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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

2015-03-13T14:30:27Z

Hobbiton777: Robin Kerr and Elros did not appear in this movie.

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| name=''The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies''
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| producer=Peter Jackson [[Fran Walsh]] [[Carolynne Cunningham]] [[Philippa Boyens]] (Co-Producer) [[Ken Kamins]] (Executive Producer) [[Zane Weiner]] (Executive Producer)<ref name="HBTitles"/>
| writer=[[Guillermo del Toro]] Peter Jackson Fran Walsh Philippa Boyens<ref name="HBTitles"/>
| narrator=
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| cinematography=[[Andrew Lesnie]]<ref name="PJCasting1"/>
| editing=
| studio=[[New Line Cinema]] [[MGM]] [[WingNut Films]]<ref name="HBTitles"/>
| distributor=[[Warner Bros.|Warner Bros. Pictures]]<ref name="HBTitles"/>
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'''''The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies''''' is the third of [[Peter Jackson]]'s [[The Hobbit (film series)|''The Hobbit'' film trilogy]] based on [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s [[1937]] novel ''[[The Hobbit]]''. It premiered in London on [[1 December]] [[2014]], and saw release in most of Europe on [[10 December]] and North America on [[17 December]]. It was preceded by ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey|An Unexpected Journey]]'' in [[2012]] and ''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug|The Desolation of Smaug]]'' in [[2013]].

==Synopsis==
From Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson comes ''The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies'', the third in a trilogy of films adapting the enduringly popular masterpiece The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien.

''The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies'' brings to an epic conclusion the adventures of Bilbo Baggins, Thorin Oakenshield and the Company of Dwarves. Having reclaimed their homeland from the Dragon Smaug, the Company has unwittingly unleashed a deadly force into the world. Enraged, Smaug rains his fiery wrath down upon the defenseless men, women and children of Lake-town.

Obsessed above all else with his reclaimed treasure, Thorin sacrifices friendship and honor to hoard it as Bilbo’s frantic attempts to make him see reason drive the Hobbit towards a desperate and dangerous choice. But there are even greater dangers ahead. Unseen by any but the Wizard Gandalf, the great enemy Sauron has sent forth legions of Orcs in a stealth attack upon the Lonely Mountain.

As darkness converges on their escalating conflict, the races of Dwarves, Elves and Men must decide – unite or be destroyed. Bilbo finds himself fighting for his life and the lives of his friends in the epic Battle of the Five Armies, as the future of Middle-earth hangs in the balance.

==Plot==
[[Bilbo Baggins]] and the [[Thorin and Company|Dwarves]] watch from the [[Lonely Mountain]] as the [[Dragons|Dragon]] [[Smaug]] destroys [[Lake-town]]. [[Bard]] breaks out of prison and kills Smaug with the [[Black Arrow]] (brought to him by his son [[Bain]]), whose falling body crushes the fleeing [[Master of Lake-town]]. Bard - chosen as the new leader - and the people of Lake-town seek refuge in the ruins of [[Dale]]. Upon learning of her banishment from the [[Woodland Realm]], [[Tauriel]] travels to investigate [[Gundabad]] with [[Legolas]] (having previously tracked [[Bolg]] there).

Upon arriving at [[Lonely Mountain|Erebor]], [[Fíli]], [[Kíli]], [[Bofur]], and [[Óin]] are informed by Bilbo that [[Thorin]] has been inflicted with Smaug's "dragon sickness" as he searched for the [[Arkenstone]]. It is revealed that Bilbo actually stole the Arkenstone from Smaug, but knows it should be hidden from Thorin, who orders the entrance of the Lonely Mountain be sealed off.

Meanwhile, having become a prisoner in [[Dol Guldur]], [[Gandalf]] is saved by [[Galadriel]]. She carries an unconscious Gandalf into a more open area while being taunted by the [[Sauron#Sauron's Return|Necromancer]]. [[Elrond]], [[Saruman]], and [[Radagast]] arrive to help rescue the Grey [[Wizards|Wizard]]. Gandalf is saved by Galadriel and given to Radagast while Elrond and Saruman hold off the [[Nazgûl]]. [[Sauron]] appears to them with the Nine at his side. Using the power of [[Nenya]] and her [[Phial of Galadriel|Phial]], Galadriel takes on the Dark Lord and the Ringwraiths, banishing them out of the fortress. Galadriel falls back fainting as Elrond supports her, realizing she has used her full strength in order to cast him away. Though Elrond believes they must warn the [[Free peoples]] of the enemy's return, Saruman tells him to take Galadriel to safety while he deals with Sauron.

Radagast provides Gandalf a horse and his staff before riding to Dale. At that time, [[Azog]] the Defiler approaches the Lonely Mountain with his vast [[Orcs|Orc]] army while learning from Bolg that an [[Elves|Elf]] army under the lead of [[Thranduil]] is also approaching. Azog tells Bolg to head to Gundabad and ready their other army. Following Bolg to the fortress of Gundabad, Legolas and Tauriel see Bolg with another army of Orcs and hundreds of war-bred [[bats]]. They decide to return to Lake-town to warn the others.

When Thranduil's army arrives in Dale, he forges an allegiance with Bard to claim a necklace of white gems from Thorin's treasure. Though Bard attempts to reason with Thorin to avoid further bloodshed, the stubborn [[Dwarves|Dwarf]] refuses to listen, much to his Company's dismay. As they prepare for the battle, Thorin gives Bilbo a ''[[mithril]]'' [[Mithril#The Mithril Coat|vest]]. Thorin begins to talk like Smaug, telling Bilbo that he will never share the treasure with Bard and Thranduil, not wanting to part with a single coin.

After Gandalf arrives at Dale, Bilbo sneaks out of the Lonely Mountain to hand the Arkenstone over to Thranduil and Bard. Inside the camp, Thranduil reminds Gandalf that he is the one who started all this and he will finish it. The next day, the Elf army and the armed people of Laketown gather at the entrance of the Lonely Mountain. Thranduil and Bard ride at the front, where Thorin threatens to kill them if they get any closer. Bard unveils the Arkenstone at the gates of Erebor and Thorin learns of Bilbo's actions and almost kills the [[Hobbits|Hobbit]]. Luckily, Gandalf approaches at the front with Bard and Thranduil, telling Thorin that Bilbo is his to keep. The other Dwarves hold off their leader so Bilbo can escape down the wall to Gandalf. Then, a Dwarf company under [[Dáin Ironfoot]] arrives and is about to attack the Elves on Thorin's call, but Azog sends one branch of his army to attack Dáin's force. While Thranduil assists Dáin's army, Azog sends the rest of his forces to attack Dale with Bilbo, Gandalf, Bard, and the other Elves coming to its defense. Gandalf, Thranduil, Bard, and Dain do the best they can to hold off the Orc armies as more and more come, killing more Dwarves, [[Men]], and Elves. Meanwhile, [[Alfrid]] takes a pile of treasure and escapes the battlefield, with Bard permitting him to do so.

Inside the Lonely Mountain, Thorin eventually overcomes his madness after a lengthy hallucination. Thorin and Company burst out of the Mountain and join the battle, much to Dáin's delight. While the others aid what remains of Dáin's forces, Thorin rides toward [[Ravenhill]] with [[Dwalin]], Fíli, and Kíli in order to kill Azog and send the Orc army scattering. At the same time, Legolas and Tauriel set off for Ravenhill with Bilbo following to warn the Dwarves of the second Orc army. Azog captures Fíli and stabs him in the back before throwing him off of a cliff. Bilbo is knocked out, while Bolg stabs Kíli in the chest. After Legolas kills Bolg, the Great [[Eagles]] arrive, led by Radagast and [[Beorn]], to assist in the battle, quickly decimating the Orc army. When Bilbo regains consciousness, he finds that Thorin has killed Azog but was mortally wounded in the process and dies soon after making his peace with the Hobbit. Sometime after, a disillusioned Legolas decides to leave his father's Realm. Thranduil urges him to go North to meet with one of the [[Dúnedain]], a Man who goes by the name of [[Strider (Aragorn)|"Strider"]]. Thranduil, after seeing Tauriel kiss Kíli's dead body, finally accepts Tauriel's love for Kíli and agrees with her plan to bury the Dwarf.

Bilbo bids farewell to the surviving members of Thorin's Company, telling them they are welcome to join him for tea whenever they are in [[the Shire]], to which he returns with Gandalf. As they part on the outskirts of the Shire, Gandalf reveals that he knows of the [[The One Ring|Ring]] that Bilbo found in the Goblin tunnels (though unaware that it was the One Ring) before they part ways on good terms. Bilbo's story ends when he returns to [[Bag End]] and finds the townspeople are auctioning off his belongings and are about to sell his house. The scene transitions to Bilbo on the day of his 111th birthday when he receives a visit from Gandalf, ending where ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' begins.

==Cast==
:''See also:[[The Hobbit (film series)#Cast|''The Hobbit'' (film series)#Cast]]''
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Actor !! Role
|-
| [[Richard Armitage]] || [[Thorin]]
|-
| [[Dee Bradley Baker]] || Creature Voices
|-
| Erin Banks || [[Lobelia Sackville-Baggins]]
|-
| [[Timothy Bartlett]] || [[Master Worrywort]]
|-
| [[John Bell]] || [[Bain]]
|-
| [[Manu Bennett]] || [[Azog]]
|-
| Nick Blake || [[Percy]]
|-
| [[Cate Blanchett]] || [[Galadriel]]
|-
| [[Orlando Bloom]] || [[Legolas]]
|-
| [[Jed Brophy]] || [[Nori]]
|-
| [[Adam Brown]] || [[Ori]]
|-
| [[John Callen]] || [[Óin]]
|-
| [[Billy Connolly]] || [[Dáin Ironfoot]]
|-
| [[Benedict Cumberbatch]] || [[Smaug]] The [[Sauron#Sauron's Return|Necromancer]]
|-
| [[Luke Evans]] || [[Bard]]
|-
| [[Martin Freeman]] || [[Bilbo Baggins]]
|-
| [[Stephen Fry]] || The [[Master of Lake-town]]
|-
| [[Ryan Gage]] || [[Alfrid]]
|-
| [[Mark Hadlow]] || [[Dori]]
|-
| [[Peter Hambleton]] || [[Glóin]]
|-
| Miranda Harcourt || [[Olga]]
|-
| [[Ian Holm]] || Older [[Bilbo Baggins]]
|-
| Brian Hotter || [[Otho Sackville-Baggins]]
|-
| [[Stephen Hunter]] || [[Bombur]]
|-
| Olof Johnsson || Creature Voices
|-
| [[William Kircher]] || [[Bifur]]
|-
| Kelly Kilgour || [[Soury]]
|-
| Martin Kwok || [[Ragash]] (voice)
|-
| [[Christopher Lee]] || [[Saruman|Saruman the White]]
|-
| [[Evangeline Lilly]] || [[Tauriel]]
|-
| Simon London || [[Feren]]
|-
| [[Sylvester McCoy]] || [[Radagast|Radagast the Brown]]
|-
| [[Ian McKellen]] || [[Gandalf|Gandalf the Grey]]
|-
| Thomasin McKenzie || [[Astrid]]
|-
| [[Graham McTavish]] || [[Dwalin]]
|-
| Mark Mitchinson || [[Braga]]
|-
| [[James Nesbitt]] || [[Bofur]]
|-
| Mary Nesbitt || [[Tilda]]
|-
| Peggy Nesbitt || [[Sigrid]]
|-
| [[Dean O'Gorman]] || [[Fíli]]
|-
| Jon Olson || Creature Voices
|-
| [[Lee Pace]] || [[Thranduil]]
|-
| Sarah Peirse || [[Hilda Bianca]]
|-
| [[Mikael Persbrandt]] || [[Beorn]]
|-
| Otep Shamaya || Creature Voices
|-
| Allan Smith || [[Ragash]]
|-
| Merv Smith || [[Tosser Grubb]]
|-
| [[Conan Stevens]] || Keeper of the Dungeons
|-
| [[Ken Stott]] || [[Balin]]
|-
| John Tui || [[Bolg]]
|-
| [[Aidan Turner]] || [[Kíli]]
|-
| [[Hugo Weaving]] || [[Elrond]]
|-
| Debra Wilson || Creature Voices
|-
|}

==Deviations from the source material==
''The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies'' covers the final seven chapters of ''[[The Hobbit]]'' with a few elements added from the [[The Lord of the Rings Appendices|Appendices]] from ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''. While it generally follows the story, a number of liberties were still taken:

*There is no thrush telling [[Bard]] of [[Smaug]]'s weak point while trying to kill him (having been replaced by the legend that [[Girion]] had loosened a scale on the [[Dragons|Dragon]]'s breast in the [[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug|previous film]]). Also, his son, [[Bain]], helps Bard by getting him the last [[Black Arrow]].
*The [[Master of Lake-town]] dies by Smaug falling on his boat while trying to escape [[Lake-town]] instead of of starvation in the desert.
*The storyline concerning [[Legolas]] and [[Tauriel]] (who is an original character) both riding to [[Gundabad]] where they discover a second Orc army, led by [[Bolg]], is headed to [[Lonely Mountain|Erebor]] along with thousands of [[bats]]) is invented for the film.
*As all of the members of [[Thorin and Company]] reach the [[Lonely Mountain]] in the first place, in the books [[Óin]], [[Bofur]], [[Fíli]] and [[Kíli]] are not coming to the Mountain later alone.
*[[Galadriel]] does not free [[Gandalf]] in [[Dol Guldur]] in the books, as he didn't get captured.
*In the books, there is no hint that the [[Nazgûl]] are present at the [[Attack on Dol Guldur]] launched by the [[White Council]]. Furthermore, in ''[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]'', Gandalf points out at the [[Council of Elrond]] that the victory was thanks to the devices of [[Saruman]], while in the movie it is chiefly Galadriel who expells [[Sauron]] with her [[Phial of Galadriel|phial]].
*[[Thranduil]] wishes to claim a particular Elven necklace of white gems from the Mountain.
*Gandalf says that Sauron wants to conquer the Lonely Mountain because of its "strategic position". In the books, Gandalf indeed fears that Sauron could ally with the Dragon, but the Dark Lord isn't concerned with the [[Battle of Five Armies]] or Erebor.
*[[Azog]] isn't present in the books, as he is already dead during the events of ''The Hobbit''.
*The [[Orcs]] have a watchtower with a construction giving signals.
*The huge animals called "[[Were worms]]," which burrow tunnels to Erebor through which the Orc armies travel, never appear in that capacity in any of Tolkien's writings.
*Since [[Bilbo Baggins|Bilbo]] is unconscious for most of the battle in the book, most things in the film's battle are invented, such the presence of [[Trolls]], war machinery, and battle rams.
*At one point in the battle, the women of Lake-town decide to take up arms and fight alongside the men.
*Instead of dying while defending their mortally wounded uncle, Fíli and Kíli are slain by Azog and Bolg, respectively, at [[Ravenhill]] before [[Thorin]] ever receives such injury.
*Legolas - not [[Beorn]] - kills Bolg.
*Thorin kills Azog after the pale Orc mortally wounds him.
*Thorin dies on Ravenhill without Beorn ever taking him to safety.
*In the book, [[Orcrist]] is put in Thorin's tomb by Thranduil. In the film, he receives it from Legolas throwing it at an Orc meaning to kill Thorin.
*When Legolas informs his father he will not be returning to [[Mirkwood]], Thranduil urges him to find a [[Men|Man]] known as [[Aragorn|"Strider"]]. Thranduil had little to nothing to do with the [[Rangers of the North]] in the books, and, during the events of ''The Hobbit'', Aragorn is a mere 10 years old (he was said to be 87 in ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers]]'').

==Gallery==
{{Seealso|:Category:Images from The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies}}
{{Gallery
|title=Pictures from ''The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies''
|height=200
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|File:The Hobbit - The Battle of the Five Armies - Bard and Legolas.jpg|[[Bard]] and [[Legolas]]
|File:The Hobbit - The Battle of the Five Armies - Gandalf and Bard.jpg|[[Gandalf]] and Bard
|File:The Hobbit - The Battle of the Five Armies - The Company.jpg|The [[Thorin and Company|Company]] inside [[Lonely Mountain|Erebor]]
|File:The Hobbit - The Battle of the Five Armies - Thranduil.jpg|[[Thranduil]]
}}

==Trailers==
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==See also==
*[[The Hobbit (film series)|''The Hobbit'' (film series)]]
**''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey|An Unexpected Journey]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug|The Desolation of Smaug]]''
*[[:Category:Images from The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies|Images from ''The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies'']]

==External links==
*[http://www.thehobbit.com/ TheHobbit.com] (official website)
*[http://www.thehobbitblog.com/ TheHobbitBlog.com] (official blog)
*[http://www.facebook.com/PeterJacksonNZ Peter Jackson's Facebook page]
===Reviews===
*[http://kalimac.blogspot.com/2014/12/movie-review-battle-of-between-four-and.html movie review: The Battle of Between Four and Seven Armies] by [[David Bratman]]
*[http://wormtalk.blogspot.com/2014/12/the-hobbit-battle-of-five-armies.html ''The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies''] by [[Michael D.C. Drout]]
*[http://sacnoths.blogspot.com/2014/12/the-third-hobbit-movie-battle-of-five.html The Third ''Hobbit'' Movie: ''Battle of the Five Armies''] by [[John D. Rateliff]]

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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

2015-03-12T16:45:23Z

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{{film infobox
| image=[[File:The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug - poster 1.jpg|250px]]
| name=''The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug''
| director=[[Peter Jackson]]<ref name="HBTitles">{{webcite|articleurl=http://www.thehobbitblog.com/?p=2563|articlename=Titles and Release Dates Announced|dated=31-May-2011|website=[http://www.thehobbitblog.com/ The Hobbit Blog]|accessed=21-Dec-2011}}</ref> [[Andy Serkis]] (Second Unit Director)<ref name="HBAndy">
{{webcite|articleurl=http://www.thehobbitblog.com/?p=2234|articlename=Andy Serkis to serve as Second Unit Director|dated=8-April-2011|website=[http://www.thehobbitblog.com/ The Hobbit Blog]|accessed=21-Dec-2011}}</ref>
| producer=Peter Jackson [[Fran Walsh]] [[Carolynne Cunningham]] [[Zane Weiner]] [[Philippa Boyens]] (Co-Producer) [[Eileen Moran]] (Co-Producer) [[Alan Horn]] (Executive Producer) [[Toby Emmerich]] (Executive Producer) [[Ken Kamins]] (Executive Producer) [[Caroline Blackwood]]<ref name="HBTitles"/>
| writer=Peter Jackson Fran Walsh Philippa Boyens<ref name="HBTitles"/>
| narrator=
| starring=[[Martin Freeman]] [[Ian McKellen]] [[Richard Armitage]]<ref name="PJCasting1">{{webcite|author=[[Peter Jackson]]|articleurl=http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150168211921558|articlename=Production begins in New Zealand on The Hobbit|dated=20-March-2011|website=FB|accessed=21-Dec-2011}}</ref> ''[[The Hobbit (film series)#Confirmed cast|See cast section below for more]]''
| music=[[Howard Shore]]<ref name="PJCasting1"/>
| cinematography=[[Andrew Lesnie]]<ref name="PJCasting1"/>
| editing=
| studio=[[New Line Cinema]] [[MGM]] [[WingNut Films]]<ref name="HBTitles"/>
| distributor=[[Warner Bros.|Warner Bros. Pictures]]<ref name="HBTitles"/>
| released=[[13 December]] [[2013]]<ref name="HBTitles2">{{webcite|articleurl=http://www.thehobbitblog.com/the-hobbit-trilogy-titles-and-release-dates/|articlename=The Hobbit Trilogy titles and release dates|dated=2-September-2012|website=[http://www.thehobbitblog.com/ The Hobbit Blog]|accessed=2-September-2012}}</ref>
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'''''The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug''''' is the second of [[Peter Jackson]]'s [[The Hobbit (film series)|''The Hobbit'' film trilogy]] based on [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s [[1937]] novel ''[[The Hobbit]]''. It was released on [[13 December]] [[2013]] in North America. It was preceded by ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey|An Unexpected Journey]]'' in [[2012]] and will be followed by ''[[The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies|The Battle of the Five Armies]]'' in [[2014]].

==Synopsis==
{{Blockquote|“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” continues the adventure of the title character [[Bilbo Baggins]] as he journeys with the Wizard [[Gandalf]] and thirteen Dwarves, led by [[Thorin|Thorin Oakenshield]], on an epic quest to reclaim the Lonely Mountain and the lost Dwarf Kingdom of [[Lonely Mountain|Erebor]].

''Having survived the beginning of their unexpected journey, the Company continues East, encountering along the way the skin-changer [[Beorn]] and a swarm of giant Spiders in the treacherous forest of [[Mirkwood]]. After escaping capture by the dangerous [[Elves of Mirkwood|Wood-elves]], the Dwarves journey to Lake-town, and finally to the Lonely Mountain itself, where they must face the greatest danger of all — a creature more terrifying than any other; one which will test not only the depth of their courage but the limits of their friendship and the wisdom of the journey itself — the Dragon [[Smaug]].''|[[Warner Bros.]]<ref>{{webcite|articleurl=http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2013/10/17/80789-warner-bros-full-synopsis-for-the-hobbit-the-desolation-of-smaug-provides-some-plot-hints/|articlename=Warner Bros. full synopsis for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug provides some plot hints?|dated=17-October-2013|website=TORN|accessed=17-October-2013}}</ref>}}

==Plot==
At [[the Prancing Pony]] Inn in [[Bree]], [[Gandalf]] the Grey warns [[Thorin]] [[Oakenshield]] that someone is trying to have him killed. He persuades Thorin to obtain the [[Arkenstone]] to unite the [[Dwarves]], and suggests that a stealthy burglar may be needed to steal the jewel back from [[Smaug]].

Twelve months later, Thorin and his [[Thorin and Company|Company]] are being pursued by [[Azog]] and his [[Orcs|Orc]] party down the [[Carrock]] following the events of the previous film. After [[Bilbo Baggins|Bilbo]] informs the group that a [[Bears|bear]] is also tracking them, Gandalf ushers them along to the home of a [[Skin-changers|skin-changer]]. Upon their arrival, they are attacked by the same bear; Gandalf reveals that it is the [[Beorn's Hall|home]] of [[Beorn]] and that he may be able to aid them in their journey. That night, Azog is summoned to [[Dol Guldur]] by the [[Sauron#Sauron's Return|Necromancer]], and instructs his son [[Bolg]] to take over the hunt for Thorin. The next day, Beorn loans his [[horses]] to the company so they can reach [[Mirkwood]] and hinder the pursuing Orcs. Upon arrival at the forest border, Gandalf discovers [[Black Speech]] graffiti imprinted on an old ruin, coinciding with a telepathic message from [[Galadriel]] imploring him to investigate the tombs of the [[Nazgûl]] (at an [[High Fells of Rhudaur|unnamed location]]).
Without giving any reason for his sudden departure, Gandalf advises the Company to follow the [[Elves|Elven]] path though Mirkwood, and to wait for him before entering the [[Lonely Mountain]]. But upon losing their way in the forest, the Dwarves are captured by giant [[spiders]]. Bilbo, with the help of his new [[The One Ring|Ring]], manages to free them from the webs and names his sword [[Sting]]. However, while fighting the attacking spiders, Bilbo drops the Ring, and he begins to learn of the corruption it has on him after brutally killing a crab-like spider to retrieve it.

The Dwarves are captured by the [[Elves of Mirkwood|Wood-elves]], including [[Legolas]] and [[Tauriel]], a captain of the guard. They are to the Elven-king [[Thranduil]]'s [[Elvenking's Halls|kingdom]], and are locked up. During their captivity, a romantic subplot develops between Tauriel and [[Kíli]].
While the others are imprisoned, Thorin is given audience with Thranduil, but he refuses Thranduil's aid and is imprisoned as well. Under the cloak of the Ring, Bilbo helps the Dwarves to escape by using empty wine barrels, which are sent floating down the river. Along the way, they are ambushed by Bolg and his Orc party, while the Elves pursue the Dwarves to cease their escape. In the ensuing chaos, Kíli is wounded by a Morgul arrow. Legolas and Tauriel are forced to halt their pursuit of the Dwarves in order to end the Orc onslaught. One [[Narzug|captive]] is imprisoned and questioned by Thranduil. When Thranduil learns that "The One" has returned, he decides to seal off his kingdom to protect it from the impending evil. However, Tauriel leaves to save Kíli, whom she learns has been poisoned by Bolg's arrow, and Legolas accompanies her.

Subsequently, the Company meets a man named [[Bard]], and they bribe him to smuggle them into [[Lake-town]], where the descendants of [[Dale]] made their home, and where the [[Master of Lake-town|Master]] of the town rules with an iron fist. The group attempts to steal weapons before being captured and in the process learn that Bard is a descendant of Dale's ruler, [[Girion]], who died attempting to kill Smaug with [[Black Arrow]]s. After Thorin convinces the townfolk and Master that they will share the riches of the recaptured Mountain, the adventurers receive a grand send-off the next morning. The injured Kíli is ordered to stay behind until he gets his strength back; [[Óin]], [[Fíli]] and [[Bofur]] also remain to tend him in Bard's house.

As the events of Thorin's Company occurs, Gandalf reaches the remote tomb of the Nazgûl and found that they have been revived. He is joined by [[Radagast]] the Brown, and it is revealed that the Necromancer cannot be a mere human, as the Nazgûl answer only to one [[Sauron|master]]. Returning to Mirkwood, while sending Radagast to warn Galadriel of their discovery, Gandalf enters the Orc- and [[Wargs|Warg]]-infested Dol Guldur, and is attacked by Azog. While attempting to escape, the Necromancer appears, and, following a duel between the two, Gandalf is captured. With his worst fears realized – that the Necromancer is indeed [[Sauron]] – Gandalf watches in horror as the Orc army marches toward the Lonely Mountain.

Once at the Lonely Mountain, Bilbo deciphers the [[Thrór's Map|map]]'s cryptic clue and uses moonlight to find the hidden keyhole that opens the [[Back Door|secret door]] into the mountain. [[Balin]] then explains Bilbo's real purpose and sends him down to the treasury to locate the Arkenstone. Unfortunately, Bilbo's searching quickly awakens Smaug, who initially finds the [[Hobbits|Hobbit]] amusing, but swiftly tires of him and intends to kill him. In Lake-town, Bard hears the rumbling caused by Smaug's awakening and attempts to affix the last Black Arrow to the town's launcher, but is arrested. Óin, Fíli, Bofur, and Bard's daughters, [[Sigrid]] and [[Tilda]], are attacked by Bolg's hunting party before Legolas and Tauriel drive them off, with the latter remaining behind to tend to Kíli. Then, in a dream-like state after his medication, Kíli admits his love for Tauriel. After convincing Thorin that they must help Bilbo, the Dwarves enter the Mountain and find themselves and the [[Hobbits|Hobbit]] being hunted by Smaug. Tricking the [[Fire-drakes|fire-breathing]] Smaug into rekindling the forges, they attempt to kill the dragon by drowning him in a flood of molten gold. However, Smaug survives, and stumbles out of the mountain determined to make the people of Lake-town suffer for giving aid to the Dwarves, leaving Bilbo horrified at the turn of events.

===Scenes===
# The Quest for Erebor**
# Wilderland
# The Master Summons
# A Commander of Legions
# Queer Lodgings*
# Last of the Skin-changers
# Where the Shadows Lie*
# The Elven-gate**
# Mirkwood**
# Flies and Spiders
# The Woodland Realm
# The Elvenking
# King and Captain
# Feast of Starlight
# Barrels Out of Bond
# The High Fells
# Bard the Bowman
# The Nature of Evil
# Smuggled Cargo
# Lake-town
# The Master of Lake-town**
# The World of Men**
# The Home of Bard
# "It Is Our Fight"
# The Prophecy**
# A Warm Welcome**
# The Parting of the Company**
# The Lonely Mountain**
# A Spell of Concealment**
# The Hidden Door
# Son of Thrór*
# On the Doorstep
# Kingsfoil
# The Courage of Hobbits
# The Enemy Revealed**
# Inside Information
# The Black Arrow
# In the Dragon's Lair
# Under Arrest
# Bilbo the Burglar
# Smaug the Magnificent
# Orc Attack
# Confrontations
# Elvish Medicine
# Hunter and Hunted
# "She Walks in Starlight"
# A Desperate Plan
# Duel in Lake-town
# The Forges Relit
# Smaug the Golden
# Credits

<nowiki>*</nowiki> denotes a scene only available in the Extended Edition cut of the film. 
<nowiki>**</nowiki> denotes a scene which includes extended content only available in the Extended Edition cut of the film.

===Cast===
:''See also:[[The Hobbit (film series)#Cast|''The Hobbit'' (film series)#Cast]]''
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Actor !! Role
|-
| [[Richard Armitage]] || [[Thorin]]
|-
| Dallas Barnett || "[[Bill Ferny#Films|Bill Ferny, Sr.]]"
|-
| [[John Bell]] || [[Bain]]
|-
| [[Manu Bennett]] || [[Azog]]
|-
| Nick Blake || [[Percy]]
|-
| [[Orlando Bloom]] || [[Legolas]]
|-
| [[Jed Brophy]] || [[Nori]]
|-
| [[Adam Brown]] || [[Ori]]
|-
| [[John Callen]] || [[Óin]]
|-
| John Colbert || Lake-town spy
|-
| Peter Colbert || Lake-town spy
|-
| [[Stephen Colbert]] || Lake-town spy
|-
| [[Benedict Cumberbatch]] || [[Smaug]] The [[Sauron#Sauron's Return|Necromancer]]
|-
| Frank Edwards || Dock worker
|-
| [[Greg Ellis]] || Net mender
|-
| [[Luke Evans]] || [[Bard]] [[Girion]]
|-
| [[Martin Freeman]] || [[Bilbo Baggins]]
|-
| [[Stephen Fry]] || The [[Master of Lake-town]]
|-
| [[Ryan Gage]] || [[Alfrid]]
|-
| Phoebe Gittins || Prancing Pony wench
|-
| Tim Gordon || Stallkeeper
|-
| [[Mark Hadlow]] || [[Dori]]
|-
| Craig Hall || [[Galion]]
|-
| [[Peter Hambleton]] || [[Glóin]]
|-
| Jamie Harrison || Hunter Orc
|-
| [[Ray Henwood]] || Old fisherman
|-
| [[John Howe]] || Lake-town musician
|-
| [[Stephen Hunter]] || [[Bombur]]
|-
| [[Katie Jackson]] || [[Betsy Butterbur]]
|-
| [[Peter Jackson]] || "Ancestor of [[Albert Dreary]]"
|-
| Norman Kali || Lake-town spy
|-
| Eli Kent || [[Lethuin]]
|-
| Robin Kerr || [[Elros (Mirkwood guard)|Elros]]
|-
| [[William Kircher]] || [[Bifur]]
|-
| Kelly Kilgour || [[Soury]]
|-
| [[Alan Lee]] || Lake-town musician
|-
| [[Evangeline Lilly]] || [[Tauriel]]
|-
| Simon London || [[Feren]]
|-
| [[Lawrence Makoare]] || [[Bolg]]
|-
| [[Sylvester McCoy]] || [[Radagast|Radagast the Brown]]
|-
| [[Ian McKellen]] || [[Gandalf|Gandalf the Grey]]
|-
| [[Graham McTavish]] || [[Dwalin]]
|-
| Ben Mitchell || [[Narzug]]
|-
| Mark Mitchinson || [[Braga]]
|-
| [[James Nesbitt]] || [[Bofur]]
|-
| Mary Nesbitt || [[Tilda]]
|-
| Peggy Nesbitt || [[Sigrid]]
|-
| [[Dean O'Gorman]] || [[Fíli]]
|-
| [[Lee Pace]] || [[Thranduil]]
|-
| Sarah Peirse || [[Hilda Bianca]]
|-
| [[Mikael Persbrandt]] || [[Beorn]]
|-
| [[Brian Sergent]] || Spider
|-
| [[Kiran Shah]] || Prancing Pony Hobbit
|-
| [[Antony Sher]] || [[Thráin II|Thráin]] ([[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (extended edition)|Extended Edition]] only)
|-
| Matt Smith || "[[Squint-eyed Southerner#Films|Squint]]"
|-
| [[Ken Stott]] || [[Balin]]
|-
| [[Royd Tolkien]] || Ranger Captain (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Aidan Turner]] || [[Kíli]]
|-
| [[Stephen Ure]] || [[Fimbul]]
|-
| Peter Vere-Jones || Spider
|-
| [[Zane Weiner]] || Lake-town spy
|-
| [[Richard Whiteside]] || "[[Barliman Butterbur#Portrayal in adaptations|Butterbur, Sr.]]"
|-
|}

==Deviations from the source material==
''The Hobbbit: The Desolation of Smaug'' covers the seventh through twelfth chapters of ''[[The Hobbit]]'' with a few elements added from the [[The Lord of the Rings Appendices|Appendices]] from ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''. While it generally follows the story, a number of liberties were still taken:

*[[Thorin]]'s encounter with [[Gandalf]] at [[the Prancing Pony]] in which the [[Wizards|Wizard]] urges him to take back [[Lonely Mountain|Erebor]] was not a chance meeting as it was in [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]]'s writings, but rather orchestrated by Gandalf himself.
*Since the film's antagonist [[Azog]] and the pursuit of the [[Orcs]] are invented for the film, in the books Gandalf doesn't show Thorin a message in [[Black Speech]] about a bounty on Thorin's head, and Gandalf doesn't meet strangers who mistook him for a "vagabond." The two strange peoples in the Inn are inspired by [[Bill Ferny]] and the [[Squint-eyed Southerner]], who filled a similar role in ''[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]''.
*Thorin says: "I received word that my Father had been seen wandering the wilds near [[Dunland]]. I went looking, found no sign of him" and to Gandalf "My father came to see you before he went missing." There are no hints of this in the books. Gandalf didn't know [[Thráin II|Thráin]] until he finds him in [[Dol Guldur]].
*Gandalf urges Thorin to unite the armies of the [[Dwarves]] to retake Erebor, but in the books from the beginning he planned to retake the Mountain in secret.
*In Tolkien's writings, there is no "oath" sworn by the seven Dwarf families to the one who wields the [[Arkenstone]].
*As told in ''The Quest of Erebor'', the term "Burglar" or "Master Burglar" emerged by chance, but in the movie Gandalf meant to use it in the particular context in which [[Thorin and Company]] see [[Bilbo Baggins|Bilbo]] later on.
*The meeting in [[Bree]] happened on [[15 March]] {{TA|2941}} and the Company comes to [[Beorn]] in late summer, but the film says that 12 months are in between the prologue and the Company's arrival at Beorn's.
*The Dwarves see Beorn first in his [[bears|bear]] form and flee from him into his [[Beorn's Hall|house]] and barricade the front door. In the book, they come as several couples while Gandalf is telling Beorn their story (which doesn't occur until the next morning in the [[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (extended edition)|Extended Edition]] of the film).
*In the book, Gandalf already knows that he must leave the Company to deal with the [[Sauron#Sauron's Return|Necromancer]], but in the film he doesn't decide to leave until noticing a banner with a red eye on a tree at the entrance of [[Mirkwood]]. He doesn't tell the Dwarves as to where he's leaving and why.
*Bilbo wants to tell Gandalf of [[the One Ring]]. In the books, he has no such tendencies.
*In the Extended Edition of the film, Beorn says there is an alliance between the Orcs of [[Moria]] and the Necromancer in [[Dol Guldur]], and throughout the film Azog and his son [[Bolg]]'s alliance with the Necromancer is shown. Azog doesn't appear anyway in the books at all after his death at the [[Battle of Azanulbizar]], but his son also only appears at the end at the [[Battle of Five Armies]], while Sauron has nothing to do with Thorin's Company and the Erebor quest at all (except for Gandalf's fear that [[Smaug]] could align with Sauron).
*The corruption of the Ring concerning Bilbo is displayed clearer in the film; he is shown playing with it at night and very aggressevily killing a [[Spiders|spider]]-like creature that stands between him and the Ring.
*As often in the trilogy, it isn't made clear how long the journey lasts; in the book, the Company wanders through Mirkwood for almost one month, and they are almost starving -- but the Company's confusion in the forest is not so strong as is depicted in the film.
*Instead of crossing Mirkwood's [[Enchanted River]] by boat, Bilbo and the Dwarves climb on vines that extend across the river, and there is no deer leaping over it (Thorin sees a stag after crossing and shoots an arrow at it, at which point it runs away). This scene is only seen in the Extended Edition of the film.
*The [[Elves]] fight the [[spiders]] and capture the Dwarves afterward.
*In the book, Thorin was captured separately before the rest of the Company and kept captive in his own room (where he was treated and fed well), though he wouldn't reveal his purpose for being in Mirkwood. The other Dwarves weren't told he was there. In the film they all get captured together after the Elves' fight with the spiders.
*[[Thranduil]] guesses the purpose of the Company's mission was to retake Erebor, and tries to make a deal with Thorin. In the book, he is oblivious to this and only wants to know why they wandered through the Forest.
*Thranduil at first allowed the other Dwarves to move about freely within his halls, but he finally locked them up, each to his own cell, because they were being obnoxious and insulting in the book. In the film, they are immediately locked up.
*Neither [[Legolas]] nor [[Tauriel]] appear in the book. The latter character is a creation of the filmmakers.
*There are no Elven-feasts and fires.
*Bilbo hides the Dwarves in the barrels (with no tops) while the chief guard and [[Galion]] the butler were asleep, and he launches them into the [[Forest River|river]] himself. In the book, the Elves themselves later pushed the barrels (which they thought were empty; they were also covered with lids) through the trapdoor and opened the portcullis at the water-gate to let the barrels into the river.
*In the book, the portcullis was a grate lowered down across the opening (the water-gate) that let the stream from the cave flow out into the river. In the film, the portcullis was a side-swinging type, and it wouldn't have kept anybody inside the cave because it was outside on the river.
*There is a pursuit by the [[Elves of Mirkwood|Elves]] after the Dwarves' escape from the [[Elvenking's Halls]] (whereas the Elves did not yet know the Dwarves had escaped in the book), and the pack of Orcs who were pursuing the Company in the [[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey|previous film]] catch up and attack as the barrels float down the river. The Elves then counterattack the Orcs.
*[[Kíli]] is struck with a Morgul arrow by Bolg during the barrel escape when trying to open the water-gate, and it slowly saps his strength through the rest of the film. He is ultimately healed by Tauriel (who uses [[athelas]] to do so) in [[Lake-town]], where his health had become critical. Throughout the film, an emotional relationship forms between both. No such incidents occur in Tolkien's works.
*There is an interrogation of a [[Narzug|captured Orc]] who reveals to Thranduil and Legolas that the their is a "shadow" and that his master "serves the One", making Thranduil decide to barricade his kingdom, against the will of Tauriel.
*In the book, [[Raft-elves]] intercepted the barrels and loaded them into a raft they steered down the river to [[Long Lake]] where [[Men]] in boats pulled it to Lake-town with the undiscovered Dwarves still inside and Bilbo (still wearing his Ring) riding along. In the film, [[Bard]] is introduced in their place much earlier than in the book (where he does not appear before the attack of [[Smaug]] as one of the town's bowmen) and he is a bargeman and meets the Dwarves on the [[River Running|river]], where [[Balin]] convinces him to smuggle the Company into Lake-town in the barrels, (where they are nearly discovered), then hide them in his house and to give them weapons. Bard suspects who Thorin might be, and confirms it after examining a wall hanging with Thorin's genealogy.
*In addition to [[Bain]], Bard has two other children: daughters [[Sigrid]] and [[Tilda]]. He is also revealed to be a widower. Though Bain does appear in the Appendices, he does not appear in ''The Hobbit''.
*The part of the [[Master of Lake-town]] is extended as well, displaying his corruption in a more detailed way. He has a majordomo in the film: [[Alfrid]]. Alfrid frequently informs the Master of various goings-on in the town, particularly the rumors of people plotting to possibly unseat him from his position of power - Bard (who is frequently spied on by the Master) in particular. In the book, the Master had various aides who were unnamed and only briefly mentioned.
*The story concerning the Dwarvish wind-lance appears only in the film.
*The discussion about Thorin's Company doesn't take place in a Great Hall but in front of one.
*In the book, the poem concerning the return of the [[King under the Mountain]] has a positive connotation:
<poem style="font-style:italic; margin-left:20px;">
The streams shall run in gladness
The lakes shall shine and burn,
All sorrow fail and sadness
At the Mountain-king's return!
</poem>
In the movie, it is recited by Bard with a negative meaning:
<poem style="font-style:italic; margin-left:20px;">
And the bells shall ring in gladness
At the Mountain King's return,
But all shall fade in sadness,
And the lake will shine and burn.
</poem>
*Due to his worsening condition, Thorin refuses to let Kíli go up to the Mountain with the rest of the Company. [[Fíli]] and [[Óin]] opt to stay behind to look after him. Additionally, [[Bofur]] gets left behind after oversleeping. All thirteen Dwarves went up to the Mountain in the book.
*The [[High Fells of Rhudaur]], as well as the tombs of the [[Nazgûl]], their rising, and Gandalf and [[Radagast]]'s examining of the tombs are all invented for the film.
*The events of The Hobbit take place {{TA|2941}}, but in the books Gandalf's second investigation of Dol Guldur happens {{TA|2850}}.
*In the Extended Edition of the film, Gandalf encounters a gaunt, bewildered Thráin while investigating Dol Guldur after discovering the open tombs of the Nine. He somewhat heals the Dwarf's insanity, and Thráin helps guide him through the fortress, also revealing that his [[Thrór|father]]'s [[Ring of Thrór|ring]] had been entrusted to him and had ultimately been cut from his finger and taken from him by [[Azog]] during the [[Battle of Azanulbizar]] (in the books, the Ring is not taken before Thráins capture in Dol Guldur). Thráin is ultimately swallowed up by the Necromancer just before the it reveals itself to Gandalf to be the Dark Lord [[Sauron]]. Gandalf calls the Dwarf his "old friend," whereas in the books he doesn't know him and doesn't realize his identity until months after the meeting. Thráin does not give [[Thrór's Map]] and Erebor's [[Back Door]] key to Gandalf in the film (apparently having done so in the films' timeline on a previous, unseen occasion).
*In the books, there is no mention of a combat between Sauron and Gandalf and he isn't taken prisoner as depicted in the movie.
*In the book, the last rays of the setting [[sun]] on [[Durin's Day]] reveal the keyhole to the [[Back Door|secret door]] into the [[Lonely Mountain]], as predicted by the [[Moon-letters|runes]] on the Thrór's Map. In the film, the light of the [[moon]] reveals the keyhole after the sun has set; the Dwarves having tried to smash it, started to go back after losing hope.
*Bard is imprisoned toward the end of the film, purely because the Master sees him as a threat.
*Bolg's Orc pack arrives in Lake-town to ambush the remaining Dwarves, but are foiled by the arrival of Legolas and Tauriel. They retreat once they realize Thorin has already reached the Mountain.
*Bilbo has only one audience with Smaug, and does not take a gold cup from him. He also takes his Ring off not long after the [[Dragons|Dragon]] detects his presence.
*Smaug seems fully aware of Thorin and Company's presence, as well as Sauron's impending attack on the Dwarves (since, as Thráin revealed to Gandalf, the Dragon is in league with Sauron).
*The climax of the film is an involved battle between Thorin's Dwarves and Smaug inside of the Lonely Mountain, in which they ultimately try (unsuccessfully) to drown the beast in molten gold after re-lighting the forges. In the book, the Dwarves never see the Dragon at all; by the time they head downstairs to the Dragon's lair, Smaug is long gone (in fact, although they don't know it at that point, he's already dead).
*At the battle, more places of Erebor are shown than are mentioned in the books, such as the forge hall, the "Gallery of Kings," and a chamber with the corpses of those who could not escape during the [[Sack of Erebor]].
*Bilbo leaves the Mountain watching Smaug fly toward Lake-Town.

==Gallery==
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|File:The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug - Attercop!.jpg|[[Bilbo Baggins|Bilbo]] fights the spiders of [[Mirkwood]]
|File:The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug - Bilbo and Sting.jpg|Bilbo and [[Sting]]
|File:The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug - Packing the Dwarves.jpg|[[Barrels Out of Bond]]
|File:The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug - Bilbo in the Lonely Mountain.jpg|Bilbo in the [[Lonely Mountain]]
|File:The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug - Tauriel.jpg|[[Tauriel]]
|File:The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug - Legolas in Mirkwood.jpg|[[Legolas]] confronts [[Thorin and Company]]
|File:The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug - Gandalf in Dol Guldur.jpg|[[Gandalf]] in [[Dol Guldur]]
|File:The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug - Dale.jpg|[[Dale]] in ruins
|File:The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug - Bilbo and the butterflies in the canopy of Mirkwood.jpg|Bilbo and the butterflies in the canopy of [[Mirkwood]]
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==Trailers==

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==See also==
*[[The Hobbit (film series)|''The Hobbit'' (film series)]]
**''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey|An Unexpected Journey]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies|The Battle of the Five Armies]]''
*[[:Category:Images from The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug|Images from ''The Desolation of Smaug'']]
*[[:Category:Images of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug posters|''The Desolation of Smaug'' posters]]
*''The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug'' soundtrack:
**''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Special Edition]]''
*''The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug'' tie-in books:
**''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: Chronicles: Art & Design]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: Official Movie Guide]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: Visual Companion]]''
**Children's books:
***''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: Sticker Book]]''
***''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: The Movie Storybook]]''
***''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: Ultimate Sticker Collection]]''
***''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: Activity Book]]''
***''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: Annual 2014]]''

==External links==
*[http://www.thehobbit.com/ TheHobbit.com] (official website)
*[http://www.thehobbitblog.com/ TheHobbitBlog.com] (official blog)
*[http://www.facebook.com/PeterJacksonNZ Peter Jackson's Facebook page]

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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

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'''''The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies''''' is the third of [[Peter Jackson]]'s [[The Hobbit (film series)|''The Hobbit'' film trilogy]] based on [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s [[1937]] novel ''[[The Hobbit]]''. It premiered in London on [[1 December]] [[2014]], and saw release in most of Europe on [[10 December]] and North America on [[17 December]]. It was preceded by ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey|An Unexpected Journey]]'' in [[2012]] and ''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug|The Desolation of Smaug]]'' in [[2013]].

==Synopsis==
From Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson comes ''The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies'', the third in a trilogy of films adapting the enduringly popular masterpiece The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien.

''The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies'' brings to an epic conclusion the adventures of Bilbo Baggins, Thorin Oakenshield and the Company of Dwarves. Having reclaimed their homeland from the Dragon Smaug, the Company has unwittingly unleashed a deadly force into the world. Enraged, Smaug rains his fiery wrath down upon the defenseless men, women and children of Lake-town.

Obsessed above all else with his reclaimed treasure, Thorin sacrifices friendship and honor to hoard it as Bilbo’s frantic attempts to make him see reason drive the Hobbit towards a desperate and dangerous choice. But there are even greater dangers ahead. Unseen by any but the Wizard Gandalf, the great enemy Sauron has sent forth legions of Orcs in a stealth attack upon the Lonely Mountain.

As darkness converges on their escalating conflict, the races of Dwarves, Elves and Men must decide – unite or be destroyed. Bilbo finds himself fighting for his life and the lives of his friends in the epic Battle of the Five Armies, as the future of Middle-earth hangs in the balance.

