TY - ADVS AU - Osborne,Barrie 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 - Bloom,Orlando AU - Lee,Christopher AU - Weaving,Hugo AU - Bean,Sean AU - Holm,Ian AU - Serkis,Andy 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 AV - PN1997.2 .L673 2002 U1 - 791.4371 23 PY - 2002/// CY - [Los Angeles, CA] PB - New Line Home Entertainment KW - Tolkien, J. R. R. KW - Baggins, Frodo (Fictitious character) KW - Drama KW - Middle Earth (Imaginary place) KW - Feature films KW - lcgft KW - Fiction films KW - Film adaptations KW - Action and adventure films KW - Fantasy films KW - Video recordings for the hearing impaired N1 - Based on the novel by J.R.R. Tolkien; Prequel to: Lord of the Rings: the two towers and Lord of the Rings: the return of the king; Originally released as a motion picture in 2001; Disc 1. Main feature -- Disc 2. Special features: 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 ; music video for 'May it be' by Enya; movie preview of The two towers; video game preview of The two towers by EA; 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, Orlando Bloom, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, Sean Bean, Ian Holm, Andy Serkis; MPAA rating: PG-13 ; Epic battle sequences and some scary images ; Supplemental material not rated 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 -