In the first part of J.R.R. Tolkien's epic masterpiece,The Lord of the Rings,a shy young hobbit named Frodo Baggins inherits a simple gold ring. He knows the ring has power,but not that he alone holds the secret to the survival--or enslavement--of the entire world. Now Frodo,accompanied by a wizard,an elf,a dwarf,two men and three loyal hobbit friends,must become the greatest hero the world has ever known to save the land and the people he loves.