==Plot==
[[Bilbo Baggins]] and the [[Thorin and Company|Dwarves]] watch from the [[Lonely Mountain]] as the [[Dragons|Dragon]] [[Smaug]] destroys [[Lake-town]]. [[Bard]] breaks out of prison and kills Smaug with the [[Black Arrow]] (brought to him by his son [[Bain]]), whose falling body crushes the fleeing [[Master of Lake-town]]. Bard - chosen as the new leader - and the people of Lake-town seek refuge in the ruins of [[Dale]]. Upon learning of her banishment from the [[Woodland Realm]], [[Tauriel]] travels to investigate [[Gundabad]] with [[Legolas]] (having previously tracked [[Bolg]] there).

Upon arriving at [[Lonely Mountain|Erebor]], [[Fíli]], [[Kíli]], [[Bofur]], and [[Óin]] are informed by Bilbo that [[Thorin]] has been inflicted with Smaug's "dragon sickness" as he searched for the [[Arkenstone]]. It is revealed that Bilbo actually stole the Arkenstone from Smaug, but knows it should be hidden from Thorin, who orders the entrance of the Lonely Mountain be sealed off.

Meanwhile, having become a prisoner in [[Dol Guldur]], [[Gandalf]] is saved by [[Galadriel]]. She carries an unconscious Gandalf into a more open area while being taunted by the [[Sauron#Sauron's Return|Necromancer]]. [[Elrond]], [[Saruman]], and [[Radagast]] arrive to help rescue the Grey [[Wizards|Wizard]]. Gandalf is saved by Galadriel and given to Radagast while Elrond and Saruman hold off the [[Nazgûl]]. [[Sauron]] appears to them with the Nine at his side. Using the power of [[Nenya]] and her [[Phial of Galadriel|Phial]], Galadriel takes on the Dark Lord and the Ringwraiths, banishing them out of the fortress. Galadriel falls back fainting as Elrond supports her, realizing she has used her full strength in order to cast him away. Though Elrond believes they must warn the [[Free peoples]] of the enemy's return, Saruman tells him to take Galadriel to safety while he deals with Sauron.

Radagast provides Gandalf a horse and his staff before riding to Dale. At that time, [[Azog]] the Defiler approaches the Lonely Mountain with his vast [[Orcs|Orc]] army while learning from Bolg that an [[Elves|Elf]] army under the lead of [[Thranduil]] is also approaching. Azog tells Bolg to head to Gundabad and ready their other army. Following Bolg to the fortress of Gundabad, Legolas and Tauriel see Bolg with another army of Orcs and hundreds of war-bred [[bats]]. They decide to return to Lake-town to warn the others.

When Thranduil's army arrives in Dale, he forges an allegiance with Bard to claim a necklace of white gems from Thorin's treasure. Though Bard attempts to reason with Thorin to avoid further bloodshed, the stubborn [[Dwarves|Dwarf]] refuses to listen, much to his Company's dismay. As they prepare for the battle, Thorin gives Bilbo a ''[[mithril]]'' [[Mithril#The Mithril Coat|vest]]. Thorin begins to talk like Smaug, telling Bilbo that he will never share the treasure with Bard and Thranduil, not wanting to part with a single coin.

After Gandalf arrives at Dale, Bilbo sneaks out of the Lonely Mountain to hand the Arkenstone over to Thranduil and Bard. Inside the camp, Thranduil reminds Gandalf that he is the one who started all this and he will finish it. The next day, the Elf army and the armed people of Laketown gather at the entrance of the Lonely Mountain. Thranduil and Bard ride at the front, where Thorin threatens to kill them if they get any closer. Bard unveils the Arkenstone at the gates of Erebor and Thorin learns of Bilbo's actions and almost kills the [[Hobbits|Hobbit]]. Luckily, Gandalf approaches at the front with Bard and Thranduil, telling Thorin that Bilbo is his to keep. The other Dwarves hold off their leader so Bilbo can escape down the wall to Gandalf. Then, a Dwarf company under [[Dáin Ironfoot]] arrives and is about to attack the Elves on Thorin's call, but Azog sends one branch of his army to attack Dáin's force. While Thranduil assists Dáin's army, Azog sends the rest of his forces to attack Dale with Bilbo, Gandalf, Bard, and the other Elves coming to its defense. Gandalf, Thranduil, Bard, and Dain do the best they can to hold off the Orc armies as more and more come, killing more Dwarves, [[Men]], and Elves. Meanwhile, [[Alfrid]] takes a pile of treasure and escapes the battlefield, with Bard permitting him to do so.

Inside the Lonely Mountain, Thorin eventually overcomes his madness after a lengthy hallucination. Thorin and Company burst out of the Mountain and join the battle, much to Dáin's delight. While the others aid what remains of Dáin's forces, Thorin rides toward [[Ravenhill]] with [[Dwalin]], Fíli, and Kíli in order to kill Azog and send the Orc army scattering. At the same time, Legolas and Tauriel set off for Ravenhill with Bilbo following to warn the Dwarves of the second Orc army. Azog captures Fíli and stabs him in the back before throwing him off of a cliff. Bilbo is knocked out, while Bolg stabs Kíli in the chest. After Legolas kills Bolg, the Great [[Eagles]] arrive, led by Radagast and [[Beorn]], to assist in the battle, quickly decimating the Orc army. When Bilbo regains consciousness, he finds that Thorin has killed Azog but was mortally wounded in the process and dies soon after making his peace with the Hobbit. Sometime after, a disillusioned Legolas decides to leave his father's Realm. Thranduil urges him to go North to meet with one of the [[Dúnedain]], a Man who goes by the name of [[Strider (Aragorn)|"Strider"]]. Thranduil, after seeing Tauriel kiss Kíli's dead body, finally accepts Tauriel's love for Kíli and agrees with her plan to bury the Dwarf.

Bilbo bids farewell to the surviving members of Thorin's Company, telling them they are welcome to join him for tea whenever they are in [[the Shire]], to which he returns with Gandalf. As they part on the outskirts of the Shire, Gandalf reveals that he knows of the [[The One Ring|Ring]] that Bilbo found in the Goblin tunnels (though unaware that it was the One Ring) before they part ways on good terms. Bilbo's story ends when he returns to [[Bag End]] and finds the townspeople are auctioning off his belongings and are about to sell his house. The scene transitions to Bilbo on the day of his 111th birthday when he receives a visit from Gandalf, ending where ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' begins.

==Cast==
:''See also:[[The Hobbit (film series)#Cast|''The Hobbit'' (film series)#Cast]]''
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Actor !! Role
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| [[Richard Armitage]] || [[Thorin]]
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| [[Dee Bradley Baker]] || Creature Voices
|-
| Erin Banks || [[Lobelia Sackville-Baggins]]
|-
| [[Timothy Bartlett]] || [[Master Worrywort]]
|-
| [[John Bell]] || [[Bain]]
|-
| [[Manu Bennett]] || [[Azog]]
|-
| Nick Blake || [[Percy]]
|-
| [[Cate Blanchett]] || [[Galadriel]]
|-
| [[Orlando Bloom]] || [[Legolas]]
|-
| [[Jed Brophy]] || [[Nori]]
|-
| [[Adam Brown]] || [[Ori]]
|-
| [[John Callen]] || [[Óin]]
|-
| [[Marky Lee Campbell]] || MoCap Performer
|-
| [[Scott Chiplin]] || MoCap Performer
|-
| [[Billy Connolly]] || [[Dáin Ironfoot]]
|-
| [[Benedict Cumberbatch]] || [[Smaug]] The [[Sauron#Sauron's Return|Necromancer]]
|-
| [[Mana Hira Davis]] || MoCap Performer
|-
| [[Luke Evans]] || [[Bard]]
|-
| [[Martin Freeman]] || [[Bilbo Baggins]]
|-
| [[Stephen Fry]] || The [[Master of Lake-town]]
|-
| [[Ryan Gage]] || [[Alfrid]]
|-
| [[Mark Hadlow]] || [[Dori]]
|-
| [[Peter Hambleton]] || [[Glóin]]
|-
| [[Isaac Hamon]] || MoCap Performer
|-
| Miranda Harcourt || [[Olga]]
|-
| [[Allan Henry]] || MoCap Performer
|-
| [[Ian Holm]] || Older [[Bilbo Baggins]]
|-
| [[Michael Homik]] || MoCap Performer
|-
| Brian Hotter || [[Otho Sackville-Baggins]]
|-
| [[Stephen Hunter]] || [[Bombur]]
|-
| Olof Johnsson || Creature Voices
|-
| [[Ingrid Kleinig]] || MoCap Performer
|-
| [[William Kircher]] || [[Bifur]]
|-
| Kelly Kilgour || [[Soury]]
|-
| Martin Kwok || [[Ragash]] (voice)
|-
| [[Christopher Lee]] || [[Saruman|Saruman the White]]
|-
| [[Evangeline Lilly]] || [[Tauriel]]
|-
| Simon London || [[Feren]]
|-
| [[Sylvester McCoy]] || [[Radagast|Radagast the Brown]]
|-
| [[Ian McKellen]] || [[Gandalf|Gandalf the Grey]]
|-
| Thomasin McKenzie || [[Astrid]]
|-
| [[Tim McLachlan]] || MoCap Performer
|-
| [[Graham McTavish]] || [[Dwalin]]
|-
| Mark Mitchinson || [[Braga]]
|-
| [[James Nesbitt]] || [[Bofur]]
|-
| Mary Nesbitt || [[Tilda]]
|-
| Peggy Nesbitt || [[Sigrid]]
|-
| [[Terry Notary]] || MoCap Performer
|-
| [[Dean O'Gorman]] || [[Fíli]]
|-
| Jon Olson || Creature Voices
|-
| [[Lee Pace]] || [[Thranduil]]
|-
| Sarah Peirse || [[Hilda Bianca]]
|-
| [[Mikael Persbrandt]] || [[Beorn]]
|-
| [[Vincent Roxburgh]] || MoCap Performer
|-
| Otep Shamaya || Creature Voices
|-
| Allan Smith || [[Ragash]] MoCap Performer
|-
| Merv Smith || [[Tosser Grubb]]
|-
| [[Conan Stevens]] || Keeper of the Dungeons
|-
| [[Ken Stott]] || [[Balin]]
|-
| [[Mark Trotter]] || MoCap Performer
|-
| John Tui || [[Bolg]]
|-
| [[Aidan Turner]] || [[Kíli]]
|-
| [[Rosalie van Horik]] || MoCap Performer
|-
| [[Hugo Weaving]] || [[Elrond]]
|-
| Debra Wilson || Creature Voices
|-
| [[Min Windle]] || MoCap Performer
|-
|}

==Deviations from the source material==
''The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies'' covers the final seven chapters of ''[[The Hobbit]]'' with a few elements added from the [[The Lord of the Rings Appendices|Appendices]] from ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''. While it generally follows the story, a number of liberties were still taken:

*There is no thrush telling [[Bard]] of [[Smaug]]'s weak point while trying to kill him (having been replaced by the legend that [[Girion]] had loosened a scale on the [[Dragons|Dragon]]'s breast in the [[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug|previous film]]). Also, his son, [[Bain]], helps Bard by getting him the last [[Black Arrow]].
*The [[Master of Lake-town]] dies by Smaug falling on his boat while trying to escape [[Lake-town]] instead of of starvation in the desert.
*The storyline concerning [[Legolas]] and [[Tauriel]] (who is an original character) both riding to [[Gundabad]] where they discover a second Orc army, led by [[Bolg]], is headed to [[Lonely Mountain|Erebor]] along with thousands of [[bats]]) is invented for the film.
*As all of the members of [[Thorin and Company]] reach the [[Lonely Mountain]] in the first place, in the books [[Óin]], [[Bofur]], [[Fíli]] and [[Kíli]] are not coming to the Mountain later alone.
*[[Galadriel]] does not free [[Gandalf]] in [[Dol Guldur]] in the books, as he didn't get captured.
*In the books, there is no hint that the [[Nazgûl]] are present at the [[Attack on Dol Guldur]] launched by the [[White Council]]. Furthermore, in ''[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]'', Gandalf points out at the [[Council of Elrond]] that the victory was thanks to the devices of [[Saruman]], while in the movie it is chiefly Galadriel who expells [[Sauron]] with her [[Phial of Galadriel|phial]].
*[[Thranduil]] wishes to claim a particular Elven necklace of white gems from the Mountain.
*Gandalf says that Sauron wants to conquer the Lonely Mountain because of its "strategic position". In the books, Gandalf indeed fears that Sauron could ally with the Dragon, but the Dark Lord isn't concerned with the [[Battle of Five Armies]] or Erebor.
*[[Azog]] isn't present in the books, as he is already dead during the events of ''The Hobbit''.
*The [[Orcs]] have a watchtower with a construction giving signals.
*The huge animals called "[[Were worms]]," which burrow tunnels to Erebor through which the Orc armies travel, never appear in that capacity in any of Tolkien's writings.
*Since [[Bilbo Baggins|Bilbo]] is unconscious for most of the battle in the book, most things in the film's battle are invented, such the presence of [[Trolls]], war machinery, and battle rams.
*At one point in the battle, the women of Lake-town decide to take up arms and fight alongside the men.
*Instead of dying while defending their mortally wounded uncle, Fíli and Kíli are slain by Azog and Bolg, respectively, at [[Ravenhill]] before [[Thorin]] ever receives such injury.
*Legolas - not [[Beorn]] - kills Bolg.
*Thorin kills Azog after the pale Orc mortally wounds him.
*Thorin dies on Ravenhill without Beorn ever taking him to safety.
*In the book, [[Orcrist]] is put in Thorin's tomb by Thranduil. In the film, he receives it from Legolas throwing it at an Orc meaning to kill Thorin.
*When Legolas informs his father he will not be returning to [[Mirkwood]], Thranduil urges him to find a [[Men|Man]] known as [[Aragorn|"Strider"]]. Thranduil had little to nothing to do with the [[Rangers of the North]] in the books, and, during the events of ''The Hobbit'', Aragorn is a mere 10 years old (he was said to be 87 in ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers]]'').

==Gallery==
{{Seealso|:Category:Images from The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies}}
{{Gallery
|title=Pictures from ''The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies''
|height=200
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|File:The Hobbit - The Battle of the Five Armies - Bard and Legolas.jpg|[[Bard]] and [[Legolas]]
|File:The Hobbit - The Battle of the Five Armies - Gandalf and Bard.jpg|[[Gandalf]] and Bard
|File:The Hobbit - The Battle of the Five Armies - The Company.jpg|The [[Thorin and Company|Company]] inside [[Lonely Mountain|Erebor]]
|File:The Hobbit - The Battle of the Five Armies - Thranduil.jpg|[[Thranduil]]
}}

==Trailers==
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==See also==
*[[The Hobbit (film series)|''The Hobbit'' (film series)]]
**''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey|An Unexpected Journey]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug|The Desolation of Smaug]]''
*[[:Category:Images from The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies|Images from ''The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies'']]

==External links==
*[http://www.thehobbit.com/ TheHobbit.com] (official website)
*[http://www.thehobbitblog.com/ TheHobbitBlog.com] (official blog)
*[http://www.facebook.com/PeterJacksonNZ Peter Jackson's Facebook page]
===Reviews===
*[http://kalimac.blogspot.com/2014/12/movie-review-battle-of-between-four-and.html movie review: The Battle of Between Four and Seven Armies] by [[David Bratman]]
*[http://wormtalk.blogspot.com/2014/12/the-hobbit-battle-of-five-armies.html ''The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies''] by [[Michael D.C. Drout]]
*[http://sacnoths.blogspot.com/2014/12/the-third-hobbit-movie-battle-of-five.html The Third ''Hobbit'' Movie: ''Battle of the Five Armies''] by [[John D. Rateliff]]

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Old Gammidge

2015-01-25T00:16:03Z

Hobbiton777: Old Gammidge could be seen very briefly in the third Hobbit movie

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'''Old Gammidge''' is a [[Hobbits|Hobbit]] of [[the Shire]] who appears in the market outside of the [[Green Dragon]] Inn in the Extended Edition of ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey]]'' and is seen very briefly at the auction for [[Bag End]] in ''[[The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies]]''. He was portrayed by [[Stephen Gledhill]].

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

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Hobbiton777: /* Cast */ this is the only person I remember who was listed as in the MoCap Performers for the film. Could you please help me add more of all the credited MoCap Performers

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

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Hobbiton777: /* Cast */ which is all the uncredited actors from IMDB and Peter Jackson's cameo that didn't make the cut.

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'''''The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug''''' is the second of [[Peter Jackson]]'s [[The Hobbit (film series)|''The Hobbit'' film trilogy]] based on [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s [[1937]] novel ''[[The Hobbit]]''. It was released on [[13 December]] [[2013]] in North America. It was preceded by ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey|An Unexpected Journey]]'' in [[2012]] and will be followed by ''[[The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies|The Battle of the Five Armies]]'' in [[2014]].

==Synopsis==
{{Blockquote|“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” continues the adventure of the title character [[Bilbo Baggins]] as he journeys with the Wizard [[Gandalf]] and thirteen Dwarves, led by [[Thorin|Thorin Oakenshield]], on an epic quest to reclaim the Lonely Mountain and the lost Dwarf Kingdom of [[Lonely Mountain|Erebor]].

''Having survived the beginning of their unexpected journey, the Company continues East, encountering along the way the skin-changer [[Beorn]] and a swarm of giant Spiders in the treacherous forest of [[Mirkwood]]. After escaping capture by the dangerous [[Elves of Mirkwood|Wood-elves]], the Dwarves journey to Lake-town, and finally to the Lonely Mountain itself, where they must face the greatest danger of all — a creature more terrifying than any other; one which will test not only the depth of their courage but the limits of their friendship and the wisdom of the journey itself — the Dragon [[Smaug]].''|[[Warner Bros.]]<ref>{{webcite|articleurl=http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2013/10/17/80789-warner-bros-full-synopsis-for-the-hobbit-the-desolation-of-smaug-provides-some-plot-hints/|articlename=Warner Bros. full synopsis for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug provides some plot hints?|dated=17-October-2013|website=TORN|accessed=17-October-2013}}</ref>}}

==Plot==
At [[the Prancing Pony]] Inn in [[Bree]], [[Gandalf]] the Grey warns [[Thorin]] [[Oakenshield]] that someone is trying to have him killed. He persuades Thorin to obtain the [[Arkenstone]] to unite the [[Dwarves]], and suggests that a stealthy burglar may be needed to steal the jewel back from [[Smaug]].

Twelve months later, Thorin and his [[Thorin and Company|Company]] are being pursued by [[Azog]] and his [[Orcs|Orc]] party down the [[Carrock]] following the events of the previous film. After [[Bilbo Baggins|Bilbo]] informs the group that a [[Bears|bear]] is also tracking them, Gandalf ushers them along to the home of a [[Skin-changers|skin-changer]]. Upon their arrival, they are attacked by the same bear; Gandalf reveals that it is the [[Beorn's Hall|home]] of [[Beorn]] and that he may be able to aid them in their journey. That night, Azog is summoned to [[Dol Guldur]] by the [[Sauron#Sauron's Return|Necromancer]], and instructs his son [[Bolg]] to take over the hunt for Thorin. The next day, Beorn loans his [[horses]] to the company so they can reach [[Mirkwood]] and hinder the pursuing Orcs. Upon arrival at the forest border, Gandalf discovers [[Black Speech]] graffiti imprinted on an old ruin, coinciding with a telepathic message from [[Galadriel]] imploring him to investigate the tombs of the [[Nazgûl]] (at an [[High Fells of Rhudaur|unnamed location]]).
Without giving any reason for his sudden departure, Gandalf advises the Company to follow the [[Elves|Elven]] path though Mirkwood, and to wait for him before entering the [[Lonely Mountain]]. But upon losing their way in the forest, the Dwarves are captured by giant [[spiders]]. Bilbo, with the help of his new [[The One Ring|Ring]], manages to free them from the webs and names his sword [[Sting]]. However, while fighting the attacking spiders, Bilbo drops the Ring, and he begins to learn of the corruption it has on him after brutally killing a crab-like spider to retrieve it.

The Dwarves are captured by the [[Elves of Mirkwood|Wood-elves]], including [[Legolas]] and [[Tauriel]], a captain of the guard. They are to the Elven-king [[Thranduil]]'s [[Elvenking's Halls|kingdom]], and are locked up. During their captivity, a romantic subplot develops between Tauriel and [[Kíli]].
While the others are imprisoned, Thorin is given audience with Thranduil, but he refuses Thranduil's aid and is imprisoned as well. Under the cloak of the Ring, Bilbo helps the Dwarves to escape by using empty wine barrels, which are sent floating down the river. Along the way, they are ambushed by Bolg and his Orc party, while the Elves pursue the Dwarves to cease their escape. In the ensuing chaos, Kíli is wounded by a Morgul arrow. Legolas and Tauriel are forced to halt their pursuit of the Dwarves in order to end the Orc onslaught. One [[Narzug|captive]] is imprisoned and questioned by Thranduil. When Thranduil learns that "The One" has returned, he decides to seal off his kingdom to protect it from the impending evil. However, Tauriel leaves to save Kíli, whom she learns has been poisoned by Bolg's arrow, and Legolas accompanies her.

Subsequently, the Company meets a man named [[Bard]], and they bribe him to smuggle them into [[Lake-town]], where the descendants of [[Dale]] made their home, and where the [[Master of Lake-town|Master]] of the town rules with an iron fist. The group attempts to steal weapons before being captured and in the process learn that Bard is a descendant of Dale's ruler, [[Girion]], who died attempting to kill Smaug with [[Black Arrow]]s. After Thorin convinces the townfolk and Master that they will share the riches of the recaptured Mountain, the adventurers receive a grand send-off the next morning. The injured Kíli is ordered to stay behind until he gets his strength back; [[Óin]], [[Fíli]] and [[Bofur]] also remain to tend him in Bard's house.

As the events of Thorin's Company occurs, Gandalf reaches the remote tomb of the Nazgûl and found that they have been revived. He is joined by [[Radagast]] the Brown, and it is revealed that the Necromancer cannot be a mere human, as the Nazgûl answer only to one [[Sauron|master]]. Returning to Mirkwood, while sending Radagast to warn Galadriel of their discovery, Gandalf enters the Orc- and [[Wargs|Warg]]-infested Dol Guldur, and is attacked by Azog. While attempting to escape, the Necromancer appears, and, following a duel between the two, Gandalf is captured. With his worst fears realized – that the Necromancer is indeed [[Sauron]] – Gandalf watches in horror as the Orc army marches toward the Lonely Mountain.

Once at the Lonely Mountain, Bilbo deciphers the [[Thrór's Map|map]]'s cryptic clue and uses moonlight to find the hidden keyhole that opens the [[Back Door|secret door]] into the mountain. [[Balin]] then explains Bilbo's real purpose and sends him down to the treasury to locate the Arkenstone. Unfortunately, Bilbo's searching quickly awakens Smaug, who initially finds the [[Hobbits|Hobbit]] amusing, but swiftly tires of him and intends to kill him. In Lake-town, Bard hears the rumbling caused by Smaug's awakening and attempts to affix the last Black Arrow to the town's launcher, but is arrested. Óin, Fíli, Bofur, and Bard's daughters, [[Sigrid]] and [[Tilda]], are attacked by Bolg's hunting party before Legolas and Tauriel drive them off, with the latter remaining behind to tend to Kíli. Then, in a dream-like state after his medication, Kíli admits his love for Tauriel. After convincing Thorin that they must help Bilbo, the Dwarves enter the Mountain and find themselves and the [[Hobbits|Hobbit]] being hunted by Smaug. Tricking the [[Fire-drakes|fire-breathing]] Smaug into rekindling the forges, they attempt to kill the dragon by drowning him in a flood of molten gold. However, Smaug survives, and stumbles out of the mountain determined to make the people of Lake-town suffer for giving aid to the Dwarves, leaving Bilbo horrified at the turn of events.

===Scenes===
# The Quest for Erebor**
# Wilderland
# The Master Summons
# A Commander of Legions
# Queer Lodgings*
# Last of the Skin-changers
# Where the Shadows Lie*
# The Elven-gate**
# Mirkwood**
# Flies and Spiders
# The Woodland Realm
# The Elvenking
# King and Captain
# Feast of Starlight
# Barrels Out of Bond
# The High Fells
# Bard the Bowman
# The Nature of Evil
# Smuggled Cargo
# Lake-town
# The Master of Lake-town**
# The World of Men**
# The Home of Bard
# "It Is Our Fight"
# The Prophecy**
# A Warm Welcome**
# The Parting of the Company**
# The Lonely Mountain**
# A Spell of Concealment**
# The Hidden Door
# Son of Thrór*
# On the Doorstep
# Kingsfoil
# The Courage of Hobbits
# The Enemy Revealed**
# Inside Information
# The Black Arrow
# In the Dragon's Lair
# Under Arrest
# Bilbo the Burglar
# Smaug the Magnificent
# Orc Attack
# Confrontations
# Elvish Medicine
# Hunter and Hunted
# "She Walks in Starlight"
# A Desperate Plan
# Duel in Lake-town
# The Forges Relit
# Smaug the Golden
# Credits

<nowiki>*</nowiki> denotes a scene only available in the Extended Edition cut of the film. 
<nowiki>**</nowiki> denotes a scene which includes extended content only available in the Extended Edition cut of the film.

===Cast===
:''See also:[[The Hobbit (film series)#Cast|''The Hobbit'' (film series)#Cast]]''
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Actor !! Role
|-
| [[Richard Armitage]] || [[Thorin]]
|-
| [[Jim Baltaxe]] || Lake-town resident
|-
| Dallas Barnett || "[[Bill Ferny#Films|Bill Ferny, Sr.]]"
|-
| [[John Bell]] || [[Bain]]
|-
| [[Manu Bennett]] || [[Azog]]
|-
| Nick Blake || [[Percy]]
|-
| [[Orlando Bloom]] || [[Legolas]]
|-
| [[Jed Brophy]] || [[Nori]]
|-
| [[Adam Brown]] || [[Ori]]
|-
| [[John Callen]] || [[Óin]]
|-
| John Colbert || Lake-town spy
|-
| Peter Colbert || Lake-town spy
|-
| [[Stephen Colbert]] || Lake-town spy
|-
| [[Paul Craze]] || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[Benedict Cumberbatch]] || [[Smaug]] The [[Sauron#Sauron's Return|Necromancer]]
|-
| Frank Edwards || Dock worker
|-
| [[Greg Ellis]] || Net mender
|-
| [[Luke Evans]] || [[Bard]] [[Girion]]
|-
| [[Martin Freeman]] || [[Bilbo Baggins]]
|-
| [[Stephen Fry]] || The [[Master of Lake-town]]
|-
| [[Ryan Gage]] || [[Alfrid]]
|-
| Phoebe Gittins || Prancing Pony wench
|-
| Tim Gordon || Stallkeeper
|-
| [[Mark Hadlow]] || [[Dori]]
|-
| Craig Hall || [[Galion]]
|-
| [[Peter Hambleton]] || [[Glóin]]
|-
| Jamie Harrison || Hunter Orc
|-
| [[Ray Henwood]] || Old fisherman
|-
| [[Chris Hewer]] || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[Christian Hipolito]] || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[Kathryn Briggs Hobbs]] || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[John Howe]] || Lake-town musician
|-
| [[Stephen Hunter]] || [[Bombur]]
|-
| [[Katie Jackson]] || [[Betsy Butterbur]]
|-
| [[Peter Jackson]] || "Ancestor of [[Albert Dreary]]" Basket Man (Scenes Deleted)
|-
| Norman Kali || Lake-town spy
|-
| Eli Kent || [[Lethuin]]
|-
| Robin Kerr || [[Elros (Mirkwood guard)|Elros]]
|-
| [[William Kircher]] || [[Bifur]]
|-
| Kelly Kilgour || [[Soury]]
|-
| [[Alan Lee]] || Lake-town musician
|-
| [[Evangeline Lilly]] || [[Tauriel]]
|-
| Simon London || [[Feren]]
|-
| [[Lawrence Makoare]] || [[Bolg]]
|-
| [[Sylvester McCoy]] || [[Radagast|Radagast the Brown]]
|-
| [[Ian McKellen]] || [[Gandalf|Gandalf the Grey]]
|-
| [[Carlton McRae]] || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[Graham McTavish]] || [[Dwalin]]
|-
| [[Liz Merton]] || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[Joseph Mika-Hunt]] || Lake-town resident
|-
| Ben Mitchell || [[Narzug]]
|-
| Mark Mitchinson || [[Braga]]
|-
| [[James Nesbitt]] || [[Bofur]]
|-
| Mary Nesbitt || [[Tilda]]
|-
| Peggy Nesbitt || [[Sigrid]]
|-
| [[Dean O'Gorman]] || [[Fíli]]
|-
| [[Lee Pace]] || [[Thranduil]]
|-
| Sarah Peirse || [[Hilda Bianca]]
|-
| [[Lise Perichon]] || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[Mikael Persbrandt]] || [[Beorn]]
|-
| [[Gabrielle Roque López]] || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[Brian Sergent]] || Spider
|-
| [[Kiran Shah]] || Prancing Pony Hobbit
|-
| [[Antony Sher]] || [[Thráin II|Thráin]] ([[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (extended edition)|Extended Edition]] only)
|-
| [[Tim Simpson]] || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[Jeff Slaven]] || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[Dianne Smith]] || Lake-town resident
|-
| Matt Smith || "[[Squint-eyed Southerner#Films|Squint]]"
|-
| [[Ken Stott]] || [[Balin]]
|-
| [[Royd Tolkien]] || Ranger Captain (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Aidan Turner]] || [[Kíli]]
|-
| [[Stephen Ure]] || [[Fimbul]]
|-
| [[Rosalie van Horik]] || Mirkwood Elf
|-
| Peter Vere-Jones || Spider
|-
| [[Manuela Vetters]] || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[Zane Weiner]] || Lake-town spy
|-
| [[Richard Whiteside]] || "[[Barliman Butterbur#Portrayal in adaptations|Butterbur, Sr.]]"
|-
| [[Christopher Winchester]] || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[Nikky Winchester]] || Lake-town resident
|-
|}

==Deviations from the source material==
The film covers the seventh through twelfth chapters of ''[[The Hobbit]]'' with a few elements added from the [[The Lord of the Rings Appendices|Appendices]] from ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''. While it generally follows the story, a number of liberties were still taken:

* [[Thorin]]'s encounter with [[Gandalf]] at [[the Prancing Pony]] in which the [[Wizards|Wizard]] urges him to take back [[Lonely Mountain|Erebor]] was not a chance meeting as it was in [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]]'s writings, but rather orchestrated by Gandalf himself.
* Instead of crossing [[Mirkwood]]'s [[Enchanted River]] by boat, [[Bilbo Baggins|Bilbo]] and the [[Thorin and Company|Dwarves]] climb on vines that extend across the river. This scene is only seen in the [[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (extended edition)|Extended Edition]] of the film.
* In the book, Thorin was captured separately before the rest of the [[Thorin and Company|Company]] and kept captive in his own room (where he was treated and fed well) when he wouldn't reveal his purpose for being in Mirkwood. The other [[Dwarves]] weren't told he was there.
* [[Thranduil]] guesses the purpose of the Company's mission was to retake Erebor, and tries to make a deal with Thorin. In the book, he is oblivious to this.
* Thranduil at first allowed the other Dwarves to move about freely within his halls, but he finally locked them up, each to his own cell, because they were being obnoxious and insulting in the book. In the film, they are immediately locked up.
* Neither [[Legolas]] nor [[Tauriel]] appear in the book. Indeed, the latter character is a creation of the filmmakers.
* [[Bilbo Baggins|Bilbo]] hides the Dwarves in the barrels (with no tops) while the chief guard and [[Galion]] the butler were asleep, and he launches them into the [[Forest River|river]] himself. In the book, the Elves themselves later pushed the barrels (which they thought were empty; they were also covered with lids) through the trapdoor and opened the portcullis at the water-gate to let the barrels into the river.
* In the book, the portcullis was a grate lowered down across the opening (the water-gate) that let the stream from the cave flow out into the river. In the film, the portcullis was a side-swinging type, and it wouldn't have kept anybody inside the cave because it was outside on the river.
* There is a pursuit by the [[Elves of Mirkwood|Elves]] after the Dwarves' escape from the [[Elvenking's Halls]] (where the [[Elves]] did not yet know how the Dwarves had escaped), and the pack of [[Orcs]] who were pursuing the Company in the previous film catch up and attack as the barrels float down the river. The Elves then counterattack the Orcs.
* [[Kíli]] is struck with a Morgul arrow by [[Bolg]] during the barrel escape when trying to open the water-gate, and it slowly saps his strength through the rest of the film. He is ultimately healed by Tauriel (who uses [[athelas]] to do so) in [[Lake-town]], where his health had become critical. No such incident occurs in Tolkien's works.
* [[Bard]] meets the Dwarves on the river, and [[Balin]] convinces him to smuggle the Company into Lake-town in the barrels. In the book, [[Raft-elves]] intercepted the barrels and made them into a raft they steered down the river to [[Long Lake]] where [[Men]] in boats pulled it into Lake-town with the undiscovered Dwarves still inside and Bilbo (still wearing his [[The One Ring|Ring]]) invisibly riding along.
* In addition to [[Bain]], Bard has two other children: daughters [[Sigrid]] and [[Tilda]]. He is also revealed to be a widower.
* The [[Master of Lake-town]] has a majordomo in the film: [[Alfrid]]. He frequently informs the Master of various goings-on in the town, particularly the rumors of people plotting to possibly unseat him from his position of power - Bard, in particular. In the book, the Master had various aides who were unnamed and only briefly mentioned.
* Due to his worsening condition, Thorin refuses to let Kíli go up to the Mountain with the rest of the Company. [[Fíli]] and [[Óin]] opt to stay behind to look after him. Additionally, [[Bofur]] gets left behind after oversleeping. All thirteen Dwarves went up to the Mountain in the book.
* In the Extended Edition of the film, Gandalf encounters a gaunt, bewildered [[Thráin II]] while investigating [[Dol Guldur]]. He somewhat heals the Dwarf's insanity, and Thráin helps guide him through the fortress, also revealing that his [[Thrór|father]]'s [[Ring of Thrór|ring]] had been entrusted to him and had ultimately been cut from his finger and taken from him by [[Azog]] during the [[Battle of Azanulbizar]]. Thráin is ultimately swallowed up by [[Sauron]] just before the Dark Lord reveals himself to Gandalf. This is evidently a reworking of the encounter of the two that took place in {{TA|2850}} made to fit into the film trilogy's events, though Thráin does not give [[Thrór's Map]] and Erebor's [[Back Door]] key to Gandalf in the film (having done so on a previous, unseen occasion), nor does Gandalf not ever realise the Dwarf's identity during the meeting.
* In the book, the last rays of the setting [[sun]] on [[Durin's Day]] reveal the keyhole to the [[Back Door|secret door]] into the [[Lonely Mountain]], as predicted by the [[Moon-letters|runes]] on the [[Thrór's Map|map]]. In the film, the light of the [[moon]] reveals the keyhole after the sun has set.
* Bard is imprisoned toward the end of the film, purely because the Master sees him as a threat.
* Bolg's Orc pack arrives in Lake-town to ambush the remaining Dwarves, but are foiled by the arrival of Legolas and Tauriel. They retreat once they realize Thorin has already reached the Mountain.
* Bilbo has only one audience with [[Smaug]], and does not take a gold cup from him. He also takes his Ring off not long after the [[Dragons|Dragon]] detects his presence.
* Smaug seems fully aware of Thorin and Company's presence, as well as Sauron's impending attack on the Dwarves.
* The climax of the film is an involved battle between Thorin's Dwarves and Smaug inside of the Lonely Mountain, in which they ultimately try (unsuccessfully) to drown the beast in molten gold after re-lighting the forges. In the book, the Dwarves never see the Dragon at all; by the time they head downstairs to the Dragon's lair, Smaug is long gone (in fact, although they don't know it at that point, he's already dead).

==Gallery==
{{Seealso|:Category:Images from The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug}}
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|title=Pictures from ''The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug''
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|File:The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug - Attercop!.jpg|[[Bilbo Baggins|Bilbo]] fights the spiders of [[Mirkwood]]
|File:The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug - Bilbo and Sting.jpg|Bilbo and [[Sting]]
|File:The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug - Packing the Dwarves.jpg|[[Barrels Out of Bond]]
|File:The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug - Bilbo in the Lonely Mountain.jpg|Bilbo in the [[Lonely Mountain]]
|File:The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug - Tauriel.jpg|[[Tauriel]]
|File:The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug - Legolas in Mirkwood.jpg|[[Legolas]] confronts [[Thorin and Company]]
|File:The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug - Gandalf in Dol Guldur.jpg|[[Gandalf]] in [[Dol Guldur]]
|File:The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug - Dale.jpg|[[Dale]] in ruins
|File:The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug - Bilbo and the butterflies in the canopy of Mirkwood.jpg|Bilbo and the butterflies in the canopy of [[Mirkwood]]
}}
==Trailers==

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==See also==
*[[The Hobbit (film series)|''The Hobbit'' (film series)]]
**''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey|An Unexpected Journey]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies|The Battle of the Five Armies]]''
*[[:Category:Images from The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug|Images from ''The Desolation of Smaug'']]
*[[:Category:Images of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug posters|''The Desolation of Smaug'' posters]]
*''The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug'' soundtrack:
**''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Special Edition]]''
*''The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug'' tie-in books:
**''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: Chronicles: Art & Design]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: Official Movie Guide]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: Visual Companion]]''
**Children's books:
***''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: Sticker Book]]''
***''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: The Movie Storybook]]''
***''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: Ultimate Sticker Collection]]''
***''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: Activity Book]]''
***''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: Annual 2014]]''

==External links==
*[http://www.thehobbit.com/ TheHobbit.com] (official website)
*[http://www.thehobbitblog.com/ TheHobbitBlog.com] (official blog)
*[http://www.facebook.com/PeterJacksonNZ Peter Jackson's Facebook page]

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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

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Tosser Grubb

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{{Adaptation}}

[[File:The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey - Tosser Grubb.jpg|Tosser in ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey]]''|right|thumb|150px]]
'''Tosser Grubb''' is a [[Hobbits|Hobbit]] of [[The Shire|the Shire]] who appears in the market outside of the [[Green Dragon]] Inn in the Extended Edition of ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey]]''. In ''[[The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies]]'', he appeared as an auctioneer selling most of [[Bilbo Baggins]]'s possessions and [[Bag End]] when the Hobbits thought he was deceased after being gone for so long until Bilbo himself arrived and showed his proof his status by showing Tosser his signature of Balin's contract.{{fact}} He was portrayed by Merv Smith (credited as "Mervyn Smith" in the end credits of the first film).

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

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{{film infobox
| image=[[File:The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey - poster 1.jpg|250px]]
| name=''The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey''
| director=[[Peter Jackson]]<ref name="HBTitles">{{webcite|articleurl=http://www.thehobbitblog.com/?p=2563|articlename=Titles and Release Dates Announced|dated=31-May-2011|website=[http://www.thehobbitblog.com/ The Hobbit Blog]|accessed=21-Dec-2011}}</ref> [[Andy Serkis]] (Second Unit Director)<ref name="HBAndy">
{{webcite|articleurl=http://www.thehobbitblog.com/?p=2234|articlename=Andy Serkis to serve as Second Unit Director|dated=8-April-2011|website=[http://www.thehobbitblog.com/ The Hobbit Blog]|accessed=21-Dec-2011}}</ref>
| producer=Peter Jackson [[Fran Walsh]] [[Carolynne Cunningham]] [[Philippa Boyens]] (Co-Producer) [[Ken Kamins]] (Executive Producer) [[Zane Weiner]] (Executive Producer)<ref name="HBTitles"/>
| writer=[[Guillermo del Toro]] Peter Jackson Fran Walsh Philippa Boyens<ref name="HBTitles"/>
| narrator=
| starring=[[Martin Freeman]] [[Ian McKellen]] [[Richard Armitage]]<ref name="PJCasting1">{{webcite|author=[[Peter Jackson]]|articleurl=http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150168211921558|articlename=Production begins in New Zealand on The Hobbit|dated=20-March-2011|website=FB|accessed=21-Dec-2011}}</ref> ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey#Confirmed cast|See cast section below for more]]''
| music=[[Howard Shore]]<ref name="PJCasting1"/>
| cinematography=[[Andrew Lesnie]]<ref name="PJCasting1"/>
| editing=
| studio=[[New Line Cinema]] [[MGM]] [[WingNut Films]]<ref name="HBTitles"/>
| distributor=[[Warner Bros.|Warner Bros. Pictures]]<ref name="HBTitles"/>
| released=[[28 November]] [[2012]] (worldwide première) [[14 December]] [[2012]] (North America)<ref name="HBTitles2">{{webcite|articleurl=http://www.thehobbitblog.com/the-hobbit-trilogy-titles-and-release-dates/|articlename=The Hobbit Trilogy titles and release dates|dated=2-September-2012|website=[http://www.thehobbitblog.com/ The Hobbit Blog]|accessed=2-September-2012}}</ref>
| runtime=169 minutes
| country=[[New Zealand]] [[United Kingdom]] [[United States]]
| language=English
| budget=
| website=[http://www.thehobbit.com/ TheHobbit.com]
| imdb_id=0903624
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'''''The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey''''' is the first of [[Peter Jackson]]'s [[The Hobbit (film series)|''The Hobbit'' film trilogy]] based on [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s [[1937]] novel ''[[The Hobbit]]''. It was released on [[14 December]] [[2012]] in North America. It was followed by ''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug|The Desolation of Smaug]]'' in [[2013]] and by ''[[The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies|The Battle of the Five Armies]]'' in [[2014]].

==Synopsis==
{{Blockquote|The adventure follows the journey of title character Bilbo Baggins, who is swept into an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor from the fearsome dragon Smaug. Approached out of the blue by the wizard Gandalf the Grey, Bilbo finds himself joining a company of thirteen dwarves led by the legendary warrior, Thorin Oakenshield. Their journey will take them into the Wild; through treacherous lands swarming with Goblins and Orcs, deadly Wargs and Giant Spiders, Shapeshifters and Sorcerers. 
''Although their goal lies to the East and the wastelands of the Lonely Mountain first they must escape the goblin tunnels, where Bilbo meets the creature that will change his life forever... Gollum. Here, alone with Gollum, on the shores of an underground lake, the unassuming Bilbo Baggins not only discovers depths of guile and courage that surprise even him, he also gains possession of Gollum's "precious" ring that holds unexpected and useful qualities... A simple, gold ring that is tied to the fate of all Middle-earth in ways Bilbo cannot begin to know.|[[Warner Bros.]] Press Release<ref name="WBPressRelease1">{{webcite|articleurl=http://www.warnerbros.com/movies/in-theaters-coming-soon/the-hobbit-an-unexpected-journey/c36f51cb-9332-4db9-b297-458453025455.html|articlename=THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY|website=[http://www.warnerbros.com/ Warner Bros.]|accessed=19-November-2012}}</ref>}}

==Plot==
On his eleventy-first (111th) birthday, the [[Hobbits|Hobbit]] [[Bilbo Baggins]] decides to write down the full story of the adventure he took 60 years before for his nephew [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]]. Bilbo writes about how, prior to his own actual involvement, the [[Dwarves|Dwarf]] [[Thrór]] was [[King under the Mountain|king]] of [[Lonely Mountain|Erebor]] and brought an era of prosperity to his [[Dwarves of Erebor|kin]] until the arrival of [[Smaug]] the [[Dragons|Dragon]]. Drawn by the amount of [[gold]] that the Dwarves have amassed, Smaug destroyed the nearby town of [[Dale]] before driving the Dwarves out of Erebor. Thrór's grandson, [[Thorin]] [[Oakenshield]], sees King [[Thranduil]] and his [[Elves of Mirkwood|Wood-elves]] on a nearby hillside and is dismayed to find them taking their leave rather than aiding his people. This makes Thorin develop an everlasting hatred of [[Elves]].

Following this, Bilbo is tricked by the [[Wizards|Wizard]] [[Gandalf]] the Grey into hosting a party for Thorin and his [[Thorin and Company|band of Dwarves]], which doubles as Bilbo's recruitment as the Dwarves' "burglar" to help them recover their treasure and their home from Smaug. Bilbo reluctantly joins the company on their journey to the Lonely Mountain, Thorin previously believing he would refuse. The group is captured by 3 Mountain [[Trolls]], [[Tom]], [[Bert]], and [[William]], but Bilbo is able to stall the Trolls from eating them until dawn, when Gandalf saves the company by exposing the Trolls to sunlight, turning them into stone. They search the Trolls' [[Troll's Cave|cave]] and find treasure and Elven blades. Thorin and Gandalf each take an Elf-wrought blade -- [[Orcrist]] and [[Glamdring]], respectively. Gandalf also finds an Elven short-sword, later to be known as [[Sting]], which he gives to Bilbo. Being Elven blades of the [[First Age]], Gandalf says they glow when near [[Orcs]] or [[Orcs#Orcs and Goblins|Goblins]]. However, only Sting actually does so.

The group encounters [[Radagast]] the Brown, a Wizard who lives in the forest of [[Mirkwood|Greenwood]]. He tells them of a strange presence he encountered at [[Dol Guldur]] and how it is poisoning the forest. The group is then chased by Orcs on [[Wargs]], with Radagast drawing them off with his [[Rhosgobel]] Rabbits-pulled sled. Gandalf leads them through a stone passage to [[Rivendell]] as the Wargs and Orcs above are slain by Elven riders. [[Elrond]] discloses the [[Thrór's Map|map]]'s indication of a [[Back Door|secret]] door that will be visible only on [[Durin's Day]]. Gandalf talks with the [[White Council]] (Elrond, [[Galadriel]], and [[Saruman|Saruman the White]]) about his involvement with the Dwarves, explaining the presence Radagast encountered and expresses mild suspicion that this Necromancer is the [[Sauron|Dark Lord]]. The others are skeptical, believing Sauron to have been defeated forever, and that this Necromancer is not a true threat. Elsewhere, at [[Weathertop]], [[Yazneg]], the leader of the attacking Orc party, reports back to his master [[Azog]] of his failure, who then kills the unfortunate Orc. Azog then issues a bounty upon Thorin's head, and races off with the rest of his party.

Against the Council's wishes, Gandalf sends Bilbo and the Dwarves toward the [[Misty Mountains]]. While passing through the mountains, Bilbo and the Dwarves encounter a battle between three stone [[giants]], and are forced to take refuge in a cave. Elsewhere, Azog and his Orcs follow the Dwarves' trail to the Misty Mountains. While the company sleeps, Bilbo decides to leave and return to Rivendell after talking to [[Bofur]], who believes in him. He is overheard by Thorin, who believes he has been proven right that the hobbit is not up to the quest. But before Bilbo can leave, they are all captured by Goblins and taken to their leader, the [[Great Goblin|Goblin King]]. Gandalf arrives and saves the Dwarves from the Goblins. They then fight their way out of [[Goblin-town]], killing the Goblin King during their escape. Bilbo was separated from the Dwarves right after their capture and encounters [[Gollum]], who accidentally drops a mysterious [[The One Ring|ring]] while killing a stray Goblin to feed on. Picking up the ring and placing it in his pocket, Bilbo finds himself confronted by Gollum. They play a [[Riddle-game]], wagering that Bilbo will be shown the way out if he wins, or eaten by Gollum if he loses. After Bilbo wins by asking Gollum what he has in his pocket, Gollum realizes Bilbo has stolen the ring and attacks him. Bilbo discovers the ring grants him invisibility and evades a furious Gollum, following him to find the way out and deciding out of pity not to kill him, despite having the chance to do so.

