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An ESL / EFL Online Gap-Fill Quiz on Lord Of The Rings - Fellowship Of The Ring

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring is a 2001 epic film directed by Peter Jackson. It is on the first volume of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. It was followed by two - The Two Towers (2002) and The Return of the King (2003), the second and third parts of Tolkein’s . The movie is in Middle-Earth and the story of the Dark Lord Sauron, who is seeking the One Ring. The Ring has found its way to the young hobbit Frodo Baggins (played by Elijah Wood). The of Middle-Earth rests with Frodo and his eight companions, who form the Fellowship of the Ring. They begin their journey to Mount Doom - the only place where the Ring can be .

The film was on 10 December, 2001 and was acclaimed by critics and fans alike, especially as many people judged it to be a faithful adaptation of the story. It was a major box office success, over $870 million worldwide. It was also the second highest-grossing film of 2001 in the U.S. and worldwide (behind Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone). It won four Academy Awards and five BAFTAs, including Best Film and Best Director. The wore a total of 19,000 specially made . In 2007, The Fellowship of the Ring was number 50 on the American Film Institute's of 100 greatest American films. The AFI also voted it the second greatest fantasy film of all time.