Starring: Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Viggo Mortensen, Ian McKellen, Christopher Lee.

Director: Peter Jackson.

Producers: Fran Walsh, Barrie M. Osborne, Peter Jackson, Tim Sanders.

Action/Adventure, Science Fiction/Fantasy and Drama.

The second chapter in the J.R.R. Tolkien saga, the hobbits Frodo (Wood) and Sam (Astin) brave terrible dangers in an attempt to have the evil ring destroyed. Meanwhile, Aragorn (Mortensen), Legolas (Orlando Bloom) and their allies strive to rescue the abducted hobbits Pippin (Billy Boyd) and Merry (Dominic Monaghan) from the clutches of evil. The great wizard Gandalf (McKellan) also makes his miraculous return to aid in the struggle against the united towers of Saruman (Lee) and Sauron.