The Fellowship of
the Ring introduces to movie audiences to the extraordinary
world of Middle-earth. In this part of the trilogy,
the young Hobbit Frodo Baggins inherits a ring; but
this ring is no mere trinket. It is the One Ring,
an instrument of absolute power that could allow Sauron,
the dark Lord of Mordor, to rule Middle-earth and
enslave its peoples. Frodo, together with a Fellowship
that includes his loyal Hobbit friends, Humans, a
Wizard, a Dwarf and an Elf, must take the One Ring
across Middle-earth to Mount Doom, where it first
was forged, and destroy it forever. Such a journey
means venturing deep into territory manned by Sauron,
where he is amassing his army of Orcs. And it is not
only external evils that the Fellowship must combat,
but also internal dissension and the corrupting influence
of the One Ring itself. The course of future history
is entwined with the fate of the Fellowship.
The film stars
Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen,
Sean Astin, Cate Blanchett, John Rhys-Davies, Billy
Boyd, Dominic Monaghan, Orlando Bloom, Christopher
Lee, Hugo Weaving, featuring Sean Bean, and Ian Holm,
with Andy Serkis as Gollum. The film also stars Marton
Csokas, Craig Parker and Lawrence Makaoare.
