The Lord of the Rings, very short summary and some details about the movie.

The Lord of the Rings A peaceful hobbit, who is content with living in a distant corner of Middle-Earth, is given a challenge: he must obliterate the Ring of Power to prevent the forces of evil from getting a hold of it. It's Frodo's task in J.R.R Tolkien's famous novel The Lord of the Rings. When he inherits the Ring, he suddenly has the fate of the world in his hand. The Ring …

…reconstructed incredible adventure world of the three books, and it's his homeland, New Zealand's sceneries, which provides the background for the story. It has been worked meticulously with scenes and costumes, and one has retained a great part of Tolkien's dialogue. The shooting to all the three parts is completed, and they will be shown in the cinemas in December 2001, 2002 and 2003. It is said, that it has cost about 300 million dollars to realize the project.