Bilbo rejoins the group once he sees them after hearing Thorin voice his doubts he will return, keeping the ring he found secret. The moment of triumph is cut short as they are ambushed by Azog and his hunting party. After taking refuge in cliffside trees before the Wargs uproot most of them, the final tree is partially uprooted, leaving most of the Company hanging over the cliffside. Thorin then charges Azog in an attempt to save the others, but is badly wounded and knocked to the ground. Bilbo defends Thorin from being killed, and as Azog's other Orcs move in, [[Fíli]], [[Kíli]] and [[Dwalin]] rush in and attack them, and a fight ensues. The group is then saved by [[Eagles]], who fly them to safety on the [[Carrock]]. Gandalf wakes the unconscious Thorin, who finally accepts Bilbo for his courage and bravery. As the party sees the destiny of their journey, the Lonely Mountain in the distance, Smaug awakens.

===Scenes===
# [[Prologue: The Fall of Erebor]] **
# [["In a Hole in the Ground There Lived a Hobbit"]]
# [[Very Old Friends (The Hobbit scene)|Very Old Friends]]
# [[Mr. Baggins (scene)|Mr. Baggins]] *
# [[An Unexpected Party (scene)|An Unexpected Party]]
# [[Blunt the Knives (scene)|"Blunt the Knives"]] **
# [[A Map, a Key and a Contract]]
# [[Misty Mountains (scene)|"Misty Mountains"]]
# [["... The World Ahead"]]
# [[The Battle of Azanulbizar]]
# [[Radagast the Brown (scene)|Radagast the Brown]]
# [[Trollshaws (scene)|Trollshaws]]
# [[Roast Mutton (scene)|Roast Mutton]]
# [[A Troll-hoard (scene)|A Troll-hoard]]
# [[The Hill of Sorcery (scene)|The Hill of Sorcery]]
# [[Warg-scouts]]
# [[Rivendell (The Hobbit scene)|Rivendell]] **
# [[A Short Rest (scene)|A Short Rest]] **
# [[Moon Runes (scene)|Moon Runes]]
# [[The Defiler (scene)|The Defiler]]
# [[The Last Homely House]] *
# [[The White Council (scene)|The White Council]] **
# [["Why the Halfling?"]]
# [[Over Hill (scene)|Over Hill]]
# [[Under Hill (scene)|Under Hill]]
# [[The Great Goblin (scene)|The Great Goblin]] **
# [[Riddles in the Dark (scene)|Riddles in the Dark]]
# [[Biter and Beater]]
# [[The Ring (scene)|The Ring]]
# [[Escape from Goblin-town]]
# [[The Pity of Bilbo]]
# [["Home Is Behind..."]]
# [[Out of the Frying Pan...]]
# [[A Good Omen (scene)|A Good Omen]]
# Credits

<nowiki>*</nowiki> denotes a scene only available in the Extended Edition cut of the film. 
<nowiki>**</nowiki> denotes a scene which includes extended content only available in the Extended Edition cut of the film.

==Cast==
{{Seealso|The Hobbit (film series)#People involved}}
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Actor !! Role
|-
| Ruby Acevedo || Cute young Hobbit ([[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (extended edition)|Extended Edition]] only)
|-
| Barbara Allen || Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| Frazer Anderson || Moria Orc
|-
| [[Richard Armitage]] || [[Thorin]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide">[[Brian Sibley]], ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Official Movie Guide]]'' (2012)</ref>
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| Erin Banks || [[Lobelia Sackville-Baggins]] (Extended Edition only)
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| [[Timothy Bartlett]] || [[Master Worrywort]]
|-
| Joel Baxendale || Goblin
|-
| [[Manu Bennett]] || [[Azog]]
|-
| Jennifer Betham-Lang || Dwarf Civilian
|-
| Jared Blakiston || Musical Elf
|-
| [[Cate Blanchett]] || [[Galadriel]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| Glenn Boswell || Dwarf miner
|-
| Shane Boulton || Rivendell Court ElfGoblin
|-
| [[Jed Brophy]] || [[Nori]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Adam Brown]] || [[Ori]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| Jessica Buckham || Dale Child
|-
| [[John Callen]] || [[Óin]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| Luc Campbell || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| Melanie Carrington || Musical Elf
|-
| Brendan Casey || Thranduil's lieutenant
|-
| Renee Cataldo || Goblin
|-
| Marty Christopher || Dwarf Warrior
|-
| [[Benedict Cumberbatch]] || The [[Sauron#Sauron's Return|Necromancer]] [[Smaug]]
|-
| Joan Dawe || Hobbit
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| [[Dave Dyer]] || Dwarf of Erebor
|-
| [[Luke Evans]] || [[Girion]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| Megan Fairweather || Dwarf trader
|-
| Andrew Fitzsimons || Elf
|-
| Sonia Forbes-Adam || [[Belladonna Took|Belladonna Baggins]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| Ben Fransham || Goblin
|-
| [[Martin Freeman]] || [[Bilbo Baggins]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| Stephen Gledhill || [[Old Gammidge]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| Tim Gordon || [[Old Hob]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Mark Hadlow]] || [[Dori]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/> [[Bert]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| Zackary Hajek || Dale Citizen
|-
| [[Peter Hambleton]] || [[Glóin]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/> [[William]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| George Harach || Goblin
|-
| Rose Harnett || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| Jamie Harrison || Moria Orc
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| Rebekah Hart || Dwarf trader
|-
| Luke Hawker || Goblins (voice)
|-
| [[Dan Hennah]] || The [[Gerontius Took|Old Took]]<ref name="Weta1">[[Daniel Falconer]], ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Chronicles: Art & Design]]'', p. 30</ref> (Extended Edition only)
|-
| Allan Henry || Goblin
|-
| Christian Hipolito || Hunter Orc
|-
| [[Ian Holm]] || Older [[Bilbo Baggins]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| Brian Hotter || [[Otho Sackville-Baggins]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Barry Humphries]] || [[Great Goblin|Goblin King]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Stephen Hunter]] || [[Bombur]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Katie Jackson]] || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Peter Jackson]] || Erebor Dwarf refugee
|-
| Cameron Jones || Thranduil's lieutenant
|-
| Tim Jones || Dwarf guard
|-
| Paul Kingdom || Dwarf Civilian
|-
| [[William Kircher]] || [[Bifur]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/> [[Tom]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Christopher Lee]] || [[Saruman|Saruman the White]]
|-
| Eloise Masters || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| Eva Matthews || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| Ollie Matthews || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Sylvester McCoy]] || [[Radagast|Radagast the Brown]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| Rose McGhie || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Ian McKellen]] || [[Gandalf|Gandalf the Grey]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Bret McKenzie]] || [[Lindir]]
|-
| Tim McLachlan || Goblin
|-
| [[Graham McTavish]] || [[Dwalin]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| Honor McTavish || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| Nathan Meister || Goblin
|-
| Joseph Mika-Hunt || Moria Orc
|-
| Isaac Miller || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Mike Mizrahi]] || [[Thráin II|Thráin]]
|-
| Ravi Narayan || Goblin bruteHobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[James Nesbitt]] || [[Bofur]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| Mary Nesbitt || Girl of Dale
|-
| Peggy Nesbitt || Girl of Dale
|-
| Terry Notary || [[Yazneg]] (pick-up shots) [[Great Goblin|Goblin King]] (motion capture around the body)
|-
| [[Dean O'Gorman]]<ref group="note">Rob Kazinsky was initially cast as [[Fíli]]. (see: {{webcite|author=[[Peter Jackson]]|articleurl=http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150239464391558|articlename=Casting news!|dated=30-April-2011|website=FB|accessed=21-Dec-2011}}</ref> || [[Fíli]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| Ella Olssen || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Jabez Olssen]] || Erebor Dwarf refugee
|-
| Sabin Olssen || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Lee Pace]] || [[Thranduil]]
|-
| Findlay Price || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| John Rawls || [[Yazneg]]
|-
| Thomas Rimmer || Goblin
|-
| [[Thomas Robins]] || Young [[Thráin II|Thráin]]
|-
| Gabrielle Roque López || Orc
|-
| Nancy Ruck || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Andy Serkis]] || [[Gollum]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| Louis Serkis || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| Ruby Serkis || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| Sonny Serkis || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Kiran Shah]] || [[Goblin Scribe]]
|-
| [[Jamie W.R. Smith]] || Goblin
|-
| Merv Smith || [[Tosser Grubb]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| Oscar Strik || Young [[Bilbo Baggins]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Conan Stevens]]<ref group="note">[[Conan Stevens]] was initially cast as [[Azog]]. (see: {{webcite|author=[[Peter Jackson]]|articleurl=http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150257180211558|articlename=Casting News for The Hobbit|dated=19-May-2011|website=FB|accessed=21-Dec-2011}}).</ref> || [[Bolg]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Ken Stott]] || [[Balin]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| Amelia Taylor || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| Samuel Taylor || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Jeffrey Thomas]] || [[Thrór]]
|-
| James Trevena-Brown || Goblin
|-
| Mark Trotter || Goblin
|-
| [[Aidan Turner]] || [[Kíli]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Stephen Ure]] || [[Fimbul]][[Grinnah]]
|-
| Eric Vespe || [[Fredegar Chubb]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| Ruby Vincent || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| Terry Vincent || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| Hayden Weal || Dwarf holding gems
|-
| [[Hugo Weaving]] || [[Elrond]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| James Wells || Dwarf blacksmith
|-
| [[Richard Whiteside]] || Dwarf guard
|-
| [[Elijah Wood]] || [[Frodo Baggins]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| John Wraight || Dwarf guard
|}

==Deviations from the source material==
''The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey'' covers the first six chapters of ''[[The Hobbit]]'' with a few elements added from the [[The Lord of the Rings Appendices|Appendices]] from ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''. While it follows the story quite closely, a number of liberties were still taken:
* The film begins with a prologue in which [[Bilbo Baggins]] awakens in the wee hours of the morning of his 111th birthday and begins to write ''[[There and Back Again|There and Back Again: A Hobbit's Holiday]]'' in what would become the [[Red Book of Westmarch]]. In ''The Hobbit'', he had already begun to write the book shortly after returning to [[Bag End]].
* Before beginning the first chapter of his book, Bilbo also details the background of his adventure, first recounting the rise and fall of [[Lonely Mountain|Erebor]] and [[Dale]], and then the arrival of [[Smaug]] -- much of the same information recounted by [[Thorin]] and the other [[Dwarves]] during the Unexpected Party. And to presumably tie it in better with the whole trilogy, the [[Arkenstone]] is found under [[Thrór]]'s rule instead of that of [[Thráin I]]. Thrór interprets its discovery as his divine right to rule.
* A long-standing feud between the [[Dwarves of Erebor]] and the [[Elves]] was invented for the film, beginning with Thrór's refusal to give [[Thranduil]] a payment of gems (seen only in the [[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (extended edition)|Extended Edition]]), and fully manifesting when Thranduil then brings his Elf Army to Erebor when Smaug is sacking it, only to then turn around and leave, offering no aid to the battling and fleeing Dwarves.
* [[Elijah Wood]] also appears briefly as [[Frodo Baggins]] toward the end of the prologue, whereas the character does not appear at all in the book. However, his appearance is purely a cameo as the set-up for the beginning of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'', where Bilbo is also seen writing his book the day of his [[Bilbo's Farewell Party|Farewell Party]], and Frodo leaving to await [[Gandalf]]'s arrival.
* The [[Thorin and Company|Dwarves]] do not quite arrive at Bag End in the same manner (first [[Dwalin]], then [[Balin]], then both [[Fíli]] and [[Kíli]], and then [[Óin]], [[Glóin]], [[Dori]], [[Nori]], [[Ori]], [[Bifur]], [[Bofur]], and [[Bombur]] all at once with Gandalf; Thorin arrives significantly later) and they do not have their multi-colored hoods or beards as they did in the book.
* The morning after the Unexpected Party, Bilbo is excited about "going on an adventure" rather than initially reluctant. Unlike the books, where Gandalf essentially railroads Bilbo into going along with it, in the movie, he persuades Bilbo to live up to and take pride in the legacy of [[Baggins family|Bagginses]] as unconventional [[Hobbits]].
* Bilbo was shown to be allergic to [[horses]].
* The [[War of the Dwarves and Orcs]] is condensed into just the [[Battle of Azanulbizar]] (recounted by Balin in a flashback, and also referred to as the '''Battle of [[Moria]]''' throughout the trilogy), where Thrór leads an army of Dwarves against an army of [[Orcs]] in an attempt to reclaim Moria as their home not long after the [[Sack of Erebor]] (the time between the Sack, the Battle, and [[the Quest of Erebor]] has all been somewhat reduced and compressed for these films, presumably given that Thorin was made considerably younger than he was in the book). Thrór is decapitated by [[Azog]] during the battle instead of prior to it, and Thorin cuts off Azog's left forearm, while [[Dáin Ironfoot]] (who ultimately kills Azog during the battle in the book) does not appear at all in the sequence.
* Bilbo goes to the [[Trolls]] because they steal the Dwarves' [[ponies]].
* Bilbo is caught by the Trolls attempting to steal [[Tom]]'s knife to set the stolen ponies free rather than being given away by [[William]]'s [[Talking purse|"talking" purse]].
* While Bilbo does manage to set the ponies free during the Company's skirmish with the Trolls, it is the last they see of them. In the book, the Company had the ponies until reaching [[Rivendell]].
* The Dwarves surrender when the Trolls catch Bilbo and threaten to rip him apart instead of being overpowered and popped into bags.
* Bilbo - not Gandalf - stalls the Trolls until dawn's arrival in the film. They are turned to stone when Gandalf exposes them to the [[sun]] upon his return by breaking a large boulder behind them in half with his staff.
* The Trolls' [[Troll's Cave|cave]] is wide open, and there is no locked door blocking it.
* In the book, Bilbo finds [[Sting]] and takes it. In the film, Gandalf comes upon it and gives it to Bilbo.
* The group is attacked by a pack of Orcs on [[Wargs]] on the way to Rivendell just after the Trolls sequence in the film, which did not happen in the book.
* Although [[Radagast|Radagast the Brown]] is only ever briefly mentioned in the book, he does appear in this film trilogy. He is first seen discovering a darkness growing in [[Mirkwood|Greenwood the Great]] and having his [[Rhosgobel|home]] ambushed by [[spiders]]. After warding them off, he follows their path to [[Dol Guldur]] where he encounters a [[Sauron#Sauron's Return|Necromancer]] and the [[Witch-king]] of [[Angmar]], with whom he briefly duels and from whom he takes its [[Morgul blades|Morgul blade]]. He also aids the Dwarves in escaping the Orc Warg Riders near Rivendell by diverting their attention on his [[Rabbits|rabbit]]-pulled sled. In contrast, [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] never wrote of any such incidents.
* In the film's Extended Edition, Bofur gets up and sings "[[The Man in the Moon Stayed Up Too Late]]" while the Company is dining with the Elves in Rivendell, and the other Dwarves join him. This song does not appear until ''[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' in the books, where Frodo sings it at [[the Prancing Pony]].
* Also in the Extended Edition, Kíli is shown to somewhat fancy female Elves. Tolkien never alluded to any Dwarves in [[Middle-earth]] having any romantic interest in someone of another race.
* The leader of the Orc pack pursuing the Company on their journey is revealed to be Azog, who has survived the Battle of Azanulbizar in these films (his left forearm replaced by a spike with a claw at the end) and appears as an additional antagonist.
* In Tolkien's writings, the [[White Council]] already knew that the Necromancer was [[Sauron]] and was at Dol Guldur during the events in ''The Hobbit'', since Gandalf had already confirmed this 89 years earlier, and [[Saruman]] had discovered two years earlier that Sauron had learned of [[Isildur]]'s [[Battle of the Gladden Fields|loss]] of [[the One Ring]] at the [[Gladden Fields]] by the river [[Anduin]] and his [[Nazgûl|servants]] were searching the area (though he did not inform the Council of this discovery).
* Also at the White Council meeting, [[Galadriel]] relates how the Witch-king of Angmar, after his defeat near [[Fornost Erain]], had been killed and sealed in a tomb in the [[High Fells of Rhudaur|High Fells]] that could not be opened. This is a significant departure from Tolkien's writings, in which the Witch-king had not died, but fled. In fact, [[Glorfindel]] had stopped pursuit of the Witch-king and prophesied, ''"Do not pursue him! He will not return to these lands. Far off yet is his doom, and not by the hand of man will he fall."''<ref name="AppA">[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], ''The Lord of the Rings,'' Appendix A (I, iv).</ref> (This prophecy, of course, was the basis for the later dramatic moment in ''The Lord of the Rings'' in which [[Éowyn]] was able to kill the Witch-king because she was not a man.)  Furthermore, per Tolkien, the White Council knew the Witch-king had not been killed because he and the rest of the [[Nazgûl]] had previously been fighting with [[Gondor]] and had captured (and presumably killed) the last [[Kings of Gondor|King]] of Gondor at [[Minas Morgul]] in {{TA|2050}}, long after he had fled Fornost Erain.<ref name="AppB">J.R.R. Tolkien, ''The Lord of the Rings,'' Appendix B</ref>
* When traveling along the mountain pass in the book, Bilbo and the Dwarves observe the stone [[Giants]] hurling rocks at a distance, "across the valley," whereas in the film they become unwittingly involved when the mountainside on which they are standing comes to life and joins in the 'thunder battle.'
* It was Bilbo who alerted the party when the trap doors in the [[Orcs#Orcs and Goblins|Goblin]] cave open in the book. In the film, the Dwarves realize this just as the ground gives way and they begin to fall into the hole.
* In the book, the Goblins only had tunnels, not rope bridges.
* Bilbo's encounter with [[Gollum]] in the book occurs after he is lost during the Company's escape from [[Goblin-town]], whereas here it happens concurrently with the Dwarves' audience with the [[Great Goblin|Goblin King]] (due to Bilbo's eluding captivity from the Goblins and falling down a chasm during the struggle with one of them).
* In the book, Bilbo finds the One Ring by chance when his hand happens to fall upon it as he is crawling through one of the dark Goblin-town tunnels, well before he comes across Gollum. In this film, he sees Gollum fighting with the same Goblin with whom he fell down the chasm, and then we see the Ring fall out of Gollum's loincloth during the tussle. After Gollum drags off the Goblin's body, Bilbo then goes over, picks it up, examines it, and puts it in his pocket.
* Gollum has nine teeth in the film, rather than six.
* In the film, Gandalf does not use multi-coloured fire when lighting the pine cones.
* Bilbo and some of the Dwarves do not come down from the [[Firs|fir]] trees and charge the Goblins/Orcs and Wargs in the book once they've been trapped in them.
* As in ''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'', Gandalf sends for the [[Eagles]] by catching a moth and giving it a message. In the book, the Eagles see the fire in the distance and fly over to investigate, and, thus, their rescue of the Company was mostly circumstantial.
* As in the [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''Lord of the Rings'' films]], the Eagles do not speak.
* The Eagles take the Company directly to the [[Carrock]], bypassing the [[Eagle's Eyrie|Eyrie]].

==Music==
The score for ''The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey'' was composed by [[Howard Shore]], and was performed and recorded by the London Philharmonic Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios.<ref name="DougAdamsAUJ">{{webcite|author=[[Doug Adams]]|articleurl=http://www.musicoflotr.com/2012/11/the-hobbit-unexpected-journey.html|articlename=The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Soundtrack Album Coming December 11|dated=1-November-2012|website=[http://www.musicoflotr.com Doug Adam's Blog]|accessed=20-November-2012}}</ref>

Two editions of the soundtrack was released by [[Wikipedia:WaterTower Music|WaterTower Music]] on [[11 December]] [[2012]]:
*''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]]''
*''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Special Edition]]''

The song featured in the credits to ''An Unexpected Journey'', [[Song of the Lonely Mountain]], was performed by [[Neil Finn]] and released [[12 November]] [[2012]]. It was first [http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/neil-finn-reaches-epic-heights-on-song-of-the-lonely-mountain-song-premiere-20121112 released on RollingStone.com].<ref name="">{{webcite|articleurl=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/neil-finn-reaches-epic-heights-on-song-of-the-lonely-mountain-song-premiere-20121112|articlename=Neil Finn Reaches Epic Heights on 'Song of the Lonely Mountain' – Song Premiere|dated=12-November-2012|website=[http://www.rollingstone.com/ RollingStone.com]|accessed=20-November-2012}}</ref>

==Distribution==
===Theatrical release===
''An Unexpected Journey'' had its world première in [[Wellington]], [[New Zealand]], on [[28 November]] [[2012]]. The film was released in cinemas in New Zealand on [[12 December]], [[13 December]] in Europe, [[14 December]] in India, Canada and United States, and [[26 December]] in Australia.

===Home media===
''An Unexpected Journey'' was released on DVD, Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D, and as a digital download on [[19 March]] [[2013]].<ref name="UKDVD">{{webcite|author=lilymilos|articleurl=http://news.mymiddleearth.com/2013/02/06/sneak-peek-of-desolation-of-smaug-on-hobbit-blu-ray/|articlename=Sneak Peek of ‘Desolation of Smaug’ on Hobbit Blu-ray|dated=6-Feb-2013|website=MEN|accessed=9-Feb-2013}}</ref> The release date in the [[United Kingdom]] was [[8 April]].<ref name="UKDVD">{{webcite|author=Arwen|articleurl=http://news.mymiddleearth.com/2013/02/06/uk-hobbit-fans-to-wait-until-april-8th-for-blu-ray-blu-ray-dvd-and-digital-download-release/|articlename=UK Hobbit Fans to Wait Until April 8th for Blu-ray, DVD and Digital Download Release|dated=6-Feb-2013|website=MEN|accessed=9-Feb-2013}}</ref>

An extended edition of ''An Unexpected Journey'' includes an additional thirteen minutes of footage. It was be released in the UK on digital download on [[22 October]] and on Blu-ray and DVD on [[4 November]].<ref name="ExtendedEdition">{{webcite|author=Orlando Parfitt|articleurl=http://uk.movies.yahoo.com/the-hobbit--an-unexpected-journey-deleted-scene--exclusive--065952595.html|articlename=The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Extended Edition deleted scene (Exclusive)|dated=31-July-2013|website=[http://uk.movies.yahoo.com/ Yahoo Movies]|accessed=19-Aug-2013}}</ref>


==Promotion==
===Promotional posters===
{{Seealso|:Category:Images of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey posters}}
{{Gallery
|title=Promotional posters for ''The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey''
|height=300
|width=200
|lines=1
|File:The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey - poster 1.jpg|The first promotional poster.
|File:The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey - poster 2.jpg|The second promotional poster.
|File:The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey - poster 3.jpg|The third promotional poster.
|File:The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey - poster 4.jpg|The fourth promotional poster.
}}

===Trailers===
{{VideosHD|9PSXjr1gbjc|SDnYMbYB-nU}}

==See also==
*[[The Hobbit (film series)|''The Hobbit'' (film series)]]
**''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug|The Desolation of Smaug]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies|The Battle of the Five Armies]]''
*[[:Category:Images from The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey|Images from ''An Unexpected Journey'']]
*[[:Category:Images of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey posters|''An Unexpected Journey'' posters]]
*''The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey'' soundtrack
**''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Special Edition]]''
*''The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey'' tie-in books:
**''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Annual 2013]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Chronicles: Art & Design]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Chronicles: Creatures & Characters]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Official Movie Guide]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: The Movie Storybook]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: The World of Hobbits]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Visual Companion]]''

==External links==
*[http://www.thehobbit.com/ TheHobbit.com] (official website)
*[http://www.thehobbitblog.com/ TheHobbitBlog.com] (official blog)
*[http://www.facebook.com/PeterJacksonNZ Peter Jackson's Facebook page]

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Katie Jackson

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Hobbiton777:

'''Katie Jackson''' (born [[1996]]) is a New Zealand actress who portrayed as a Cute [[Hobbits|Hobbit]] Child, a Cute [[Rohan]] Refugee Child, and a [[Gondor]] Child in ''[[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|The Lord of the Rings]]'' trilogy and a Cute Young Hobbit, [[Betsy Butterbur]], and a [[Lake-town]] Woman in ''[[The Hobbit (film series)|The Hobbit]]'' trilogy.{{Fact}}

She is the daughter of [[Peter Jackson]] and [[Fran Walsh]] and the sister of [[Billy Jackson]].

==Roles==
* [[2001]]: ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' - Cute Hobbit Child
* [[2002]]: ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers]]'' - Cute Rohan Refugee Child
* [[2003]]: ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]'' - Child
* [[2012]]: ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey]]'' - Cute Young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
* [[2013]]: ''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug]]'' - [[Betsy Butterbur]]
* [[2014]]: ''[[The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies]]'' - Girl in [[Lake-town]]

[[Category:Actors and actresses]]
[[Category:New Zealand people]]
[[Category:People by name]]
[[de:Katie Jackson]]
[[fi:Katie Jackson]]

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

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Hobbiton777: /* Cast */

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

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Hobbiton777: /* Cast */ and also Meg Winchester did not appear in this movie because of her age during filming

{{film infobox
| image=[[File:The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug - poster 1.jpg|250px]]
| name=''The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug''
| director=[[Peter Jackson]]<ref name="HBTitles">{{webcite|articleurl=http://www.thehobbitblog.com/?p=2563|articlename=Titles and Release Dates Announced|dated=31-May-2011|website=[http://www.thehobbitblog.com/ The Hobbit Blog]|accessed=21-Dec-2011}}</ref> [[Andy Serkis]] (Second Unit Director)<ref name="HBAndy">
{{webcite|articleurl=http://www.thehobbitblog.com/?p=2234|articlename=Andy Serkis to serve as Second Unit Director|dated=8-April-2011|website=[http://www.thehobbitblog.com/ The Hobbit Blog]|accessed=21-Dec-2011}}</ref>
| producer=Peter Jackson [[Fran Walsh]] [[Carolynne Cunningham]] [[Zane Weiner]] [[Philippa Boyens]] (Co-Producer) [[Eileen Moran]] (Co-Producer) [[Alan Horn]] (Executive Producer) [[Toby Emmerich]] (Executive Producer) [[Ken Kamins]] (Executive Producer) [[Caroline Blackwood]]<ref name="HBTitles"/>
| writer=Peter Jackson Fran Walsh Philippa Boyens<ref name="HBTitles"/>
| narrator=
| starring=[[Martin Freeman]] [[Ian McKellen]] [[Richard Armitage]]<ref name="PJCasting1">{{webcite|author=[[Peter Jackson]]|articleurl=http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150168211921558|articlename=Production begins in New Zealand on The Hobbit|dated=20-March-2011|website=FB|accessed=21-Dec-2011}}</ref> ''[[The Hobbit (film series)#Confirmed cast|See cast section below for more]]''
| music=[[Howard Shore]]<ref name="PJCasting1"/>
| cinematography=[[Andrew Lesnie]]<ref name="PJCasting1"/>
| editing=
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'''''The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug''''' is the second of [[Peter Jackson]]'s [[The Hobbit (film series)|''The Hobbit'' film trilogy]] based on [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s [[1937]] novel ''[[The Hobbit]]''. It was released on [[13 December]] [[2013]] in North America. It was preceded by ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey|An Unexpected Journey]]'' in [[2012]] and will be followed by ''[[The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies|The Battle of the Five Armies]]'' in [[2014]].

==Synopsis==
{{Blockquote|“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” continues the adventure of the title character [[Bilbo Baggins]] as he journeys with the Wizard [[Gandalf]] and thirteen Dwarves, led by [[Thorin|Thorin Oakenshield]], on an epic quest to reclaim the Lonely Mountain and the lost Dwarf Kingdom of [[Lonely Mountain|Erebor]].

''Having survived the beginning of their unexpected journey, the Company continues East, encountering along the way the skin-changer [[Beorn]] and a swarm of giant Spiders in the treacherous forest of [[Mirkwood]]. After escaping capture by the dangerous [[Elves of Mirkwood|Wood-elves]], the Dwarves journey to Lake-town, and finally to the Lonely Mountain itself, where they must face the greatest danger of all — a creature more terrifying than any other; one which will test not only the depth of their courage but the limits of their friendship and the wisdom of the journey itself — the Dragon [[Smaug]].''|[[Warner Bros.]]<ref>{{webcite|articleurl=http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2013/10/17/80789-warner-bros-full-synopsis-for-the-hobbit-the-desolation-of-smaug-provides-some-plot-hints/|articlename=Warner Bros. full synopsis for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug provides some plot hints?|dated=17-October-2013|website=TORN|accessed=17-October-2013}}</ref>}}

==Plot==
At [[the Prancing Pony]] Inn in [[Bree]], [[Gandalf]] the Grey warns [[Thorin]] [[Oakenshield]] that someone is trying to have him killed. He persuades Thorin to obtain the [[Arkenstone]] to unite the [[Dwarves]], and suggests that a stealthy burglar may be needed to steal the jewel back from [[Smaug]].

Twelve months later, Thorin and his [[Thorin and Company|Company]] are being pursued by [[Azog]] and his [[Orcs|Orc]] party down the [[Carrock]] following the events of the previous film. After [[Bilbo Baggins|Bilbo]] informs the group that a [[Bears|bear]] is also tracking them, Gandalf ushers them along to the home of a [[Skin-changers|skin-changer]]. Upon their arrival, they are attacked by the same bear; Gandalf reveals that it is the [[Beorn's Hall|home]] of [[Beorn]] and that he may be able to aid them in their journey. That night, Azog is summoned to [[Dol Guldur]] by the [[Sauron#Sauron's Return|Necromancer]], and instructs his son [[Bolg]] to take over the hunt for Thorin. The next day, Beorn loans his [[horses]] to the company so they can reach [[Mirkwood]] and hinder the pursuing Orcs. Upon arrival at the forest border, Gandalf discovers [[Black Speech]] graffiti imprinted on an old ruin, coinciding with a telepathic message from [[Galadriel]] imploring him to investigate the tombs of the [[Nazgûl]] (at an [[High Fells of Rhudaur|unnamed location]]).
Without giving any reason for his sudden departure, Gandalf advises the Company to follow the [[Elves|Elven]] path though Mirkwood, and to wait for him before entering the [[Lonely Mountain]]. But upon losing their way in the forest, the Dwarves are captured by giant [[spiders]]. Bilbo, with the help of his new [[The One Ring|Ring]], manages to free them from the webs and names his sword [[Sting]]. However, while fighting the attacking spiders, Bilbo drops the Ring, and he begins to learn of the corruption it has on him after brutally killing a crab-like spider to retrieve it.

The Dwarves are captured by the [[Elves of Mirkwood|Wood-elves]], including [[Legolas]] and [[Tauriel]], a captain of the guard. They are to the Elven-king [[Thranduil]]'s [[Elvenking's Halls|kingdom]], and are locked up. During their captivity, a romantic subplot develops between Tauriel and [[Kíli]].
While the others are imprisoned, Thorin is given audience with Thranduil, but he refuses Thranduil's aid and is imprisoned as well. Under the cloak of the Ring, Bilbo helps the Dwarves to escape by using empty wine barrels, which are sent floating down the river. Along the way, they are ambushed by Bolg and his Orc party, while the Elves pursue the Dwarves to cease their escape. In the ensuing chaos, Kíli is wounded by a Morgul arrow. Legolas and Tauriel are forced to halt their pursuit of the Dwarves in order to end the Orc onslaught. One [[Narzug|captive]] is imprisoned and questioned by Thranduil. When Thranduil learns that "The One" has returned, he decides to seal off his kingdom to protect it from the impending evil. However, Tauriel leaves to save Kíli, whom she learns has been poisoned by Bolg's arrow, and Legolas accompanies her.

Subsequently, the Company meets a man named [[Bard]], and they bribe him to smuggle them into [[Lake-town]], where the descendants of [[Dale]] made their home, and where the [[Master of Lake-town|Master]] of the town rules with an iron fist. The group attempts to steal weapons before being captured and in the process learn that Bard is a descendant of Dale's ruler, [[Girion]], who died attempting to kill Smaug with [[Black Arrow]]s. After Thorin convinces the townfolk and Master that they will share the riches of the recaptured Mountain, the adventurers receive a grand send-off the next morning. The injured Kíli is ordered to stay behind until he gets his strength back; [[Óin]], [[Fíli]] and [[Bofur]] also remain to tend him in Bard's house.

As the events of Thorin's Company occurs, Gandalf reaches the remote tomb of the Nazgûl and found that they have been revived. He is joined by [[Radagast]] the Brown, and it is revealed that the Necromancer cannot be a mere human, as the Nazgûl answer only to one [[Sauron|master]]. Returning to Mirkwood, while sending Radagast to warn Galadriel of their discovery, Gandalf enters the Orc- and [[Wargs|Warg]]-infested Dol Guldur, and is attacked by Azog. While attempting to escape, the Necromancer appears, and, following a duel between the two, Gandalf is captured. With his worst fears realized – that the Necromancer is indeed [[Sauron]] – Gandalf watches in horror as the Orc army marches toward the Lonely Mountain.

Once at the Lonely Mountain, Bilbo deciphers the [[Thrór's Map|map]]'s cryptic clue and uses moonlight to find the hidden keyhole that opens the [[Back Door|secret door]] into the mountain. [[Balin]] then explains Bilbo's real purpose and sends him down to the treasury to locate the Arkenstone. Unfortunately, Bilbo's searching quickly awakens Smaug, who initially finds the [[Hobbits|Hobbit]] amusing, but swiftly tires of him and intends to kill him. In Lake-town, Bard hears the rumbling caused by Smaug's awakening and attempts to affix the last Black Arrow to the town's launcher, but is arrested. Óin, Fíli, Bofur, and Bard's daughters, [[Sigrid]] and [[Tilda]], are attacked by Bolg's hunting party before Legolas and Tauriel drive them off, with the latter remaining behind to tend to Kíli. Then, in a dream-like state after his medication, Kíli admits his love for Tauriel. After convincing Thorin that they must help Bilbo, the Dwarves enter the Mountain and find themselves and the [[Hobbits|Hobbit]] being hunted by Smaug. Tricking the [[Fire-drakes|fire-breathing]] Smaug into rekindling the forges, they attempt to kill the dragon by drowning him in a flood of molten gold. However, Smaug survives, and stumbles out of the mountain determined to make the people of Lake-town suffer for giving aid to the Dwarves, leaving Bilbo horrified at the turn of events.

===Scenes===
# The Quest for Erebor**
# Wilderland
# The Master Summons
# A Commander of Legions
# Queer Lodgings*
# Last of the Skin-changers
# Where the Shadows Lie*
# The Elven-gate**
# Mirkwood**
# Flies and Spiders
# The Woodland Realm
# The Elvenking
# King and Captain
# Feast of Starlight
# Barrels Out of Bond
# The High Fells
# Bard the Bowman
# The Nature of Evil
# Smuggled Cargo
# Lake-town
# The Master of Lake-town**
# The World of Men**
# The Home of Bard
# "It Is Our Fight"
# The Prophecy**
# A Warm Welcome**
# The Parting of the Company**
# The Lonely Mountain**
# A Spell of Concealment**
# The Hidden Door
# Son of Thrór*
# On the Doorstep
# Kingsfoil
# The Courage of Hobbits
# The Enemy Revealed**
# Inside Information
# The Black Arrow
# In the Dragon's Lair
# Under Arrest
# Bilbo the Burglar
# Smaug the Magnificent
# Orc Attack
# Confrontations
# Elvish Medicine
# Hunter and Hunted
# "She Walks in Starlight"
# A Desperate Plan
# Duel in Lake-town
# The Forges Relit
# Smaug the Golden
# Credits

<nowiki>*</nowiki> denotes a scene only available in the Extended Edition cut of the film. 
<nowiki>**</nowiki> denotes a scene which includes extended content only available in the Extended Edition cut of the film.

===Cast===
:''See also:[[The Hobbit (film series)#Cast|''The Hobbit'' (film series)#Cast]]''
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Actor !! Role
|-
| Frazer Anderson || Hunter Orc Lake-town resident
|-
| [[Richard Armitage]] || [[Thorin]]
|-
| Jim Baltaxe || Lake-town resident
|-
| Rodney Bane || Lake-town merchant
|-
| Dallas Barnett || "[[Bill Ferny#Films|Bill Ferny, Sr.]]"
|-
| Aleksandr Beliaev || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[John Bell]] || [[Bain]]
|-
| Vivien Bell || Lake-town woman
|-
| [[Manu Bennett]] || [[Azog]]
|-
| Terry Binding || Lake-town resident
|-
| Nick Blake || [[Percy]]
|-
| [[Orlando Bloom]] || [[Legolas]]
|-
| Shane Boulton || Ranger ([[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (extended edition)|Extended Edition]] only)
|-
| [[Jed Brophy]] || [[Nori]]
|-
| Riley Brophy || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[Adam Brown]] || [[Ori]]
|-
| Tony Burton || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[John Callen]] || [[Óin]]
|-
| Hong Chin || Lake-town resident
|-
| Colleen Cleary || Lake-town resident
|-
| John Colbert || Lake-town spy
|-
| Peter Colbert || Lake-town spy
|-
| [[Stephen Colbert]] || Lake-town spy
|-
| Trevor Cooper || Lake-town resident
|-
| Yvette Cottam || Lake-town resident
|-
| Raymond Cox || Lake-town resident
|-
| Paul Craze || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[Benedict Cumberbatch]] || [[Smaug]] The [[Sauron#Sauron's Return|Necromancer]]
|-
| David Donaldson || Lake-town musician
|-
| Alison Draine || Lake-town woman
|-
| Frank Edwards || Dock worker
|-
| [[Greg Ellis]] || Net mender
|-
| [[Luke Evans]] || [[Bard]] [[Girion]]
|-
| [[Martin Freeman]] || [[Bilbo Baggins]]
|-
| Gary French || Prancing Pony patron
|-
| [[Stephen Fry]] || The [[Master of Lake-town]]
|-
| [[Ryan Gage]] || [[Alfrid]]
|-
| Paul Gaudin || Lake-town resident
|-
| Phoebe Gittins || Prancing Pony wench
|-
| Tim Gordon || Stallkeeper
|-
| Emily Gray || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[Mark Hadlow]] || [[Dori]]
|-
| Zackary Hajek || Mirkwood Elf
|-
| Craig Hall || [[Galion]]
|-
| [[Peter Hambleton]] || [[Glóin]]
|-
| Jamie Harrison || Hunter Orc
|-
| Ray Henwood || Old fisherman
|-
| Chris Hewer || Lake-town resident
|-
| Keirryn Hintz || Lake-town resident
|-
| Christian Hipolito || Lake-town resident
|-
| Kathryn Briggs Hobbs || Lake-town resident
|-
| Fataneh Howe || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[John Howe]] || Lake-town musician
|-
| [[Stephen Hunter]] || [[Bombur]]
|-
| [[Katie Jackson]] || [[Betsy Butterbur]]
|-
| [[Peter Jackson]] || "Ancestor of [[Albert Dreary]]" Lake-town spy (Scenes Deleted)
|-
| Norman Kali || Lake-town spy
|-
| Eli Kent || [[Lethuin]]
|-
| Robin Kerr || [[Elros (Mirkwood guard)|Elros]]
|-
| [[William Kircher]] || [[Bifur]]
|-
| Kelly Kilgour || [[Soury]]
|-
| Dean Knowsley || Elven guard Lake-town woman
|-
| Simon Leary || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[Alan Lee]] || Lake-town musician
|-
| [[Evangeline Lilly]] || [[Tauriel]]
|-
| Simon London || [[Feren]]
|-
| [[Lawrence Makoare]] || [[Bolg]]
|-
| Heli Matilainen || Lake-town resident
|-
| Simon McArthur || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[Sylvester McCoy]] || [[Radagast|Radagast the Brown]]
|-
| Steve McDonald || Lake-town resident
|-
| Evelyn McGee || Lake-town spy
|-
| Walter McGinnis || Lake-town guard
|-
| [[Ian McKellen]] || [[Gandalf|Gandalf the Grey]]
|-
| Dallas McKinley || Lake-town guard
|-
| Carlton McRae || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[Graham McTavish]] || [[Dwalin]]
|-
| Cecil Mediano || Lake-town resident
|-
| Sebastian Meek || Lake-town woman
|-
| Liz Merton || Lake-town resident
|-
| Joseph Mika-Hunt || Lake-town resident
|-
| Ben Mitchell || [[Narzug]]
|-
| Mark Mitchinson || [[Braga]]
|-
| [[Mike Mizrahi]] || [[Thráin II|Thráin]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| Keith Mole || Lake-town guard
|-
| Sarah Morgan || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[James Nesbitt]] || [[Bofur]]
|-
| Mary Nesbitt || [[Tilda]]
|-
| Peggy Nesbitt || [[Sigrid]]
|-
| Carter Nixon || Lake-town spy
|-
| Keith Nolan || Lake-town guard
|-
| [[Dean O'Gorman]] || [[Fíli]]
|-
| Stephen O'Neill || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[Jabez Olssen]] || Fishmonger
|-
| [[Lee Pace]] || [[Thranduil]]
|-
| Ivy Padilla || Lake-town resident
|-
| Karen Palmer || Lake-town resident
|-
| Sarah Peirse || [[Hilda Bianca]]
|-
| [[Mikael Persbrandt]] || [[Beorn]]
|-
| Wayne Phillips || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[Shane Rangi]] || Hunter Orc
|-
| Daniel Rathbon || Lake-town resident
|-
| Adebisi Riwanou || Lake-town resident
|-
| Steve Roche || Lake-town musician
|-
| Tania Rodger || Lake-town resident
|-
| Gabrielle Roque López || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[Brian Sergent]] || Spider
|-
| Kiran Shah || Prancing Pony Hobbit
|-
| [[Antony Sher]] || Older [[Thráin II|Thráin]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| Fiona Simpson || Lake-town resident
|-
| Tim Simpson || Lake-town resident
|-
| Jeff Slaven || Lake-town resident
|-
| Allan Smith || Orc underling
|-
| Dianne Smith || Lake-town resident
|-
| Matt Smith || "[[Squint-eyed Southerner#Films|Squint]]"
|-
| [[Ken Stott]] || [[Balin]]
|-
| Jennifer Tebbs || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[Royd Tolkien]] || Ranger (Extended Edition only)
|-
| Mark Trotter || Hunter Orc
|-
| [[Aidan Turner]] || [[Kíli]]
|-
| Lee Tuson || Lake-town man
|-
| [[Stephen Ure]] || [[Fimbul]]
|-
| Rosalie van Horik || Mirkwood Elf
|-
| Peter Vere-Jones || Spider
|-
| Manuela Vetters || Laketown resident
|-
| [[Zane Weiner]] || Lake-town spy
|-
| Ruben Werle || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[Richard Whiteside]] || "[[Barliman Butterbur#Portrayal in adaptations|Butterbur, Sr.]]" Lake-town guard
|-
| Christopher Winchester || Lake-town resident
|-
| Nikki Winchester || Lake-town resident
|-
| Min Windle || Hunter Orc
|-
| Joe Yabuki || Lake-town resident
|}

==Deviations from the source material==
The film covers the seventh through twelfth chapters of ''[[The Hobbit]]'' with a few elements added from the [[The Lord of the Rings Appendices|Appendices]] from ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''. While it generally follows the story, a number of liberties were still taken:

* [[Thorin]]'s encounter with [[Gandalf]] at [[the Prancing Pony]] in which the [[Wizards|Wizard]] urges him to take back [[Lonely Mountain|Erebor]] was not a chance meeting as it was in [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]]'s writings, but rather orchestrated by Gandalf himself.
* Instead of crossing [[Mirkwood]]'s [[Enchanted River]] by boat, [[Bilbo Baggins|Bilbo]] and the [[Thorin and Company|Dwarves]] climb on vines that extend across the river. This scene is only seen in the [[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (extended edition)|Extended Edition]] of the film.
* In the book, Thorin was captured separately before the rest of the [[Thorin and Company|Company]] and kept captive in his own room (where he was treated and fed well) when he wouldn't reveal his purpose for being in Mirkwood. The other [[Dwarves]] weren't told he was there.
* [[Thranduil]] guesses the purpose of the Company's mission was to retake Erebor, and tries to make a deal with Thorin. In the book, he is oblivious to this.
* Thranduil at first allowed the other Dwarves to move about freely within his halls, but he finally locked them up, each to his own cell, because they were being obnoxious and insulting in the book. In the film, they are immediately locked up.
* Neither [[Legolas]] nor [[Tauriel]] appear in the book. Indeed, the latter character is a creation of the filmmakers.
* [[Bilbo Baggins|Bilbo]] hides the Dwarves in the barrels (with no tops) while the chief guard and [[Galion]] the butler were asleep, and he launches them into the [[Forest River|river]] himself. In the book, the Elves themselves later pushed the barrels (which they thought were empty; they were also covered with lids) through the trapdoor and opened the portcullis at the water-gate to let the barrels into the river.
* In the book, the portcullis was a grate lowered down across the opening (the water-gate) that let the stream from the cave flow out into the river. In the film, the portcullis was a side-swinging type, and it wouldn't have kept anybody inside the cave because it was outside on the river.
* There is a pursuit by the [[Elves of Mirkwood|Elves]] after the Dwarves' escape from the [[Elvenking's Halls]] (where the [[Elves]] did not yet know how the Dwarves had escaped), and the pack of [[Orcs]] who were pursuing the Company in the previous film catch up and attack as the barrels float down the river. The Elves then counterattack the Orcs.
* [[Kíli]] is struck with a Morgul arrow by [[Bolg]] during the barrel escape when trying to open the water-gate, and it slowly saps his strength through the rest of the film. He is ultimately healed by Tauriel (who uses [[athelas]] to do so) in [[Lake-town]], where his health had become critical. No such incident occurs in Tolkien's works.
* [[Bard]] meets the Dwarves on the river, and [[Balin]] convinces him to smuggle the Company into Lake-town in the barrels. In the book, [[Raft-elves]] intercepted the barrels and made them into a raft they steered down the river to [[Long Lake]] where [[Men]] in boats pulled it into Lake-town with the undiscovered Dwarves still inside and Bilbo (still wearing his [[The One Ring|Ring]]) invisibly riding along.
* In addition to [[Bain]], Bard has two other children: daughters [[Sigrid]] and [[Tilda]]. He is also revealed to be a widower.
* The [[Master of Lake-town]] has a majordomo in the film: [[Alfrid]]. He frequently informs the Master of various goings-on in the town, particularly the rumors of people plotting to possibly unseat him from his position of power - Bard, in particular. In the book, the Master had various aides who were unnamed and only briefly mentioned.
* Due to his worsening condition, Thorin refuses to let Kíli go up to the Mountain with the rest of the Company. [[Fíli]] and [[Óin]] opt to stay behind to look after him. Additionally, [[Bofur]] gets left behind after oversleeping. All thirteen Dwarves went up to the Mountain in the book.
* In the Extended Edition of the film, Gandalf encounters a gaunt, bewildered [[Thráin II]] while investigating [[Dol Guldur]]. He somewhat heals the Dwarf's insanity, and Thráin helps guide him through the fortress, also revealing that his [[Thrór|father]]'s [[Ring of Thrór|ring]] had been entrusted to him and had ultimately been cut from his finger and taken from him by [[Azog]] during the [[Battle of Azanulbizar]]. Thráin is ultimately swallowed up by [[Sauron]] just before the Dark Lord reveals himself to Gandalf. This is evidently a reworking of the encounter of the two that took place in {{TA|2850}} made to fit into the film trilogy's events, though Thráin does not give [[Thrór's Map]] and Erebor's [[Back Door]] key to Gandalf in the film (having done so on a previous, unseen occasion), nor does Gandalf not ever realise the Dwarf's identity during the meeting.
* In the book, the last rays of the setting [[sun]] on [[Durin's Day]] reveal the keyhole to the [[Back Door|secret door]] into the [[Lonely Mountain]], as predicted by the [[Moon-letters|runes]] on the [[Thrór's Map|map]]. In the film, the light of the [[moon]] reveals the keyhole after the sun has set.
* Bard is imprisoned toward the end of the film, purely because the Master sees him as a threat.
* Bolg's Orc pack arrives in Lake-town to ambush the remaining Dwarves, but are foiled by the arrival of Legolas and Tauriel. They retreat once they realize Thorin has already reached the Mountain.
* Bilbo has only one audience with [[Smaug]], and does not take a gold cup from him. He also takes his Ring off not long after the [[Dragons|Dragon]] detects his presence.
* Smaug seems fully aware of Thorin and Company's presence, as well as Sauron's impending attack on the Dwarves.
* The climax of the film is an involved battle between Thorin's Dwarves and Smaug inside of the Lonely Mountain, in which they ultimately try (unsuccessfully) to drown the beast in molten gold after re-lighting the forges. In the book, the Dwarves never see the Dragon at all; by the time they head downstairs to the Dragon's lair, Smaug is long gone (in fact, although they don't know it at that point, he's already dead).

