The discovery of the One Ring ignites the great war between good and evil in Middle-earth, as a courageous group of adventurers embarks on a perilous quest to destroy the dangerous artifact. Reprint. (A New Line Cinema film, the first in three feature films based on The Lord of the Rings trilogy, releasing December 19, 2001, starring Viggo Mortenson, Hugo Weaving, Liv Tyler, Orlando Bloom, John Rhys-Davies, Sean Bean, Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, & Ian Holm) (Science Fiction & Fantasy)