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02 THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING 2001

IT DOESN’T HAVE a bit where elephants fight horses. There’s barely any Gollum. And it’s not the one that bagged 11 Oscars (it made do with a meagre four). But the first entry in Peter Jackson’s lustrous Middle-earth trilogy is the one that’s proven the most beloved, and there are any number of reasons why. For the purposes of neatness and space, we have selected nine — one for each sword, axe, bow or pipe-wielding member of the

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