==Gallery==
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|File:The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug - Attercop!.jpg|[[Bilbo Baggins|Bilbo]] fights the spiders of [[Mirkwood]]
|File:The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug - Bilbo and Sting.jpg|Bilbo and [[Sting]]
|File:The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug - Packing the Dwarves.jpg|[[Barrels Out of Bond]]
|File:The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug - Bilbo in the Lonely Mountain.jpg|Bilbo in the [[Lonely Mountain]]
|File:The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug - Tauriel.jpg|[[Tauriel]]
|File:The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug - Legolas in Mirkwood.jpg|[[Legolas]] confronts [[Thorin and Company]]
|File:The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug - Gandalf in Dol Guldur.jpg|[[Gandalf]] in [[Dol Guldur]]
|File:The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug - Dale.jpg|[[Dale]] in ruins
|File:The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug - Bilbo and the butterflies in the canopy of Mirkwood.jpg|Bilbo and the butterflies in the canopy of [[Mirkwood]]
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==Trailers==
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==See also==
*[[The Hobbit (film series)|''The Hobbit'' (film series)]]
**''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey|An Unexpected Journey]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies|The Battle of the Five Armies]]''
*[[:Category:Images from The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug|Images from ''The Desolation of Smaug'']]
*[[:Category:Images of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug posters|''The Desolation of Smaug'' posters]]
*''The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug'' soundtrack:
**''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Special Edition]]''
*''The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug'' tie-in books:
**''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: Chronicles: Art & Design]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: Official Movie Guide]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: Visual Companion]]''
**Children's books:
***''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: Sticker Book]]''
***''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: The Movie Storybook]]''
***''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: Ultimate Sticker Collection]]''
***''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: Activity Book]]''
***''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: Annual 2014]]''

==External links==
*[http://www.thehobbit.com/ TheHobbit.com] (official website)
*[http://www.thehobbitblog.com/ TheHobbitBlog.com] (official blog)
*[http://www.facebook.com/PeterJacksonNZ Peter Jackson's Facebook page]

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'''''The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug''''' is the second of [[Peter Jackson]]'s [[The Hobbit (film series)|''The Hobbit'' film trilogy]] based on [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s [[1937]] novel ''[[The Hobbit]]''. It was released on [[13 December]] [[2013]] in North America. It was preceded by ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey|An Unexpected Journey]]'' in [[2012]] and will be followed by ''[[The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies|The Battle of the Five Armies]]'' in [[2014]].

==Synopsis==
{{Blockquote|“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” continues the adventure of the title character [[Bilbo Baggins]] as he journeys with the Wizard [[Gandalf]] and thirteen Dwarves, led by [[Thorin|Thorin Oakenshield]], on an epic quest to reclaim the Lonely Mountain and the lost Dwarf Kingdom of [[Lonely Mountain|Erebor]].

''Having survived the beginning of their unexpected journey, the Company continues East, encountering along the way the skin-changer [[Beorn]] and a swarm of giant Spiders in the treacherous forest of [[Mirkwood]]. After escaping capture by the dangerous [[Elves of Mirkwood|Wood-elves]], the Dwarves journey to Lake-town, and finally to the Lonely Mountain itself, where they must face the greatest danger of all — a creature more terrifying than any other; one which will test not only the depth of their courage but the limits of their friendship and the wisdom of the journey itself — the Dragon [[Smaug]].''|[[Warner Bros.]]<ref>{{webcite|articleurl=http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2013/10/17/80789-warner-bros-full-synopsis-for-the-hobbit-the-desolation-of-smaug-provides-some-plot-hints/|articlename=Warner Bros. full synopsis for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug provides some plot hints?|dated=17-October-2013|website=TORN|accessed=17-October-2013}}</ref>}}

==Plot==
At [[the Prancing Pony]] Inn in [[Bree]], [[Gandalf]] the Grey warns [[Thorin]] [[Oakenshield]] that someone is trying to have him killed. He persuades Thorin to obtain the [[Arkenstone]] to unite the [[Dwarves]], and suggests that a stealthy burglar may be needed to steal the jewel back from [[Smaug]].

Twelve months later, Thorin and his [[Thorin and Company|Company]] are being pursued by [[Azog]] and his [[Orcs|Orc]] party down the [[Carrock]] following the events of the previous film. After [[Bilbo Baggins|Bilbo]] informs the group that a [[Bears|bear]] is also tracking them, Gandalf ushers them along to the home of a [[Skin-changers|skin-changer]]. Upon their arrival, they are attacked by the same bear; Gandalf reveals that it is the [[Beorn's Hall|home]] of [[Beorn]] and that he may be able to aid them in their journey. That night, Azog is summoned to [[Dol Guldur]] by the [[Sauron#Sauron's Return|Necromancer]], and instructs his son [[Bolg]] to take over the hunt for Thorin. The next day, Beorn loans his [[horses]] to the company so they can reach [[Mirkwood]] and hinder the pursuing Orcs. Upon arrival at the forest border, Gandalf discovers [[Black Speech]] graffiti imprinted on an old ruin, coinciding with a telepathic message from [[Galadriel]] imploring him to investigate the tombs of the [[Nazgûl]] (at an [[High Fells of Rhudaur|unnamed location]]).
Without giving any reason for his sudden departure, Gandalf advises the Company to follow the [[Elves|Elven]] path though Mirkwood, and to wait for him before entering the [[Lonely Mountain]]. But upon losing their way in the forest, the Dwarves are captured by giant [[spiders]]. Bilbo, with the help of his new [[The One Ring|Ring]], manages to free them from the webs and names his sword [[Sting]]. However, while fighting the attacking spiders, Bilbo drops the Ring, and he begins to learn of the corruption it has on him after brutally killing a crab-like spider to retrieve it.

The Dwarves are captured by the [[Elves of Mirkwood|Wood-elves]], including [[Legolas]] and [[Tauriel]], a captain of the guard. They are to the Elven-king [[Thranduil]]'s [[Elvenking's Halls|kingdom]], and are locked up. During their captivity, a romantic subplot develops between Tauriel and [[Kíli]].
While the others are imprisoned, Thorin is given audience with Thranduil, but he refuses Thranduil's aid and is imprisoned as well. Under the cloak of the Ring, Bilbo helps the Dwarves to escape by using empty wine barrels, which are sent floating down the river. Along the way, they are ambushed by Bolg and his Orc party, while the Elves pursue the Dwarves to cease their escape. In the ensuing chaos, Kíli is wounded by a Morgul arrow. Legolas and Tauriel are forced to halt their pursuit of the Dwarves in order to end the Orc onslaught. One [[Narzug|captive]] is imprisoned and questioned by Thranduil. When Thranduil learns that "The One" has returned, he decides to seal off his kingdom to protect it from the impending evil. However, Tauriel leaves to save Kíli, whom she learns has been poisoned by Bolg's arrow, and Legolas accompanies her.

Subsequently, the Company meets a man named [[Bard]], and they bribe him to smuggle them into [[Lake-town]], where the descendants of [[Dale]] made their home, and where the [[Master of Lake-town|Master]] of the town rules with an iron fist. The group attempts to steal weapons before being captured and in the process learn that Bard is a descendant of Dale's ruler, [[Girion]], who died attempting to kill Smaug with [[Black Arrow]]s. After Thorin convinces the townfolk and Master that they will share the riches of the recaptured Mountain, the adventurers receive a grand send-off the next morning. The injured Kíli is ordered to stay behind until he gets his strength back; [[Óin]], [[Fíli]] and [[Bofur]] also remain to tend him in Bard's house.

As the events of Thorin's Company occurs, Gandalf reaches the remote tomb of the Nazgûl and found that they have been revived. He is joined by [[Radagast]] the Brown, and it is revealed that the Necromancer cannot be a mere human, as the Nazgûl answer only to one [[Sauron|master]]. Returning to Mirkwood, while sending Radagast to warn Galadriel of their discovery, Gandalf enters the Orc- and [[Wargs|Warg]]-infested Dol Guldur, and is attacked by Azog. While attempting to escape, the Necromancer appears, and, following a duel between the two, Gandalf is captured. With his worst fears realized – that the Necromancer is indeed [[Sauron]] – Gandalf watches in horror as the Orc army marches toward the Lonely Mountain.

Once at the Lonely Mountain, Bilbo deciphers the [[Thrór's Map|map]]'s cryptic clue and uses moonlight to find the hidden keyhole that opens the [[Back Door|secret door]] into the mountain. [[Balin]] then explains Bilbo's real purpose and sends him down to the treasury to locate the Arkenstone. Unfortunately, Bilbo's searching quickly awakens Smaug, who initially finds the [[Hobbits|Hobbit]] amusing, but swiftly tires of him and intends to kill him. In Lake-town, Bard hears the rumbling caused by Smaug's awakening and attempts to affix the last Black Arrow to the town's launcher, but is arrested. Óin, Fíli, Bofur, and Bard's daughters, [[Sigrid]] and [[Tilda]], are attacked by Bolg's hunting party before Legolas and Tauriel drive them off, with the latter remaining behind to tend to Kíli. Then, in a dream-like state after his medication, Kíli admits his love for Tauriel. After convincing Thorin that they must help Bilbo, the Dwarves enter the Mountain and find themselves and the [[Hobbits|Hobbit]] being hunted by Smaug. Tricking the [[Fire-drakes|fire-breathing]] Smaug into rekindling the forges, they attempt to kill the dragon by drowning him in a flood of molten gold. However, Smaug survives, and stumbles out of the mountain determined to make the people of Lake-town suffer for giving aid to the Dwarves, leaving Bilbo horrified at the turn of events.

===Scenes===
# The Quest for Erebor**
# Wilderland
# The Master Summons
# A Commander of Legions
# Queer Lodgings*
# Last of the Skin-changers
# Where the Shadows Lie*
# The Elven-gate**
# Mirkwood**
# Flies and Spiders
# The Woodland Realm
# The Elvenking
# King and Captain
# Feast of Starlight
# Barrels Out of Bond
# The High Fells
# Bard the Bowman
# The Nature of Evil
# Smuggled Cargo
# Lake-town
# The Master of Lake-town**
# The World of Men**
# The Home of Bard
# "It Is Our Fight"
# The Prophecy**
# A Warm Welcome**
# The Parting of the Company**
# The Lonely Mountain**
# A Spell of Concealment**
# The Hidden Door
# Son of Thrór*
# On the Doorstep
# Kingsfoil
# The Courage of Hobbits
# The Enemy Revealed**
# Inside Information
# The Black Arrow
# In the Dragon's Lair
# Under Arrest
# Bilbo the Burglar
# Smaug the Magnificent
# Orc Attack
# Confrontations
# Elvish Medicine
# Hunter and Hunted
# "She Walks in Starlight"
# A Desperate Plan
# Duel in Lake-town
# The Forges Relit
# Smaug the Golden
# Credits

<nowiki>*</nowiki> denotes a scene only available in the Extended Edition cut of the film. 
<nowiki>**</nowiki> denotes a scene which includes extended content only available in the Extended Edition cut of the film.

===Cast===
:''See also:[[The Hobbit (film series)#Cast|''The Hobbit'' (film series)#Cast]]''
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Actor !! Role
|-
| Frazer Anderson || Hunter Orc Lake-town resident
|-
| [[Richard Armitage]] || [[Thorin]]
|-
| Jim Baltaxe || Lake-town resident
|-
| Rodney Bane || Lake-town merchant
|-
| Dallas Barnett || "[[Bill Ferny#Films|Bill Ferny, Sr.]]"
|-
| Aleksandr Beliaev || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[John Bell]] || [[Bain]]
|-
| Vivien Bell || Lake-town woman
|-
| [[Manu Bennett]] || [[Azog]]
|-
| Terry Binding || Lake-town resident
|-
| Nick Blake || [[Percy]]
|-
| [[Orlando Bloom]] || [[Legolas]]
|-
| Shane Boulton || Ranger ([[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (extended edition)|Extended Edition]] only)
|-
| [[Jed Brophy]] || [[Nori]]
|-
| Riley Brophy || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[Adam Brown]] || [[Ori]]
|-
| Tony Burton || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[John Callen]] || [[Óin]]
|-
| Hong Chin || Lake-town resident
|-
| Colleen Cleary || Lake-town resident
|-
| John Colbert || Lake-town spy
|-
| Peter Colbert || Lake-town spy
|-
| [[Stephen Colbert]] || Lake-town spy
|-
| Trevor Cooper || Lake-town resident
|-
| Yvette Cottam || Lake-town resident
|-
| Raymond Cox || Lake-town resident
|-
| Paul Craze || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[Benedict Cumberbatch]] || [[Smaug]] The [[Sauron#Sauron's Return|Necromancer]]
|-
| [[David Donaldson]] || Lake-town musician
|-
| [[Alison Draine]] || Lake-town woman
|-
| Frank Edwards || Dock worker
|-
| [[Greg Ellis]] || Net mender
|-
| [[Luke Evans]] || [[Bard]] [[Girion]]
|-
| [[Martin Freeman]] || [[Bilbo Baggins]]
|-
| Gary French || Prancing Pony patron
|-
| [[Stephen Fry]] || The [[Master of Lake-town]]
|-
| [[Ryan Gage]] || [[Alfrid]]
|-
| [[Paul Gaudin]] || Lake-town resident
|-
| Phoebe Gittins || Prancing Pony wench
|-
| Tim Gordon || Stallkeeper
|-
| [[Emily Gray]] || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[Mark Hadlow]] || [[Dori]]
|-
| [[Zackary Hajek]] || Mirkwood Elf
|-
| Craig Hall || [[Galion]]
|-
| [[Peter Hambleton]] || [[Glóin]]
|-
| [[Jamie Harrison]] || Hunter Orc
|-
| Ray Henwood || Old fisherman
|-
| Chris Hewer || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[Keirryn Hintz]] || Lake-town resident
|-
| Christian Hipolito || Lake-town resident
|-
| Kathryn Briggs Hobbs || Lake-town resident
|-
| Fataneh Howe || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[John Howe]] || Lake-town musician
|-
| [[Stephen Hunter]] || [[Bombur]]
|-
| [[Katie Jackson]] || [[Betsy Butterbur]]
|-
| [[Peter Jackson]] || "Ancestor of [[Albert Dreary]]" Lake-town spy (Scenes Deleted)
|-
| Norman Kali || Lake-town spy
|-
| Eli Kent || [[Lethuin]]
|-
| Robin Kerr || [[Elros (Mirkwood guard)|Elros]]
|-
| [[William Kircher]] || [[Bifur]]
|-
| Kelly Kilgour || [[Soury]]
|-
| Dean Knowsley || Elven guard Lake-town woman
|-
| [[Simon Leary]] || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[Alan Lee]] || Lake-town musician
|-
| [[Evangeline Lilly]] || [[Tauriel]]
|-
| Simon London || [[Feren]]
|-
| [[Lawrence Makoare]] || [[Bolg]]
|-
| [[Heli Matilainen]] || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[Simon McArthur]] || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[Sylvester McCoy]] || [[Radagast|Radagast the Brown]]
|-
| [[Steve McDonald]] || Lake-town resident
|-
| Evelyn McGee || Lake-town spy
|-
| [[Walter McGinnis]] || Lake-town guard
|-
| [[Ian McKellen]] || [[Gandalf|Gandalf the Grey]]
|-
| [[Dallas McKinley]] || Lake-town guard
|-
| Carlton McRae || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[Graham McTavish]] || [[Dwalin]]
|-
| [[Cecil Mediano]] || Lake-town resident
|-
| Sebastian Meek || Lake-town woman
|-
| Liz Merton || Lake-town resident
|-
| Joseph Mika-Hunt || Lake-town resident
|-
| Ben Mitchell || [[Narzug]]
|-
| Mark Mitchinson || [[Braga]]
|-
| [[Mike Mizrahi]] || [[Thráin II|Thráin]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Keith Mole]] || Lake-town guard
|-
| [[Sarah Morgan]] || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[James Nesbitt]] || [[Bofur]]
|-
| Mary Nesbitt || [[Tilda]]
|-
| Peggy Nesbitt || [[Sigrid]]
|-
| Carter Nixon || Lake-town spy
|-
| [[Keith Nolan]] || Lake-town guard
|-
| [[Dean O'Gorman]] || [[Fíli]]
|-
| [[Stephen O'Neill]] || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[Jabez Olssen]] || Fishmonger
|-
| [[Lee Pace]] || [[Thranduil]]
|-
| [[Ivy Padilla]] || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[Karen Palmer]] || Lake-town resident
|-
| Sarah Peirse || [[Hilda Bianca]]
|-
| [[Mikael Persbrandt]] || [[Beorn]]
|-
| [[Wayne Phillips]] || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[Shane Rangi]] || Hunter Orc
|-
| [[Daniel Rathbon]] || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[Adebisi Riwanou]] || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[Steve Roche]] || Lake-town musician
|-
| [[Tania Rodger]] || Lake-town resident
|-
| Gabrielle Roque López || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[Brian Sergent]] || Spider
|-
| [[Kiran Shah]] || Prancing Pony Hobbit
|-
| [[Antony Sher]] || Older [[Thráin II|Thráin]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Fiona Simpson]] || Lake-town resident
|-
| Tim Simpson || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[Jeff Slaven]] || Lake-town resident
|-
| Allan Smith || Orc underling
|-
| Dianne Smith || Lake-town resident
|-
| Matt Smith || "[[Squint-eyed Southerner#Films|Squint]]"
|-
| [[Ken Stott]] || [[Balin]]
|-
| [[Jennifer Tebbs]] || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[Royd Tolkien]] || Ranger (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Mark Trotter]] || Hunter Orc
|-
| [[Aidan Turner]] || [[Kíli]]
|-
| [[Lee Tuson]] || Lake-town man
|-
| [[Stephen Ure]] || [[Fimbul]]
|-
| Rosalie van Horik || Mirkwood Elf
|-
| Peter Vere-Jones || Spider
|-
| Manuela Vetters || Laketown resident
|-
| [[Zane Weiner]] || Lake-town spy
|-
| Ruben Werle || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[Richard Whiteside]] || "[[Barliman Butterbur#Portrayal in adaptations|Butterbur, Sr.]]" Lake-town guard
|-
| Christopher Winchester || Lake-town resident
|-
| Meg Winchester || Lake-town resident
|-
| Nikki Winchester || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[Min Windle]] || Hunter Orc
|-
| Joe Yabuki || Lake-town resident
|}

==Deviations from the source material==
The film covers the seventh through twelfth chapters of ''[[The Hobbit]]'' with a few elements added from the [[The Lord of the Rings Appendices|Appendices]] from ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''. While it generally follows the story, a number of liberties were still taken:

* [[Thorin]]'s encounter with [[Gandalf]] at [[the Prancing Pony]] in which the [[Wizards|Wizard]] urges him to take back [[Lonely Mountain|Erebor]] was not a chance meeting as it was in [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]]'s writings, but rather orchestrated by Gandalf himself.
* Instead of crossing [[Mirkwood]]'s [[Enchanted River]] by boat, [[Bilbo Baggins|Bilbo]] and the [[Thorin and Company|Dwarves]] climb on vines that extend across the river. This scene is only seen in the [[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (extended edition)|Extended Edition]] of the film.
* In the book, Thorin was captured separately before the rest of the [[Thorin and Company|Company]] and kept captive in his own room (where he was treated and fed well) when he wouldn't reveal his purpose for being in Mirkwood. The other [[Dwarves]] weren't told he was there.
* [[Thranduil]] guesses the purpose of the Company's mission was to retake Erebor, and tries to make a deal with Thorin. In the book, he is oblivious to this.
* Thranduil at first allowed the other Dwarves to move about freely within his halls, but he finally locked them up, each to his own cell, because they were being obnoxious and insulting in the book. In the film, they are immediately locked up.
* Neither [[Legolas]] nor [[Tauriel]] appear in the book. Indeed, the latter character is a creation of the filmmakers.
* [[Bilbo Baggins|Bilbo]] hides the Dwarves in the barrels (with no tops) while the chief guard and [[Galion]] the butler were asleep, and he launches them into the [[Forest River|river]] himself. In the book, the Elves themselves later pushed the barrels (which they thought were empty; they were also covered with lids) through the trapdoor and opened the portcullis at the water-gate to let the barrels into the river.
* In the book, the portcullis was a grate lowered down across the opening (the water-gate) that let the stream from the cave flow out into the river. In the film, the portcullis was a side-swinging type, and it wouldn't have kept anybody inside the cave because it was outside on the river.
* There is a pursuit by the [[Elves of Mirkwood|Elves]] after the Dwarves' escape from the [[Elvenking's Halls]] (where the [[Elves]] did not yet know how the Dwarves had escaped), and the pack of [[Orcs]] who were pursuing the Company in the previous film catch up and attack as the barrels float down the river. The Elves then counterattack the Orcs.
* [[Kíli]] is struck with a Morgul arrow by [[Bolg]] during the barrel escape when trying to open the water-gate, and it slowly saps his strength through the rest of the film. He is ultimately healed by Tauriel (who uses [[athelas]] to do so) in [[Lake-town]], where his health had become critical. No such incident occurs in Tolkien's works.
* [[Bard]] meets the Dwarves on the river, and [[Balin]] convinces him to smuggle the Company into Lake-town in the barrels. In the book, [[Raft-elves]] intercepted the barrels and made them into a raft they steered down the river to [[Long Lake]] where [[Men]] in boats pulled it into Lake-town with the undiscovered Dwarves still inside and Bilbo (still wearing his [[The One Ring|Ring]]) invisibly riding along.
* In addition to [[Bain]], Bard has two other children: daughters [[Sigrid]] and [[Tilda]]. He is also revealed to be a widower.
* The [[Master of Lake-town]] has a majordomo in the film: [[Alfrid]]. He frequently informs the Master of various goings-on in the town, particularly the rumors of people plotting to possibly unseat him from his position of power - Bard, in particular. In the book, the Master had various aides who were unnamed and only briefly mentioned.
* Due to his worsening condition, Thorin refuses to let Kíli go up to the Mountain with the rest of the Company. [[Fíli]] and [[Óin]] opt to stay behind to look after him. Additionally, [[Bofur]] gets left behind after oversleeping. All thirteen Dwarves went up to the Mountain in the book.
* In the Extended Edition of the film, Gandalf encounters a gaunt, bewildered [[Thráin II]] while investigating [[Dol Guldur]]. He somewhat heals the Dwarf's insanity, and Thráin helps guide him through the fortress, also revealing that his [[Thrór|father]]'s [[Ring of Thrór|ring]] had been entrusted to him and had ultimately been cut from his finger and taken from him by [[Azog]] during the [[Battle of Azanulbizar]]. Thráin is ultimately swallowed up by [[Sauron]] just before the Dark Lord reveals himself to Gandalf. This is evidently a reworking of the encounter of the two that took place in {{TA|2850}} made to fit into the film trilogy's events, though Thráin does not give [[Thrór's Map]] and Erebor's [[Back Door]] key to Gandalf in the film (having done so on a previous, unseen occasion), nor does Gandalf not ever realise the Dwarf's identity during the meeting.
* In the book, the last rays of the setting [[sun]] on [[Durin's Day]] reveal the keyhole to the [[Back Door|secret door]] into the [[Lonely Mountain]], as predicted by the [[Moon-letters|runes]] on the [[Thrór's Map|map]]. In the film, the light of the [[moon]] reveals the keyhole after the sun has set.
* Bard is imprisoned toward the end of the film, purely because the Master sees him as a threat.
* Bolg's Orc pack arrives in Lake-town to ambush the remaining Dwarves, but are foiled by the arrival of Legolas and Tauriel. They retreat once they realize Thorin has already reached the Mountain.
* Bilbo has only one audience with [[Smaug]], and does not take a gold cup from him. He also takes his Ring off not long after the [[Dragons|Dragon]] detects his presence.
* Smaug seems fully aware of Thorin and Company's presence, as well as Sauron's impending attack on the Dwarves.
* The climax of the film is an involved battle between Thorin's Dwarves and Smaug inside of the Lonely Mountain, in which they ultimately try (unsuccessfully) to drown the beast in molten gold after re-lighting the forges. In the book, the Dwarves never see the Dragon at all; by the time they head downstairs to the Dragon's lair, Smaug is long gone (in fact, although they don't know it at that point, he's already dead).

==Gallery==
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|File:The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug - Attercop!.jpg|[[Bilbo Baggins|Bilbo]] fights the spiders of [[Mirkwood]]
|File:The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug - Bilbo and Sting.jpg|Bilbo and [[Sting]]
|File:The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug - Packing the Dwarves.jpg|[[Barrels Out of Bond]]
|File:The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug - Bilbo in the Lonely Mountain.jpg|Bilbo in the [[Lonely Mountain]]
|File:The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug - Tauriel.jpg|[[Tauriel]]
|File:The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug - Legolas in Mirkwood.jpg|[[Legolas]] confronts [[Thorin and Company]]
|File:The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug - Gandalf in Dol Guldur.jpg|[[Gandalf]] in [[Dol Guldur]]
|File:The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug - Dale.jpg|[[Dale]] in ruins
|File:The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug - Bilbo and the butterflies in the canopy of Mirkwood.jpg|Bilbo and the butterflies in the canopy of [[Mirkwood]]
}}

==Trailers==
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==See also==
*[[The Hobbit (film series)|''The Hobbit'' (film series)]]
**''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey|An Unexpected Journey]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies|The Battle of the Five Armies]]''
*[[:Category:Images from The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug|Images from ''The Desolation of Smaug'']]
*[[:Category:Images of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug posters|''The Desolation of Smaug'' posters]]
*''The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug'' soundtrack:
**''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Special Edition]]''
*''The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug'' tie-in books:
**''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: Chronicles: Art & Design]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: Official Movie Guide]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: Visual Companion]]''
**Children's books:
***''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: Sticker Book]]''
***''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: The Movie Storybook]]''
***''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: Ultimate Sticker Collection]]''
***''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: Activity Book]]''
***''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: Annual 2014]]''

==External links==
*[http://www.thehobbit.com/ TheHobbit.com] (official website)
*[http://www.thehobbitblog.com/ TheHobbitBlog.com] (official blog)
*[http://www.facebook.com/PeterJacksonNZ Peter Jackson's Facebook page]

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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

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{{film infobox
| image=[[File:The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey - poster 1.jpg|250px]]
| name=''The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey''
| director=[[Peter Jackson]]<ref name="HBTitles">{{webcite|articleurl=http://www.thehobbitblog.com/?p=2563|articlename=Titles and Release Dates Announced|dated=31-May-2011|website=[http://www.thehobbitblog.com/ The Hobbit Blog]|accessed=21-Dec-2011}}</ref> [[Andy Serkis]] (Second Unit Director)<ref name="HBAndy">
{{webcite|articleurl=http://www.thehobbitblog.com/?p=2234|articlename=Andy Serkis to serve as Second Unit Director|dated=8-April-2011|website=[http://www.thehobbitblog.com/ The Hobbit Blog]|accessed=21-Dec-2011}}</ref>
| producer=Peter Jackson [[Fran Walsh]] [[Carolynne Cunningham]] [[Philippa Boyens]] (Co-Producer) [[Ken Kamins]] (Executive Producer) [[Zane Weiner]] (Executive Producer)<ref name="HBTitles"/>
| writer=[[Guillermo del Toro]] Peter Jackson Fran Walsh Philippa Boyens<ref name="HBTitles"/>
| narrator=
| starring=[[Martin Freeman]] [[Ian McKellen]] [[Richard Armitage]]<ref name="PJCasting1">{{webcite|author=[[Peter Jackson]]|articleurl=http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150168211921558|articlename=Production begins in New Zealand on The Hobbit|dated=20-March-2011|website=FB|accessed=21-Dec-2011}}</ref> ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey#Confirmed cast|See cast section below for more]]''
| music=[[Howard Shore]]<ref name="PJCasting1"/>
| cinematography=[[Andrew Lesnie]]<ref name="PJCasting1"/>
| editing=
| studio=[[New Line Cinema]] [[MGM]] [[WingNut Films]]<ref name="HBTitles"/>
| distributor=[[Warner Bros.|Warner Bros. Pictures]]<ref name="HBTitles"/>
| released=[[28 November]] [[2012]] (worldwide première) [[14 December]] [[2012]] (North America)<ref name="HBTitles2">{{webcite|articleurl=http://www.thehobbitblog.com/the-hobbit-trilogy-titles-and-release-dates/|articlename=The Hobbit Trilogy titles and release dates|dated=2-September-2012|website=[http://www.thehobbitblog.com/ The Hobbit Blog]|accessed=2-September-2012}}</ref>
| runtime=169 minutes
| country=[[New Zealand]] [[United Kingdom]] [[United States]]
| language=English
| budget=
| website=[http://www.thehobbit.com/ TheHobbit.com]
| imdb_id=0903624
}}
'''''The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey''''' is the first of [[Peter Jackson]]'s [[The Hobbit (film series)|''The Hobbit'' film trilogy]] based on [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s [[1937]] novel ''[[The Hobbit]]''. It was released on [[14 December]] [[2012]] in North America. It was followed by ''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug|The Desolation of Smaug]]'' in [[2013]] and will be followed by ''[[The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies|The Battle of the Five Armies]]'' in [[2014]].

==Synopsis==
{{Blockquote|The adventure follows the journey of title character Bilbo Baggins, who is swept into an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor from the fearsome dragon Smaug. Approached out of the blue by the wizard Gandalf the Grey, Bilbo finds himself joining a company of thirteen dwarves led by the legendary warrior, Thorin Oakenshield. Their journey will take them into the Wild; through treacherous lands swarming with Goblins and Orcs, deadly Wargs and Giant Spiders, Shapeshifters and Sorcerers. 
''Although their goal lies to the East and the wastelands of the Lonely Mountain first they must escape the goblin tunnels, where Bilbo meets the creature that will change his life forever... Gollum. Here, alone with Gollum, on the shores of an underground lake, the unassuming Bilbo Baggins not only discovers depths of guile and courage that surprise even him, he also gains possession of Gollum's "precious" ring that holds unexpected and useful qualities... A simple, gold ring that is tied to the fate of all Middle-earth in ways Bilbo cannot begin to know.|[[Warner Bros.]] Press Release<ref name="WBPressRelease1">{{webcite|articleurl=http://www.warnerbros.com/movies/in-theaters-coming-soon/the-hobbit-an-unexpected-journey/c36f51cb-9332-4db9-b297-458453025455.html|articlename=THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY|website=[http://www.warnerbros.com/ Warner Bros.]|accessed=19-November-2012}}</ref>}}

==Plot==
On his eleventy-first (111th) birthday, the [[Hobbits|Hobbit]] [[Bilbo Baggins]] decides to write down the full story of the adventure he took 60 years before for his nephew [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]]. Bilbo writes about how, prior to his own actual involvement, the [[Dwarves|Dwarf]] [[Thrór]] was [[King under the Mountain|king]] of [[Lonely Mountain|Erebor]] and brought an era of prosperity to his [[Dwarves of Erebor|kin]] until the arrival of [[Smaug]] the [[Dragons|Dragon]]. Drawn by the amount of [[gold]] that the Dwarves have amassed, Smaug destroyed the nearby town of [[Dale]] before driving the Dwarves out of Erebor. Thrór's grandson, [[Thorin]] [[Oakenshield]], sees King [[Thranduil]] and his [[Elves of Mirkwood|Wood-elves]] on a nearby hillside and is dismayed to find them taking their leave rather than aiding his people. This makes Thorin develop an everlasting hatred of [[Elves]].

Following this, Bilbo is tricked by the [[Wizards|Wizard]] [[Gandalf]] the Grey into hosting a party for Thorin and his [[Thorin and Company|band of Dwarves]], which doubles as Bilbo's recruitment as the Dwarves' "burglar" to help them recover their treasure and their home from Smaug. Bilbo reluctantly joins the company on their journey to the Lonely Mountain, Thorin previously believing he would refuse. The group is captured by 3 Mountain [[Trolls]], [[Tom]], [[Bert]], and [[William]], but Bilbo is able to stall the Trolls from eating them until dawn, when Gandalf saves the company by exposing the Trolls to sunlight, turning them into stone. They search the Trolls' [[Troll's Cave|cave]] and find treasure and Elven blades. Thorin and Gandalf each take an Elf-wrought blade -- [[Orcrist]] and [[Glamdring]], respectively. Gandalf also finds an Elven short-sword, later to be known as [[Sting]], which he gives to Bilbo. Being Elven blades of the [[First Age]], Gandalf says they glow when near [[Orcs]] or [[Orcs#Orcs and Goblins|Goblins]]. However, only Sting actually does so.

The group encounters [[Radagast]] the Brown, a Wizard who lives in the forest of [[Mirkwood|Greenwood]]. He tells them of a strange presence he encountered at [[Dol Guldur]] and how it is poisoning the forest. The group is then chased by Orcs on [[Wargs]], with Radagast drawing them off with his [[Rhosgobel]] Rabbits-pulled sled. Gandalf leads them through a stone passage to [[Rivendell]] as the Wargs and Orcs above are slain by Elven riders. [[Elrond]] discloses the [[Thrór's Map|map]]'s indication of a [[Back Door|secret]] door that will be visible only on [[Durin's Day]]. Gandalf talks with the [[White Council]] (Elrond, [[Galadriel]], and [[Saruman|Saruman the White]]) about his involvement with the Dwarves, explaining the presence Radagast encountered and expresses mild suspicion that this Necromancer is the [[Sauron|Dark Lord]]. The others are skeptical, believing Sauron to have been defeated forever, and that this Necromancer is not a true threat. Elsewhere, at [[Weathertop]], [[Yazneg]], the leader of the attacking Orc party, reports back to his master [[Azog]] of his failure, who then kills the unfortunate Orc. Azog then issues a bounty upon Thorin's head, and races off with the rest of his party.

Against the Council's wishes, Gandalf sends Bilbo and the Dwarves toward the [[Misty Mountains]]. While passing through the mountains, Bilbo and the Dwarves encounter a battle between three stone [[giants]], and are forced to take refuge in a cave. Elsewhere, Azog and his Orcs follow the Dwarves' trail to the Misty Mountains. While the company sleeps, Bilbo decides to leave and return to Rivendell after talking to [[Bofur]], who believes in him. He is overheard by Thorin, who believes he has been proven right that the hobbit is not up to the quest. But before Bilbo can leave, they are all captured by Goblins and taken to their leader, the [[Great Goblin|Goblin King]]. Gandalf arrives and saves the Dwarves from the Goblins. They then fight their way out of [[Goblin-town]], killing the Goblin King during their escape. Bilbo was separated from the Dwarves right after their capture and encounters [[Gollum]], who accidentally drops a mysterious [[The One Ring|ring]] while killing a stray Goblin to feed on. Picking up the ring and placing it in his pocket, Bilbo finds himself confronted by Gollum. They play a [[Riddle-game]], wagering that Bilbo will be shown the way out if he wins, or eaten by Gollum if he loses. After Bilbo wins by asking Gollum what he has in his pocket, Gollum realizes Bilbo has stolen the ring and attacks him. Bilbo discovers the ring grants him invisibility and evades a furious Gollum, following him to find the way out and deciding out of pity not to kill him, despite having the chance to do so.

Bilbo rejoins the group once he sees them after hearing Thorin voice his doubts he will return, keeping the ring he found secret. The moment of triumph is cut short as they are ambushed by Azog and his hunting party. After taking refuge in cliffside trees before the Wargs uproot most of them, the final tree is partially uprooted, leaving most of the Company hanging over the cliffside. Thorin then charges Azog in an attempt to save the others, but is badly wounded and knocked to the ground. Bilbo defends Thorin from being killed, and as Azog's other Orcs move in, [[Fíli]], [[Kíli]] and [[Dwalin]] rush in and attack them, and a fight ensues. The group is then saved by [[Eagles]], who fly them to safety on the [[Carrock]]. Gandalf wakes the unconscious Thorin, who finally accepts Bilbo for his courage and bravery. As the party sees the destiny of their journey, the Lonely Mountain in the distance, Smaug awakens.

===Scenes===
# [[Prologue: The Fall of Erebor]] **
# [["In a Hole in the Ground There Lived a Hobbit"]]
# [[Very Old Friends (The Hobbit scene)|Very Old Friends]]
# [[Mr. Baggins (scene)|Mr. Baggins]] *
# [[An Unexpected Party (scene)|An Unexpected Party]]
# [[Blunt the Knives (scene)|"Blunt the Knives"]] **
# [[A Map, a Key and a Contract]]
# [[Misty Mountains (scene)|"Misty Mountains"]]
# [["... The World Ahead"]]
# [[The Battle of Azanulbizar]]
# [[Radagast the Brown (scene)|Radagast the Brown]]
# [[Trollshaws (scene)|Trollshaws]]
# [[Roast Mutton (scene)|Roast Mutton]]
# [[A Troll-hoard (scene)|A Troll-hoard]]
# [[The Hill of Sorcery (scene)|The Hill of Sorcery]]
# [[Warg-scouts]]
# [[Rivendell (The Hobbit scene)|Rivendell]] **
# [[A Short Rest (scene)|A Short Rest]] **
# [[Moon Runes (scene)|Moon Runes]]
# [[The Defiler (scene)|The Defiler]]
# [[The Last Homely House]] *
# [[The White Council (scene)|The White Council]] **
# [["Why the Halfling?"]]
# [[Over Hill (scene)|Over Hill]]
# [[Under Hill (scene)|Under Hill]]
# [[The Great Goblin (scene)|The Great Goblin]] **
# [[Riddles in the Dark (scene)|Riddles in the Dark]]
# [[Biter and Beater]]
# [[The Ring (scene)|The Ring]]
# [[Escape from Goblin-town]]
# [[The Pity of Bilbo]]
# [["Home Is Behind..."]]
# [[Out of the Frying Pan...]]
# [[A Good Omen (scene)|A Good Omen]]
# Credits

<nowiki>*</nowiki> denotes a scene only available in the Extended Edition cut of the film. 
<nowiki>**</nowiki> denotes a scene which includes extended content only available in the Extended Edition cut of the film.

==Cast==
{{Seealso|The Hobbit (film series)#People involved}}
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Actor !! Role
|-
| Ruby Acevedo || Cute young Hobbit ([[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (extended edition)|Extended Edition]] only)
|-
| Barbara Allen || Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| Frazer Anderson || Moria Orc
|-
| [[Richard Armitage]] || [[Thorin]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide">[[Brian Sibley]], ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Official Movie Guide]]'' (2012)</ref>
|-
| Erin Banks || [[Lobelia Sackville-Baggins]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Timothy Bartlett]] || [[Master Worrywort]]
|-
| Joel Baxendale || Goblin
|-
| [[Manu Bennett]] || [[Azog]]
|-
| Jennifer Betham-Lang || Dwarf Civilian
|-
| Jared Blakiston || Musical Elf
|-
| [[Cate Blanchett]] || [[Galadriel]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| Glenn Boswell || Dwarf miner
|-
| Shane Boulton || Rivendell Court ElfGoblin
|-
| [[Jed Brophy]] || [[Nori]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Adam Brown]] || [[Ori]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| Jessica Buckham || Dale Child
|-
| [[John Callen]] || [[Óin]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| Luc Campbell || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| Melanie Carrington || Musical Elf
|-
| Brendan Casey || Thranduil's lieutenant
|-
| Renee Cataldo || Goblin
|-
| Marty Christopher || Dwarf Warrior
|-
| [[Benedict Cumberbatch]] || The [[Sauron#Sauron's Return|Necromancer]] [[Smaug]]
|-
| Joan Dawe || Hobbit
|-
| [[Dave Dyer]] || Dwarf of Erebor
|-
| [[Luke Evans]] || [[Girion]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| Megan Fairweather || Dwarf trader
|-
| [[Andrew Fitzsimons]] || Elf
|-
| Sonia Forbes-Adam || [[Belladonna Took|Belladonna Baggins]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| Ben Fransham || Goblin
|-
| [[Martin Freeman]] || [[Bilbo Baggins]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| Stephen Gledhill || [[Old Gammidge]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| Tim Gordon || [[Old Hob]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Mark Hadlow]] || [[Dori]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/> [[Bert]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| Zackary Hajek || Dale Citizen
|-
| [[Peter Hambleton]] || [[Glóin]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/> [[William]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| George Harach || Goblin
|-
| Rose Harnett || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| Jamie Harrison || Moria Orc
|-
| Rebekah Hart || Dwarf trader
|-
| Luke Hawker || Goblins (voice)
|-
| [[Dan Hennah]] || The [[Gerontius Took|Old Took]]<ref name="Weta1">[[Daniel Falconer]], ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Chronicles: Art & Design]]'', p. 30</ref> (Extended Edition only)
|-
| Allan Henry || Goblin
|-
| Christian Hipolito || Hunter Orc
|-
| [[Ian Holm]] || Older [[Bilbo Baggins]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| Brian Hotter || [[Otho Sackville-Baggins]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Barry Humphries]] || [[Great Goblin|Goblin King]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Stephen Hunter]] || [[Bombur]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Katie Jackson]] || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Peter Jackson]] || Erebor Dwarf refugee
|-
| Cameron Jones || Thranduil's lieutenant
|-
| Tim Jones || Dwarf guard
|-
| Paul Kingdom || Dwarf Civilian
|-
| [[William Kircher]] || [[Bifur]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/> [[Tom]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
| [[Christopher Lee]] || [[Saruman|Saruman the White]]
|-
| Eloise Masters || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| Eva Matthews || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| Ollie Matthews || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Sylvester McCoy]] || [[Radagast|Radagast the Brown]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| Rose McGhie || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Ian McKellen]] || [[Gandalf|Gandalf the Grey]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Bret McKenzie]] || [[Lindir]]
|-
| Tim McLachlan || Goblin
|-
| [[Graham McTavish]] || [[Dwalin]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| Honor McTavish || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| Nathan Meister || Goblin
|-
| Joseph Mika-Hunt || Moria Orc
|-
| Isaac Miller || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Mike Mizrahi]] || [[Thráin II|Thráin]]
|-
| Ravi Narayan || Goblin bruteHobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[James Nesbitt]] || [[Bofur]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| Mary Nesbitt || Girl of Dale
|-
| Peggy Nesbitt || Girl of Dale
|-
| Terry Notary || [[Yazneg]] (pick-up shots) [[Great Goblin|Goblin King]] (motion capture around the body)
|-
| [[Dean O'Gorman]]<ref group="note">Rob Kazinsky was initially cast as [[Fíli]]. (see: {{webcite|author=[[Peter Jackson]]|articleurl=http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150239464391558|articlename=Casting news!|dated=30-April-2011|website=FB|accessed=21-Dec-2011}}</ref> || [[Fíli]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| Ella Olssen || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Jabez Olssen]] || Erebor Dwarf refugee
|-
| Sabin Olssen || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Lee Pace]] || [[Thranduil]]
|-
| Findlay Price || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| John Rawls || [[Yazneg]]
|-
| Thomas Rimmer || Goblin
|-
| [[Thomas Robins]] || Young [[Thráin II|Thráin]]
|-
| Gabrielle Roque López || Moria Orc
|-
| Nancy Ruck || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Andy Serkis]] || [[Gollum]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| Louis Serkis || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| Ruby Serkis || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| Sonny Serkis || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Kiran Shah]] || [[Goblin Scribe]]
|-
| Mervyn Smith || [[Tosser Grubb]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| Oscar Strik || Young [[Bilbo Baggins]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Conan Stevens]]<ref group="note">[[Conan Stevens]] was initially cast as [[Azog]]. (see: {{webcite|author=[[Peter Jackson]]|articleurl=http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150257180211558|articlename=Casting News for The Hobbit|dated=19-May-2011|website=FB|accessed=21-Dec-2011}}).</ref> || [[Bolg]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Ken Stott]] || [[Balin]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| Amelia Taylor || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| Samuel Taylor || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Jeffrey Thomas]] || [[Thrór]]
|-
| James Trevena-Brown || Goblin
|-
| Mark Trotter || Goblin
|-
| [[Aidan Turner]] || [[Kíli]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Stephen Ure]] || [[Fimbul]][[Grinnah]]
|-
| Eric Vespe || [[Fredegar Chubb]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| Ruby Vincent || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| Terry Vincent || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Hayden Weal]] || Dwarf Gem Holder
|-
| [[Hugo Weaving]] || [[Elrond]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| James Wells || Dwarf Blacksmith
|-
| [[Richard Whiteside]] || Dwarf guard
|-
| [[Elijah Wood]] || [[Frodo Baggins]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| John Wraight || Dwarf guard
|}

