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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2002, DVD)

Movie Description
With THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING, director Peter Jackson has achieved a meticulous and captivating adaptation of the first book of J.R.R. Tolkien's classic fantasy trilogy. The setting is Middle-earth, a mythological land populated by elves, dwarves, humans, and the gentle, diminutive hobbits upon whom the story centers. One hobbit, Frodo Baggins (Elijah Wood), unexpectedly comes into possession of an ancient magical ring so powerful it invariably corrupts anyone who wears it. In order to prevent the ring's erstwhile owner, the dark lord Sauron, from reclaiming the ring and taking over Middle-earth, a motley band of comrades set out to destroy it in the fires of Mount Doom, where it was forged. Included in the group are Frodo and hobbits Sam (Sean Astin), Merry (Dominic Monoghan), and Pippin (Billy Boyd); the wizard Gandalf (Ian McKellen); human warriors Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen) and Boromir (Sean Bean); the dwarf Gimli (John Rhys-Davies); the elf Legolas (Orlando Bloom). Along the way, they wage battle with monsters, demons, and Sauron's evil minions, all brought to life by spectacular digital technology.


Jackson's grandiose production represents the first of three films that he wrote and directed, derived from Tolkien's beloved novels. Fourteen months in the making, at a cost of $270 million, all three installments were filmed at once in New Zealand where diverse landscapes lend themselves particularly well to the mystical realm of Middle-earth. The trilogy also includes THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS and THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE RETURN OF THE KING.

Credits
Producer:Barrie M. Osborne, Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson, Tim Sanders
Cast:Billy Boyd, Cate Blanchett, Christopher Lee, Dominic Monaghan, Elijah Wood, Hugo Weaving, Ian Holm, John Rhys-Davies, Liv Tyler, Marton Csokas, Orlando Bloom, Sean Astin, Sean Bean, Sir Ian McKellen, Viggo Mortensen

Details
Edition:Widescreen Version; 2-DVD Set

Notes
DVD Features:

Region 1
Keep Case - 2-Disc Set
Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35
Single Side - Dual Layer
Additional Release Material:
   Documentary - 1. WELCOME TO MIDDLE EARTH
    2. THE QUEST FOR THE RING
    3. A PASSAGE TO MIDDLE EARTH (SCI-FI Channel Original)
   
   Featurettes - 1. Finding Hobbition
    2. Hobbiton Comes Alive
    3. Believing the World of Bree
    4. Ringwraiths: The Fallen Kings
    5. Rivendell: The Elven Refuge
    6. Languages of Middle-Earth
    7. Two Wizards
    8. Music of Middle Earth
    9. Elijah Wood
    10. Viggo Mortenson
    11. Orlando Bloom
    12. Cate Blanchett
    13. Liv Tyler
    14. Ian McKellan
    15. Weathertop: The Windy Hill
   Music Video - 1. "May It Be" by Enya
   Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailers
    2. TV Spots
    3. Preview of THE TWO TOWERS (10 mins.)
    4. Preview of THE TWO TOWERS Video Game
    5. Preview of the Special Extended DVD Edition of THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING
Interactive Features:
   3-D Animated Interactive Menus
   Scene Access
DVD-ROM Features:
   Exclusive Internet Content, Theatrical Release Date: December 19, 2001

Other elves include Arwen (Liv Tyler), Galadriel (Cate Blanchett), and Eldrond (Hugo Weaving), but they are not part of the core band of nine who set out to destroy the ring at Mount Doom.

Editorial Reviews
"...The playful spookiness of Mr. Jackson's direction provides a lively, light touch..."
New York Times - p.E1 - Elvis Mitchell

"...A faithful and visually spectacular adaptation of the first volume in Tolkien's trilogy....RINGS has moment of edge-of-the-seat excitement..."
USA Today - p.8E - Claudia Puig

"...FELLOWSHIP is the real deal, a movie epic that pops your eyes out, piles on thrills and fun, and yet stays intimately attuned to character..."
Rolling Stone - p.55-6 - Peter Travers

"...[The film] looks to please the book's legions of fans with its imaginatively scrupulous rendering of the tome's characters and worlds on the screen....McKellen delivers Gandalf with great relish and gusto..."
Variety - p.31-6 - Todd McCarthy

"...Jackson has captured something of the depth, breadth, and melancholy grandeur of Tolkien's vision. And that is magic, indeed..."
Box Office - p.59 - L.J. Strom

"...Jackson has translated the best-loved fantasy novel of our age into a commanding screen adventure, one with a sense of human terror and danger and grit under its nails..."
Sight and Sound - p.49-52 - Andrew O'Hehir

"...Well-made and well-cast....Masterfully paced and one of those rewarding movies that seems to get better as it progresses..."
Hollywood Reporter - p.8-82 - David Hunter

Awards
2001Academy AwardsBest CinematographyAndrew Lesnie, 2001Academy AwardsBest Original ScoreHoward Shore

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    I read these books as a youngster.
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    It was a great movie and will watch it again. And who knows maybe all of them together when I get the time.


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