TY - ADVS AU - Osborne,Barrie M. AU - Walsh,Fran AU - Boyens,Philippa AU - Jackson,Peter AU - Wood,Elijah AU - McKellen,Ian AU - Tyler,Liv AU - Mortensen,Viggo AU - Astin,Sean AU - Blanchett,Cate AU - Rhys-Davies,John AU - Boyd,Billy AU - Monaghan,Dominic AU - Tolkien,J.R.R. ED - New Line Cinema Corporation. ED - WingNut Films (Firm) ED - New Line Home Entertainment (Firm) TI - The lord of the rings SN - 0780638379 U1 - 791.43/72 PY - 2002///] CY - [United States] PB - New Line Home Entertainment KW - Baggins, Frodo (Fictitious character) KW - Drama KW - Middle Earth (Imaginary place) KW - Films for the hearing impaired KW - Feature films KW - gsafd KW - Fantasy films N1 - Originally produced as a motion picture in 2001; Based on the novel by J.R.R. Tolkien; With: 3 in-depth behind-the-scenes programs; 15 featurettes created for lordoftherings.net, exploring the locales and cultures of Middle Earth; original theatrical trailers and TV spots; Director of photography, Andrew Lesnie ; editor, John Gilbert ; music, Howard Shore ; production designer, Grant Major ; costume designers, Ngila Dickson, Richard Taylor ; visual effects supervisor, Jim Rygiel; Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler, Viggo Mortensen, Sean Astin, Cate Blanchett, John Rhys-Davies, Billy Boyd, Dominic Monaghan; MPAA rating: PG-13 N2 - In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, the Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-Earth still it remained lost to him. After many ages it fell, by chance, into the hands of the Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins. On his eleventy-first birthday, Bilbo disappeared, bequeathing to his young cousin, Frodo, the Ruling Ring, and a perilous quest: to journey across Middle-Earth, deep into the shadow of the Dark Lord and destroy the Ring by casting it into the Cracks of Doom ER -