The WB Movie Event
"The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" - (TV-PG, V) (HDTV)
Sunday , September 18 2005 Movie Event
7:00 - 10:00 PM ET

THE NETWORK TELEVISION DEBUT OF THE SECOND FILM IN THE GROUNDBREAKING MOTION PICTURE TRILOGY - Based on the second of three epic novels by J.R.R. Tolkien, this 2002 film continues to follow the story of the hobbit Frodo Baggins (Elijah Wood), who is on a mission to save Middle Earth from the grip of evil. The Fellowship has been broken and Frodo and Samwise Gamgee (Sean Astin) have gone to Mordor to destroy the One Ring. Merry (Dominic Monaghan) and Pippin (Billy Boyd) have been captured by the Uruk-hai, and Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen), Legolas (Orlando Bloom) and Gimli (John Rhys-Davies) have become friends with the Rohan, a race of humans that are in the path of the upcoming war. The corrupt wizard, Saruman (Christopher Lee), under the power of the Dark Lord Sauron and his assistant, Gríma Wormtongue (Brad Dourif), have created a grand Uruk-hai army bent on the destruction of Man and Middle-earth. The rebellion against Sauron is building up and will be led by Gandalf the White (Sir Ian McKellen), who was thought to be dead after the Balrog captured him. One of the Ring's original bearers, the creature Gollum (voiced by Andy Serkis), has tracked down Frodo and Sam in search of his `precious,' but is captured by the Hobbits and used as a way to lead them to Mt. Doom. Liv Tyler and Cate Blanchett also star. Peter Jackson directed the film based on the novel by J.R.R. Tolkien, with screenplay by Frances Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Stephen Sinclair and Peter Jackson.