==Deviations from the source material==
''The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey'' covers the first six chapters of ''[[The Hobbit]]'' with a few elements added from the [[The Lord of the Rings Appendices|Appendices]] from ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''. While it follows the story quite closely, a number of liberties were still taken:
* The film begins with a prologue in which [[Bilbo Baggins]] awakens in the wee hours of the morning of his 111th birthday and begins to write ''[[There and Back Again|There and Back Again: A Hobbit's Holiday]]'' in what would become the [[Red Book of Westmarch]]. In ''The Hobbit'', he had already begun to write the book shortly after returning to [[Bag End]].
* Before beginning the first chapter of his book, Bilbo also details the background of his adventure, first recounting the rise and fall of [[Lonely Mountain|Erebor]] and [[Dale]], and then the arrival of [[Smaug]] -- much of the same information recounted by [[Thorin]] and the other [[Dwarves]] during the Unexpected Party. And to presumably tie it in better with the whole trilogy, the [[Arkenstone]] is found under [[Thrór]]'s rule instead of that of [[Thráin I]]. Thrór interprets its discovery as his divine right to rule.
* A long-standing feud between the [[Dwarves of Erebor]] and the [[Elves]] was invented for the film, beginning with Thrór's refusal to give [[Thranduil]] a payment of gems (seen only in the [[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (extended edition)|Extended Edition]]), and fully manifesting when Thranduil then brings his Elf Army to Erebor when Smaug is sacking it, only to then turn around and leave, offering no aid to the battling and fleeing Dwarves.
* [[Elijah Wood]] also appears briefly as [[Frodo Baggins]] toward the end of the prologue, whereas the character does not appear at all in the book. However, his appearance is purely a cameo as the set-up for the beginning of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'', where Bilbo is also seen writing his book the day of his [[Bilbo's Farewell Party|Farewell Party]], and Frodo leaving to await [[Gandalf]]'s arrival.
* The [[Thorin and Company|Dwarves]] do not quite arrive at Bag End in the same manner (first [[Dwalin]], then [[Balin]], then both [[Fíli]] and [[Kíli]], and then [[Óin]], [[Glóin]], [[Dori]], [[Nori]], [[Ori]], [[Bifur]], [[Bofur]], and [[Bombur]] all at once with Gandalf; Thorin arrives significantly later) and they do not have their multi-colored hoods or beards as they did in the book.
* Bilbo was shown to be allergic to [[horses]].
* The [[War of the Dwarves and Orcs]] is condensed into just the [[Battle of Azanulbizar]] (recounted by Balin in a flashback), where Thrór leads an army of Dwarves against an army of [[Orcs]] in an attempt to reclaim [[Moria]] as their home not long after the [[Sack of Erebor]] (the time between the Sack, the Battle, and [[the Quest of Erebor]] has all been somewhat reduced and compressed for these films, presumably given that Thorin was made considerably younger than he was in the book). Thrór is decapitated by [[Azog]] during the battle instead of prior to it, and Thorin cuts off Azog's left forearm, while [[Dáin Ironfoot]] (who ultimately kills Azog during the battle in the book) does not appear at all in the sequence.
* Bilbo goes to the [[Trolls]] because they steal the Dwarves' [[ponies]].
* Bilbo is caught by the Trolls attempting to steal [[Tom]]'s knife to set the stolen ponies free rather than being given away by [[William]]'s [[Talking purse|"talking" purse]].
* While Bilbo does manage to set the ponies free during the Company's skirmish with the Trolls, it is the last they see of them. In the book, the Company had the ponies until reaching [[Rivendell]].
* The Dwarves surrender when the Trolls catch Bilbo and threaten to rip him apart instead of being overpowered and popped into bags.
* Bilbo - not Gandalf - stalls the Trolls until dawn's arrival in the film. They are turned to stone when Gandalf exposes them to the [[sun]] upon his return by breaking a large boulder behind them in half with his staff.
* The Trolls' [[Troll's Cave|cave]] is wide open, and there is no locked door blocking it.
* In the book, Bilbo finds [[Sting]] and takes it. In the film, Gandalf comes upon it and gives it to Bilbo.
* The group is attacked by a pack of Orcs on [[Wargs]] on the way to Rivendell just after the Trolls sequence in the film, which did not happen in the book.
* Although [[Radagast|Radagast the Brown]] is only ever briefly mentioned in the book, he does appear in this film trilogy. He is first seen discovering a darkness growing in [[Mirkwood|Greenwood the Great]] and having his [[Rhosgobel|home]] ambushed by [[spiders]]. After warding them off, he follows their path to [[Dol Guldur]] where he encounters a [[Sauron#Sauron's Return|Necromancer]] and the [[Witch-king]] of [[Angmar]], with whom he briefly duels and from whom he takes its [[Morgul blades|Morgul blade]]. He also aids the Dwarves in escaping the Orc Warg Riders near Rivendell by diverting their attention on his [[Rabbits|rabbit]]-pulled sled. In contrast, [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] never wrote of any such incidents.
* In the film's Extended Edition, Bofur gets up and sings "[[The Man in the Moon Stayed Up Too Late]]" while the Company is dining with the Elves in Rivendell, and the other Dwarves join him. This song does not appear until ''[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' in the books, where Frodo sings it at [[the Prancing Pony]].
* Also in the Extended Edition, Kíli is shown to somewhat fancy female Elves. Tolkien never alluded to any Dwarves in [[Middle-earth]] having any romantic interest in someone of another race.
* The leader of the Orc pack pursuing the Company on their journey is revealed to be Azog, who has survived the Battle of Azanulbizar in these films (his left forearm replaced by a spike with a claw at the end) and appears as an additional antagonist.
* In Tolkien's writings, the [[White Council]] already knew that the Necromancer was [[Sauron]] and was at Dol Guldur during the events in ''The Hobbit'', since Gandalf had already confirmed this 89 years earlier, and [[Saruman]] had discovered two years earlier that Sauron had learned of [[Isildur]]'s [[Battle of the Gladden Fields|loss]] of [[the One Ring]] at the [[Gladden Fields]] by the river [[Anduin]] and his [[Nazgûl|servants]] were searching the area (though he did not inform the Council of this discovery).
* Also at the White Council meeting, [[Galadriel]] relates how the Witch-king of Angmar, after his defeat near [[Fornost Erain]], had been killed and sealed in a tomb in the [[High Fells of Rhudaur|High Fells]] that could not be opened. This is a significant departure from Tolkien's writings, in which the Witch-king had not died, but fled. In fact, [[Glorfindel]] had stopped pursuit of the Witch-king and prophesied, ''"Do not pursue him! He will not return to these lands. Far off yet is his doom, and not by the hand of man will he fall."''<ref name="AppA">[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], ''The Lord of the Rings,'' Appendix A (I, iv).</ref> (This prophecy, of course, was the basis for the later dramatic moment in ''The Lord of the Rings'' in which [[Éowyn]] was able to kill the Witch-king because she was not a man.)  Furthermore, per Tolkien, the White Council knew the Witch-king had not been killed because he and the rest of the [[Nazgûl]] had previously been fighting with [[Gondor]] and had captured (and presumably killed) the last [[Kings of Gondor|King]] of Gondor at [[Minas Morgul]] in {{TA|2050}}, long after he had fled Fornost Erain.<ref name="AppB">J.R.R. Tolkien, ''The Lord of the Rings,'' Appendix B</ref>
* When traveling along the mountain pass in the book, Bilbo and the Dwarves observe the stone [[Giants]] hurling rocks at a distance, "across the valley," whereas in the film they become unwittingly involved when the mountainside on which they are standing comes to life and joins in the 'thunder battle.'
* It was Bilbo who alerted the party when the trap doors in the [[Orcs#Orcs and Goblins|Goblin]] cave open in the book. In the film, the Dwarves realize this just as the ground gives way and they begin to fall into the hole.
* In the book, the Goblins only had tunnels, not rope bridges.
* Bilbo's encounter with [[Gollum]] in the book occurs after he is lost during the Company's escape from [[Goblin-town]], whereas here it happens concurrently with the Dwarves' audience with the [[Great Goblin|Goblin King]] (due to Bilbo's eluding captivity from the Goblins and falling down a chasm during the struggle with one of them).
* In the book, Bilbo finds the One Ring by chance when his hand happens to fall upon it as he is crawling through one of the dark Goblin-town tunnels, well before he comes across Gollum. In this film, he sees Gollum fighting with the same Goblin with whom he fell down the chasm, and then we see the Ring fall out of Gollum's loincloth during the tussle. After Gollum drags off the Goblin's body, Bilbo then goes over, picks it up, examines it, and puts it in his pocket.
* Gollum has nine teeth in the film, rather than six.
* In the film, Gandalf does not use multi-coloured fire when lighting the pine cones.
* Bilbo and some of the Dwarves do not come down from the [[Firs|fir]] trees and charge the Goblins/Orcs and Wargs in the book once they've been trapped in them.
* As in ''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'', Gandalf sends for the [[Eagles]] by catching a moth and giving it a message. In the book, the Eagles see the fire in the distance and fly over to investigate, and, thus, their rescue of the Company was mostly circumstantial.
* As in the [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''Lord of the Rings'' films]], the Eagles do not speak.
* The Eagles take the Company directly to the [[Carrock]], bypassing the [[Eagle's Eyrie|Eyrie]].

==Music==
The score for ''The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey'' was composed by [[Howard Shore]], and was performed and recorded by the London Philharmonic Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios.<ref name="DougAdamsAUJ">{{webcite|author=[[Doug Adams]]|articleurl=http://www.musicoflotr.com/2012/11/the-hobbit-unexpected-journey.html|articlename=The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Soundtrack Album Coming December 11|dated=1-November-2012|website=[http://www.musicoflotr.com Doug Adam's Blog]|accessed=20-November-2012}}</ref>

Two editions of the soundtrack was released by [[Wikipedia:WaterTower Music|WaterTower Music]] on [[11 December]] [[2012]]:
*''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]]''
*''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Special Edition]]''

The song featured in the credits to ''An Unexpected Journey'', [[Song of the Lonely Mountain]], was performed by [[Neil Finn]] and released [[12 November]] [[2012]]. It was first [http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/neil-finn-reaches-epic-heights-on-song-of-the-lonely-mountain-song-premiere-20121112 released on RollingStone.com].<ref name="">{{webcite|articleurl=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/neil-finn-reaches-epic-heights-on-song-of-the-lonely-mountain-song-premiere-20121112|articlename=Neil Finn Reaches Epic Heights on 'Song of the Lonely Mountain' – Song Premiere|dated=12-November-2012|website=[http://www.rollingstone.com/ RollingStone.com]|accessed=20-November-2012}}</ref>

==Distribution==
===Theatrical release===
''An Unexpected Journey'' had its world première in [[Wellington]], [[New Zealand]], on [[28 November]] [[2012]]. The film was released in cinemas in New Zealand on [[12 December]], [[13 December]] in Europe, [[14 December]] in India, Canada and United States, and [[26 December]] in Australia.

===Home media===
''An Unexpected Journey'' was released on DVD, Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D, and as a digital download on [[19 March]] [[2013]].<ref name="UKDVD">{{webcite|author=lilymilos|articleurl=http://news.mymiddleearth.com/2013/02/06/sneak-peek-of-desolation-of-smaug-on-hobbit-blu-ray/|articlename=Sneak Peek of ‘Desolation of Smaug’ on Hobbit Blu-ray|dated=6-Feb-2013|website=MEN|accessed=9-Feb-2013}}</ref> The release date in the [[United Kingdom]] was [[8 April]].<ref name="UKDVD">{{webcite|author=Arwen|articleurl=http://news.mymiddleearth.com/2013/02/06/uk-hobbit-fans-to-wait-until-april-8th-for-blu-ray-blu-ray-dvd-and-digital-download-release/|articlename=UK Hobbit Fans to Wait Until April 8th for Blu-ray, DVD and Digital Download Release|dated=6-Feb-2013|website=MEN|accessed=9-Feb-2013}}</ref>

An extended edition of ''An Unexpected Journey'' includes an additional thirteen minutes of footage. It was be released in the UK on digital download on [[22 October]] and on Blu-ray and DVD on [[4 November]].<ref name="ExtendedEdition">{{webcite|author=Orlando Parfitt|articleurl=http://uk.movies.yahoo.com/the-hobbit--an-unexpected-journey-deleted-scene--exclusive--065952595.html|articlename=The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Extended Edition deleted scene (Exclusive)|dated=31-July-2013|website=[http://uk.movies.yahoo.com/ Yahoo Movies]|accessed=19-Aug-2013}}</ref>


==Promotion==
===Promotional posters===
{{Seealso|:Category:Images of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey posters}}
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|File:The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey - poster 1.jpg|The first promotional poster.
|File:The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey - poster 2.jpg|The second promotional poster.
|File:The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey - poster 3.jpg|The third promotional poster.
|File:The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey - poster 4.jpg|The fourth promotional poster.
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===Trailers===
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==See also==
*[[The Hobbit (film series)|''The Hobbit'' (film series)]]
**''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug|The Desolation of Smaug]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies|The Battle of the Five Armies]]''
*[[:Category:Images from The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey|Images from ''An Unexpected Journey'']]
*[[:Category:Images of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey posters|''An Unexpected Journey'' posters]]
*''The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey'' soundtrack
**''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Special Edition]]''
*''The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey'' tie-in books:
**''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Annual 2013]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Chronicles: Art & Design]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Chronicles: Creatures & Characters]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Official Movie Guide]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: The Movie Storybook]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: The World of Hobbits]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Visual Companion]]''

==External links==
*[http://www.thehobbit.com/ TheHobbit.com] (official website)
*[http://www.thehobbitblog.com/ TheHobbitBlog.com] (official blog)
*[http://www.facebook.com/PeterJacksonNZ Peter Jackson's Facebook page]

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{{film infobox
| image=[[File:The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring - Ensemble poster.jpg|250px]]
| name=The Fellowship of the Ring
| director=[[Peter Jackson]]
| producer=Peter Jackson [[Barrie M. Osborne]] [[Tim Sanders]] [[Fran Walsh]]
| writer='''Novel:''' [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] '''Screenplay:''' [[Frances Walsh]] [[Philippa Boyens]] Peter Jackson
| narrator=
| starring=
| music=[[Howard Shore]]
| cinematography=[[Andrew Lesnie]]
| editing=[[John Gilbert]]
| distributor=[[New Line Cinema]]
| released=December 19th, 2001
| runtime='''Theatrical:''' 178 min. '''Extended Edition:''' 208 min.
| country=New Zealand & USA
| language=English
| budget= $94 million
| website=[http://www.lordoftherings.net Official website]
| imdb_id=0120737
}}
'''''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring''''' is the first film of [[Peter Jackson]]'s [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (film series)]]

The film retells the adventures of the [[Fellowship of the Ring]], taking its story from the first part, ''[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]'', and the first chapter of ''[[The Two Towers]].

It was produced as the first of three films, filmed simultaneously on location in [[New Zealand]] with a budget of U.S. $180 million, the most in moviemaking history, with principal photography taking 14 months and postproduction continuing long after that.

==Synopsis==
[[Sauron]], the dark lord, has awakened and threatens to conquer [[Middle-earth]]. To stop this ancient evil once and for all, Frodo Baggins must destroy [[the One Ring]] in the fires of [[Mount Doom]]. Men, [[Hobbits]], a [[Wizards|Wizard]], an [[Elves|Elf]] and a [[Dwarves|Dwarf]] form a fellowship to help him on his quest.

===Scenes===
# [[Prologue: One Ring to Rule Them All...]] **
# [[Concerning Hobbits (scene)|Concerning Hobbits]] *
# [[The Shire (scene)|The Shire]] **
# [[Very Old Friends]] **
# [[A Long-expected Party (scene)|A Long-expected Party]] **
# [[Farewell Dear Bilbo]]
# [[Keep It Secret, Keep It Safe (scene)|Keep It Secret, Keep It Safe]]
# [[The Account of Isildur]]
# [[At the Green Dragon]] *
# [[The Shadow of the Past (scene)|The Shadow of the Past]]
# [[The Passing of the Elves (scene)|The Passing of the Elves]] *
# [[Saruman the White (scene)|Saruman the White]]
# [[A Short Cut to Mushrooms (scene)|A Short Cut to Mushrooms]]
# [[Bucklebury Ferry (scene)|Bucklebury Ferry]]
# [[At the Sign of The Prancing Pony (scene)|At the Sign of The Prancing Pony]]
# [[The Nazgûl (scene)|The Nazgûl]]
# [[The Midgewater Marshes]] *
# [[The Spoiling of Isengard]]
# [[A Knife in the Dark (scene)|A Knife in the Dark]]
# [[The Caverns of Isengard (scene)|The Caverns of Isengard]]
# [[Flight to the Ford (scene)|Flight to the Ford]] **
# [[Rivendell (scene)|Rivendell]]
# [[Many Meetings (scene)|Many Meetings]]
# [[The Fate of the Ring]]
# [[The Sword that Was Broken]] **
# [[The Evenstar (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring scene)|The Evenstar]]
# [[The Council of Elrond (scene)|The Council of Elrond]] **
# [[Gilraen's Memorial]] *
# [[Bilbo's Gifts]]
# [[The Departure of The Fellowship]] *
# [[The Ring Goes South (scene)|The Ring Goes South]] **
# [[The Pass of Caradhras]] **
# [[Moria (scene)|Moria]] **
# [[A Journey in the Dark (scene)|A Journey in the Dark]] **
# [[Balin's Tomb (scene)|Balin's Tomb]] **
# [[The Bridge of Khazad-dûm (scene)|The Bridge of Khazad-dûm]]
# [[Lothlórien (scene)|Lothlórien]] **
# [[Caras Galadhon (scene)|Caras Galadhon]] **
# [[The Mirror of Galadriel (scene)|The Mirror of Galadriel]] **
# [[The Fighting Uruk-hai]]
# [[Farewell to Lórien (scene)|Farewell to Lórien]] **
# [[The Great River (scene)|The Great River]] **
# [[Parth Galen (scene)|Parth Galen]]
# [[The Breaking of the Fellowship (scene)|The Breaking of the Fellowship]] **
# [[The Departure of Boromir (scene)|The Departure of Boromir]]
# [[The Road Goes Ever On... (scene)|The Road Goes Ever On...]]
# Credits
# Official Fan Club Credits *

<nowiki>*</nowiki> denotes a scene only available in the Extended Edition cut of the film. 
<nowiki>**</nowiki> denotes a scene which includes extended content only available in the Extended Edition cut of the film.

==Cast==
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Actor !! Role
|-
| [[Gino Acevedo]] || [[Sindri]]
|-
| [[Noel Appleby]] || [[Everard Proudfoot]]
|-
| [[Matt Appleton]] || [[Saelbeth]]
|-
| [[Sean Astin]] || [[Samwise Gamgee]]
|-
| [[Sala Baker]] || [[Sauron]]
|-
| [[Timothy Bartlett]] || Hobbit
|-
| [[Sean Bean]] || [[Boromir]]
|-
| [[Victoria Beynon-Cole]] || Orc
|-
| [[Jarl Benzon]] || Last Alliance Elf
|-
| [[Jørn Benzon]] || Lothlórien Elf
|-
| [[Cate Blanchett]] || [[Galadriel]]
|-
| [[Orlando Bloom]] || [[Legolas]]
|-
| [[Billy Boyd]] || [[Peregrin Took]]
|-
| [[Philippa Boyens]] || [[Nazgûl|Screaming Ringwraith]] (voice)
|-
| [[Jed Brophy]] || Ringwraith Orc Commander
|-
| [[Riley Brophy]] || Cute Hobbit Child
|-
| [[Paul Bryson]] || Extra
|-
| [[Ben Britton]] || Extra
|-
| [[Nathan Clark]] || [[Galdor]]
|-
| [[Rachel Clentworth]] || Goblin
|-
| [[Peter Corrigan]] || [[Otho Sackville-Baggins]]
|-
| [[Sabine Crossen]] || Rivendell Elf
|-
| [[Marton Csokas]] || [[Celeborn]]
|-
| [[Augie Davis]] || Extra
|-
| [[Mana Hira Davis]] || Extra
|-
| [[Ross Duncan]] || Extra
|-
| [[Lori Dungey]] || [[Mrs Bracegirdle]]
|-
| [[Megan Edwards]] || [[Mrs Proudfoot]]
|-
| [[Michael Elsworth]] || [[Círdan]], Gondorian Archivist
|-
| [[Mark Ferguson]] || [[Gil-galad]]
|-
| [[Jason Fitch]] || Extra
|-
| [[Rebecca Fitzgerald]] || Prancing Pony Patron
|-
| [[Norman Forsey]] || [[Gaffer Gamgee|Hamfast Gamgee]] ([[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (extended edition)|Extended Edition]] only)
|-
| [[Xander Forterie]] || [[Úri]]
|-
| [[Ben Fransham]] || Extra
|-
| [[Mark Fry]] || Prancing Pony Patron
|-
| [[Philip Grieve]] || Extra
|-
| [[Andy Gunn]] || Extra
|-
| [[Jonathan Harding]] || Extra
|-
| [[Lee Hartley]] || Orc
|-
| [[Taea Hartwell]] || Cute Hobbit Child
|-
| [[Ian Holm]] || [[Bilbo Baggins]]
|-
| [[Mike Hopkins]] || [[Farmer Maggot]] (voice)
|-
| [[Alan Howard]] || [[The One Ring|The Ring]] (voice)
|-
| [[Geoffrey Hughes]] || Hobbit
|-
| [[Billy Jackson]] || Cute Hobbit Child
|-
| [[Jill Jackson]] || Party Hobbit
|-
| [[Katie Jackson]] || Cute Hobbit Child
|-
| [[Lani Jackson]] || Extra
|-
| [[Peter Jackson]] || [[Albert Dreary]]
|-
| [[Gareth Jensen]] || Extra
|-
| [[William Johnson]] || [[Old Noakes]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Jonathan Jordan]] || Extra
|-
| [[Sam Kelly]] || [[Silinde]]
|-
| [[Lance Fabian Kemp]] || Extra
|-
| [[Micha Kemp]] || Extra
|-
| [[Sandro Kopp]] || Extra
|-
| [[Semi Kuresa]] || Extra
|-
| [[Sam La Hood]] || Extra
|-
| [[Greg Lane]] || Extra
|-
| [[Alan Lee]] || King of Men
|-
| [[Christopher Lee]] || [[Saruman]]
|-
| [[Lawrence Makoare]] || [[Lurtz]]
|-
| [[Jono Manks]] || Ringwraith, Extra
|-
| [[Rich Mayberry]] || Dwarf
|-
| [[Ax McClennan]] || Extra
|-
| [[Thomas McGinty]] || Extra
|-
| [[Brent McIntyre]] || [[Witch-king]] of [[Angmar]]
|-
| [[Ian McKellen]] || [[Gandalf]]
|-
| [[Bret McKenzie]] || "[[Figwit]]"
|-
| [[Peter McKenzie]] || [[Elendil]]
|-
| [[Sarah McLeod]] || [[Rose Cotton|Rosie Cotton]]
|-
| [[Dominic Monaghan]] || [[Meriadoc Brandybuck]]
|-
| [[Elizabeth Moody]] || [[Lobelia Sackville-Baggins]]
|-
| [[Viggo Mortensen]] || [[Aragorn]]
|-
| [[Blair Morton]] || Extra
|-
| [[Ian Mune]] || Bounder
|-
| [[Kate O'Rourke]] || Extra
|-
| [[Craig Parker]] || [[Haldir]]
|-
| [[Ben Price]] || Extra
|-
| [[Shane Rangi]] || Extra
|-
| [[Cameron Rhodes]] || [[Farmer Maggot]]
|-
| [[John Rhys-Davies]] || [[Gimli]]
|-
| [[Grant Roa]] || Uruk-hai
|-
| [[Thomas Robins]] || Hand of [[Gollum]]
|-
| [[Andrea Russell]] || Extra
|-
| [[Martyn Sanderson]] || [[Harry Goatleaf]]
|-
| [[Jason Secto]] || Last Alliance Elf Lothlórien Elf
|-
| [[Brian Sergent]] || [[Ted Sandyman]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Paul Shapcott]] || Ringwraith
|-
| [[Harry Sinclair]] || [[Isildur]]
|-
| [[Pete Smith]] || Extra
|-
| [[Chris Streeter]] || Extra
|-
| [[Liv Tyler]] || [[Arwen]]
|-
| [[Clinton Ulyatt]] || Uruk-hai, Extra
|-
| [[Piripi Waretini]] || Extra
|-
| [[David Weatherley]] || [[Barliman Butterbur]]
|-
| [[Hugo Weaving]] || [[Elrond]] [[Isildur]] "No." (voice)
|-
| [[Nikki Webster]] || Elf
|-
| [[Tim Wong]] || Uruk-hai, Extra
|-
| [[Elijah Wood]] || [[Frodo Baggins]]
|}

==Special effects==
''The Fellowship of the Ring'' makes extensive use of digital, practical and makeup special effects throughout. One noticeable effect that appears in almost every scene involves setting a proper scale so that the characters are all the proper height. Elijah Wood, who plays Frodo, is 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) tall in real life; but the character of Frodo Baggins is barely four feet tall. Many different tricks were used to cast the hobbits (and Gimli the Dwarf) as diminutive. Large and small stunt doubles were used in certain scenes, while entire duplicates of certain sets (especially Bag End in Hobbiton) were built at two different scales, so that the characters would appear to be the appropriate size. At one point in the film Frodo runs along a corridor in Bag End, followed by Gandalf. Elijah Wood and Ian McKellen were filmed in separate versions of the same corridor, built at two different scales, and a fast camera pan conceals the edit between the two. Forced perspective was also employed, so that it would look as though the short hobbits were interacting with taller Men and Elves. Surprising the makers of the film, kneeling was used to great effect.

For the battle between the Last Alliance and the forces of Sauron that begins the film, an elaborate CGI animation system, called Massive, was developed that would allow thousands of individual animated "characters" in the program to act differently. This helped give the illusion of realism to the battle sequences.

==Filming locations==
A list of filming locations, sorted by appearance order in the movie:
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Fictional Location
! Specific Location in New Zealand
! General Area in New Zealand
|-
|[[Hobbiton]] || Matamata || Waikato
|-
|Gardens of [[Isengard]]||Harcourt Park||Upper Hutt
|-
|[[The Shire]] woods||Otaki Gorge Road|| 
|-
|[[Bucklebury Ferry]]||Keeling Farm||Manukau
|-
|Forest near [[Bree]]||Takaka Hill||Nelson
|-
|[[Trollshaws]]||Waitarere Forest|| 
|-
|Ford of [[Bruinen]]||Arrowtown Recreational Reserve||Queenstown
|-
|[[Rivendell]]||Kaitoke Regional Park||Upper Hutt
|-
|[[Eregion]]||Mount Olympus||Nelson
|-
|[[Dimrill Dale]]||Lake Alta||The Remarkables
|-
|[[Dimrill Dale]]||Mount Owen||Nelson
|-
|[[Lothlórien]]||Lake Wakatipu||Queenstown
|-
|River [[Anduin]]||Rangitikei River|| 
|-
|River [[Anduin]]||Poet's Corner||Upper Hutt
|-
|[[Parth Galen]]||Paradise||Glenorchy
|-
|[[Amon Hen]]||Mavora Lakes||Milford Sound
|}

==Deviations from the source material==

===Narrative differences===
Jackson, Walsh and Boyens made numerous changes to the story, for purposes of pacing and character development. Jackson said his main desire was to make a film focused primarily on Frodo and the Ring, the "backbone" of the story. The prologue condenses Tolkien's backstory, in which The Last Alliance's seven-year siege of the [[Barad-dûr]] is a single battle, where [[Sauron]] is shown to explode, though Tolkien only said his spirit flees.

Events at the beginning of the film are condensed or omitted altogether. In the book the time between Gandalf leaving the Ring to Frodo and returning to reveal its inscription, which is 17 years, is compressed for timing reasons. Frodo also spends a few months preparing to move to Buckland, on the eastern border of the shire. This move is omitted and combined with him setting out for Bree. Also compressed is the time between Frodo and Sam leaving Bag End and their meeting Merry and Pippin. Characters such as [[Tom Bombadil]] are left out to simplify the plot and increase the threat of the [[Nazgûl|Ringwraiths]]. Such sequences are left out to make time to introduce Saruman, who in the book doesn't appear until Gandalf's account at the Council of Elrond. Saruman's role is enhanced: he is to blame for the blizzard on Caradhras, a role taken from Sauron and/or Caradhras itself in the book. Gandalf's capture by Saruman is also expanded with a fight sequence.

The role of [[Barliman Butterbur]] at [[the Prancing Pony]] is largely removed for time and dramatic flow.

The events at [[Weathertop]] were also altered. The location of the fight against the Ringwraiths was changed to the ruins on top of the hill rather than a campsite at its base. When Frodo was stabbed in the book, the party spent two weeks travelling to Rivendell, but in the film this is shortened to less than a week, with Frodo's condition worsening at a commensurately greater rate. [[Arwen]] was given a greater role in the film, accompanying Frodo all the way to [[Rivendell]], while in the book Frodo faced the Ringwraiths alone at the [[Ford of Bruinen]]. The character of [[Glorfindel]] was omitted entirely and his scenes were also given to Arwen. She was tacitly credited with the river rising against the Ringwraiths, which was the work of her father [[Elrond]] with aid from [[Gandalf]] in the book.

A significant new addition is [[Aragorn]]'s self-doubt, which causes him to hesitate to claim the kingship of Gondor. This element is not present in the book, where Aragorn intends to claim the throne at an appropriate time. In the book Narsil is reforged immediately when he joins the Fellowship, but this event is held over until ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King|The Return of the King]]'' in film to symbolically coincide with his acceptance of his title. These elements were added because Peter Jackson believed that each character should be forced to grow or change over the course of the story.

Elrond's character gained an adversarial edge; he expresses doubts in the strength of Men to resist Sauron's evil after Isildur's failure to destroy the ring as depicted in the prologue. Jackson also shortens the Council of Elrond by spreading its exposition into earlier parts of the film. Elrond's counsellor, [[Erestor]] — who suggested the Ring be given to Tom Bombadil — was completely absent from this scene. Gimli's father, [[Glóin]], was also deemed unnecessary.

The tone of the Moria sequence was altered. Although in the book the Fellowship only realises the Dwarves are all dead once they reach [[Balin]]'s tomb, the filmmakers chose to use foreshadowing devices instead. Gandalf says to Gimli he would prefer not to enter Moria, and Saruman is shown to be aware of Gandalf's reticence, and also reveals an illustration of the Balrog in one of his books. The corpses of the dwarves are instantly shown as the Fellowship enter Moria.

In terms of dramatic structure, the book simply ends; there is no climax, because Tolkien wrote the "trilogy" as a single story published in three volumes. Jackson's version incorporates the first chapter of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers|The Two Towers]]'' and makes its events, told in real time instead of flashback, simultaneous with the Breaking of the Fellowship. This finale is played as a climactic battle, into which he introduces the Uruk-hai referred to as Lurtz in the script. In the book, Boromir is unable to tell Aragorn which hobbits were kidnapped by the orcs before he dies. From there, Aragorn deduces Frodo's intentions when he notices that a boat is missing and Sam's pack is gone. In the film, Aragorn and Frodo have a scene together in which Frodo's intentions are explicitly stated.

=== Linguistic elements ===
Some fans also felt that movie producers missed the linguistic basis of the work (as Tolkien invented the world to bring his languages alive and not the other way around):

In particular, ''[[Namárië]],'' Galadriel's lament in [[Lothlórien]] that begins "Ai! laurië lantar lassi súrinen", did not appear in the film, although Tolkien considered it one of the highest points of ''The Fellowship of the Ring''. A few lines of the poem do, however, make it into the soundtrack at the departure from Lothórien. Other samples of Elvish language from the books are treated similiarly. However, Elvish (most often [[Sindarin]]) ''is'' spoken extensively in the film, with and without subtitles. The Elvish lines were, for the most part, devised specifically for the film version, sometimes based on English text written by Tolkien.

The movie features numerous books and artifacts with [[Tengwar]] inscriptions. Even though they were researched for accuracy, they still show a couple of peculiarities and inconsistencies not found in Tolkien's own Tengwar samples.

Another idiosyncrasy of the films is that [[Hobbits|Hobbit]] writing is shown in the Latin alphabet, while the books state that the Hobbits used the Tengwar. However, the Latin calligraphy is written in such a way that it bears resemblance to the Tengwar, including ''tehtar'' above their corresponding vowels. This refers visually to the Tengwar while allowing the audience to immediately recognise the text.

==Score==
* [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]]
* [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - The Complete Recordings]]

==Awards==

In 2002 the movie won four Academy Awards out of thirteen nominations. The winning categories were for Best Cinematography, Best Effects, Visual Effects, Best Makeup and Best Music, Original Score. The other nominated categories were Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Ian McKellen), Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Costume Design, Best Director, Best Editing, Best Music, Song ([[Enya]], [[Nicky Ryan]] and [[Roma Ryan]] for "May It Be"), Best Picture, Best Sound and Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published.

After the close of its theatre run, it ranked in the top ten highest grossing movies worldwide, with takings of $860,700,000 USA dollars from world-wide theatrical box office receipts (movie ticket sales).
(Source: [http://us.imdb.com/Charts/worldtopmovies IMDB Top Movies Chart]).

The movie has also been released on videotape and DVD, with some editions having additional footage and commentary not included in the theatrical release edition. Notable among the restored scenes is additional footage of a smiling Galadriel bestowing [[Gifts of Galadriel|gifts]] on the members of the fellowship. In the theatrical version, she appeared dark and brooding. On Tuesday, November 12, 2002, Special Extended DVD Edition of ''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' was released, containing 208 minutes (3 hours, 28 minutes) of footage.

The extended editions of ''The Fellowship of the Ring'' and the second movie, ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers|The Two Towers]]'' had limited theatrical runs in selected cities worldwide in late 2003, during the run-up to the release of the final film, ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King|The Return of the King]]''.

== Reviews ==
* [http://www.combustiblecelluloid.com/digitalwatch/lotrfellow.shtml Combustible Celluloid] - 3 out of 4 stars. (DVD)
* [http://www.eye.net/eye/issue/issue_12.13.01/film/lotr1.html Eye Weekly]
* [http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3540688/ MSNBC (Newsweek)] - A 'Ring' to Rule the Screen
* [http://rossanthony.com/L/ltrfellowship.shtml Ross Anthony] 2 out of 4 stars
* [http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/movies/51108_ring19q.shtml Seattle Post-Intelligencer One 'Ring' to bring them all ... into the theater]
* [http://www.paloaltoonline.com/movies/cgi/moviescreener_long.cgi?id=993 Palo Alto Online]
* [http://www.geocities.com/moviola3/peliculas/senor_anillos/senor_anillos.html Peliculas (Geocities) (Spanish)]
* [http://movie-reviews.colossus.net/movies/l/lotr1.html ReelViews]
* [http://splicedwire.com/01reviews/lordrings1.html SPLICEDWire]
* [http://www.filmstew.com/Content/Article.asp?ContentID=2251 Film Stew]
* [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/click/movie-1108476/reviews.php?critic=1&sortby=default&page=4&rid=275580 Shane Burridge]

===See also===
* [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring DVD]]
* [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (extended edition)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (extended edition)]]
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Katie Jackson

2015-01-05T20:25:33Z

Hobbiton777:

[[File:Katie Jackson.png|thumb|200 px|Katie at the Wellington, New Zealand premiere of ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey]]''.]]'''Katie Jackson ''' (born 1996) is a New Zealand actress who portrayed as a Cute [[Hobbit]] Child, a Cute [[Rohan]] Refugee Child, and a [[Gondor]] Child in ''[[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|The Lord of the Rings]]'' trilogy and a Cute Young Hobbit, [[Betsy Butterbur]], and a [[Lake-town]] Woman in ''[[The Hobbit (film series)|The Hobbit]]'' trilogy.{{Fact}}

She is the daughter of [[Peter Jackson]] and [[Fran Walsh]] and the sister of [[Billy Jackson]].

==Roles==
* [[2001]]: ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' - Cute [[Hobbit]] Child
* [[2002]]: ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers]]'' - Cute [[Rohan]] Refugee Child
* [[2003]]: ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]'' - Child
* [[2012]]: ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey]]'' - Cute Young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
* [[2013]]: ''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug]]'' - [[Betsy Butterbur]]
* [[2014]]: ''[[The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies]]'' - [[Lake-town]] Woman

[[Category:Actors and actresses]]
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[[Category:People by name]]

Royd Tolkien

2015-01-05T20:18:30Z

Hobbiton777:

{{actor
| image=[[File:Royd Tolkien.jpg|250px|Royd Tolkien with a fan at RingCon.]]
| name=Royd Tolkien
| lifetime=[[16 July]] [[1969]]
| played=[[Ranger of Ithilien]]
| film=''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]''
| imdb= [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1596668/ Profile]
}}
'''Royd Allan Reuel Tolkien''' (b. [[16 July]] [[1969]]) is a great-grandson of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], the grandchild of Tolkiens second son, [[Michael Tolkien|Michael]]. His birthname is Royd Baker, but appears to have changed to Royd Tolkien when became adult.{{fact}}

Royd Tolkien played a [[Rangers of Ithilien|Ranger]] in ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]''.<ref>{{webcite|author=Emma Dibdin|articleurl=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/interviews/a438695/the-hobbit-qa-with-royd-tolkien.html|articlename='The Hobbit': Q&A with Royd Tolkien|dated=19 November 2012|website=[http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ digitalspy.co.uk]|accessed=25 October 2014}}</ref> and a Ranger Captain in the Extended Edition of ''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug]]''.<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2014/10/24/93443-royd-tolkiens-cameo-spotted-in-desolation-of-smaug-extended-edition/|articlename=Royd Tolkien’s cameo spotted in Desolation of Smaug Extended Edition|dated=24 October 2014|website=TORN|accessed=25 October 2014}}</ref>

==Family Tree==
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{{familytree| | | | | | | | | | | EDB |y| JRR | | | | | | | | | | | |JRR=[[J.R.R. Tolkien]]|EDB=[[Edith Tolkien|Edith Bratt]]}}
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{{familytree| | | | JOT | | JOG |y| MIT | | CHT | | PRT |JOT=[[John Tolkien]]|MIT=[[Michael Tolkien (b. 1920)|Michael Tolkien]]|CHT=[[Christopher Tolkien]]|PRT=[[Priscilla Tolkien]]|JOG=[[Joan Griffiths]]}}
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{{familytree| | |JOT |y| HUB | | IRF |~| MIT |~| ROW | | JUT |~| ALC |JOT=[[Joanna Tolkien]]|HUB=[[Hugh Baker]]|IRF=[[Irene Ferrier]]|MIT=[[Michael Tolkien (b. 1943)|Michael Tolkien]]|ROW=[[Rosemary Walters]]|JUT=[[Judith Tolkien]]|ALC=[[Alan Crombleholme]]}}
{{familytree| | | | | |)|-|-|-|v|-|-|-|.}}
{{familytree| | | | | MAB | | ROT | | MIB |MAB=[[Mandy Baker]]|ROT=[[Royd Tolkien|Royd Tolkien]]|MIB=[[Michael Baker]]}}
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==External links==

*[http://www.roydtolkiensoxford.com/ Royd Tolkien Oxford website]
*[http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2014/03/27/88004-getting-to-know-royd-tolkien/ Getting to know Royd Tolkien] at [http://www.theonering.net/ TheOneRing.net]
*[http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-north-east-wales-20711721 Royd Tolkien Hobbit creator's greatgrandson proud of film] at [http://www.bbc.com/ BBC.com]
*[http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/real-unexpected-journey-hobbit-writers-2014018 Hobbit writer's grandson Royd Tolkien's movie adventures] at [http://www.walesonline.co.uk/ Walesonline.co.uk]

{{references}}
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Katie Jackson

2015-01-05T20:15:24Z

Hobbiton777:

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

2015-01-05T20:05:24Z

Hobbiton777: /* Cast */

{{film infobox
| image=[[File:The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey - poster 1.jpg|250px]]
| name=''The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey''
| director=[[Peter Jackson]]<ref name="HBTitles">{{webcite|articleurl=http://www.thehobbitblog.com/?p=2563|articlename=Titles and Release Dates Announced|dated=31-May-2011|website=[http://www.thehobbitblog.com/ The Hobbit Blog]|accessed=21-Dec-2011}}</ref> [[Andy Serkis]] (Second Unit Director)<ref name="HBAndy">
{{webcite|articleurl=http://www.thehobbitblog.com/?p=2234|articlename=Andy Serkis to serve as Second Unit Director|dated=8-April-2011|website=[http://www.thehobbitblog.com/ The Hobbit Blog]|accessed=21-Dec-2011}}</ref>
| producer=Peter Jackson [[Fran Walsh]] [[Carolynne Cunningham]] [[Philippa Boyens]] (Co-Producer) [[Ken Kamins]] (Executive Producer) [[Zane Weiner]] (Executive Producer)<ref name="HBTitles"/>
| writer=[[Guillermo del Toro]] Peter Jackson Fran Walsh Philippa Boyens<ref name="HBTitles"/>
| narrator=
| starring=[[Martin Freeman]] [[Ian McKellen]] [[Richard Armitage]]<ref name="PJCasting1">{{webcite|author=[[Peter Jackson]]|articleurl=http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150168211921558|articlename=Production begins in New Zealand on The Hobbit|dated=20-March-2011|website=FB|accessed=21-Dec-2011}}</ref> ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey#Confirmed cast|See cast section below for more]]''
| music=[[Howard Shore]]<ref name="PJCasting1"/>
| cinematography=[[Andrew Lesnie]]<ref name="PJCasting1"/>
| editing=
| studio=[[New Line Cinema]] [[MGM]] [[WingNut Films]]<ref name="HBTitles"/>
| distributor=[[Warner Bros.|Warner Bros. Pictures]]<ref name="HBTitles"/>
| released=[[28 November]] [[2012]] (worldwide première) [[14 December]] [[2012]] (North America)<ref name="HBTitles2">{{webcite|articleurl=http://www.thehobbitblog.com/the-hobbit-trilogy-titles-and-release-dates/|articlename=The Hobbit Trilogy titles and release dates|dated=2-September-2012|website=[http://www.thehobbitblog.com/ The Hobbit Blog]|accessed=2-September-2012}}</ref>
| runtime=169 minutes
| country=[[New Zealand]] [[United Kingdom]] [[United States]]
| language=English
| budget=
| website=[http://www.thehobbit.com/ TheHobbit.com]
| imdb_id=0903624
}}
'''''The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey''''' is the first of [[Peter Jackson]]'s [[The Hobbit (film series)|''The Hobbit'' film trilogy]] based on [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s [[1937]] novel ''[[The Hobbit]]''. It was released on [[14 December]] [[2012]] in North America. It was followed by ''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug|The Desolation of Smaug]]'' in [[2013]] and will be followed by ''[[The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies|The Battle of the Five Armies]]'' in [[2014]].

==Synopsis==
{{Blockquote|The adventure follows the journey of title character Bilbo Baggins, who is swept into an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor from the fearsome dragon Smaug. Approached out of the blue by the wizard Gandalf the Grey, Bilbo finds himself joining a company of thirteen dwarves led by the legendary warrior, Thorin Oakenshield. Their journey will take them into the Wild; through treacherous lands swarming with Goblins and Orcs, deadly Wargs and Giant Spiders, Shapeshifters and Sorcerers. 
''Although their goal lies to the East and the wastelands of the Lonely Mountain first they must escape the goblin tunnels, where Bilbo meets the creature that will change his life forever... Gollum. Here, alone with Gollum, on the shores of an underground lake, the unassuming Bilbo Baggins not only discovers depths of guile and courage that surprise even him, he also gains possession of Gollum's "precious" ring that holds unexpected and useful qualities... A simple, gold ring that is tied to the fate of all Middle-earth in ways Bilbo cannot begin to know.|[[Warner Bros.]] Press Release<ref name="WBPressRelease1">{{webcite|articleurl=http://www.warnerbros.com/movies/in-theaters-coming-soon/the-hobbit-an-unexpected-journey/c36f51cb-9332-4db9-b297-458453025455.html|articlename=THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY|website=[http://www.warnerbros.com/ Warner Bros.]|accessed=19-November-2012}}</ref>}}

==Plot==
On his eleventy-first (111th) birthday, the [[Hobbits|Hobbit]] [[Bilbo Baggins]] decides to write down the full story of the adventure he took 60 years before for his nephew [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]]. Bilbo writes about how, prior to his own actual involvement, the [[Dwarves|Dwarf]] [[Thrór]] was [[King under the Mountain|king]] of [[Lonely Mountain|Erebor]] and brought an era of prosperity to his [[Dwarves of Erebor|kin]] until the arrival of [[Smaug]] the [[Dragons|Dragon]]. Drawn by the amount of [[gold]] that the Dwarves have amassed, Smaug destroyed the nearby town of [[Dale]] before driving the Dwarves out of Erebor. Thrór's grandson, [[Thorin]] [[Oakenshield]], sees King [[Thranduil]] and his [[Elves of Mirkwood|Wood-elves]] on a nearby hillside and is dismayed to find them taking their leave rather than aiding his people. This makes Thorin develop an everlasting hatred of [[Elves]].

Following this, Bilbo is tricked by the [[Wizards|Wizard]] [[Gandalf]] the Grey into hosting a party for Thorin and his [[Thorin and Company|band of Dwarves]], which doubles as Bilbo's recruitment as the Dwarves' "burglar" to help them recover their treasure and their home from Smaug. Bilbo reluctantly joins the company on their journey to the Lonely Mountain, Thorin previously believing he would refuse. The group is captured by 3 Mountain [[Trolls]], [[Tom]], [[Bert]], and [[William]], but Bilbo is able to stall the Trolls from eating them until dawn, when Gandalf saves the company by exposing the Trolls to sunlight, turning them into stone. They search the Trolls' [[Troll's Cave|cave]] and find treasure and Elven blades. Thorin and Gandalf each take an Elf-wrought blade -- [[Orcrist]] and [[Glamdring]], respectively. Gandalf also finds an Elven short-sword, later to be known as [[Sting]], which he gives to Bilbo. Being Elven blades of the [[First Age]], Gandalf says they glow when near [[Orcs]] or [[Orcs#Orcs and Goblins|Goblins]]. However, only Sting actually does so.

The group encounters [[Radagast]] the Brown, a Wizard who lives in the forest of [[Mirkwood|Greenwood]]. He tells them of a strange presence he encountered at [[Dol Guldur]] and how it is poisoning the forest. The group is then chased by Orcs on [[Wargs]], with Radagast drawing them off with his [[Rhosgobel]] Rabbits-pulled sled. Gandalf leads them through a stone passage to [[Rivendell]] as the Wargs and Orcs above are slain by Elven riders. [[Elrond]] discloses the [[Thrór's Map|map]]'s indication of a [[Back Door|secret]] door that will be visible only on [[Durin's Day]]. Gandalf talks with the [[White Council]] (Elrond, [[Galadriel]], and [[Saruman|Saruman the White]]) about his involvement with the Dwarves, explaining the presence Radagast encountered and expresses mild suspicion that this Necromancer is the [[Sauron|Dark Lord]]. The others are skeptical, believing Sauron to have been defeated forever, and that this Necromancer is not a true threat. Elsewhere, at [[Weathertop]], [[Yazneg]], the leader of the attacking Orc party, reports back to his master [[Azog]] of his failure, who then kills the unfortunate Orc. Azog then issues a bounty upon Thorin's head, and races off with the rest of his party.

Against the Council's wishes, Gandalf sends Bilbo and the Dwarves toward the [[Misty Mountains]]. While passing through the mountains, Bilbo and the Dwarves encounter a battle between three stone [[giants]], and are forced to take refuge in a cave. Elsewhere, Azog and his Orcs follow the Dwarves' trail to the Misty Mountains. While the company sleeps, Bilbo decides to leave and return to Rivendell after talking to [[Bofur]], who believes in him. He is overheard by Thorin, who believes he has been proven right that the hobbit is not up to the quest. But before Bilbo can leave, they are all captured by Goblins and taken to their leader, the [[Great Goblin|Goblin King]]. Gandalf arrives and saves the Dwarves from the Goblins. They then fight their way out of [[Goblin-town]], killing the Goblin King during their escape. Bilbo was separated from the Dwarves right after their capture and encounters [[Gollum]], who accidentally drops a mysterious [[The One Ring|ring]] while killing a stray Goblin to feed on. Picking up the ring and placing it in his pocket, Bilbo finds himself confronted by Gollum. They play a [[Riddle-game]], wagering that Bilbo will be shown the way out if he wins, or eaten by Gollum if he loses. After Bilbo wins by asking Gollum what he has in his pocket, Gollum realizes Bilbo has stolen the ring and attacks him. Bilbo discovers the ring grants him invisibility and evades a furious Gollum, following him to find the way out and deciding out of pity not to kill him, despite having the chance to do so.

