special extended edition)
Running Time 2 hr. 58 min. 3 hr. 28 min. (special extended edition)
Director Peter Jackson
Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Reviews