Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring

Research Project

The Fellowship of the Ring

Synopsis:

A simple hobbit joins eight companions on a journey to the dark land of Mordor to Mount Doom where he must destroy the one ring in order to stop the dark lord Sauron and save all of Middle Earth.

Production Budget: $109,000,000

Worldwide Box Office: $869,390,266

Positive Review:

“Director Peter Jackson has not only attempted the most ambitious film project in modern cinema history, he's pulled it off with a breathtaking mixture of nerve and verve, too.” – Rotten Tomatoes

Negative Review:

“It is imaginative, fierce, even thrilling in spots. Nevertheless, as the curtain comes down, the credits should read Game Over, not The End.”

Director: Peter Jackson

Cast:  Elijah Wood: Frodo

Ian McKellen: Gandalf

Sean Austin: Samwise Gamgee

Sean Bean: Boromir

Orlando Bloom: Legolas

Cate Blanchett: Galadriel

Billy Boyd: Pippin