Bilbo rejoins the group once he sees them after hearing Thorin voice his doubts he will return, keeping the ring he found secret. The moment of triumph is cut short as they are ambushed by Azog and his hunting party. After taking refuge in cliffside trees before the Wargs uproot most of them, the final tree is partially uprooted, leaving most of the Company hanging over the cliffside. Thorin then charges Azog in an attempt to save the others, but is badly wounded and knocked to the ground. Bilbo defends Thorin from being killed, and as Azog's other Orcs move in, [[Fíli]], [[Kíli]] and [[Dwalin]] rush in and attack them, and a fight ensues. The group is then saved by [[Eagles]], who fly them to safety on the [[Carrock]]. Gandalf wakes the unconscious Thorin, who finally accepts Bilbo for his courage and bravery. As the party sees the destiny of their journey, the Lonely Mountain in the distance, Smaug awakens.

===Scenes===
# [[Prologue: The Fall of Erebor]] **
# [["In a Hole in the Ground There Lived a Hobbit"]]
# [[Very Old Friends (The Hobbit scene)|Very Old Friends]]
# [[Mr. Baggins (scene)|Mr. Baggins]] *
# [[An Unexpected Party (scene)|An Unexpected Party]]
# [[Blunt the Knives (scene)|"Blunt the Knives"]] **
# [[A Map, a Key and a Contract]]
# [[Misty Mountains (scene)|"Misty Mountains"]]
# [["... The World Ahead"]]
# [[The Battle of Azanulbizar]]
# [[Radagast the Brown (scene)|Radagast the Brown]]
# [[Trollshaws (scene)|Trollshaws]]
# [[Roast Mutton (scene)|Roast Mutton]]
# [[A Troll-hoard (scene)|A Troll-hoard]]
# [[The Hill of Sorcery (scene)|The Hill of Sorcery]]
# [[Warg-scouts]]
# [[Rivendell (The Hobbit scene)|Rivendell]] **
# [[A Short Rest (scene)|A Short Rest]] **
# [[Moon Runes (scene)|Moon Runes]]
# [[The Defiler (scene)|The Defiler]]
# [[The Last Homely House]] *
# [[The White Council (scene)|The White Council]] **
# [["Why the Halfling?"]]
# [[Over Hill (scene)|Over Hill]]
# [[Under Hill (scene)|Under Hill]]
# [[The Great Goblin (scene)|The Great Goblin]] **
# [[Riddles in the Dark (scene)|Riddles in the Dark]]
# [[Biter and Beater]]
# [[The Ring (scene)|The Ring]]
# [[Escape from Goblin-town]]
# [[The Pity of Bilbo]]
# [["Home Is Behind..."]]
# [[Out of the Frying Pan...]]
# [[A Good Omen (scene)|A Good Omen]]
# Credits

<nowiki>*</nowiki> denotes a scene only available in the Extended Edition cut of the film. 
<nowiki>**</nowiki> denotes a scene which includes extended content only available in the Extended Edition cut of the film.

==Cast==
{{Seealso|The Hobbit (film series)#People involved}}
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Actor !! Role
|-
| Ruby Acevedo || Cute young Hobbit ([[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (extended edition)|Extended Edition]] only)
|-
| Barbara Allen || Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| Frazer Anderson || Moria Orc
|-
| [[Richard Armitage]] || [[Thorin]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide">[[Brian Sibley]], ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Official Movie Guide]]'' (2012)</ref>
|-
| Erin Banks || [[Lobelia Sackville-Baggins]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Timothy Bartlett]] || [[Master Worrywort]]
|-
| Joel Baxendale || Goblin
|-
| [[Manu Bennett]] || [[Azog]]
|-
| Jennifer Betham-Lang || Dwarf Civilian
|-
| Jared Blakiston || Musical Elf
|-
| [[Cate Blanchett]] || [[Galadriel]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| Glenn Boswell || Dwarf miner
|-
| Shane Boulton || Rivendell Court ElfGoblin
|-
| [[Jed Brophy]] || [[Nori]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Adam Brown]] || [[Ori]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| Jessica Buckham || Dale Child
|-
| [[John Callen]] || [[Óin]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| Luc Campbell || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| Melanie Carrington || Musical Elf
|-
| Brendan Casey || Thranduil's lieutenant
|-
| Renee Cataldo || Goblin
|-
| Marty Christopher || Dwarf Warrior
|-
| [[Benedict Cumberbatch]] || The [[Sauron#Sauron's Return|Necromancer]] [[Smaug]]
|-
| Joan Dawe || Hobbit
|-
| [[Dave Dyer]] || Dwarf of Erebor
|-
| [[Luke Evans]] || [[Girion]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| Megan Fairweather || Dwarf trader
|-
| Sonia Forbes-Adam || [[Belladonna Took|Belladonna Baggins]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| Ben Fransham || Goblin
|-
| [[Martin Freeman]] || [[Bilbo Baggins]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| Stephen Gledhill || [[Old Gammidge]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| Tim Gordon || [[Old Hob]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Mark Hadlow]] || [[Dori]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/> [[Bert]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| Zackary Hajek || Dale Citizen
|-
| [[Peter Hambleton]] || [[Glóin]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/> [[William]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| George Harach || Goblin
|-
| Rose Harnett || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| Jamie Harrison || Moria Orc
|-
| Rebekah Hart || Dwarf trader
|-
| Luke Hawker || Goblins (voice)
|-
| [[Dan Hennah]] || The [[Gerontius Took|Old Took]]<ref name="Weta1">[[Daniel Falconer]], ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Chronicles: Art & Design]]'', p. 30</ref> (Extended Edition only)
|-
| Allan Henry || Goblin
|-
| Christian Hipolito || Hunter Orc
|-
| [[Ian Holm]] || Older [[Bilbo Baggins]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| Brian Hotter || [[Otho Sackville-Baggins]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Barry Humphries]] || [[Great Goblin|Goblin King]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Stephen Hunter]] || [[Bombur]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Katie Jackson]] || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Peter Jackson]] || Erebor Dwarf refugee
|-
| Cameron Jones || Thranduil's lieutenant
|-
| Tim Jones || Dwarf guard
|-
| Paul Kingdom || Dwarf Civilian
|-
| [[William Kircher]] || [[Bifur]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/> [[Tom]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| Dean Knowsley || Elven guard
|-
| [[Christopher Lee]] || [[Saruman|Saruman the White]]
|-
| Eloise Masters || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| Eva Matthews || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| Ollie Matthews || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Sylvester McCoy]] || [[Radagast|Radagast the Brown]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| Rose McGhie || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Ian McKellen]] || [[Gandalf|Gandalf the Grey]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Bret McKenzie]] || [[Lindir]]
|-
| Tim McLachlan || Goblin
|-
| [[Graham McTavish]] || [[Dwalin]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| Honor McTavish || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| Nathan Meister || Goblin
|-
| Joseph Mika-Hunt || Moria Orc
|-
| Isaac Miller || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Mike Mizrahi]] || [[Thráin II|Thráin]]
|-
| Ravi Narayan || Goblin bruteHobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[James Nesbitt]] || [[Bofur]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| Mary Nesbitt || Girl of Dale
|-
| Peggy Nesbitt || Girl of Dale
|-
| Terry Notary || [[Yazneg]] (pick-up shots) [[Great Goblin|Goblin King]] (motion capture around the body)
|-
| [[Dean O'Gorman]]<ref group="note">Rob Kazinsky was initially cast as [[Fíli]]. (see: {{webcite|author=[[Peter Jackson]]|articleurl=http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150239464391558|articlename=Casting news!|dated=30-April-2011|website=FB|accessed=21-Dec-2011}}</ref> || [[Fíli]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| Ella Olssen || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
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| [[Jabez Olssen]] || Erebor Dwarf refugee
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| Sabin Olssen || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
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| [[Lee Pace]] || [[Thranduil]]
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| Findlay Price || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
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| John Rawls || [[Yazneg]]
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| Thomas Rimmer || Goblin
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| [[Thomas Robins]] || Young [[Thráin II|Thráin]]
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| Gabrielle Roque López || Moria Orc
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| Nancy Ruck || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
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| [[Andy Serkis]] || [[Gollum]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
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| Louis Serkis || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
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| Ruby Serkis || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
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| Sonny Serkis || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
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| [[Kiran Shah]] || [[Goblin Scribe]]
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| Mervyn Smith || [[Tosser Grubb]] (Extended Edition only)
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| Oscar Strik || Young [[Bilbo Baggins]] (Extended Edition only)
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| [[Conan Stevens]]<ref group="note">[[Conan Stevens]] was initially cast as [[Azog]]. (see: {{webcite|author=[[Peter Jackson]]|articleurl=http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150257180211558|articlename=Casting News for The Hobbit|dated=19-May-2011|website=FB|accessed=21-Dec-2011}}).</ref> || [[Bolg]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
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| [[Ken Stott]] || [[Balin]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
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| Amelia Taylor || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
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| Samuel Taylor || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
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| [[Jeffrey Thomas]] || [[Thrór]]
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| James Trevena-Brown || Goblin
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| Mark Trotter || Goblin
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| [[Aidan Turner]] || [[Kíli]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
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| [[Stephen Ure]] || [[Fimbul]][[Grinnah]]
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| Eric Vespe || [[Fredegar Chubb]] (Extended Edition only)
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| Ruby Vincent || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
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| Terry Vincent || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
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| [[Hayden Weal]] || Dwarf Gem Holder
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| [[Hugo Weaving]] || [[Elrond]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
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| James Wells || Dwarf Blacksmith
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| [[Richard Whiteside]] || Dwarf guard
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| [[Elijah Wood]] || [[Frodo Baggins]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
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| John Wraight || Dwarf guard
|}

==Deviations from the source material==
''The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey'' covers the first six chapters of ''[[The Hobbit]]'' with a few elements added from the [[The Lord of the Rings Appendices|Appendices]] from ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''. While it follows the story quite closely, a number of liberties were still taken:
* The film begins with a prologue in which [[Bilbo Baggins]] awakens in the wee hours of the morning of his 111th birthday and begins to write ''[[There and Back Again|There and Back Again: A Hobbit's Holiday]]'' in what would become the [[Red Book of Westmarch]]. In ''The Hobbit'', he had already begun to write the book shortly after returning to [[Bag End]].
* Before beginning the first chapter of his book, Bilbo also details the background of his adventure, first recounting the rise and fall of [[Lonely Mountain|Erebor]] and [[Dale]], and then the arrival of [[Smaug]] -- much of the same information recounted by [[Thorin]] and the other [[Dwarves]] during the Unexpected Party. And to presumably tie it in better with the whole trilogy, the [[Arkenstone]] is found under [[Thrór]]'s rule instead of that of [[Thráin I]]. Thrór interprets its discovery as his divine right to rule.
* A long-standing feud between the [[Dwarves of Erebor]] and the [[Elves]] was invented for the film, beginning with Thrór's refusal to give [[Thranduil]] a payment of gems (seen only in the [[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (extended edition)|Extended Edition]]), and fully manifesting when Thranduil then brings his Elf Army to Erebor when Smaug is sacking it, only to then turn around and leave, offering no aid to the battling and fleeing Dwarves.
* [[Elijah Wood]] also appears briefly as [[Frodo Baggins]] toward the end of the prologue, whereas the character does not appear at all in the book. However, his appearance is purely a cameo as the set-up for the beginning of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'', where Bilbo is also seen writing his book the day of his [[Bilbo's Farewell Party|Farewell Party]], and Frodo leaving to await [[Gandalf]]'s arrival.
* The [[Thorin and Company|Dwarves]] do not quite arrive at Bag End in the same manner (first [[Dwalin]], then [[Balin]], then both [[Fíli]] and [[Kíli]], and then [[Óin]], [[Glóin]], [[Dori]], [[Nori]], [[Ori]], [[Bifur]], [[Bofur]], and [[Bombur]] all at once with Gandalf; Thorin arrives significantly later) and they do not have their multi-colored hoods or beards as they did in the book.
* Bilbo was shown to be allergic to [[horses]].
* The [[War of the Dwarves and Orcs]] is condensed into just the [[Battle of Azanulbizar]] (recounted by Balin in a flashback), where Thrór leads an army of Dwarves against an army of [[Orcs]] in an attempt to reclaim [[Moria]] as their home not long after the [[Sack of Erebor]] (the time between the Sack, the Battle, and [[the Quest of Erebor]] has all been somewhat reduced and compressed for these films, presumably given that Thorin was made considerably younger than he was in the book). Thrór is decapitated by [[Azog]] during the battle instead of prior to it, and Thorin cuts off Azog's left forearm, while [[Dáin Ironfoot]] (who ultimately kills Azog during the battle in the book) does not appear at all in the sequence.
* Bilbo goes to the [[Trolls]] because they steal the Dwarves' [[ponies]].
* Bilbo is caught by the Trolls attempting to steal [[Tom]]'s knife to set the stolen ponies free rather than being given away by [[William]]'s [[Talking purse|"talking" purse]].
* While Bilbo does manage to set the ponies free during the Company's skirmish with the Trolls, it is the last they see of them. In the book, the Company had the ponies until reaching [[Rivendell]].
* The Dwarves surrender when the Trolls catch Bilbo and threaten to rip him apart instead of being overpowered and popped into bags.
* Bilbo - not Gandalf - stalls the Trolls until dawn's arrival in the film. They are turned to stone when Gandalf exposes them to the [[sun]] upon his return by breaking a large boulder behind them in half with his staff.
* The Trolls' [[Troll's Cave|cave]] is wide open, and there is no locked door blocking it.
* In the book, Bilbo finds [[Sting]] and takes it. In the film, Gandalf comes upon it and gives it to Bilbo.
* The group is attacked by a pack of Orcs on [[Wargs]] on the way to Rivendell just after the Trolls sequence in the film, which did not happen in the book.
* Although [[Radagast|Radagast the Brown]] is only ever briefly mentioned in the book, he does appear in this film trilogy. He is first seen discovering a darkness growing in [[Mirkwood|Greenwood the Great]] and having his [[Rhosgobel|home]] ambushed by [[spiders]]. After warding them off, he follows their path to [[Dol Guldur]] where he encounters a [[Sauron#Sauron's Return|Necromancer]] and the [[Witch-king]] of [[Angmar]], with whom he briefly duels and from whom he takes its [[Morgul blades|Morgul blade]]. He also aids the Dwarves in escaping the Orc Warg Riders near Rivendell by diverting their attention on his [[Rabbits|rabbit]]-pulled sled. In contrast, [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] never wrote of any such incidents.
* In the film's Extended Edition, Bofur gets up and sings "[[The Man in the Moon Stayed Up Too Late]]" while the Company is dining with the Elves in Rivendell, and the other Dwarves join him. This song does not appear until ''[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' in the books, where Frodo sings it at [[the Prancing Pony]].
* Also in the Extended Edition, Kíli is shown to somewhat fancy female Elves. Tolkien never alluded to any Dwarves in [[Middle-earth]] having any romantic interest in someone of another race.
* The leader of the Orc pack pursuing the Company on their journey is revealed to be Azog, who has survived the Battle of Azanulbizar in these films (his left forearm replaced by a spike with a claw at the end) and appears as an additional antagonist.
* In Tolkien's writings, the [[White Council]] already knew that the Necromancer was [[Sauron]] and was at Dol Guldur during the events in ''The Hobbit'', since Gandalf had already confirmed this 89 years earlier, and [[Saruman]] had discovered two years earlier that Sauron had learned of [[Isildur]]'s [[Battle of the Gladden Fields|loss]] of [[the One Ring]] at the [[Gladden Fields]] by the river [[Anduin]] and his [[Nazgûl|servants]] were searching the area (though he did not inform the Council of this discovery).
* Also at the White Council meeting, [[Galadriel]] relates how the Witch-king of Angmar, after his defeat near [[Fornost Erain]], had been killed and sealed in a tomb in the [[High Fells of Rhudaur|High Fells]] that could not be opened. This is a significant departure from Tolkien's writings, in which the Witch-king had not died, but fled. In fact, [[Glorfindel]] had stopped pursuit of the Witch-king and prophesied, ''"Do not pursue him! He will not return to these lands. Far off yet is his doom, and not by the hand of man will he fall."''<ref name="AppA">[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], ''The Lord of the Rings,'' Appendix A (I, iv).</ref> (This prophecy, of course, was the basis for the later dramatic moment in ''The Lord of the Rings'' in which [[Éowyn]] was able to kill the Witch-king because she was not a man.)  Furthermore, per Tolkien, the White Council knew the Witch-king had not been killed because he and the rest of the [[Nazgûl]] had previously been fighting with [[Gondor]] and had captured (and presumably killed) the last [[Kings of Gondor|King]] of Gondor at [[Minas Morgul]] in {{TA|2050}}, long after he had fled Fornost Erain.<ref name="AppB">J.R.R. Tolkien, ''The Lord of the Rings,'' Appendix B</ref>
* When traveling along the mountain pass in the book, Bilbo and the Dwarves observe the stone [[Giants]] hurling rocks at a distance, "across the valley," whereas in the film they become unwittingly involved when the mountainside on which they are standing comes to life and joins in the 'thunder battle.'
* It was Bilbo who alerted the party when the trap doors in the [[Orcs#Orcs and Goblins|Goblin]] cave open in the book. In the film, the Dwarves realize this just as the ground gives way and they begin to fall into the hole.
* In the book, the Goblins only had tunnels, not rope bridges.
* Bilbo's encounter with [[Gollum]] in the book occurs after he is lost during the Company's escape from [[Goblin-town]], whereas here it happens concurrently with the Dwarves' audience with the [[Great Goblin|Goblin King]] (due to Bilbo's eluding captivity from the Goblins and falling down a chasm during the struggle with one of them).
* In the book, Bilbo finds the One Ring by chance when his hand happens to fall upon it as he is crawling through one of the dark Goblin-town tunnels, well before he comes across Gollum. In this film, he sees Gollum fighting with the same Goblin with whom he fell down the chasm, and then we see the Ring fall out of Gollum's loincloth during the tussle. After Gollum drags off the Goblin's body, Bilbo then goes over, picks it up, examines it, and puts it in his pocket.
* Gollum has nine teeth in the film, rather than six.
* In the film, Gandalf does not use multi-coloured fire when lighting the pine cones.
* Bilbo and some of the Dwarves do not come down from the [[Firs|fir]] trees and charge the Goblins/Orcs and Wargs in the book once they've been trapped in them.
* As in ''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'', Gandalf sends for the [[Eagles]] by catching a moth and giving it a message. In the book, the Eagles see the fire in the distance and fly over to investigate, and, thus, their rescue of the Company was mostly circumstantial.
* As in the [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''Lord of the Rings'' films]], the Eagles do not speak.
* The Eagles take the Company directly to the [[Carrock]], bypassing the [[Eagle's Eyrie|Eyrie]].

==Music==
The score for ''The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey'' was composed by [[Howard Shore]], and was performed and recorded by the London Philharmonic Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios.<ref name="DougAdamsAUJ">{{webcite|author=[[Doug Adams]]|articleurl=http://www.musicoflotr.com/2012/11/the-hobbit-unexpected-journey.html|articlename=The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Soundtrack Album Coming December 11|dated=1-November-2012|website=[http://www.musicoflotr.com Doug Adam's Blog]|accessed=20-November-2012}}</ref>

Two editions of the soundtrack was released by [[Wikipedia:WaterTower Music|WaterTower Music]] on [[11 December]] [[2012]]:
*''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]]''
*''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Special Edition]]''

The song featured in the credits to ''An Unexpected Journey'', [[Song of the Lonely Mountain]], was performed by [[Neil Finn]] and released [[12 November]] [[2012]]. It was first [http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/neil-finn-reaches-epic-heights-on-song-of-the-lonely-mountain-song-premiere-20121112 released on RollingStone.com].<ref name="">{{webcite|articleurl=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/neil-finn-reaches-epic-heights-on-song-of-the-lonely-mountain-song-premiere-20121112|articlename=Neil Finn Reaches Epic Heights on 'Song of the Lonely Mountain' – Song Premiere|dated=12-November-2012|website=[http://www.rollingstone.com/ RollingStone.com]|accessed=20-November-2012}}</ref>

==Distribution==
===Theatrical release===
''An Unexpected Journey'' had its world première in [[Wellington]], [[New Zealand]], on [[28 November]] [[2012]]. The film was released in cinemas in New Zealand on [[12 December]], [[13 December]] in Europe, [[14 December]] in India, Canada and United States, and [[26 December]] in Australia.

===Home media===
''An Unexpected Journey'' was released on DVD, Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D, and as a digital download on [[19 March]] [[2013]].<ref name="UKDVD">{{webcite|author=lilymilos|articleurl=http://news.mymiddleearth.com/2013/02/06/sneak-peek-of-desolation-of-smaug-on-hobbit-blu-ray/|articlename=Sneak Peek of ‘Desolation of Smaug’ on Hobbit Blu-ray|dated=6-Feb-2013|website=MEN|accessed=9-Feb-2013}}</ref> The release date in the [[United Kingdom]] was [[8 April]].<ref name="UKDVD">{{webcite|author=Arwen|articleurl=http://news.mymiddleearth.com/2013/02/06/uk-hobbit-fans-to-wait-until-april-8th-for-blu-ray-blu-ray-dvd-and-digital-download-release/|articlename=UK Hobbit Fans to Wait Until April 8th for Blu-ray, DVD and Digital Download Release|dated=6-Feb-2013|website=MEN|accessed=9-Feb-2013}}</ref>

An extended edition of ''An Unexpected Journey'' includes an additional thirteen minutes of footage. It was be released in the UK on digital download on [[22 October]] and on Blu-ray and DVD on [[4 November]].<ref name="ExtendedEdition">{{webcite|author=Orlando Parfitt|articleurl=http://uk.movies.yahoo.com/the-hobbit--an-unexpected-journey-deleted-scene--exclusive--065952595.html|articlename=The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Extended Edition deleted scene (Exclusive)|dated=31-July-2013|website=[http://uk.movies.yahoo.com/ Yahoo Movies]|accessed=19-Aug-2013}}</ref>


==Promotion==
===Promotional posters===
{{Seealso|:Category:Images of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey posters}}
{{Gallery
|title=Promotional posters for ''The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey''
|height=300
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|File:The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey - poster 1.jpg|The first promotional poster.
|File:The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey - poster 2.jpg|The second promotional poster.
|File:The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey - poster 3.jpg|The third promotional poster.
|File:The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey - poster 4.jpg|The fourth promotional poster.
}}

===Trailers===
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==See also==
*[[The Hobbit (film series)|''The Hobbit'' (film series)]]
**''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug|The Desolation of Smaug]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies|The Battle of the Five Armies]]''
*[[:Category:Images from The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey|Images from ''An Unexpected Journey'']]
*[[:Category:Images of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey posters|''An Unexpected Journey'' posters]]
*''The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey'' soundtrack
**''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Special Edition]]''
*''The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey'' tie-in books:
**''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Annual 2013]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Chronicles: Art & Design]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Chronicles: Creatures & Characters]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Official Movie Guide]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: The Movie Storybook]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: The World of Hobbits]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Visual Companion]]''

==External links==
*[http://www.thehobbit.com/ TheHobbit.com] (official website)
*[http://www.thehobbitblog.com/ TheHobbitBlog.com] (official blog)
*[http://www.facebook.com/PeterJacksonNZ Peter Jackson's Facebook page]

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'''Richard Whiteside''' (born April 15, 1968) is a New Zealand actor who played as an [[Lonely Mountain|Erebor]] Dwarf Guard, [[Barliman Butterbur|Butterbur Snr.]], a [[Lake-town]] Guard, and a Lake-town refugee in ''[[The Hobbit (film series)|The Hobbit]] trilogy. {{Fact}}

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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

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| name=''The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug''
| director=[[Peter Jackson]]<ref name="HBTitles">{{webcite|articleurl=http://www.thehobbitblog.com/?p=2563|articlename=Titles and Release Dates Announced|dated=31-May-2011|website=[http://www.thehobbitblog.com/ The Hobbit Blog]|accessed=21-Dec-2011}}</ref> [[Andy Serkis]] (Second Unit Director)<ref name="HBAndy">
{{webcite|articleurl=http://www.thehobbitblog.com/?p=2234|articlename=Andy Serkis to serve as Second Unit Director|dated=8-April-2011|website=[http://www.thehobbitblog.com/ The Hobbit Blog]|accessed=21-Dec-2011}}</ref>
| producer=Peter Jackson [[Fran Walsh]] [[Carolynne Cunningham]] [[Zane Weiner]] [[Philippa Boyens]] (Co-Producer) [[Eileen Moran]] (Co-Producer) [[Alan Horn]] (Executive Producer) [[Toby Emmerich]] (Executive Producer) [[Ken Kamins]] (Executive Producer) [[Caroline Blackwood]]<ref name="HBTitles"/>
| writer=Peter Jackson Fran Walsh Philippa Boyens<ref name="HBTitles"/>
| narrator=
| starring=[[Martin Freeman]] [[Ian McKellen]] [[Richard Armitage]]<ref name="PJCasting1">{{webcite|author=[[Peter Jackson]]|articleurl=http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150168211921558|articlename=Production begins in New Zealand on The Hobbit|dated=20-March-2011|website=FB|accessed=21-Dec-2011}}</ref> ''[[The Hobbit (film series)#Confirmed cast|See cast section below for more]]''
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| cinematography=[[Andrew Lesnie]]<ref name="PJCasting1"/>
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| distributor=[[Warner Bros.|Warner Bros. Pictures]]<ref name="HBTitles"/>
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'''''The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug''''' is the second of [[Peter Jackson]]'s [[The Hobbit (film series)|''The Hobbit'' film trilogy]] based on [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s [[1937]] novel ''[[The Hobbit]]''. It was released on [[13 December]] [[2013]] in North America. It was preceded by ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey|An Unexpected Journey]]'' in [[2012]] and will be followed by ''[[The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies|The Battle of the Five Armies]]'' in [[2014]].

==Synopsis==
{{Blockquote|“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” continues the adventure of the title character [[Bilbo Baggins]] as he journeys with the Wizard [[Gandalf]] and thirteen Dwarves, led by [[Thorin|Thorin Oakenshield]], on an epic quest to reclaim the Lonely Mountain and the lost Dwarf Kingdom of [[Lonely Mountain|Erebor]].

''Having survived the beginning of their unexpected journey, the Company continues East, encountering along the way the skin-changer [[Beorn]] and a swarm of giant Spiders in the treacherous forest of [[Mirkwood]]. After escaping capture by the dangerous [[Elves of Mirkwood|Wood-elves]], the Dwarves journey to Lake-town, and finally to the Lonely Mountain itself, where they must face the greatest danger of all — a creature more terrifying than any other; one which will test not only the depth of their courage but the limits of their friendship and the wisdom of the journey itself — the Dragon [[Smaug]].''|[[Warner Bros.]]<ref>{{webcite|articleurl=http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2013/10/17/80789-warner-bros-full-synopsis-for-the-hobbit-the-desolation-of-smaug-provides-some-plot-hints/|articlename=Warner Bros. full synopsis for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug provides some plot hints?|dated=17-October-2013|website=TORN|accessed=17-October-2013}}</ref>}}

==Plot==
At [[the Prancing Pony]] Inn in [[Bree]], [[Gandalf]] the Grey warns [[Thorin]] [[Oakenshield]] that someone is trying to have him killed. He persuades Thorin to obtain the [[Arkenstone]] to unite the [[Dwarves]], and suggests that a stealthy burglar may be needed to steal the jewel back from [[Smaug]].

Twelve months later, Thorin and his [[Thorin and Company|Company]] are being pursued by [[Azog]] and his [[Orcs|Orc]] party down the [[Carrock]] following the events of the previous film. After [[Bilbo Baggins|Bilbo]] informs the group that a [[Bears|bear]] is also tracking them, Gandalf ushers them along to the home of a [[Skin-changers|skin-changer]]. Upon their arrival, they are attacked by the same bear; Gandalf reveals that it is the [[Beorn's Hall|home]] of [[Beorn]] and that he may be able to aid them in their journey. That night, Azog is summoned to [[Dol Guldur]] by the [[Sauron#Sauron's Return|Necromancer]], and instructs his son [[Bolg]] to take over the hunt for Thorin. The next day, Beorn loans his [[horses]] to the company so they can reach [[Mirkwood]] and hinder the pursuing Orcs. Upon arrival at the forest border, Gandalf discovers [[Black Speech]] graffiti imprinted on an old ruin, coinciding with a telepathic message from [[Galadriel]] imploring him to investigate the tombs of the [[Nazgûl]] (at an [[High Fells of Rhudaur|unnamed location]]).
Without giving any reason for his sudden departure, Gandalf advises the Company to follow the [[Elves|Elven]] path though Mirkwood, and to wait for him before entering the [[Lonely Mountain]]. But upon losing their way in the forest, the Dwarves are captured by giant [[spiders]]. Bilbo, with the help of his new [[The One Ring|Ring]], manages to free them from the webs and names his sword [[Sting]]. However, while fighting the attacking spiders, Bilbo drops the Ring, and he begins to learn of the corruption it has on him after brutally killing a crab-like spider to retrieve it.

The Dwarves are captured by the [[Elves of Mirkwood|Wood-elves]], including [[Legolas]] and [[Tauriel]], a captain of the guard. They are to the Elven-king [[Thranduil]]'s [[Elvenking's Halls|kingdom]], and are locked up. During their captivity, a romantic subplot develops between Tauriel and [[Kíli]].
While the others are imprisoned, Thorin is given audience with Thranduil, but he refuses Thranduil's aid and is imprisoned as well. Under the cloak of the Ring, Bilbo helps the Dwarves to escape by using empty wine barrels, which are sent floating down the river. Along the way, they are ambushed by Bolg and his Orc party, while the Elves pursue the Dwarves to cease their escape. In the ensuing chaos, Kíli is wounded by a Morgul arrow. Legolas and Tauriel are forced to halt their pursuit of the Dwarves in order to end the Orc onslaught. One [[Narzug|captive]] is imprisoned and questioned by Thranduil. When Thranduil learns that "The One" has returned, he decides to seal off his kingdom to protect it from the impending evil. However, Tauriel leaves to save Kíli, whom she learns has been poisoned by Bolg's arrow, and Legolas accompanies her.

Subsequently, the Company meets a man named [[Bard]], and they bribe him to smuggle them into [[Lake-town]], where the descendants of [[Dale]] made their home, and where the [[Master of Lake-town|Master]] of the town rules with an iron fist. The group attempts to steal weapons before being captured and in the process learn that Bard is a descendant of Dale's ruler, [[Girion]], who died attempting to kill Smaug with [[Black Arrow]]s. After Thorin convinces the townfolk and Master that they will share the riches of the recaptured Mountain, the adventurers receive a grand send-off the next morning. The injured Kíli is ordered to stay behind until he gets his strength back; [[Óin]], [[Fíli]] and [[Bofur]] also remain to tend him in Bard's house.

As the events of Thorin's Company occurs, Gandalf reaches the remote tomb of the Nazgûl and found that they have been revived. He is joined by [[Radagast]] the Brown, and it is revealed that the Necromancer cannot be a mere human, as the Nazgûl answer only to one [[Sauron|master]]. Returning to Mirkwood, while sending Radagast to warn Galadriel of their discovery, Gandalf enters the Orc- and [[Wargs|Warg]]-infested Dol Guldur, and is attacked by Azog. While attempting to escape, the Necromancer appears, and, following a duel between the two, Gandalf is captured. With his worst fears realized – that the Necromancer is indeed [[Sauron]] – Gandalf watches in horror as the Orc army marches toward the Lonely Mountain.

Once at the Lonely Mountain, Bilbo deciphers the [[Thrór's Map|map]]'s cryptic clue and uses moonlight to find the hidden keyhole that opens the [[Back Door|secret door]] into the mountain. [[Balin]] then explains Bilbo's real purpose and sends him down to the treasury to locate the Arkenstone. Unfortunately, Bilbo's searching quickly awakens Smaug, who initially finds the [[Hobbits|Hobbit]] amusing, but swiftly tires of him and intends to kill him. In Lake-town, Bard hears the rumbling caused by Smaug's awakening and attempts to affix the last Black Arrow to the town's launcher, but is arrested. Óin, Fíli, Bofur, and Bard's daughters, [[Sigrid]] and [[Tilda]], are attacked by Bolg's hunting party before Legolas and Tauriel drive them off, with the latter remaining behind to tend to Kíli. Then, in a dream-like state after his medication, Kíli admits his love for Tauriel. After convincing Thorin that they must help Bilbo, the Dwarves enter the Mountain and find themselves and the [[Hobbits|Hobbit]] being hunted by Smaug. Tricking the [[Fire-drakes|fire-breathing]] Smaug into rekindling the forges, they attempt to kill the dragon by drowning him in a flood of molten gold. However, Smaug survives, and stumbles out of the mountain determined to make the people of Lake-town suffer for giving aid to the Dwarves, leaving Bilbo horrified at the turn of events.

===Scenes===
# The Quest for Erebor**
# Wilderland
# The Master Summons
# A Commander of Legions
# Queer Lodgings*
# Last of the Skin-changers
# Where the Shadows Lie*
# The Elven-gate**
# Mirkwood**
# Flies and Spiders
# The Woodland Realm
# The Elvenking
# King and Captain
# Feast of Starlight
# Barrels Out of Bond
# The High Fells
# Bard the Bowman
# The Nature of Evil
# Smuggled Cargo
# Lake-town
# The Master of Lake-town**
# The World of Men**
# The Home of Bard
# "It Is Our Fight"
# The Prophecy**
# A Warm Welcome**
# The Parting of the Company**
# The Lonely Mountain**
# A Spell of Concealment**
# The Hidden Door
# Son of Thrór*
# On the Doorstep
# Kingsfoil
# The Courage of Hobbits
# The Enemy Revealed**
# Inside Information
# The Black Arrow
# In the Dragon's Lair
# Under Arrest
# Bilbo the Burglar
# Smaug the Magnificent
# Orc Attack
# Confrontations
# Elvish Medicine
# Hunter and Hunted
# "She Walks in Starlight"
# A Desperate Plan
# Duel in Lake-town
# The Forges Relit
# Smaug the Golden
# Credits

<nowiki>*</nowiki> denotes a scene only available in the Extended Edition cut of the film. 
<nowiki>**</nowiki> denotes a scene which includes extended content only available in the Extended Edition cut of the film.

===Cast===
:''See also:[[The Hobbit (film series)#Cast|''The Hobbit'' (film series)#Cast]]''
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Actor !! Role
|-
| Frazer Anderson || Hunter Orc Lake-town resident
|-
| [[Richard Armitage]] || [[Thorin]]
|-
| Jim Baltaxe || Lake-town resident
|-
| Rodney Bane || Lake-town merchant
|-
| Dallas Barnett || "[[Bill Ferny#Films|Bill Ferny, Sr.]]"
|-
| Aleksandr Beliaev || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[John Bell]] || [[Bain]]
|-
| Vivien Bell || Lake-town woman
|-
| [[Manu Bennett]] || [[Azog]]
|-
| Terry Binding || Lake-town resident
|-
| Nick Blake || [[Percy]]
|-
| [[Orlando Bloom]] || [[Legolas]]
|-
| Shane Boulton || Ranger (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Jed Brophy]] || [[Nori]]
|-
| Riley Brophy || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[Adam Brown]] || [[Ori]]
|-
| Tony Burton || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[John Callen]] || [[Óin]]
|-
| Hong Chin || Lake-town resident
|-
| Colleen Cleary || Lake-town resident
|-
| John Colbert || Lake-town spy
|-
| Peter Colbert || Lake-town spy
|-
| [[Stephen Colbert]] || Lake-town spy
|-
| Trevor Cooper || Lake-town resident
|-
| Yvette Cottam || Lake-town resident
|-
| Raymond Cox || Lake-town resident
|-
| Paul Craze || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[Benedict Cumberbatch]] || [[Smaug]] The [[Sauron#Sauron's Return|Necromancer]]
|-
| Frank Edwards || Dock Worker
|-
| [[Greg Ellis]] || Net mender
|-
| [[Luke Evans]] || [[Bard]] [[Girion]]
|-
| [[Martin Freeman]] || [[Bilbo Baggins]]
|-
| Gary French || Prancing Pony Patron
|-
| [[Stephen Fry]] || The [[Master of Lake-town]]
|-
| [[Ryan Gage]] || [[Alfrid]]
|-
| Phoebe Gittins || Prancing Pony Wench
|-
| Tim Gordon || Stallkeeper
|-
| [[Mark Hadlow]] || [[Dori]]
|-
| Craig Hall || [[Galion]]
|-
| [[Peter Hambleton]] || [[Glóin]]
|-
| Ray Henwood || Old fisherman
|-
| Chris Hewer || Lake-town resident
|-
| Christian Hipolito || Lake-town resident
|-
| Kathryn Briggs Hobbs || Lake-town resident
|-
| Fataneh Howe || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[John Howe]] || Lake-town musician
|-
| [[Stephen Hunter]] || [[Bombur]]
|-
| [[Katie Jackson]] || [[Betsy Butterbur]]
|-
| [[Peter Jackson]] || "Ancestor of [[Albert Dreary]]" Lake-town spy (Scenes Deleted)
|-
| Norman Kali || Lake-town spy
|-
| Eli Kent || [[Lethuin]]
|-
| Robin Kerr || [[Elros (Mirkwood guard)|Elros]]
|-
| [[William Kircher]] || [[Bifur]]
|-
| Kelly Kilgour || [[Soury]]
|-
| Dean Knowsley || Elven Guard Lake-town woman
|-
| [[Alan Lee]] || Lake-town musician
|-
| [[Evangeline Lilly]] || [[Tauriel]]
|-
| Simon London || [[Feren]]
|-
| [[Lawrence Makoare]] || [[Bolg]]
|-
| [[Sylvester McCoy]] || [[Radagast|Radagast the Brown]]
|-
| Evelyn McGee || Lake-town spy
|-
| [[Ian McKellen]] || [[Gandalf|Gandalf the Grey]]
|-
| Carlton McRae || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[Graham McTavish]] || [[Dwalin]]
|-
| Sebastian Meek || Lake-town woman
|-
| Liz Merton || Lake-town resident
|-
| Joseph Mika-Hunt || Lake-town resident
|-
| Ben Mitchell || [[Narzug]]
|-
| Mark Mitchinson || [[Braga]]
|-
| [[Mike Mizrahi]] || [[Thráin II|Thráin]] ([[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (extended edition)|Extended Edition]] only)
|-
| [[James Nesbitt]] || [[Bofur]]
|-
| Mary Nesbitt || [[Tilda]]
|-
| Peggy Nesbitt || [[Sigrid]]
|-
| Carter Nixon || Lake-town spy
|-
| [[Dean O'Gorman]] || [[Fíli]]
|-
| [[Jabez Olssen]] || Fishmonger
|-
| [[Lee Pace]] || [[Thranduil]]
|-
| Sarah Peirse || [[Hilda Bianca]]
|-
| [[Mikael Persbrandt]] || [[Beorn]]
|-
| Gabrielle Roque López || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[Brian Sergent]] || Spider
|-
| [[Kiran Shah]] || Prancing Pony Hobbit
|-
| [[Antony Sher]] || Older [[Thráin II|Thráin]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| Tim Simpson || Lake-town resident
|-
| Allan Smith || Orc underling
|-
| Dianne Smith || Lake-town resident
|-
| Matt Smith || "[[Squint-eyed Southerner#Films|Squint]]"
|-
| [[Ken Stott]] || [[Balin]]
|-
| [[Royd Tolkien]] || [[Rangers|Ranger]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Aidan Turner]] || [[Kíli]]
|-
| [[Stephen Ure]] || [[Fimbul]]
|-
| Rosalie van Horik || [[Mirkwood]] Elf
|-
| Peter Vere-Jones || Spider
|-
| Manuela Vetters || Laketowner
|-
| [[Zane Weiner]] || Lake-town spy
|-
| Ruben Werle || Lake-town resident
|-
| Richard Whiteside || "[[Barliman Butterbur#Portrayal in adaptations|Butterbur, Sr.]]" Lake-town guard
|-
| Christopher Winchester || Lake-town resident
|-
| Meg Winchester || Lake-town resident
|-
| Nikki Winchester || Lake-town resident
|-
| Joe Yabuki || Lake-town resident
|}

==Deviations from the source material==
The film covers the seventh through twelfth chapters of ''[[The Hobbit]]'' with a few elements added from the [[The Lord of the Rings Appendices|Appendices]] from ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''. While it generally follows the story, a number of liberties were still taken:

* [[Thorin]]'s encounter with [[Gandalf]] at [[the Prancing Pony]] in which the [[Wizards|Wizard]] urges him to take back [[Lonely Mountain|Erebor]] was not a chance meeting as it was in [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]]'s writings, but rather orchestrated by Gandalf himself.
* Instead of crossing [[Mirkwood]]'s [[Enchanted River]] by boat, [[Bilbo Baggins|Bilbo]] and the [[Thorin and Company|Dwarves]] climb on vines that extend across the river. This scene is only seen in the [[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (extended edition)|Extended Edition]] of the film.
* In the book, Thorin was captured separately before the rest of the [[Thorin and Company|Company]] and kept captive in his own room (where he was treated and fed well) when he wouldn't reveal his purpose for being in Mirkwood. The other [[Dwarves]] weren't told he was there.
* [[Thranduil]] guesses the purpose of the Company's mission was to retake Erebor, and tries to make a deal with Thorin. In the book, he is oblivious to this.
* Thranduil at first allowed the other Dwarves to move about freely within his halls, but he finally locked them up, each to his own cell, because they were being obnoxious and insulting in the book. In the film, they are immediately locked up.
* Neither [[Legolas]] nor [[Tauriel]] appear in the book. Indeed, the latter character is a creation of the filmmakers.
* [[Bilbo Baggins|Bilbo]] hides the Dwarves in the barrels (with no tops) while the chief guard and [[Galion]] the butler were asleep, and he launches them into the [[Forest River|river]] himself. In the book, the Elves themselves later pushed the barrels (which they thought were empty; they were also covered with lids) through the trapdoor and opened the portcullis at the water-gate to let the barrels into the river.
* In the book, the portcullis was a grate lowered down across the opening (the water-gate) that let the stream from the cave flow out into the river. In the film, the portcullis was a side-swinging type, and it wouldn't have kept anybody inside the cave because it was outside on the river.
* There is a pursuit by the [[Elves of Mirkwood|Elves]] after the Dwarves' escape from the [[Elvenking's Halls]] (where the [[Elves]] did not yet know how the Dwarves had escaped), and the pack of [[Orcs]] who were pursuing the Company in the previous film catch up and attack as the barrels float down the river. The Elves then counterattack the Orcs.
* [[Kíli]] is struck with a Morgul arrow by [[Bolg]] during the barrel escape when trying to open the water-gate, and it slowly saps his strength through the rest of the film. He is ultimately healed by Tauriel (who uses [[athelas]] to do so) in [[Lake-town]], where his health had become critical. No such incident occurs in Tolkien's works.
* [[Bard]] meets the Dwarves on the river, and [[Balin]] convinces him to smuggle the Company into Lake-town in the barrels. In the book, [[Raft-elves]] intercepted the barrels and made them into a raft they steered down the river to [[Long Lake]] where [[Men]] in boats pulled it into Lake-town with the undiscovered Dwarves still inside and Bilbo (still wearing his [[The One Ring|Ring]]) invisibly riding along.
* In addition to [[Bain]], Bard has two other children: daughters [[Sigrid]] and [[Tilda]]. He is also revealed to be a widower.
* The [[Master of Lake-town]] has a majordomo in the film: [[Alfrid]]. He frequently informs the Master of various goings-on in the town, particularly the rumors of people plotting to possibly unseat him from his position of power - Bard, in particular. In the book, the Master had various aides who were unnamed and only briefly mentioned.
* Due to his worsening condition, Thorin refuses to let Kíli go up to the Mountain with the rest of the Company. [[Fíli]] and [[Óin]] opt to stay behind to look after him. Additionally, [[Bofur]] gets left behind after oversleeping. All thirteen Dwarves went up to the Mountain in the book.
* In the Extended Edition of the film, Gandalf encounters a gaunt, bewildered [[Thráin II]] while investigating [[Dol Guldur]]. He somewhat heals the Dwarf's insanity, and Thráin helps guide him through the fortress, also revealing that his [[Thrór|father]]'s [[Ring of Thrór|ring]] had been entrusted to him and had ultimately been cut from his finger and taken from him by [[Azog]] during the [[Battle of Azanulbizar]]. Thráin is ultimately swallowed up by [[Sauron]] just before the Dark Lord reveals himself to Gandalf. This is evidently a reworking of the encounter of the two that took place in {{TA|2850}} made to fit into the film trilogy's events, though Thráin does not give [[Thrór's Map]] and Erebor's [[Back Door]] key to Gandalf in the film (having done so on a previous, unseen occasion), nor does Gandalf not ever realise the Dwarf's identity during the meeting.
* In the book, the last rays of the setting [[sun]] on [[Durin's Day]] reveal the keyhole to the [[Back Door|secret door]] into the [[Lonely Mountain]], as predicted by the [[Moon-letters|runes]] on the [[Thrór's Map|map]]. In the film, the light of the [[moon]] reveals the keyhole after the sun has set.
* Bard is imprisoned toward the end of the film, purely because the Master sees him as a threat.
* Bolg's Orc pack arrives in Lake-town to ambush the remaining Dwarves, but are foiled by the arrival of Legolas and Tauriel. They retreat once they realize Thorin has already reached the Mountain.
* Bilbo has only one audience with [[Smaug]], and does not take a gold cup from him. He also takes his Ring off not long after the [[Dragons|Dragon]] detects his presence.
* Smaug seems fully aware of Thorin and Company's presence, as well as Sauron's impending attack on the Dwarves.
* The climax of the film is an involved battle between Thorin's Dwarves and Smaug inside of the Lonely Mountain, in which they ultimately try (unsuccessfully) to drown the beast in molten gold after re-lighting the forges. In the book, the Dwarves never see the Dragon at all; by the time they head downstairs to the Dragon's lair, Smaug is long gone (in fact, although they don't know it at that point, he's already dead).

==Gallery==
{{Seealso|:Category:Images from The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug}}
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|title=Pictures from ''The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug''
|height=200
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|File:The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug - Attercop!.jpg|[[Bilbo Baggins|Bilbo]] fights the spiders of [[Mirkwood]]
|File:The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug - Bilbo and Sting.jpg|Bilbo and [[Sting]]
|File:The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug - Packing the Dwarves.jpg|[[Barrels Out of Bond]]
|File:The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug - Bilbo in the Lonely Mountain.jpg|Bilbo in the [[Lonely Mountain]]
|File:The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug - Tauriel.jpg|[[Tauriel]]
|File:The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug - Legolas in Mirkwood.jpg|[[Legolas]] confronts [[Thorin and Company]]
|File:The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug - Gandalf in Dol Guldur.jpg|[[Gandalf]] in [[Dol Guldur]]
|File:The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug - Dale.jpg|[[Dale]] in ruins
|File:The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug - Bilbo and the butterflies in the canopy of Mirkwood.jpg|Bilbo and the butterflies in the canopy of [[Mirkwood]]
}}

==Trailers==
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==See also==
*[[The Hobbit (film series)|''The Hobbit'' (film series)]]
**''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey|An Unexpected Journey]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies|The Battle of the Five Armies]]''
*[[:Category:Images from The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug|Images from ''The Desolation of Smaug'']]
*[[:Category:Images of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug posters|''The Desolation of Smaug'' posters]]
*''The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug'' soundtrack:
**''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Special Edition]]''
*''The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug'' tie-in books:
**''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: Chronicles: Art & Design]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: Official Movie Guide]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: Visual Companion]]''
**Children's books:
***''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: Sticker Book]]''
***''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: The Movie Storybook]]''
***''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: Ultimate Sticker Collection]]''
***''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: Activity Book]]''
***''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: Annual 2014]]''

==External links==
*[http://www.thehobbit.com/ TheHobbit.com] (official website)
*[http://www.thehobbitblog.com/ TheHobbitBlog.com] (official blog)
*[http://www.facebook.com/PeterJacksonNZ Peter Jackson's Facebook page]

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Katie Jackson

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Hobbiton777:

[[File:Katie Jackson.png|thumb|250 px]]'''Katie Jackson ''' (born 1996) is a New Zealand actress who portrayed as a Cute [[Hobbit]] Child, a Cute [[Rohan]] Refugee Child, and a [[Gondor]] Child in ''[[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|The Lord of the Rings]]'' trilogy and a Cute Young Hobbit, [[Betsy Butterbur]], and a [[Lake-town]] Woman in ''[[The Hobbit (film series)|The Hobbit]]'' trilogy.{{Fact}}

She is the daughter of [[Peter Jackson]] and [[Fran Walsh]] and the sister of [[Billy Jackson]].

