Alan Lee

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Peter Jackson

Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen

Young hobbit Frodo Baggins, after inheriting a mysterious ring from his uncle Bilbo, must leave his home in order to keep it from falling into the hands of its evil creator. Along the way, a fellowship is formed to protect the ringbearer and make sure that the ring arrives at its final destination: Mt. Doom, the only place where it can be destroyed.

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

Peter Jackson

Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen

Frodo and Sam are trekking to Mordor to destroy the One Ring of Power while Gimli, Legolas and Aragorn search for the orc-captured Merry and Pippin. All along, nefarious wizard Saruman awaits the Fellowship members at the Orthanc Tower in Isengard.

Lord of the Brush

Gretchen Jordon-Bastow

John Howe, Robin Hobb

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A Passage to Middle-earth: Making of 'Lord of the Rings'

Elijah Wood, Peter Jackson

The making of Peter Jackson's adaptation of Tolkien's classic work.

Recreating the Eighth Wonder: The Making of 'King Kong'

Michael Pellerin

Peter Jackson, Richard Taylor

Following the immense success of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Peter Jackson directs King Kong (2005). This documentary follows him, and the immense project from start to finish. It turns out that this one film may actually be a larger task to complete than all 3 of the Lord of the Rings films together.

National Geographic - Beyond the Movie: The Fellowship of the Ring

Lisa Kors

John Rhys-Davies, Peter Jackson

A documentary about the influences on Tolkien, covering in brief his childhood and how he detested the onslaught of industry through the idyllic countryside, moving on to describe his fighting experience from WWI, and closing with a look at the Finnish inspiration for the scholar's self-invented languages of Elfish. In between are interviews with the cast of the films and some clips, by far the most from "The Fellowship of the Ring", but a few glimpses of Rohan riders (from "The Two Towers") are provided. Also, there are interviews with a range of the filmmakers.

The Making of The Fellowship of the Ring

Costa Botes

Christina Hazard, Karl Kite-Rangi

A behind the scenes documentary from the making of the "Fellowship of the Ring"