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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
Release Date	December 19, 2001
Genre	Fantasy
Director	Peter Jackson
Screenwriter	Fran Walsh Peter Jackson Philippa Boyens
Stars	Viggo Mortensen Ian McKellen Elijah Wood Sean Astin Orlando Bloom Sean Bean Ian Holm Dominic Monaghan John Rhys-Davies Hugo Weaving
Studio	New Line Cinema

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring is the first film in the Lord of The Rings film trilogy based on the J. R. R. Tolkien novels. The film was directed by Peter Jackson with writing credits going to Jackson, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens. The film had a large cast and proved to be an enormous box office success. The Fellowship of the Ring is followed by The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.

Cast

• Alan Howard as The Ring (voice)
• Noel Appleby as Everard Proudfoot
• Sean Astin as Sam Gamgee
• Sala Baker as Sauron
• Sean Bean as Boromir
• Cate Blanchett as Galadriel
• Orlando Bloom as Legolas Greenleaf
• Billy Boyd as Peregrin 'Pippin' Took
• Marton Csokas as Celeborn
• Megan Edwards as Mrs. Proudfoot
• Michael Elsworth as Gondorian Archivist
• Mark Ferguson as Gil-Galad
• Ian Holm as Bilbo Baggins
• Christopher Lee as Saruman
• Lawrence Makoare as Lurtz
• Brent McIntyre as Witch-King
• Ian McKellen as Gandalf the Grey
• Peter McKenzie as Elendil
• Sarah McLeod as Rosie Cotton
• Lawrence Makoare as Lurtz
• Dominic Monaghan as Merry
• Viggo Mortensen as Aragorn
• Ian Mune as Bounder
• Craig Parker as Haldir
• Cameron Rhodes as Farmer Maggot
• John Rhys-Davies as Gimli
• Martyn Sanderson as Gate Keeper
• Andy Serkis as Gollum
• Harry Sinclair as Isildur
• Liv Tyler as Arwen
• David Weatherley as Barliman Butterbur
• Hugo Weaving as Elrond
• Elijah Wood as Frodo Baggins

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