Movies: With Book Tie-Ins

Lord of the Rings:

The Fellowship of the Ring

The Dark Lord Sauron seeks to enslave the people of Middle-Earth, by receiving his old ring, the ring of power he forged in the fires of Mount Doom.  After many generations, the ring come to The Shire and gets taken in by Frodo Baggins (Elijah Wood).  The ring of power needs to be destroyed, the only way to do that is throwing it back in the fires of Mount Doom.  On his way to Mount Doom Frodo is guided by Gandalf the Grey (Ian McKellen), and teamed up with some unlikely people.

 

Basic Stats

 

Starring: Elijah Wood, Ian                             Release Date: December 19, 2001

McKellen, Viggo Motensen,

Orlando Bloom, Sean Astin,                          DVD/Video Release Date:  

Dominic Monaghan, Billy                              August 6, 2002

Boyd, Sean Bean, John Rhys-

Davies, Cate Blanchett, Liv Tyler,                  MPAA Rating: PG-13 for

Christopher Lee                                          epic battle sequences, and some scary

                                                                images

Director: Peter Jackson

                                                                Genre: Fantasy, Adventure

Screenwriters: Phillipa

Boyens, Peter Jackson, Fran                        Running Time: 178 minutes

Walsh

                                                                 Country: US, New Zealand

Studio: New Line

 

Production Company: The Saul

Zaertz Company, WingNut Films

 

Recommendations

I read both the book and I've seen the movie multiple times.  I thought both of them were great.  There weren't that many differences, the biggest one was, I thought, was that the movie didn't say how much time had passed from when Bilbo left to when Gandalf came back.  They were both great and I recommend this to anyone who likes an adventure.

 

Sequels or Trilogies:

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

By: J.R.R. Tolkien

 

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

By: J.R.R. Tolkien

 

(The books above are the sequel and trilogy to

Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring)

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