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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Rating:PG-13 (for epic battle sequences and some scary images)
Genre:Drama, Action/Adventure
Release Date:December 19, 2001
Running time:178 minutes
Cast:Elijah Wood, Liv Tyler, Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin
Director:Peter Jackson
Producer:Peter Jackson, Tim Sanders, Barrie M Osborne
Writer:Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh
Distributor:New Line Cinema

Description: 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....

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