[[Category:Actors and actresses]]
[[Category:New Zealand people]]
[[Category:People by name]]

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

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Hobbiton777: /* Cast */

{{film infobox
| image=[[File:The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey - poster 1.jpg|250px]]
| name=''The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey''
| director=[[Peter Jackson]]<ref name="HBTitles">{{webcite|articleurl=http://www.thehobbitblog.com/?p=2563|articlename=Titles and Release Dates Announced|dated=31-May-2011|website=[http://www.thehobbitblog.com/ The Hobbit Blog]|accessed=21-Dec-2011}}</ref> [[Andy Serkis]] (Second Unit Director)<ref name="HBAndy">
{{webcite|articleurl=http://www.thehobbitblog.com/?p=2234|articlename=Andy Serkis to serve as Second Unit Director|dated=8-April-2011|website=[http://www.thehobbitblog.com/ The Hobbit Blog]|accessed=21-Dec-2011}}</ref>
| producer=Peter Jackson [[Fran Walsh]] [[Carolynne Cunningham]] [[Philippa Boyens]] (Co-Producer) [[Ken Kamins]] (Executive Producer) [[Zane Weiner]] (Executive Producer)<ref name="HBTitles"/>
| writer=[[Guillermo del Toro]] Peter Jackson Fran Walsh Philippa Boyens<ref name="HBTitles"/>
| narrator=
| starring=[[Martin Freeman]] [[Ian McKellen]] [[Richard Armitage]]<ref name="PJCasting1">{{webcite|author=[[Peter Jackson]]|articleurl=http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150168211921558|articlename=Production begins in New Zealand on The Hobbit|dated=20-March-2011|website=FB|accessed=21-Dec-2011}}</ref> ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey#Confirmed cast|See cast section below for more]]''
| music=[[Howard Shore]]<ref name="PJCasting1"/>
| cinematography=[[Andrew Lesnie]]<ref name="PJCasting1"/>
| editing=
| studio=[[New Line Cinema]] [[MGM]] [[WingNut Films]]<ref name="HBTitles"/>
| distributor=[[Warner Bros.|Warner Bros. Pictures]]<ref name="HBTitles"/>
| released=[[28 November]] [[2012]] (worldwide première) [[14 December]] [[2012]] (North America)<ref name="HBTitles2">{{webcite|articleurl=http://www.thehobbitblog.com/the-hobbit-trilogy-titles-and-release-dates/|articlename=The Hobbit Trilogy titles and release dates|dated=2-September-2012|website=[http://www.thehobbitblog.com/ The Hobbit Blog]|accessed=2-September-2012}}</ref>
| runtime=169 minutes
| country=[[New Zealand]] [[United Kingdom]] [[United States]]
| language=English
| budget=
| website=[http://www.thehobbit.com/ TheHobbit.com]
| imdb_id=0903624
}}
'''''The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey''''' is the first of [[Peter Jackson]]'s [[The Hobbit (film series)|''The Hobbit'' film trilogy]] based on [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s [[1937]] novel ''[[The Hobbit]]''. It was released on [[14 December]] [[2012]] in North America. It was followed by ''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug|The Desolation of Smaug]]'' in [[2013]] and will be followed by ''[[The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies|The Battle of the Five Armies]]'' in [[2014]].

==Synopsis==
{{Blockquote|The adventure follows the journey of title character Bilbo Baggins, who is swept into an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor from the fearsome dragon Smaug. Approached out of the blue by the wizard Gandalf the Grey, Bilbo finds himself joining a company of thirteen dwarves led by the legendary warrior, Thorin Oakenshield. Their journey will take them into the Wild; through treacherous lands swarming with Goblins and Orcs, deadly Wargs and Giant Spiders, Shapeshifters and Sorcerers. 
''Although their goal lies to the East and the wastelands of the Lonely Mountain first they must escape the goblin tunnels, where Bilbo meets the creature that will change his life forever... Gollum. Here, alone with Gollum, on the shores of an underground lake, the unassuming Bilbo Baggins not only discovers depths of guile and courage that surprise even him, he also gains possession of Gollum's "precious" ring that holds unexpected and useful qualities... A simple, gold ring that is tied to the fate of all Middle-earth in ways Bilbo cannot begin to know.|[[Warner Bros.]] Press Release<ref name="WBPressRelease1">{{webcite|articleurl=http://www.warnerbros.com/movies/in-theaters-coming-soon/the-hobbit-an-unexpected-journey/c36f51cb-9332-4db9-b297-458453025455.html|articlename=THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY|website=[http://www.warnerbros.com/ Warner Bros.]|accessed=19-November-2012}}</ref>}}

==Plot==
On his eleventy-first (111th) birthday, the [[Hobbits|Hobbit]] [[Bilbo Baggins]] decides to write down the full story of the adventure he took 60 years before for his nephew [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]]. Bilbo writes about how, prior to his own actual involvement, the [[Dwarves|Dwarf]] [[Thrór]] was [[King under the Mountain|king]] of [[Lonely Mountain|Erebor]] and brought an era of prosperity to his [[Dwarves of Erebor|kin]] until the arrival of [[Smaug]] the [[Dragons|Dragon]]. Drawn by the amount of [[gold]] that the Dwarves have amassed, Smaug destroyed the nearby town of [[Dale]] before driving the Dwarves out of Erebor. Thrór's grandson, [[Thorin]] [[Oakenshield]], sees King [[Thranduil]] and his [[Elves of Mirkwood|Wood-elves]] on a nearby hillside and is dismayed to find them taking their leave rather than aiding his people. This makes Thorin develop an everlasting hatred of [[Elves]].

Following this, Bilbo is tricked by the [[Wizards|Wizard]] [[Gandalf]] the Grey into hosting a party for Thorin and his [[Thorin and Company|band of Dwarves]], which doubles as Bilbo's recruitment as the Dwarves' "burglar" to help them recover their treasure and their home from Smaug. Bilbo reluctantly joins the company on their journey to the Lonely Mountain, Thorin previously believing he would refuse. The group is captured by 3 Mountain [[Trolls]], [[Tom]], [[Bert]], and [[William]], but Bilbo is able to stall the Trolls from eating them until dawn, when Gandalf saves the company by exposing the Trolls to sunlight, turning them into stone. They search the Trolls' [[Troll's Cave|cave]] and find treasure and Elven blades. Thorin and Gandalf each take an Elf-wrought blade -- [[Orcrist]] and [[Glamdring]], respectively. Gandalf also finds an Elven short-sword, later to be known as [[Sting]], which he gives to Bilbo. Being Elven blades of the [[First Age]], Gandalf says they glow when near [[Orcs]] or [[Orcs#Orcs and Goblins|Goblins]]. However, only Sting actually does so.

The group encounters [[Radagast]] the Brown, a Wizard who lives in the forest of [[Mirkwood|Greenwood]]. He tells them of a strange presence he encountered at [[Dol Guldur]] and how it is poisoning the forest. The group is then chased by Orcs on [[Wargs]], with Radagast drawing them off with his [[Rhosgobel]] Rabbits-pulled sled. Gandalf leads them through a stone passage to [[Rivendell]] as the Wargs and Orcs above are slain by Elven riders. [[Elrond]] discloses the [[Thrór's Map|map]]'s indication of a [[Back Door|secret]] door that will be visible only on [[Durin's Day]]. Gandalf talks with the [[White Council]] (Elrond, [[Galadriel]], and [[Saruman|Saruman the White]]) about his involvement with the Dwarves, explaining the presence Radagast encountered and expresses mild suspicion that this Necromancer is the [[Sauron|Dark Lord]]. The others are skeptical, believing Sauron to have been defeated forever, and that this Necromancer is not a true threat. Elsewhere, at [[Weathertop]], [[Yazneg]], the leader of the attacking Orc party, reports back to his master [[Azog]] of his failure, who then kills the unfortunate Orc. Azog then issues a bounty upon Thorin's head, and races off with the rest of his party.

Against the Council's wishes, Gandalf sends Bilbo and the Dwarves toward the [[Misty Mountains]]. While passing through the mountains, Bilbo and the Dwarves encounter a battle between three stone [[giants]], and are forced to take refuge in a cave. Elsewhere, Azog and his Orcs follow the Dwarves' trail to the Misty Mountains. While the company sleeps, Bilbo decides to leave and return to Rivendell after talking to [[Bofur]], who believes in him. He is overheard by Thorin, who believes he has been proven right that the hobbit is not up to the quest. But before Bilbo can leave, they are all captured by Goblins and taken to their leader, the [[Great Goblin|Goblin King]]. Gandalf arrives and saves the Dwarves from the Goblins. They then fight their way out of [[Goblin-town]], killing the Goblin King during their escape. Bilbo was separated from the Dwarves right after their capture and encounters [[Gollum]], who accidentally drops a mysterious [[The One Ring|ring]] while killing a stray Goblin to feed on. Picking up the ring and placing it in his pocket, Bilbo finds himself confronted by Gollum. They play a [[Riddle-game]], wagering that Bilbo will be shown the way out if he wins, or eaten by Gollum if he loses. After Bilbo wins by asking Gollum what he has in his pocket, Gollum realizes Bilbo has stolen the ring and attacks him. Bilbo discovers the ring grants him invisibility and evades a furious Gollum, following him to find the way out and deciding out of pity not to kill him, despite having the chance to do so.

Bilbo rejoins the group once he sees them after hearing Thorin voice his doubts he will return, keeping the ring he found secret. The moment of triumph is cut short as they are ambushed by Azog and his hunting party. After taking refuge in cliffside trees before the Wargs uproot most of them, the final tree is partially uprooted, leaving most of the Company hanging over the cliffside. Thorin then charges Azog in an attempt to save the others, but is badly wounded and knocked to the ground. Bilbo defends Thorin from being killed, and as Azog's other Orcs move in, [[Fíli]], [[Kíli]] and [[Dwalin]] rush in and attack them, and a fight ensues. The group is then saved by [[Eagles]], who fly them to safety on the [[Carrock]]. Gandalf wakes the unconscious Thorin, who finally accepts Bilbo for his courage and bravery. As the party sees the destiny of their journey, the Lonely Mountain in the distance, Smaug awakens.

===Scenes===
# [[Prologue: The Fall of Erebor]] **
# [["In a Hole in the Ground There Lived a Hobbit"]]
# [[Very Old Friends (The Hobbit scene)|Very Old Friends]]
# [[Mr. Baggins (scene)|Mr. Baggins]] *
# [[An Unexpected Party (scene)|An Unexpected Party]]
# [[Blunt the Knives (scene)|"Blunt the Knives"]] **
# [[A Map, a Key and a Contract]]
# [[Misty Mountains (scene)|"Misty Mountains"]]
# [["... The World Ahead"]]
# [[The Battle of Azanulbizar]]
# [[Radagast the Brown (scene)|Radagast the Brown]]
# [[Trollshaws (scene)|Trollshaws]]
# [[Roast Mutton (scene)|Roast Mutton]]
# [[A Troll-hoard (scene)|A Troll-hoard]]
# [[The Hill of Sorcery (scene)|The Hill of Sorcery]]
# [[Warg-scouts]]
# [[Rivendell (The Hobbit scene)|Rivendell]] **
# [[A Short Rest (scene)|A Short Rest]] **
# [[Moon Runes (scene)|Moon Runes]]
# [[The Defiler (scene)|The Defiler]]
# [[The Last Homely House]] *
# [[The White Council (scene)|The White Council]] **
# [["Why the Halfling?"]]
# [[Over Hill (scene)|Over Hill]]
# [[Under Hill (scene)|Under Hill]]
# [[The Great Goblin (scene)|The Great Goblin]] **
# [[Riddles in the Dark (scene)|Riddles in the Dark]]
# [[Biter and Beater]]
# [[The Ring (scene)|The Ring]]
# [[Escape from Goblin-town]]
# [[The Pity of Bilbo]]
# [["Home Is Behind..."]]
# [[Out of the Frying Pan...]]
# [[A Good Omen (scene)|A Good Omen]]
# Credits

<nowiki>*</nowiki> denotes a scene only available in the Extended Edition cut of the film. 
<nowiki>**</nowiki> denotes a scene which includes extended content only available in the Extended Edition cut of the film.

==Cast==
{{Seealso|The Hobbit (film series)#People involved}}
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Actor !! Role
|-
| Ruby Acevedo || Cute young Hobbit ([[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (extended edition)|Extended Edition]] only)
|-
| Barbara Allen || Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| Frazer Anderson || Moria Orc
|-
| [[Richard Armitage]] || [[Thorin]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide">[[Brian Sibley]], ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Official Movie Guide]]'' (2012)</ref>
|-
| Erin Banks || [[Lobelia Sackville-Baggins]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Timothy Bartlett]] || [[Master Worrywort]]
|-
| Joel Baxendale || Goblin
|-
| [[Manu Bennett]] || [[Azog]]
|-
| Jennifer Betham-Lang || Dwarf Civilian
|-
| Jared Blakiston || Musical Elf
|-
| [[Cate Blanchett]] || [[Galadriel]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| Glenn Boswell || Dwarf miner
|-
| Shane Boulton || Rivendell Court ElfGoblin
|-
| [[Jed Brophy]] || [[Nori]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Adam Brown]] || [[Ori]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| Jessica Buckham || Dale Child
|-
| [[John Callen]] || [[Óin]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| Luc Campbell || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| Melanie Carrington || Musical Elf
|-
| Brendan Casey || Thranduil's lieutenant
|-
| Renee Cataldo || Goblin
|-
| Marty Christopher || Dwarf Warrior
|-
| [[Benedict Cumberbatch]] || The [[Sauron#Sauron's Return|Necromancer]] [[Smaug]]
|-
| Joan Dawe || Hobbit
|-
| [[Dave Dyer]] || Dwarf of Erebor
|-
| [[Luke Evans]] || [[Girion]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| Megan Fairweather || Dwarf trader
|-
| Sonia Forbes-Adam || [[Belladonna Took|Belladonna Baggins]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| Ben Fransham || Goblin
|-
| [[Martin Freeman]] || [[Bilbo Baggins]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| Stephen Gledhill || [[Old Gammidge]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| Tim Gordon || [[Old Hob]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Mark Hadlow]] || [[Dori]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/> [[Bert]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| Zackary Hajek || Dale Citizen
|-
| [[Peter Hambleton]] || [[Glóin]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/> [[William]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| George Harach || Goblin
|-
| Rose Harnett || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| Jamie Harrison || Moria Orc
|-
| Rebekah Hart || Dwarf trader
|-
| Luke Hawker || Goblins (voice)
|-
| [[Dan Hennah]] || The [[Gerontius Took|Old Took]]<ref name="Weta1">[[Daniel Falconer]], ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Chronicles: Art & Design]]'', p. 30</ref> (Extended Edition only)
|-
| Allan Henry || Goblin
|-
| Christian Hipolito || Hunter Orc
|-
| [[Ian Holm]] || Older [[Bilbo Baggins]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| Brian Hotter || [[Otho Sackville-Baggins]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Barry Humphries]] || [[Great Goblin|Goblin King]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Stephen Hunter]] || [[Bombur]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Katie Jackson]] || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Peter Jackson]] || Erebor Dwarf refugee
|-
| Cameron Jones || Thranduil's lieutenant
|-
| Tim Jones || Dwarf guard
|-
| Paul Kingdom || Dwarf Civilian
|-
| [[William Kircher]] || [[Bifur]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/> [[Tom]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| Dean Knowsley || Elven guard
|-
| [[Christopher Lee]] || [[Saruman|Saruman the White]]
|-
| Eloise Masters || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| Eva Matthews || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| Ollie Matthews || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Sylvester McCoy]] || [[Radagast|Radagast the Brown]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| Rose McGhie || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Ian McKellen]] || [[Gandalf|Gandalf the Grey]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Bret McKenzie]] || [[Lindir]]
|-
| Tim McLachlan || Goblin
|-
| [[Graham McTavish]] || [[Dwalin]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| Honor McTavish || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| Nathan Meister || Goblin
|-
| Joseph Mika-Hunt || Moria Orc
|-
| Isaac Miller || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Mike Mizrahi]] || [[Thráin II|Thráin]]
|-
| Ravi Narayan || Goblin bruteHobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[James Nesbitt]] || [[Bofur]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| Mary Nesbitt || Girl of Dale
|-
| Peggy Nesbitt || Girl of Dale
|-
| Terry Notary || [[Yazneg]] (pick-up shots) [[Great Goblin|Goblin King]] (motion capture around the body)
|-
| [[Dean O'Gorman]]<ref group="note">Rob Kazinsky was initially cast as [[Fíli]]. (see: {{webcite|author=[[Peter Jackson]]|articleurl=http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150239464391558|articlename=Casting news!|dated=30-April-2011|website=FB|accessed=21-Dec-2011}}</ref> || [[Fíli]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| Ella Olssen || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Jabez Olssen]] || Erebor Dwarf refugee
|-
| Sabin Olssen || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Lee Pace]] || [[Thranduil]]
|-
| Findlay Price || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| John Rawls || [[Yazneg]]
|-
| Thomas Rimmer || Goblin
|-
| [[Thomas Robins]] || Young [[Thráin II|Thráin]]
|-
| Gabrielle Roque López || Moria Orc
|-
| Nancy Ruck || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Andy Serkis]] || [[Gollum]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| Louis Serkis || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| Ruby Serkis || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| Sonny Serkis || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Kiran Shah]] || [[Goblin Scribe]]
|-
| Mervyn Smith || [[Tosser Grubb]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| Oscar Strik || Young [[Bilbo Baggins]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Conan Stevens]]<ref group="note">[[Conan Stevens]] was initially cast as [[Azog]]. (see: {{webcite|author=[[Peter Jackson]]|articleurl=http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150257180211558|articlename=Casting News for The Hobbit|dated=19-May-2011|website=FB|accessed=21-Dec-2011}}).</ref> || [[Bolg]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Ken Stott]] || [[Balin]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| Amelia Taylor || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| Samuel Taylor || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Jeffrey Thomas]] || [[Thrór]]
|-
| James Trevena-Brown || Goblin
|-
| Mark Trotter || Goblin
|-
| [[Aidan Turner]] || [[Kíli]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Stephen Ure]] || [[Fimbul]][[Grinnah]]
|-
| Eric Vespe || [[Fredegar Chubb]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| Ruby Vincent || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| Terry Vincent || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Hayden Weal]] || Dwarf Gem Holder
|-
| [[Hugo Weaving]] || [[Elrond]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| James Wells || Dwarf Blacksmith
|-
| Richard Whiteside || Dwarf guard
|-
| [[Elijah Wood]] || [[Frodo Baggins]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| John Wraight || Dwarf guard
|}

==Deviations from the source material==
''The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey'' covers the first six chapters of ''[[The Hobbit]]'' with a few elements added from the [[The Lord of the Rings Appendices|Appendices]] from ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''. While it follows the story quite closely, a number of liberties were still taken:
* The film begins with a prologue in which [[Bilbo Baggins]] awakens in the wee hours of the morning of his 111th birthday and begins to write ''[[There and Back Again|There and Back Again: A Hobbit's Holiday]]'' in what would become the [[Red Book of Westmarch]]. In ''The Hobbit'', he had already begun to write the book shortly after returning to [[Bag End]].
* Before beginning the first chapter of his book, Bilbo also details the background of his adventure, first recounting the rise and fall of [[Lonely Mountain|Erebor]] and [[Dale]], and then the arrival of [[Smaug]] -- much of the same information recounted by [[Thorin]] and the other [[Dwarves]] during the Unexpected Party. And to presumably tie it in better with the whole trilogy, the [[Arkenstone]] is found under [[Thrór]]'s rule instead of that of [[Thráin I]]. Thrór interprets its discovery as his divine right to rule.
* A long-standing feud between the [[Dwarves of Erebor]] and the [[Elves]] was invented for the film, beginning with Thrór's refusal to give [[Thranduil]] a payment of gems (seen only in the [[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (extended edition)|Extended Edition]]), and fully manifesting when Thranduil then brings his Elf Army to Erebor when Smaug is sacking it, only to then turn around and leave, offering no aid to the battling and fleeing Dwarves.
* [[Elijah Wood]] also appears briefly as [[Frodo Baggins]] toward the end of the prologue, whereas the character does not appear at all in the book. However, his appearance is purely a cameo as the set-up for the beginning of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'', where Bilbo is also seen writing his book the day of his [[Bilbo's Farewell Party|Farewell Party]], and Frodo leaving to await [[Gandalf]]'s arrival.
* The [[Thorin and Company|Dwarves]] do not quite arrive at Bag End in the same manner (first [[Dwalin]], then [[Balin]], then both [[Fíli]] and [[Kíli]], and then [[Óin]], [[Glóin]], [[Dori]], [[Nori]], [[Ori]], [[Bifur]], [[Bofur]], and [[Bombur]] all at once with Gandalf; Thorin arrives significantly later) and they do not have their multi-colored hoods or beards as they did in the book.
* Bilbo was shown to be allergic to [[horses]].
* The [[War of the Dwarves and Orcs]] is condensed into just the [[Battle of Azanulbizar]] (recounted by Balin in a flashback), where Thrór leads an army of Dwarves against an army of [[Orcs]] in an attempt to reclaim [[Moria]] as their home not long after the [[Sack of Erebor]] (the time between the Sack, the Battle, and [[the Quest of Erebor]] has all been somewhat reduced and compressed for these films, presumably given that Thorin was made considerably younger than he was in the book). Thrór is decapitated by [[Azog]] during the battle instead of prior to it, and Thorin cuts off Azog's left forearm, while [[Dáin Ironfoot]] (who ultimately kills Azog during the battle in the book) does not appear at all in the sequence.
* Bilbo goes to the [[Trolls]] because they steal the Dwarves' [[ponies]].
* Bilbo is caught by the Trolls attempting to steal [[Tom]]'s knife to set the stolen ponies free rather than being given away by [[William]]'s [[Talking purse|"talking" purse]].
* While Bilbo does manage to set the ponies free during the Company's skirmish with the Trolls, it is the last they see of them. In the book, the Company had the ponies until reaching [[Rivendell]].
* The Dwarves surrender when the Trolls catch Bilbo and threaten to rip him apart instead of being overpowered and popped into bags.
* Bilbo - not Gandalf - stalls the Trolls until dawn's arrival in the film. They are turned to stone when Gandalf exposes them to the [[sun]] upon his return by breaking a large boulder behind them in half with his staff.
* The Trolls' [[Troll's Cave|cave]] is wide open, and there is no locked door blocking it.
* In the book, Bilbo finds [[Sting]] and takes it. In the film, Gandalf comes upon it and gives it to Bilbo.
* The group is attacked by a pack of Orcs on [[Wargs]] on the way to Rivendell just after the Trolls sequence in the film, which did not happen in the book.
* Although [[Radagast|Radagast the Brown]] is only ever briefly mentioned in the book, he does appear in this film trilogy. He is first seen discovering a darkness growing in [[Mirkwood|Greenwood the Great]] and having his [[Rhosgobel|home]] ambushed by [[spiders]]. After warding them off, he follows their path to [[Dol Guldur]] where he encounters a [[Sauron#Sauron's Return|Necromancer]] and the [[Witch-king]] of [[Angmar]], with whom he briefly duels and from whom he takes its [[Morgul blades|Morgul blade]]. He also aids the Dwarves in escaping the Orc Warg Riders near Rivendell by diverting their attention on his [[Rabbits|rabbit]]-pulled sled. In contrast, [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] never wrote of any such incidents.
* In the film's Extended Edition, Bofur gets up and sings "[[The Man in the Moon Stayed Up Too Late]]" while the Company is dining with the Elves in Rivendell, and the other Dwarves join him. This song does not appear until ''[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' in the books, where Frodo sings it at [[the Prancing Pony]].
* Also in the Extended Edition, Kíli is shown to somewhat fancy female Elves. Tolkien never alluded to any Dwarves in [[Middle-earth]] having any romantic interest in someone of another race.
* The leader of the Orc pack pursuing the Company on their journey is revealed to be Azog, who has survived the Battle of Azanulbizar in these films (his left forearm replaced by a spike with a claw at the end) and appears as an additional antagonist.
* In Tolkien's writings, the [[White Council]] already knew that the Necromancer was [[Sauron]] and was at Dol Guldur during the events in ''The Hobbit'', since Gandalf had already confirmed this 89 years earlier, and [[Saruman]] had discovered two years earlier that Sauron had learned of [[Isildur]]'s [[Battle of the Gladden Fields|loss]] of [[the One Ring]] at the [[Gladden Fields]] by the river [[Anduin]] and his [[Nazgûl|servants]] were searching the area (though he did not inform the Council of this discovery).
* Also at the White Council meeting, [[Galadriel]] relates how the Witch-king of Angmar, after his defeat near [[Fornost Erain]], had been killed and sealed in a tomb in the [[High Fells of Rhudaur|High Fells]] that could not be opened. This is a significant departure from Tolkien's writings, in which the Witch-king had not died, but fled. In fact, [[Glorfindel]] had stopped pursuit of the Witch-king and prophesied, ''"Do not pursue him! He will not return to these lands. Far off yet is his doom, and not by the hand of man will he fall."''<ref name="AppA">[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], ''The Lord of the Rings,'' Appendix A (I, iv).</ref> (This prophecy, of course, was the basis for the later dramatic moment in ''The Lord of the Rings'' in which [[Éowyn]] was able to kill the Witch-king because she was not a man.)  Furthermore, per Tolkien, the White Council knew the Witch-king had not been killed because he and the rest of the [[Nazgûl]] had previously been fighting with [[Gondor]] and had captured (and presumably killed) the last [[Kings of Gondor|King]] of Gondor at [[Minas Morgul]] in {{TA|2050}}, long after he had fled Fornost Erain.<ref name="AppB">J.R.R. Tolkien, ''The Lord of the Rings,'' Appendix B</ref>
* When traveling along the mountain pass in the book, Bilbo and the Dwarves observe the stone [[Giants]] hurling rocks at a distance, "across the valley," whereas in the film they become unwittingly involved when the mountainside on which they are standing comes to life and joins in the 'thunder battle.'
* It was Bilbo who alerted the party when the trap doors in the [[Orcs#Orcs and Goblins|Goblin]] cave open in the book. In the film, the Dwarves realize this just as the ground gives way and they begin to fall into the hole.
* In the book, the Goblins only had tunnels, not rope bridges.
* Bilbo's encounter with [[Gollum]] in the book occurs after he is lost during the Company's escape from [[Goblin-town]], whereas here it happens concurrently with the Dwarves' audience with the [[Great Goblin|Goblin King]] (due to Bilbo's eluding captivity from the Goblins and falling down a chasm during the struggle with one of them).
* In the book, Bilbo finds the One Ring by chance when his hand happens to fall upon it as he is crawling through one of the dark Goblin-town tunnels, well before he comes across Gollum. In this film, he sees Gollum fighting with the same Goblin with whom he fell down the chasm, and then we see the Ring fall out of Gollum's loincloth during the tussle. After Gollum drags off the Goblin's body, Bilbo then goes over, picks it up, examines it, and puts it in his pocket.
* Gollum has nine teeth in the film, rather than six.
* In the film, Gandalf does not use multi-coloured fire when lighting the pine cones.
* Bilbo and some of the Dwarves do not come down from the [[Firs|fir]] trees and charge the Goblins/Orcs and Wargs in the book once they've been trapped in them.
* As in ''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'', Gandalf sends for the [[Eagles]] by catching a moth and giving it a message. In the book, the Eagles see the fire in the distance and fly over to investigate, and, thus, their rescue of the Company was mostly circumstantial.
* As in the [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''Lord of the Rings'' films]], the Eagles do not speak.
* The Eagles take the Company directly to the [[Carrock]], bypassing the [[Eagle's Eyrie|Eyrie]].

==Music==
The score for ''The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey'' was composed by [[Howard Shore]], and was performed and recorded by the London Philharmonic Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios.<ref name="DougAdamsAUJ">{{webcite|author=[[Doug Adams]]|articleurl=http://www.musicoflotr.com/2012/11/the-hobbit-unexpected-journey.html|articlename=The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Soundtrack Album Coming December 11|dated=1-November-2012|website=[http://www.musicoflotr.com Doug Adam's Blog]|accessed=20-November-2012}}</ref>

Two editions of the soundtrack was released by [[Wikipedia:WaterTower Music|WaterTower Music]] on [[11 December]] [[2012]]:
*''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]]''
*''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Special Edition]]''

The song featured in the credits to ''An Unexpected Journey'', [[Song of the Lonely Mountain]], was performed by [[Neil Finn]] and released [[12 November]] [[2012]]. It was first [http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/neil-finn-reaches-epic-heights-on-song-of-the-lonely-mountain-song-premiere-20121112 released on RollingStone.com].<ref name="">{{webcite|articleurl=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/neil-finn-reaches-epic-heights-on-song-of-the-lonely-mountain-song-premiere-20121112|articlename=Neil Finn Reaches Epic Heights on 'Song of the Lonely Mountain' – Song Premiere|dated=12-November-2012|website=[http://www.rollingstone.com/ RollingStone.com]|accessed=20-November-2012}}</ref>

==Distribution==
===Theatrical release===
''An Unexpected Journey'' had its world première in [[Wellington]], [[New Zealand]], on [[28 November]] [[2012]]. The film was released in cinemas in New Zealand on [[12 December]], [[13 December]] in Europe, [[14 December]] in India, Canada and United States, and [[26 December]] in Australia.

===Home media===
''An Unexpected Journey'' was released on DVD, Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D, and as a digital download on [[19 March]] [[2013]].<ref name="UKDVD">{{webcite|author=lilymilos|articleurl=http://news.mymiddleearth.com/2013/02/06/sneak-peek-of-desolation-of-smaug-on-hobbit-blu-ray/|articlename=Sneak Peek of ‘Desolation of Smaug’ on Hobbit Blu-ray|dated=6-Feb-2013|website=MEN|accessed=9-Feb-2013}}</ref> The release date in the [[United Kingdom]] was [[8 April]].<ref name="UKDVD">{{webcite|author=Arwen|articleurl=http://news.mymiddleearth.com/2013/02/06/uk-hobbit-fans-to-wait-until-april-8th-for-blu-ray-blu-ray-dvd-and-digital-download-release/|articlename=UK Hobbit Fans to Wait Until April 8th for Blu-ray, DVD and Digital Download Release|dated=6-Feb-2013|website=MEN|accessed=9-Feb-2013}}</ref>

An extended edition of ''An Unexpected Journey'' includes an additional thirteen minutes of footage. It was be released in the UK on digital download on [[22 October]] and on Blu-ray and DVD on [[4 November]].<ref name="ExtendedEdition">{{webcite|author=Orlando Parfitt|articleurl=http://uk.movies.yahoo.com/the-hobbit--an-unexpected-journey-deleted-scene--exclusive--065952595.html|articlename=The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Extended Edition deleted scene (Exclusive)|dated=31-July-2013|website=[http://uk.movies.yahoo.com/ Yahoo Movies]|accessed=19-Aug-2013}}</ref>


==Promotion==
===Promotional posters===
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|File:The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey - poster 1.jpg|The first promotional poster.
|File:The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey - poster 2.jpg|The second promotional poster.
|File:The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey - poster 3.jpg|The third promotional poster.
|File:The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey - poster 4.jpg|The fourth promotional poster.
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===Trailers===
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==See also==
*[[The Hobbit (film series)|''The Hobbit'' (film series)]]
**''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug|The Desolation of Smaug]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies|The Battle of the Five Armies]]''
*[[:Category:Images from The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey|Images from ''An Unexpected Journey'']]
*[[:Category:Images of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey posters|''An Unexpected Journey'' posters]]
*''The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey'' soundtrack
**''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Special Edition]]''
*''The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey'' tie-in books:
**''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Annual 2013]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Chronicles: Art & Design]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Chronicles: Creatures & Characters]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Official Movie Guide]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: The Movie Storybook]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: The World of Hobbits]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Visual Companion]]''

==External links==
*[http://www.thehobbit.com/ TheHobbit.com] (official website)
*[http://www.thehobbitblog.com/ TheHobbitBlog.com] (official blog)
*[http://www.facebook.com/PeterJacksonNZ Peter Jackson's Facebook page]

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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

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'''Katie Jackson ''' (born 1996) is a New Zealand actress who portrayed as a Cute [[Hobbit]] Child, a Cute [[Rohan]] Refugee Child, and a [[Gondor]] Child in ''[[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|The Lord of the Rings]]'' trilogy and a Cute Young Hobbit, [[Betsy Butterbur]], and a [[Lake-town]] Woman in ''[[The Hobbit (film series)|The Hobbit]]'' trilogy.{{Fact}}

She is the daughter of [[Peter Jackson]] and [[Fran Walsh]] and the sister of [[Billy Jackson]].

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'''Victoria Beynon-Cole''' is a New Zealand extras casting coordinator and actress who portrayed as [[Orcs]] in ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Felowship of the Ring]]'' and ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers|The Two Towers]]'' and worked as an extras casting coordinator and director for ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]'' and ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey]]''.{{Fact}}

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{{film infobox
| image=[[File:The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring - Ensemble poster.jpg|250px]]
| name=The Fellowship of the Ring
| director=[[Peter Jackson]]
| producer=Peter Jackson [[Barrie M. Osborne]] [[Tim Sanders]] [[Fran Walsh]]
| writer='''Novel:''' [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] '''Screenplay:''' [[Frances Walsh]] [[Philippa Boyens]] Peter Jackson
| narrator=
| starring=
| music=[[Howard Shore]]
| cinematography=[[Andrew Lesnie]]
| editing=[[John Gilbert]]
| distributor=[[New Line Cinema]]
| released=December 19th, 2001
| runtime='''Theatrical:''' 178 min. '''Extended Edition:''' 208 min.
| country=New Zealand & USA
| language=English
| budget= $94 million
| website=[http://www.lordoftherings.net Official website]
| imdb_id=0120737
}}
'''''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring''''' is the first film of [[Peter Jackson]]'s [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (film series)]]

The film retells the adventures of the [[Fellowship of the Ring]], taking its story from the first part, ''[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]'', and the first chapter of ''[[The Two Towers]].

It was produced as the first of three films, filmed simultaneously on location in [[New Zealand]] with a budget of U.S. $180 million, the most in moviemaking history, with principal photography taking 14 months and postproduction continuing long after that.

==Synopsis==
[[Sauron]], the dark lord, has awakened and threatens to conquer [[Middle-earth]]. To stop this ancient evil once and for all, Frodo Baggins must destroy [[the One Ring]] in the fires of [[Mount Doom]]. Men, [[Hobbits]], a [[Wizards|Wizard]], an [[Elves|Elf]] and a [[Dwarves|Dwarf]] form a fellowship to help him on his quest.

===Scenes===
# [[Prologue: One Ring to Rule Them All...]] **
# [[Concerning Hobbits (scene)|Concerning Hobbits]] *
# [[The Shire (scene)|The Shire]] **
# [[Very Old Friends]] **
# [[A Long-expected Party (scene)|A Long-expected Party]] **
# [[Farewell Dear Bilbo]]
# [[Keep It Secret, Keep It Safe (scene)|Keep It Secret, Keep It Safe]]
# [[The Account of Isildur]]
# [[At the Green Dragon]] *
# [[The Shadow of the Past (scene)|The Shadow of the Past]]
# [[The Passing of the Elves (scene)|The Passing of the Elves]] *
# [[Saruman the White (scene)|Saruman the White]]
# [[A Short Cut to Mushrooms (scene)|A Short Cut to Mushrooms]]
# [[Bucklebury Ferry (scene)|Bucklebury Ferry]]
# [[At the Sign of The Prancing Pony (scene)|At the Sign of The Prancing Pony]]
# [[The Nazgûl (scene)|The Nazgûl]]
# [[The Midgewater Marshes]] *
# [[The Spoiling of Isengard]]
# [[A Knife in the Dark (scene)|A Knife in the Dark]]
# [[The Caverns of Isengard (scene)|The Caverns of Isengard]]
# [[Flight to the Ford (scene)|Flight to the Ford]] **
# [[Rivendell (scene)|Rivendell]]
# [[Many Meetings (scene)|Many Meetings]]
# [[The Fate of the Ring]]
# [[The Sword that Was Broken]] **
# [[The Evenstar (The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring scene)|The Evenstar]]
# [[The Council of Elrond (scene)|The Council of Elrond]] **
# [[Gilraen's Memorial]] *
# [[Bilbo's Gifts]]
# [[The Departure of The Fellowship]] *
# [[The Ring Goes South (scene)|The Ring Goes South]] **
# [[The Pass of Caradhras]] **
# [[Moria (scene)|Moria]] **
# [[A Journey in the Dark (scene)|A Journey in the Dark]] **
# [[Balin's Tomb (scene)|Balin's Tomb]] **
# [[The Bridge of Khazad-dûm (scene)|The Bridge of Khazad-dûm]]
# [[Lothlórien (scene)|Lothlórien]] **
# [[Caras Galadhon (scene)|Caras Galadhon]] **
# [[The Mirror of Galadriel (scene)|The Mirror of Galadriel]] **
# [[The Fighting Uruk-hai]]
# [[Farewell to Lórien (scene)|Farewell to Lórien]] **
# [[The Great River (scene)|The Great River]] **
# [[Parth Galen (scene)|Parth Galen]]
# [[The Breaking of the Fellowship (scene)|The Breaking of the Fellowship]] **
# [[The Departure of Boromir (scene)|The Departure of Boromir]]
# [[The Road Goes Ever On... (scene)|The Road Goes Ever On...]]
# Credits
# Official Fan Club Credits *

<nowiki>*</nowiki> denotes a scene only available in the Extended Edition cut of the film. 
<nowiki>**</nowiki> denotes a scene which includes extended content only available in the Extended Edition cut of the film.

==Cast==
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Actor !! Role
|-
| [[Gino Acevedo]] || Dwarf Lord
|-
| [[Noel Appleby]] || [[Everard Proudfoot]]
|-
| [[Matt Appleton]] || Council of Elrond Elf
|-
| [[Sean Astin]] || [[Samwise Gamgee]]
|-
| [[Sala Baker]] || [[Sauron]]
|-
| [[Timothy Bartlett]] || Hobbit
|-
| [[Sean Bean]] || [[Boromir]]
|-
| [[Victoria Beynon-Cole]] || Extra
|-
| [[Jarl Benzon]] || Elf
|-
| [[Jørn Benzon]] || Elf
|-
| [[Cate Blanchett]] || [[Galadriel]]
|-
| [[Orlando Bloom]] || [[Legolas]]
|-
| [[Billy Boyd]] || [[Peregrin Took]]
|-
| [[Philippa Boyens]] || [[Nazgûl|Screaming Ringwraith]] (voice)
|-
| [[Jed Brophy]] || Extra
|-
| [[Paul Bryson]] || Extra
|-
| [[Ben Britton]] || Extra
|-
| [[Nathan Clark]] || Extra
|-
| [[Rachel Clentworth]] || Extra
|-
| [[Peter Corrigan]] || [[Otho Sackville-Baggins]]
|-
| [[Sabine Crossen]] || Elf
|-
| [[Marton Csokas]] || [[Celeborn]]
|-
| [[Augie Davis]] || Extra
|-
| [[Mana Hira Davis]] || Extra
|-
| [[Ross Duncan]] || Extra
|-
| [[Lori Dungey]] || [[Mrs Bracegirdle]]
|-
| [[Megan Edwards]] || [[Mrs Proudfoot]]
|-
| [[Michael Elsworth]] || [[Círdan]], Gondorian Archivist
|-
| [[Mark Ferguson]] || [[Gil-galad]]
|-
| [[Jason Fitch]] || Extra
|-
| [[Rebecca Fitzgerald]] || Extra
|-
| [[Norman Forsey]] || [[Gaffer Gamgee|Hamfast Gamgee]] ([[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (extended edition)|Extended Edition]] only)
|-
| [[Xander Forterie]] || Dwarf
|-
| [[Ben Fransham]] || Extra
|-
| [[Philip Grieve]] || Extra
|-
| [[Andy Gunn]] || Extra
|-
| [[Jonathan Harding]] || Extra
|-
| [[Lee Hartley]] || Orc
|-
| [[Taea Hartwell]] || Cute Hobbit Child
|-
| [[Ian Holm]] || [[Bilbo Baggins]]
|-
| [[Mike Hopkins]] || [[Farmer Maggot]] (voice)
|-
| [[Alan Howard]] || [[The One Ring|The Ring]] (voice)
|-
| [[Geoffrey Hughes]] || Hobbit
|-
| [[Billy Jackson]] || Cute Hobbit Child
|-
| [[Jill Jackson]] || Hobbit
|-
| [[Katie Jackson]] || Cute Hobbit Child
|-
| [[Lani Jackson]] || Extra
|-
| [[Peter Jackson]] || [[Albert Dreary]]
|-
| [[Gareth Jensen]] || Extra
|-
| [[William Johnson]] || [[Old Noakes]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Jonathan Jordan]] || Extra
|-
| [[Sam Kelly]] || Extra
|-
| [[Lance Fabian Kemp]] || Extra
|-
| [[Micha Kemp]] || Extra
|-
| [[Sandro Kopp]] || Extra
|-
| [[Semi Kuresa]] || Extra
|-
| [[Semi Kuresa]] || Extra
|-
| [[Sam La Hood]] || Extra
|-
| [[Greg Lane]] || Extra
|-
| [[Alan Lee]] || King of Men
|-
| [[Christopher Lee]] || [[Saruman]]
|-
| [[Lawrence Makoare]] || [[Lurtz]]
|-
| [[Jono Manks]] || Ringwraith, Extra
|-
| [[Rich Mayberry]] || Dwarf
|-
| [[Ax McClennan]] || Extra
|-
| [[Thomas McGinty]] || Extra
|-
| [[Brent McIntyre]] || [[Witch-king]] of [[Angmar]]
|-
| [[Ian McKellen]] || [[Gandalf]]
|-
| [[Bret McKenzie]] || "[[Figwit]]"
|-
| [[Peter McKenzie]] || [[Elendil]]
|-
| [[Sarah McLeod]] || [[Rose Cotton|Rosie Cotton]]
|-
| [[Dominic Monaghan]] || [[Meriadoc Brandybuck]]
|-
| [[Elizabeth Moody]] || [[Lobelia Sackville-Baggins]]
|-
| [[Viggo Mortensen]] || [[Aragorn]]
|-
| [[Blair Morton]] || Extra
|-
| [[Ian Mune]] || Bounder
|-
| [[Kate O'Rourke]] || Extra
|-
| [[Craig Parker]] || [[Haldir]]
|-
| [[Ben Price]] || Extra
|-
| [[Shane Rangi]] || Extra
|-
| [[Cameron Rhodes]] || [[Farmer Maggot]]
|-
| [[John Rhys-Davies]] || [[Gimli]]
|-
| [[Andrea Russell]] || Extra
|-
| [[Martyn Sanderson]] || [[Harry Goatleaf]]
|-
| [[Jason Secto]] || Extra
|-
| [[Brian Sergent]] || [[Ted Sandyman]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Paul Shapcott]] || Ringwraith
|-
| [[Harry Sinclair]] || [[Isildur]]
|-
| [[Pete Smith]] || Extra
|-
| [[Chris Streeter]] || Extra
|-
| [[Liv Tyler]] || [[Arwen]]
|-
| [[Clinton Ulyatt]] || Uruk-hai, Extra
|-
| [[Piripi Waretini]] || Extra
|-
| [[David Weatherley]] || [[Barliman Butterbur]]
|-
| [[Hugo Weaving]] || [[Elrond]]
|-
| [[Nikki Webster]] || Elf
|-
| [[Tim Wong]] || Uruk-hai, Extra
|-
| [[Elijah Wood]] || [[Frodo Baggins]]
|}

==Special effects==
''The Fellowship of the Ring'' makes extensive use of digital, practical and makeup special effects throughout. One noticeable effect that appears in almost every scene involves setting a proper scale so that the characters are all the proper height. Elijah Wood, who plays Frodo, is 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) tall in real life; but the character of Frodo Baggins is barely four feet tall. Many different tricks were used to cast the hobbits (and Gimli the Dwarf) as diminutive. Large and small stunt doubles were used in certain scenes, while entire duplicates of certain sets (especially Bag End in Hobbiton) were built at two different scales, so that the characters would appear to be the appropriate size. At one point in the film Frodo runs along a corridor in Bag End, followed by Gandalf. Elijah Wood and Ian McKellen were filmed in separate versions of the same corridor, built at two different scales, and a fast camera pan conceals the edit between the two. Forced perspective was also employed, so that it would look as though the short hobbits were interacting with taller Men and Elves. Surprising the makers of the film, kneeling was used to great effect.

For the battle between the Last Alliance and the forces of Sauron that begins the film, an elaborate CGI animation system, called Massive, was developed that would allow thousands of individual animated "characters" in the program to act differently. This helped give the illusion of realism to the battle sequences.

==Filming locations==
A list of filming locations, sorted by appearance order in the movie:
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Fictional Location
! Specific Location in New Zealand
! General Area in New Zealand
|-
|[[Hobbiton]] || Matamata || Waikato
|-
|Gardens of [[Isengard]]||Harcourt Park||Upper Hutt
|-
|[[The Shire]] woods||Otaki Gorge Road|| 
|-
|[[Bucklebury Ferry]]||Keeling Farm||Manukau
|-
|Forest near [[Bree]]||Takaka Hill||Nelson
|-
|[[Trollshaws]]||Waitarere Forest|| 
|-
|Ford of [[Bruinen]]||Arrowtown Recreational Reserve||Queenstown
|-
|[[Rivendell]]||Kaitoke Regional Park||Upper Hutt
|-
|[[Eregion]]||Mount Olympus||Nelson
|-
|[[Dimrill Dale]]||Lake Alta||The Remarkables
|-
|[[Dimrill Dale]]||Mount Owen||Nelson
|-
|[[Lothlórien]]||Lake Wakatipu||Queenstown
|-
|River [[Anduin]]||Rangitikei River|| 
|-
|River [[Anduin]]||Poet's Corner||Upper Hutt
|-
|[[Parth Galen]]||Paradise||Glenorchy
|-
|[[Amon Hen]]||Mavora Lakes||Milford Sound
|}

==Deviations from the source material==

===Narrative differences===
Jackson, Walsh and Boyens made numerous changes to the story, for purposes of pacing and character development. Jackson said his main desire was to make a film focused primarily on Frodo and the Ring, the "backbone" of the story. The prologue condenses Tolkien's backstory, in which The Last Alliance's seven-year siege of the [[Barad-dûr]] is a single battle, where [[Sauron]] is shown to explode, though Tolkien only said his spirit flees.

