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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

2001 · TMDB 8.4

Directed by Peter Jackson

Young hobbit Frodo Baggins, after inheriting a mysterious ring from his uncle Bilbo, must leave his home in order to keep it from falling into the hands of its evil creator. Along the way, a fellowship is formed to protect the ringbearer and make sure that the ring arrives at its final destination: Mt. Doom, the only place where it can be destroyed.

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Peter Jackson's adaptation of Tolkien's classic, produced by New Line Cinema, a subsidiary of Time Warner, during the AOL-Time Warner merger.

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