Lord of the Rings-Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

"The best film of the year!  Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
"A great picture, a triumphant picture!  Lisa Schwartzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
"Not since Gone With The Wind more than 60 years ago has a movie held up as well to the original book.  Paul Clinton, CNN
"Spectacular scenery, stupefying effects and epic scope... a dream come true.  Rita Kempley, The Washington Post
"Real magic! One of the best films of the year!  Joel Siegel, Good Morning America
"...the most rousing and ambitious adventure film of many years and bodes well for the future of the Tolkien fan.  John Anderson, Newsday
"An excellent film and a ripping yarn of a movie.  Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

Editor's Note 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.

	Billy Boyd
	Brad Dourif
	Cate Blanchett
	Christopher Lee
	Dominic Monaghan
	Elijah Wood
	Andy Serkis
	Hugo Weaving
	Ian Holm
	Ian McKellen
	John Rhys-Davies
	Liv Tyler
	Orlando Bloom
	Orlando Blooms
	Sean Astin
	Sean Bean
	Viggo Mortensen
	Rick Porras - Associate Producer
	J.R.R. Tolkien - Based On Novel By
	John Howe - Conceptual Artist
	Alan Lee - Conceptual Artist/Set Decorator
	Ngila Dickson - Costume Designer
	Richard Taylor - Creature, Miniature, Armour, Special Make-Up Effects Supervisor
	Peter Jackson - Directed, Written & Produced By
	Peter Jackson - Director
	Andrew Lesnie - Director of Photography
	John Gilbert - Editor
	John Gilbert & Michael J. Horton - Editors
	Mark Ordesky - Executive Producer
	Howard Shore - Music By
	Howard Shore - Musical Score
	Enya - Musical Score
	Barrie M. Osborne - Producer
	Tim Sanders, et al. - Producer
	Grant Major - Production Designer
	Frances Walsh - Screenplay
	Philippa Boyens - Screenplay
	Peter Jackson - Screenplay
	Jim Rygiel - Visual Effects Supervisor
	Philippa Boyens - Writer
	Fran Walsh - Writer/Producer

New York Times
"...The playful spookiness of Mr. Jackson's direction provides a lively, light touch..." 12/19/2001 p.E1

USA Today
"...A faithful and visually spectacular adaptation of the first volume in Tolkien's trilogy....RINGS has moment of edge-of-the-seat excitement..." 12/21/2001 p.8E

Rolling Stone
"...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..." 01/17/2002 p.55-6

Variety
"...[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..." 12/10/2001 p.31-6

Box Office
"...Jackson has captured something of the depth, breadth, and melancholy grandeur of Tolkien's vision. And that is magic, indeed..." 02/01/2002 p.59

Sight and Sound
"...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..." 02/01/2002 p.49-52

Hollywood Reporter
"...Well-made and well-cast....Masterfully paced and one of those rewarding movies that seems to get better as it progresses..." 12/04/2001 p.8-82

Rolling Stone 10 of 10
...the real deal, a movie epic that pops your eyes out, piles on thrills and fun, and yet stays intimately attuned to character... Jackson is the wizard who gets it right... It's an amazing achievement, with a script...that never allows computer-generated marvels to overwhelm the personal story. - Peter Travers

San Francisco Examiner 9 of 10
The astonishing set designs are overwhelming... Jackson and his writers create a real world with its own logic, and they never betray that by pandering to us... an accomplished movie for everyone who ever longed to hit the road and who welcomes adventure. I just wish there was a way to see the whole thing right now... - Jeffrey M. Anderson