The Lord of the Rings
“Fantasy...beyond your imagination.”
Young Hobbit Frodo Baggins is thrown into an amazing adventure when he's tasked with destroying the One Ring, created by the dark lord Sauron. Frodo must travel in a small fellowship of nine warriors and accomplices. But it won't be an easy journey for the Fellowship of the Ring, on the ultimate quest to rid Middle-earth of evil.
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Cast
24 people
Christopher Guard
Frodo (voice)
Known for
Casualty
I, Claudius
William Squire
Gandalf (voice)
Known for
Where Eagles Dare
Anne of the Thousand Days
Michael Scholes
Sam (voice)
Also in
Rumpole of the Bailey
Rentaghost
John Hurt
Aragorn (voice)
Known for
Alien
V for Vendetta
Simon Chandler
Merry (voice)
Known for
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
House of the Dragon
Dominic Guard
Pippin (voice)
Known for
Picnic at Hanging Rock
The Go-Between
Michael Graham Cox
Boromir (voice)
Known for
Watership Down
Women in Love
Anthony Daniels
Legolas (voice)
Known for
The Empire Strikes Back
Obi-Wan Kenobi
David Buck
Gimli (voice)
Known for
The Mummy's Shroud
Norman Bird
Bilbo (voice)
Known for
Fawlty Towers
First Men in the Moon
Peter Woodthorpe
Gollum (voice)
Known for
The Odyssey
Inspector Morse
Fraser Kerr
Saruman (voice)
Also in
Yes Minister
Theatre of Death
Ralph Bakshi Director · Chris Conkling Screenplay Peter S. Beagle Screenplay
Worldwide gross $30M · Budget $4M · United States release November 15, 1978
Box office
Budget
$4,000,000
Worldwide gross
$30,477,175
Gross vs. budget
7.6×
Production
Fantasy Films
Production
The Saul Zaentz Company
Production
United Artists Pictures
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · November 15, 1978
Theatrical
Argentina
November 29, 1979 · Theatrical
Australia
March 7, 1980 · Theatrical
Brazil
July 4, 1980 · Theatrical
January 22, 2026 · Theatrical · Relançamento
Denmark
December 19, 1979 · Theatrical
Finland
March 21, 1980 · Theatrical
February 23, 2024 · Theatrical · Re-release
France
January 23, 1980 · Theatrical
November 30, 2001 · Physical · DVD
Germany
August 16, 1979 · Theatrical
November 8, 2001 · Digital
Iceland
September 23, 1981 · Theatrical
India
October 13, 1980 · Theatrical
Ireland
September 14, 1979 · Theatrical
Italy
December 6, 1979 · Theatrical · Milan
Japan
July 21, 1979 · Theatrical
Mexico
June 27, 1980 · Theatrical
Netherlands
August 2, 1979 · Theatrical
October 16, 2002 · Physical · DVD
January 1, 2004 · TV · Yorin
Poland
November 23, 2001 · Physical · DVD
Portugal
April 5, 1980 · Theatrical
South Korea
August 17, 2001 · Physical · DVD
Spain
August 31, 1979 · Theatrical
January 26, 2018 · Limited theatrical
Sweden
December 25, 1979 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
July 5, 1979 · Theatrical
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