The Fellowship of the Ring is the must-see first part of the £300 million adaptation of J R R Tolkien’s magic fantasy adventure trilogy of novels, The Lord of the Rings.

In a huge financial gamble, all three Tolkien films were made back-to-back in New Zealand by inspired director Peter Jackson, who kept the faith with Tolkien and turned out to be the perfect director for the project.

Tolkien’s epic fantasy masterpiece chronicles the quest of a tiny hobbit (Elijah Wood in the movie) from The Shire to destroy a magical ring of vast power before it falls into evil hands. He sets off with eight buddies to Mount Doom to tackle the ring and the dark lord Sauron.

On screen, this wizard battle between good and evil provides the most splendid and thrilling adventure entertainment, and the fi...