National Film Vault

FILM NOTES

New Line Cinema released The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring in December 2001, adapting the first volume of J.R.R. Tolkien's beloved trilogy under the direction of Peter Jackson. The film marked a landmark moment in fantasy cinema, demonstrating that epic literary source material could be translated to the screen with both scale and fidelity, launching one of the most celebrated trilogies in Hollywood history.

This cell preserves three consecutive frames of The Lord of the Rings Title Card, each presenting the gold stylised logo set against a pure black background. Drawn from the film's 2001 theatrical trailer on 35mm, these frames represent the iconic visual identity that introduced audiences worldwide to Jackson's Middle-earth before a single scene had been shown.