Events at the beginning of the film are condensed or omitted altogether. In the book the time between Gandalf leaving the Ring to Frodo and returning to reveal its inscription, which is 17 years, is compressed for timing reasons. Frodo also spends a few months preparing to move to Buckland, on the eastern border of the shire. This move is omitted and combined with him setting out for Bree. Also compressed is the time between Frodo and Sam leaving Bag End and their meeting Merry and Pippin. Characters such as [[Tom Bombadil]] are left out to simplify the plot and increase the threat of the [[Nazgûl|Ringwraiths]]. Such sequences are left out to make time to introduce Saruman, who in the book doesn't appear until Gandalf's account at the Council of Elrond. Saruman's role is enhanced: he is to blame for the blizzard on Caradhras, a role taken from Sauron and/or Caradhras itself in the book. Gandalf's capture by Saruman is also expanded with a fight sequence.

The role of [[Barliman Butterbur]] at [[the Prancing Pony]] is largely removed for time and dramatic flow.

The events at [[Weathertop]] were also altered. The location of the fight against the Ringwraiths was changed to the ruins on top of the hill rather than a campsite at its base. When Frodo was stabbed in the book, the party spent two weeks travelling to Rivendell, but in the film this is shortened to less than a week, with Frodo's condition worsening at a commensurately greater rate. [[Arwen]] was given a greater role in the film, accompanying Frodo all the way to [[Rivendell]], while in the book Frodo faced the Ringwraiths alone at the [[Ford of Bruinen]]. The character of [[Glorfindel]] was omitted entirely and his scenes were also given to Arwen. She was tacitly credited with the river rising against the Ringwraiths, which was the work of her father [[Elrond]] with aid from [[Gandalf]] in the book.

A significant new addition is [[Aragorn]]'s self-doubt, which causes him to hesitate to claim the kingship of Gondor. This element is not present in the book, where Aragorn intends to claim the throne at an appropriate time. In the book Narsil is reforged immediately when he joins the Fellowship, but this event is held over until ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King|The Return of the King]]'' in film to symbolically coincide with his acceptance of his title. These elements were added because Peter Jackson believed that each character should be forced to grow or change over the course of the story.

Elrond's character gained an adversarial edge; he expresses doubts in the strength of Men to resist Sauron's evil after Isildur's failure to destroy the ring as depicted in the prologue. Jackson also shortens the Council of Elrond by spreading its exposition into earlier parts of the film. Elrond's counsellor, [[Erestor]] — who suggested the Ring be given to Tom Bombadil — was completely absent from this scene. Gimli's father, [[Glóin]], was also deemed unnecessary.

The tone of the Moria sequence was altered. Although in the book the Fellowship only realises the Dwarves are all dead once they reach [[Balin]]'s tomb, the filmmakers chose to use foreshadowing devices instead. Gandalf says to Gimli he would prefer not to enter Moria, and Saruman is shown to be aware of Gandalf's reticence, and also reveals an illustration of the Balrog in one of his books. The corpses of the dwarves are instantly shown as the Fellowship enter Moria.

In terms of dramatic structure, the book simply ends; there is no climax, because Tolkien wrote the "trilogy" as a single story published in three volumes. Jackson's version incorporates the first chapter of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers|The Two Towers]]'' and makes its events, told in real time instead of flashback, simultaneous with the Breaking of the Fellowship. This finale is played as a climactic battle, into which he introduces the Uruk-hai referred to as Lurtz in the script. In the book, Boromir is unable to tell Aragorn which hobbits were kidnapped by the orcs before he dies. From there, Aragorn deduces Frodo's intentions when he notices that a boat is missing and Sam's pack is gone. In the film, Aragorn and Frodo have a scene together in which Frodo's intentions are explicitly stated.

=== Linguistic elements ===
Some fans also felt that movie producers missed the linguistic basis of the work (as Tolkien invented the world to bring his languages alive and not the other way around):

In particular, ''[[Namárië]],'' Galadriel's lament in [[Lothlórien]] that begins "Ai! laurië lantar lassi súrinen", did not appear in the film, although Tolkien considered it one of the highest points of ''The Fellowship of the Ring''. A few lines of the poem do, however, make it into the soundtrack at the departure from Lothórien. Other samples of Elvish language from the books are treated similiarly. However, Elvish (most often [[Sindarin]]) ''is'' spoken extensively in the film, with and without subtitles. The Elvish lines were, for the most part, devised specifically for the film version, sometimes based on English text written by Tolkien.

The movie features numerous books and artifacts with [[Tengwar]] inscriptions. Even though they were researched for accuracy, they still show a couple of peculiarities and inconsistencies not found in Tolkien's own Tengwar samples.

Another idiosyncrasy of the films is that [[Hobbits|Hobbit]] writing is shown in the Latin alphabet, while the books state that the Hobbits used the Tengwar. However, the Latin calligraphy is written in such a way that it bears resemblance to the Tengwar, including ''tehtar'' above their corresponding vowels. This refers visually to the Tengwar while allowing the audience to immediately recognise the text.

==Score==
* [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]]
* [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - The Complete Recordings]]

==Awards==

In 2002 the movie won four Academy Awards out of thirteen nominations. The winning categories were for Best Cinematography, Best Effects, Visual Effects, Best Makeup and Best Music, Original Score. The other nominated categories were Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Ian McKellen), Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Costume Design, Best Director, Best Editing, Best Music, Song ([[Enya]], [[Nicky Ryan]] and [[Roma Ryan]] for "May It Be"), Best Picture, Best Sound and Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published.

After the close of its theatre run, it ranked in the top ten highest grossing movies worldwide, with takings of $860,700,000 USA dollars from world-wide theatrical box office receipts (movie ticket sales).
(Source: [http://us.imdb.com/Charts/worldtopmovies IMDB Top Movies Chart]).

The movie has also been released on videotape and DVD, with some editions having additional footage and commentary not included in the theatrical release edition. Notable among the restored scenes is additional footage of a smiling Galadriel bestowing [[Gifts of Galadriel|gifts]] on the members of the fellowship. In the theatrical version, she appeared dark and brooding. On Tuesday, November 12, 2002, Special Extended DVD Edition of ''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' was released, containing 208 minutes (3 hours, 28 minutes) of footage.

The extended editions of ''The Fellowship of the Ring'' and the second movie, ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers|The Two Towers]]'' had limited theatrical runs in selected cities worldwide in late 2003, during the run-up to the release of the final film, ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King|The Return of the King]]''.

== Reviews ==
* [http://www.combustiblecelluloid.com/digitalwatch/lotrfellow.shtml Combustible Celluloid] - 3 out of 4 stars. (DVD)
* [http://www.eye.net/eye/issue/issue_12.13.01/film/lotr1.html Eye Weekly]
* [http://msnbc.msn.com/id/3540688/ MSNBC (Newsweek)] - A 'Ring' to Rule the Screen
* [http://rossanthony.com/L/ltrfellowship.shtml Ross Anthony] 2 out of 4 stars
* [http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/movies/51108_ring19q.shtml Seattle Post-Intelligencer One 'Ring' to bring them all ... into the theater]
* [http://www.paloaltoonline.com/movies/cgi/moviescreener_long.cgi?id=993 Palo Alto Online]
* [http://www.geocities.com/moviola3/peliculas/senor_anillos/senor_anillos.html Peliculas (Geocities) (Spanish)]
* [http://movie-reviews.colossus.net/movies/l/lotr1.html ReelViews]
* [http://splicedwire.com/01reviews/lordrings1.html SPLICEDWire]
* [http://www.filmstew.com/Content/Article.asp?ContentID=2251 Film Stew]
* [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/click/movie-1108476/reviews.php?critic=1&sortby=default&page=4&rid=275580 Shane Burridge]

===See also===
* [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring DVD]]
* [[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (extended edition)|''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (extended edition)]]
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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

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| image=[[File:The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey - poster 1.jpg|250px]]
| name=''The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey''
| director=[[Peter Jackson]]<ref name="HBTitles">{{webcite|articleurl=http://www.thehobbitblog.com/?p=2563|articlename=Titles and Release Dates Announced|dated=31-May-2011|website=[http://www.thehobbitblog.com/ The Hobbit Blog]|accessed=21-Dec-2011}}</ref> [[Andy Serkis]] (Second Unit Director)<ref name="HBAndy">
{{webcite|articleurl=http://www.thehobbitblog.com/?p=2234|articlename=Andy Serkis to serve as Second Unit Director|dated=8-April-2011|website=[http://www.thehobbitblog.com/ The Hobbit Blog]|accessed=21-Dec-2011}}</ref>
| producer=Peter Jackson [[Fran Walsh]] [[Carolynne Cunningham]] [[Philippa Boyens]] (Co-Producer) [[Ken Kamins]] (Executive Producer) [[Zane Weiner]] (Executive Producer)<ref name="HBTitles"/>
| writer=[[Guillermo del Toro]] Peter Jackson Fran Walsh Philippa Boyens<ref name="HBTitles"/>
| narrator=
| starring=[[Martin Freeman]] [[Ian McKellen]] [[Richard Armitage]]<ref name="PJCasting1">{{webcite|author=[[Peter Jackson]]|articleurl=http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150168211921558|articlename=Production begins in New Zealand on The Hobbit|dated=20-March-2011|website=FB|accessed=21-Dec-2011}}</ref> ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey#Confirmed cast|See cast section below for more]]''
| music=[[Howard Shore]]<ref name="PJCasting1"/>
| cinematography=[[Andrew Lesnie]]<ref name="PJCasting1"/>
| editing=
| studio=[[New Line Cinema]] [[MGM]] [[WingNut Films]]<ref name="HBTitles"/>
| distributor=[[Warner Bros.|Warner Bros. Pictures]]<ref name="HBTitles"/>
| released=[[28 November]] [[2012]] (worldwide première) [[14 December]] [[2012]] (North America)<ref name="HBTitles2">{{webcite|articleurl=http://www.thehobbitblog.com/the-hobbit-trilogy-titles-and-release-dates/|articlename=The Hobbit Trilogy titles and release dates|dated=2-September-2012|website=[http://www.thehobbitblog.com/ The Hobbit Blog]|accessed=2-September-2012}}</ref>
| runtime=169 minutes
| country=[[New Zealand]] [[United Kingdom]] [[United States]]
| language=English
| budget=
| website=[http://www.thehobbit.com/ TheHobbit.com]
| imdb_id=0903624
}}
'''''The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey''''' is the first of [[Peter Jackson]]'s [[The Hobbit (film series)|''The Hobbit'' film trilogy]] based on [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s [[1937]] novel ''[[The Hobbit]]''. It was released on [[14 December]] [[2012]] in North America. It was followed by ''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug|The Desolation of Smaug]]'' in [[2013]] and will be followed by ''[[The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies|The Battle of the Five Armies]]'' in [[2014]].

==Synopsis==
{{Blockquote|The adventure follows the journey of title character Bilbo Baggins, who is swept into an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor from the fearsome dragon Smaug. Approached out of the blue by the wizard Gandalf the Grey, Bilbo finds himself joining a company of thirteen dwarves led by the legendary warrior, Thorin Oakenshield. Their journey will take them into the Wild; through treacherous lands swarming with Goblins and Orcs, deadly Wargs and Giant Spiders, Shapeshifters and Sorcerers. 
''Although their goal lies to the East and the wastelands of the Lonely Mountain first they must escape the goblin tunnels, where Bilbo meets the creature that will change his life forever... Gollum. Here, alone with Gollum, on the shores of an underground lake, the unassuming Bilbo Baggins not only discovers depths of guile and courage that surprise even him, he also gains possession of Gollum's "precious" ring that holds unexpected and useful qualities... A simple, gold ring that is tied to the fate of all Middle-earth in ways Bilbo cannot begin to know.|[[Warner Bros.]] Press Release<ref name="WBPressRelease1">{{webcite|articleurl=http://www.warnerbros.com/movies/in-theaters-coming-soon/the-hobbit-an-unexpected-journey/c36f51cb-9332-4db9-b297-458453025455.html|articlename=THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY|website=[http://www.warnerbros.com/ Warner Bros.]|accessed=19-November-2012}}</ref>}}

==Plot==
On his eleventy-first (111th) birthday, the [[Hobbits|Hobbit]] [[Bilbo Baggins]] decides to write down the full story of the adventure he took 60 years before for his nephew [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]]. Bilbo writes about how, prior to his own actual involvement, the [[Dwarves|Dwarf]] [[Thrór]] was [[King under the Mountain|king]] of [[Lonely Mountain|Erebor]] and brought an era of prosperity to his [[Dwarves of Erebor|kin]] until the arrival of [[Smaug]] the [[Dragons|Dragon]]. Drawn by the amount of [[gold]] that the Dwarves have amassed, Smaug destroyed the nearby town of [[Dale]] before driving the Dwarves out of Erebor. Thrór's grandson, [[Thorin]] [[Oakenshield]], sees King [[Thranduil]] and his [[Elves of Mirkwood|Wood-elves]] on a nearby hillside and is dismayed to find them taking their leave rather than aiding his people. This makes Thorin develop an everlasting hatred of [[Elves]].

Following this, Bilbo is tricked by the [[Wizards|Wizard]] [[Gandalf]] the Grey into hosting a party for Thorin and his [[Thorin and Company|band of Dwarves]], which doubles as Bilbo's recruitment as the Dwarves' "burglar" to help them recover their treasure and their home from Smaug. Bilbo reluctantly joins the company on their journey to the Lonely Mountain, Thorin previously believing he would refuse. The group is captured by 3 Mountain [[Trolls]], [[Tom]], [[Bert]], and [[William]], but Bilbo is able to stall the Trolls from eating them until dawn, when Gandalf saves the company by exposing the Trolls to sunlight, turning them into stone. They search the Trolls' [[Troll's Cave|cave]] and find treasure and Elven blades. Thorin and Gandalf each take an Elf-wrought blade -- [[Orcrist]] and [[Glamdring]], respectively. Gandalf also finds an Elven short-sword, later to be known as [[Sting]], which he gives to Bilbo. Being Elven blades of the [[First Age]], Gandalf says they glow when near [[Orcs]] or [[Orcs#Orcs and Goblins|Goblins]]. However, only Sting actually does so.

The group encounters [[Radagast]] the Brown, a Wizard who lives in the forest of [[Mirkwood|Greenwood]]. He tells them of a strange presence he encountered at [[Dol Guldur]] and how it is poisoning the forest. The group is then chased by Orcs on [[Wargs]], with Radagast drawing them off with his [[Rhosgobel]] Rabbits-pulled sled. Gandalf leads them through a stone passage to [[Rivendell]] as the Wargs and Orcs above are slain by Elven riders. [[Elrond]] discloses the [[Thrór's Map|map]]'s indication of a [[Back Door|secret]] door that will be visible only on [[Durin's Day]]. Gandalf talks with the [[White Council]] (Elrond, [[Galadriel]], and [[Saruman|Saruman the White]]) about his involvement with the Dwarves, explaining the presence Radagast encountered and expresses mild suspicion that this Necromancer is the [[Sauron|Dark Lord]]. The others are skeptical, believing Sauron to have been defeated forever, and that this Necromancer is not a true threat. Elsewhere, at [[Weathertop]], [[Yazneg]], the leader of the attacking Orc party, reports back to his master [[Azog]] of his failure, who then kills the unfortunate Orc. Azog then issues a bounty upon Thorin's head, and races off with the rest of his party.

Against the Council's wishes, Gandalf sends Bilbo and the Dwarves toward the [[Misty Mountains]]. While passing through the mountains, Bilbo and the Dwarves encounter a battle between three stone [[giants]], and are forced to take refuge in a cave. Elsewhere, Azog and his Orcs follow the Dwarves' trail to the Misty Mountains. While the company sleeps, Bilbo decides to leave and return to Rivendell after talking to [[Bofur]], who believes in him. He is overheard by Thorin, who believes he has been proven right that the hobbit is not up to the quest. But before Bilbo can leave, they are all captured by Goblins and taken to their leader, the [[Great Goblin|Goblin King]]. Gandalf arrives and saves the Dwarves from the Goblins. They then fight their way out of [[Goblin-town]], killing the Goblin King during their escape. Bilbo was separated from the Dwarves right after their capture and encounters [[Gollum]], who accidentally drops a mysterious [[The One Ring|ring]] while killing a stray Goblin to feed on. Picking up the ring and placing it in his pocket, Bilbo finds himself confronted by Gollum. They play a [[Riddle-game]], wagering that Bilbo will be shown the way out if he wins, or eaten by Gollum if he loses. After Bilbo wins by asking Gollum what he has in his pocket, Gollum realizes Bilbo has stolen the ring and attacks him. Bilbo discovers the ring grants him invisibility and evades a furious Gollum, following him to find the way out and deciding out of pity not to kill him, despite having the chance to do so.

Bilbo rejoins the group once he sees them after hearing Thorin voice his doubts he will return, keeping the ring he found secret. The moment of triumph is cut short as they are ambushed by Azog and his hunting party. After taking refuge in cliffside trees before the Wargs uproot most of them, the final tree is partially uprooted, leaving most of the Company hanging over the cliffside. Thorin then charges Azog in an attempt to save the others, but is badly wounded and knocked to the ground. Bilbo defends Thorin from being killed, and as Azog's other Orcs move in, [[Fíli]], [[Kíli]] and [[Dwalin]] rush in and attack them, and a fight ensues. The group is then saved by [[Eagles]], who fly them to safety on the [[Carrock]]. Gandalf wakes the unconscious Thorin, who finally accepts Bilbo for his courage and bravery. As the party sees the destiny of their journey, the Lonely Mountain in the distance, Smaug awakens.

===Scenes===
# [[Prologue: The Fall of Erebor]] **
# [["In a Hole in the Ground There Lived a Hobbit"]]
# [[Very Old Friends (The Hobbit scene)|Very Old Friends]]
# [[Mr. Baggins (scene)|Mr. Baggins]] *
# [[An Unexpected Party (scene)|An Unexpected Party]]
# [[Blunt the Knives (scene)|"Blunt the Knives"]] **
# [[A Map, a Key and a Contract]]
# [[Misty Mountains (scene)|"Misty Mountains"]]
# [["... The World Ahead"]]
# [[The Battle of Azanulbizar]]
# [[Radagast the Brown (scene)|Radagast the Brown]]
# [[Trollshaws (scene)|Trollshaws]]
# [[Roast Mutton (scene)|Roast Mutton]]
# [[A Troll-hoard (scene)|A Troll-hoard]]
# [[The Hill of Sorcery (scene)|The Hill of Sorcery]]
# [[Warg-scouts]]
# [[Rivendell (The Hobbit scene)|Rivendell]] **
# [[A Short Rest (scene)|A Short Rest]] **
# [[Moon Runes (scene)|Moon Runes]]
# [[The Defiler (scene)|The Defiler]]
# [[The Last Homely House]] *
# [[The White Council (scene)|The White Council]] **
# [["Why the Halfling?"]]
# [[Over Hill (scene)|Over Hill]]
# [[Under Hill (scene)|Under Hill]]
# [[The Great Goblin (scene)|The Great Goblin]] **
# [[Riddles in the Dark (scene)|Riddles in the Dark]]
# [[Biter and Beater]]
# [[The Ring (scene)|The Ring]]
# [[Escape from Goblin-town]]
# [[The Pity of Bilbo]]
# [["Home Is Behind..."]]
# [[Out of the Frying Pan...]]
# [[A Good Omen (scene)|A Good Omen]]
# Credits

<nowiki>*</nowiki> denotes a scene only available in the Extended Edition cut of the film. 
<nowiki>**</nowiki> denotes a scene which includes extended content only available in the Extended Edition cut of the film.

==Cast==
{{Seealso|The Hobbit (film series)#People involved}}
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Actor !! Role
|-
| [[Ruby Acevedo]] || Cute young Hobbit ([[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (extended edition)|Extended Edition]] only)
|-
| [[Barbara Allen]] || Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Frazer Anderson]] || Moria Orc
|-
| [[Richard Armitage]] || [[Thorin]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide">[[Brian Sibley]], ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Official Movie Guide]]'' (2012)</ref>
|-
| [[Erin Banks]] || [[Lobelia Sackville-Baggins]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Timothy Bartlett]] || [[Master Worrywort]]
|-
| [[Joel Baxendale]] || Goblin
|-
| [[Manu Bennett]] || [[Azog]]
|-
| [[Jennifer Betham-Lang]] || Dwarf Civilian
|-
| [[Jared Blakiston]] || Musical Elf
|-
| [[Cate Blanchett]] || [[Galadriel]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Glenn Boswell]] || Dwarf miner
|-
| [[Shane Boulton]] || Rivendell Court ElfGoblin
|-
| [[Jed Brophy]] || [[Nori]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Adam Brown]] || [[Ori]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Jessica Buckham]] || Dale Child
|-
| [[John Callen]] || [[Óin]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Luc Campbell]] || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Melanie Carrington]] || Musical Elf
|-
| [[Brendan Casey]] || Thranduil's lieutenant
|-
| [[Renee Cataldo]] || Goblin
|-
| [[Marty Christopher]] || Dwarf Warrior
|-
| [[Benedict Cumberbatch]] || The [[Sauron#Sauron's Return|Necromancer]] [[Smaug]]
|-
| [[Joan Dawe]] || Hobbit
|-
| [[Dave Dyer]] || Dwarf of Erebor
|-
| [[Luke Evans]] || [[Girion]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Megan Fairweather]] || Dwarf trader
|-
| [[Sonia Forbes-Adam]] || [[Belladonna Took|Belladonna Baggins]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Ben Fransham]] || Goblin
|-
| [[Martin Freeman]] || [[Bilbo Baggins]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Stephen Gledhill]] || [[Old Gammidge]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Tim Gordon]] || [[Old Hob]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Mark Hadlow]] || [[Dori]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/> [[Bert]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Zackary Hajek]] || Dale Citizen
|-
| [[Peter Hambleton]] || [[Glóin]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/> [[William]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[George Harach]] || Goblin
|-
| [[Rose Harnett]] || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Jamie Harrison]] || Moria Orc
|-
| [[Rebekah Hart]] || Dwarf trader
|-
| [[Luke Hawker]] || Goblins (voice)
|-
| [[Dan Hennah]] || The [[Gerontius Took|Old Took]]<ref name="Weta1">[[Daniel Falconer]], ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Chronicles: Art & Design]]'', p. 30</ref> (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Allan Henry]] || Goblin
|-
| [[Christian Hipolito]] || Hunter Orc
|-
| [[Ian Holm]] || Older [[Bilbo Baggins]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Brian Hotter]] || [[Otho Sackville-Baggins]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Barry Humphries]] || [[Great Goblin|Goblin King]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Stephen Hunter]] || [[Bombur]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Katie Jackson]] || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Peter Jackson]] || Erebor Dwarf refugee
|-
| [[Cameron Jones]] || Thranduil's lieutenant
|-
| [[Tim Jones]] || Dwarf guard
|-
| [[Paul Kingdom]] || Dwarf Civilian
|-
| [[William Kircher]] || [[Bifur]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/> [[Tom]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[John Landreth]] || Dwarf guard
|-
| [[Christopher Lee]] || [[Saruman|Saruman the White]]
|-
| [[Eloise Masters]] || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Eva Matthews]] || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Ollie Matthews]] || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Sylvester McCoy]] || [[Radagast|Radagast the Brown]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Rose McGhie]] || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Ian McKellen]] || [[Gandalf|Gandalf the Grey]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Bret McKenzie]] || [[Lindir]]
|-
| [[Tim McLachlan]] || Goblin
|-
| [[Graham McTavish]] || [[Dwalin]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Honor McTavish]] || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Nathan Meister]] || Goblin
|-
| [[Joseph Mika-Hunt]] || Moria Orc
|-
| [[Isaac Miller]] || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Mike Mizrahi]] || [[Thráin II|Thráin]]
|-
| [[Ravi Narayan]] || Goblin BruteHobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[James Nesbitt]] || [[Bofur]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Mary Nesbitt]] || Girl of Dale
|-
| [[Peggy Nesbitt]] || Girl of Dale
|-
| [[Terry Notary]] || [[Yazneg]] (pick-up shots) [[Great Goblin|Goblin King]] (motion capture around the body)
|-
| [[Dean O'Gorman]]<ref group="note">Rob Kazinsky was initially cast as [[Fíli]]. (see: {{webcite|author=[[Peter Jackson]]|articleurl=http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150239464391558|articlename=Casting news!|dated=30-April-2011|website=FB|accessed=21-Dec-2011}}</ref> || [[Fíli]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Ella Olssen]] || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Jabez Olssen]] || Erebor Dwarf refugee
|-
| [[Sabin Olssen]] || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Lee Pace]] || [[Thranduil]]
|-
| [[Findlay Price]] || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[John Rawls]] || [[Yazneg]]
|-
| [[Thomas Rimmer]] || Goblin
|-
| [[Thomas Robins]] || Young [[Thráin II|Thráin]]
|-
| [[Gabrielle Roque López]] || Moria Orc
|-
| [[Nancy Ruck]] || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Andy Serkis]] || [[Gollum]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Louis Ashbourne Serkis]] || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Ruby Ashbourne Serkis]] || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Sonny Ashbourne Serkis]] || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Kiran Shah]] || [[Goblin Scribe]]
|-
| [[Merv Smith]] || [[Tosser Grubb]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Oscar Strik]] || Young [[Bilbo Baggins]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Conan Stevens]]<ref group="note">[[Conan Stevens]] was initially cast as [[Azog]]. (see: {{webcite|author=[[Peter Jackson]]|articleurl=http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150257180211558|articlename=Casting News for The Hobbit|dated=19-May-2011|website=FB|accessed=21-Dec-2011}}).</ref> || [[Bolg]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Ken Stott]] || [[Balin]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Amelia Taylor]] || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Samuel Taylor]] || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Jeffrey Thomas]] || [[Thrór]]
|-
| [[James Trevena-Brown]] || Goblin
|-
| [[Mark Trotter]] || Goblin
|-
| [[Aidan Turner]] || [[Kíli]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Stephen Ure]] || [[Fimbul]][[Grinnah]]
|-
| [[Eric Vespe]] || [[Fredegar Chubb]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Ruby Vincent]] || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Tui Vincent]] || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Hayden Weal]] || Dwarf Gem Holder
|-
| [[Hugo Weaving]] || [[Elrond]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[James Wells]] || Dwarf Blacksmith
|-
| [[Richard Whiteside]] || Dwarf guard
|-
| [[Elijah Wood]] || [[Frodo Baggins]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[John Wraight]] || Dwarf guard
|}

==Deviations from the source material==
''The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey'' covers the first six chapters of ''[[The Hobbit]]'' with a few elements added from the [[The Lord of the Rings Appendices|Appendices]] from ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''. While it follows the story quite closely, a number of liberties were still taken:
* The film begins with a prologue in which [[Bilbo Baggins]] awakens in the wee hours of the morning of his 111th birthday and begins to write ''[[There and Back Again|There and Back Again: A Hobbit's Holiday]]'' in what would become the [[Red Book of Westmarch]]. In ''The Hobbit'', he had already begun to write the book shortly after returning to [[Bag End]].
* Before beginning the first chapter of his book, Bilbo also details the background of his adventure, first recounting the rise and fall of [[Lonely Mountain|Erebor]] and [[Dale]], and then the arrival of [[Smaug]] -- much of the same information recounted by [[Thorin]] and the other [[Dwarves]] during the Unexpected Party. And to presumably tie it in better with the whole trilogy, the [[Arkenstone]] is found under [[Thrór]]'s rule instead of that of [[Thráin I]]. Thrór interprets its discovery as his divine right to rule.
* A long-standing feud between the [[Dwarves of Erebor]] and the [[Elves]] was invented for the film, beginning with Thrór's refusal to give [[Thranduil]] a payment of gems (seen only in the [[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (extended edition)|Extended Edition]]), and fully manifesting when Thranduil then brings his Elf Army to Erebor when Smaug is sacking it, only to then turn around and leave, offering no aid to the battling and fleeing Dwarves.
* [[Elijah Wood]] also appears briefly as [[Frodo Baggins]] toward the end of the prologue, whereas the character does not appear at all in the book. However, his appearance is purely a cameo as the set-up for the beginning of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'', where Bilbo is also seen writing his book the day of his [[Bilbo's Farewell Party|Farewell Party]], and Frodo leaving to await [[Gandalf]]'s arrival.
* The [[Thorin and Company|Dwarves]] do not quite arrive at Bag End in the same manner (first [[Dwalin]], then [[Balin]], then both [[Fíli]] and [[Kíli]], and then [[Óin]], [[Glóin]], [[Dori]], [[Nori]], [[Ori]], [[Bifur]], [[Bofur]], and [[Bombur]] all at once with Gandalf; Thorin arrives significantly later) and they do not have their multi-colored hoods or beards as they did in the book.
* Bilbo was shown to be allergic to [[horses]].
* The [[War of the Dwarves and Orcs]] is condensed into just the [[Battle of Azanulbizar]] (recounted by Balin in a flashback), where Thrór leads an army of Dwarves against an army of [[Orcs]] in an attempt to reclaim [[Moria]] as their home not long after the [[Sack of Erebor]] (the time between the Sack, the Battle, and [[the Quest of Erebor]] has all been somewhat reduced and compressed for these films, presumably given that Thorin was made considerably younger than he was in the book). Thrór is decapitated by [[Azog]] during the battle instead of prior to it, and Thorin cuts off Azog's left forearm, while [[Dáin Ironfoot]] (who ultimately kills Azog during the battle in the book) does not appear at all in the sequence.
* Bilbo goes to the [[Trolls]] because they steal the Dwarves' [[ponies]].
* Bilbo is caught by the Trolls attempting to steal [[Tom]]'s knife to set the stolen ponies free rather than being given away by [[William]]'s [[Talking purse|"talking" purse]].
* While Bilbo does manage to set the ponies free during the Company's skirmish with the Trolls, it is the last they see of them. In the book, the Company had the ponies until reaching [[Rivendell]].
* The Dwarves surrender when the Trolls catch Bilbo and threaten to rip him apart instead of being overpowered and popped into bags.
* Bilbo - not Gandalf - stalls the Trolls until dawn's arrival in the film. They are turned to stone when Gandalf exposes them to the [[sun]] upon his return by breaking a large boulder behind them in half with his staff.
* The Trolls' [[Troll's Cave|cave]] is wide open, and there is no locked door blocking it.
* In the book, Bilbo finds [[Sting]] and takes it. In the film, Gandalf comes upon it and gives it to Bilbo.
* The group is attacked by a pack of Orcs on [[Wargs]] on the way to Rivendell just after the Trolls sequence in the film, which did not happen in the book.
* Although [[Radagast|Radagast the Brown]] is only ever briefly mentioned in the book, he does appear in this film trilogy. He is first seen discovering a darkness growing in [[Mirkwood|Greenwood the Great]] and having his [[Rhosgobel|home]] ambushed by [[spiders]]. After warding them off, he follows their path to [[Dol Guldur]] where he encounters a [[Sauron#Sauron's Return|Necromancer]] and the [[Witch-king]] of [[Angmar]], with whom he briefly duels and from whom he takes its [[Morgul blades|Morgul blade]]. He also aids the Dwarves in escaping the Orc Warg Riders near Rivendell by diverting their attention on his [[Rabbits|rabbit]]-pulled sled. In contrast, [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] never wrote of any such incidents.
* In the film's Extended Edition, Bofur gets up and sings "[[The Man in the Moon Stayed Up Too Late]]" while the Company is dining with the Elves in Rivendell, and the other Dwarves join him. This song does not appear until ''[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' in the books, where Frodo sings it at [[the Prancing Pony]].
* Also in the Extended Edition, Kíli is shown to somewhat fancy female Elves. Tolkien never alluded to any Dwarves in [[Middle-earth]] having any romantic interest in someone of another race.
* The leader of the Orc pack pursuing the Company on their journey is revealed to be Azog, who has survived the Battle of Azanulbizar in these films (his left forearm replaced by a spike with a claw at the end) and appears as an additional antagonist.
* In Tolkien's writings, the [[White Council]] already knew that the Necromancer was [[Sauron]] and was at Dol Guldur during the events in ''The Hobbit'', since Gandalf had already confirmed this 89 years earlier, and [[Saruman]] had discovered two years earlier that Sauron had learned of [[Isildur]]'s [[Battle of the Gladden Fields|loss]] of [[the One Ring]] at the [[Gladden Fields]] by the river [[Anduin]] and his [[Nazgûl|servants]] were searching the area (though he did not inform the Council of this discovery).
* Also at the White Council meeting, [[Galadriel]] relates how the Witch-king of Angmar, after his defeat near [[Fornost Erain]], had been killed and sealed in a tomb in the [[High Fells of Rhudaur|High Fells]] that could not be opened. This is a significant departure from Tolkien's writings, in which the Witch-king had not died, but fled. In fact, [[Glorfindel]] had stopped pursuit of the Witch-king and prophesied, ''"Do not pursue him! He will not return to these lands. Far off yet is his doom, and not by the hand of man will he fall."''<ref name="AppA">[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], ''The Lord of the Rings,'' Appendix A (I, iv).</ref> (This prophecy, of course, was the basis for the later dramatic moment in ''The Lord of the Rings'' in which [[Éowyn]] was able to kill the Witch-king because she was not a man.)  Furthermore, per Tolkien, the White Council knew the Witch-king had not been killed because he and the rest of the [[Nazgûl]] had previously been fighting with [[Gondor]] and had captured (and presumably killed) the last [[Kings of Gondor|King]] of Gondor at [[Minas Morgul]] in {{TA|2050}}, long after he had fled Fornost Erain.<ref name="AppB">J.R.R. Tolkien, ''The Lord of the Rings,'' Appendix B</ref>
* When traveling along the mountain pass in the book, Bilbo and the Dwarves observe the stone [[Giants]] hurling rocks at a distance, "across the valley," whereas in the film they become unwittingly involved when the mountainside on which they are standing comes to life and joins in the 'thunder battle.'
* It was Bilbo who alerted the party when the trap doors in the [[Orcs#Orcs and Goblins|Goblin]] cave open in the book. In the film, the Dwarves realize this just as the ground gives way and they begin to fall into the hole.
* In the book, the Goblins only had tunnels, not rope bridges.
* Bilbo's encounter with [[Gollum]] in the book occurs after he is lost during the Company's escape from [[Goblin-town]], whereas here it happens concurrently with the Dwarves' audience with the [[Great Goblin|Goblin King]] (due to Bilbo's eluding captivity from the Goblins and falling down a chasm during the struggle with one of them).
* In the book, Bilbo finds the One Ring by chance when his hand happens to fall upon it as he is crawling through one of the dark Goblin-town tunnels, well before he comes across Gollum. In this film, he sees Gollum fighting with the same Goblin with whom he fell down the chasm, and then we see the Ring fall out of Gollum's loincloth during the tussle. After Gollum drags off the Goblin's body, Bilbo then goes over, picks it up, examines it, and puts it in his pocket.
* Gollum has nine teeth in the film, rather than six.
* In the film, Gandalf does not use multi-coloured fire when lighting the pine cones.
* Bilbo and some of the Dwarves do not come down from the [[Firs|fir]] trees and charge the Goblins/Orcs and Wargs in the book once they've been trapped in them.
* As in ''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'', Gandalf sends for the [[Eagles]] by catching a moth and giving it a message. In the book, the Eagles see the fire in the distance and fly over to investigate, and, thus, their rescue of the Company was mostly circumstantial.
* As in the [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''Lord of the Rings'' films]], the Eagles do not speak.
* The Eagles take the Company directly to the [[Carrock]], bypassing the [[Eagle's Eyrie|Eyrie]].

==Music==
The score for ''The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey'' was composed by [[Howard Shore]], and was performed and recorded by the London Philharmonic Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios.<ref name="DougAdamsAUJ">{{webcite|author=[[Doug Adams]]|articleurl=http://www.musicoflotr.com/2012/11/the-hobbit-unexpected-journey.html|articlename=The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Soundtrack Album Coming December 11|dated=1-November-2012|website=[http://www.musicoflotr.com Doug Adam's Blog]|accessed=20-November-2012}}</ref>

Two editions of the soundtrack was released by [[Wikipedia:WaterTower Music|WaterTower Music]] on [[11 December]] [[2012]]:
*''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]]''
*''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Special Edition]]''

The song featured in the credits to ''An Unexpected Journey'', [[Song of the Lonely Mountain]], was performed by [[Neil Finn]] and released [[12 November]] [[2012]]. It was first [http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/neil-finn-reaches-epic-heights-on-song-of-the-lonely-mountain-song-premiere-20121112 released on RollingStone.com].<ref name="">{{webcite|articleurl=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/neil-finn-reaches-epic-heights-on-song-of-the-lonely-mountain-song-premiere-20121112|articlename=Neil Finn Reaches Epic Heights on 'Song of the Lonely Mountain' – Song Premiere|dated=12-November-2012|website=[http://www.rollingstone.com/ RollingStone.com]|accessed=20-November-2012}}</ref>

==Distribution==
===Theatrical release===
''An Unexpected Journey'' had its world première in [[Wellington]], [[New Zealand]], on [[28 November]] [[2012]]. The film was released in cinemas in New Zealand on [[12 December]], [[13 December]] in Europe, [[14 December]] in India, Canada and United States, and [[26 December]] in Australia.

===Home media===
''An Unexpected Journey'' was released on DVD, Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D, and as a digital download on [[19 March]] [[2013]].<ref name="UKDVD">{{webcite|author=lilymilos|articleurl=http://news.mymiddleearth.com/2013/02/06/sneak-peek-of-desolation-of-smaug-on-hobbit-blu-ray/|articlename=Sneak Peek of ‘Desolation of Smaug’ on Hobbit Blu-ray|dated=6-Feb-2013|website=MEN|accessed=9-Feb-2013}}</ref> The release date in the [[United Kingdom]] was [[8 April]].<ref name="UKDVD">{{webcite|author=Arwen|articleurl=http://news.mymiddleearth.com/2013/02/06/uk-hobbit-fans-to-wait-until-april-8th-for-blu-ray-blu-ray-dvd-and-digital-download-release/|articlename=UK Hobbit Fans to Wait Until April 8th for Blu-ray, DVD and Digital Download Release|dated=6-Feb-2013|website=MEN|accessed=9-Feb-2013}}</ref>

An extended edition of ''An Unexpected Journey'' includes an additional thirteen minutes of footage. It was be released in the UK on digital download on [[22 October]] and on Blu-ray and DVD on [[4 November]].<ref name="ExtendedEdition">{{webcite|author=Orlando Parfitt|articleurl=http://uk.movies.yahoo.com/the-hobbit--an-unexpected-journey-deleted-scene--exclusive--065952595.html|articlename=The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Extended Edition deleted scene (Exclusive)|dated=31-July-2013|website=[http://uk.movies.yahoo.com/ Yahoo Movies]|accessed=19-Aug-2013}}</ref>


==Promotion==
===Promotional posters===
{{Seealso|:Category:Images of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey posters}}
{{Gallery
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|File:The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey - poster 1.jpg|The first promotional poster.
|File:The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey - poster 2.jpg|The second promotional poster.
|File:The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey - poster 3.jpg|The third promotional poster.
|File:The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey - poster 4.jpg|The fourth promotional poster.
}}

===Trailers===
{{VideosHD|9PSXjr1gbjc|SDnYMbYB-nU}}

==See also==
*[[The Hobbit (film series)|''The Hobbit'' (film series)]]
**''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug|The Desolation of Smaug]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies|The Battle of the Five Armies]]''
*[[:Category:Images from The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey|Images from ''An Unexpected Journey'']]
*[[:Category:Images of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey posters|''An Unexpected Journey'' posters]]
*''The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey'' soundtrack
**''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Special Edition]]''
*''The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey'' tie-in books:
**''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Annual 2013]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Chronicles: Art & Design]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Chronicles: Creatures & Characters]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Official Movie Guide]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: The Movie Storybook]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: The World of Hobbits]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Visual Companion]]''

==External links==
*[http://www.thehobbit.com/ TheHobbit.com] (official website)
*[http://www.thehobbitblog.com/ TheHobbitBlog.com] (official blog)
*[http://www.facebook.com/PeterJacksonNZ Peter Jackson's Facebook page]

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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

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| writer=Peter Jackson Fran Walsh Philippa Boyens<ref name="HBTitles"/>
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'''''The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug''''' is the second of [[Peter Jackson]]'s [[The Hobbit (film series)|''The Hobbit'' film trilogy]] based on [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s [[1937]] novel ''[[The Hobbit]]''. It was released on [[13 December]] [[2013]] in North America. It was preceded by ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey|An Unexpected Journey]]'' in [[2012]] and will be followed by ''[[The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies|The Battle of the Five Armies]]'' in [[2014]].

==Synopsis==
{{Blockquote|“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” continues the adventure of the title character [[Bilbo Baggins]] as he journeys with the Wizard [[Gandalf]] and thirteen Dwarves, led by [[Thorin|Thorin Oakenshield]], on an epic quest to reclaim the Lonely Mountain and the lost Dwarf Kingdom of [[Lonely Mountain|Erebor]].

''Having survived the beginning of their unexpected journey, the Company continues East, encountering along the way the skin-changer [[Beorn]] and a swarm of giant Spiders in the treacherous forest of [[Mirkwood]]. After escaping capture by the dangerous [[Elves of Mirkwood|Wood-elves]], the Dwarves journey to Lake-town, and finally to the Lonely Mountain itself, where they must face the greatest danger of all — a creature more terrifying than any other; one which will test not only the depth of their courage but the limits of their friendship and the wisdom of the journey itself — the Dragon [[Smaug]].''|[[Warner Bros.]]<ref>{{webcite|articleurl=http://www.theonering.net/torwp/2013/10/17/80789-warner-bros-full-synopsis-for-the-hobbit-the-desolation-of-smaug-provides-some-plot-hints/|articlename=Warner Bros. full synopsis for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug provides some plot hints?|dated=17-October-2013|website=TORN|accessed=17-October-2013}}</ref>}}

==Plot==
At [[the Prancing Pony]] Inn in [[Bree]], [[Gandalf]] the Grey warns [[Thorin]] [[Oakenshield]] that someone is trying to have him killed. He persuades Thorin to obtain the [[Arkenstone]] to unite the [[Dwarves]], and suggests that a stealthy burglar may be needed to steal the jewel back from [[Smaug]].

Twelve months later, Thorin and his [[Thorin and Company|Company]] are being pursued by [[Azog]] and his [[Orcs|Orc]] party down the [[Carrock]] following the events of the previous film. After [[Bilbo Baggins|Bilbo]] informs the group that a [[Bears|bear]] is also tracking them, Gandalf ushers them along to the home of a [[Skin-changers|skin-changer]]. Upon their arrival, they are attacked by the same bear; Gandalf reveals that it is the [[Beorn's Hall|home]] of [[Beorn]] and that he may be able to aid them in their journey. That night, Azog is summoned to [[Dol Guldur]] by the [[Sauron#Sauron's Return|Necromancer]], and instructs his son [[Bolg]] to take over the hunt for Thorin. The next day, Beorn loans his [[horses]] to the company so they can reach [[Mirkwood]] and hinder the pursuing Orcs. Upon arrival at the forest border, Gandalf discovers [[Black Speech]] graffiti imprinted on an old ruin, coinciding with a telepathic message from [[Galadriel]] imploring him to investigate the tombs of the [[Nazgûl]] (at an [[High Fells of Rhudaur|unnamed location]]).
Without giving any reason for his sudden departure, Gandalf advises the Company to follow the [[Elves|Elven]] path though Mirkwood, and to wait for him before entering the [[Lonely Mountain]]. But upon losing their way in the forest, the Dwarves are captured by giant [[spiders]]. Bilbo, with the help of his new [[The One Ring|Ring]], manages to free them from the webs and names his sword [[Sting]]. However, while fighting the attacking spiders, Bilbo drops the Ring, and he begins to learn of the corruption it has on him after brutally killing a crab-like spider to retrieve it.

The Dwarves are captured by the [[Elves of Mirkwood|Wood-elves]], including [[Legolas]] and [[Tauriel]], a captain of the guard. They are to the Elven-king [[Thranduil]]'s [[Elvenking's Halls|kingdom]], and are locked up. During their captivity, a romantic subplot develops between Tauriel and [[Kíli]].
While the others are imprisoned, Thorin is given audience with Thranduil, but he refuses Thranduil's aid and is imprisoned as well. Under the cloak of the Ring, Bilbo helps the Dwarves to escape by using empty wine barrels, which are sent floating down the river. Along the way, they are ambushed by Bolg and his Orc party, while the Elves pursue the Dwarves to cease their escape. In the ensuing chaos, Kíli is wounded by a Morgul arrow. Legolas and Tauriel are forced to halt their pursuit of the Dwarves in order to end the Orc onslaught. One [[Narzug|captive]] is imprisoned and questioned by Thranduil. When Thranduil learns that "The One" has returned, he decides to seal off his kingdom to protect it from the impending evil. However, Tauriel leaves to save Kíli, whom she learns has been poisoned by Bolg's arrow, and Legolas accompanies her.

Subsequently, the Company meets a man named [[Bard]], and they bribe him to smuggle them into [[Lake-town]], where the descendants of [[Dale]] made their home, and where the [[Master of Lake-town|Master]] of the town rules with an iron fist. The group attempts to steal weapons before being captured and in the process learn that Bard is a descendant of Dale's ruler, [[Girion]], who died attempting to kill Smaug with [[Black Arrow]]s. After Thorin convinces the townfolk and Master that they will share the riches of the recaptured Mountain, the adventurers receive a grand send-off the next morning. The injured Kíli is ordered to stay behind until he gets his strength back; [[Óin]], [[Fíli]] and [[Bofur]] also remain to tend him in Bard's house.

As the events of Thorin's Company occurs, Gandalf reaches the remote tomb of the Nazgûl and found that they have been revived. He is joined by [[Radagast]] the Brown, and it is revealed that the Necromancer cannot be a mere human, as the Nazgûl answer only to one [[Sauron|master]]. Returning to Mirkwood, while sending Radagast to warn Galadriel of their discovery, Gandalf enters the Orc- and [[Wargs|Warg]]-infested Dol Guldur, and is attacked by Azog. While attempting to escape, the Necromancer appears, and, following a duel between the two, Gandalf is captured. With his worst fears realized – that the Necromancer is indeed [[Sauron]] – Gandalf watches in horror as the Orc army marches toward the Lonely Mountain.

Once at the Lonely Mountain, Bilbo deciphers the [[Thrór's Map|map]]'s cryptic clue and uses moonlight to find the hidden keyhole that opens the [[Back Door|secret door]] into the mountain. [[Balin]] then explains Bilbo's real purpose and sends him down to the treasury to locate the Arkenstone. Unfortunately, Bilbo's searching quickly awakens Smaug, who initially finds the [[Hobbits|Hobbit]] amusing, but swiftly tires of him and intends to kill him. In Lake-town, Bard hears the rumbling caused by Smaug's awakening and attempts to affix the last Black Arrow to the town's launcher, but is arrested. Óin, Fíli, Bofur, and Bard's daughters, [[Sigrid]] and [[Tilda]], are attacked by Bolg's hunting party before Legolas and Tauriel drive them off, with the latter remaining behind to tend to Kíli. Then, in a dream-like state after his medication, Kíli admits his love for Tauriel. After convincing Thorin that they must help Bilbo, the Dwarves enter the Mountain and find themselves and the [[Hobbits|Hobbit]] being hunted by Smaug. Tricking the [[Fire-drakes|fire-breathing]] Smaug into rekindling the forges, they attempt to kill the dragon by drowning him in a flood of molten gold. However, Smaug survives, and stumbles out of the mountain determined to make the people of Lake-town suffer for giving aid to the Dwarves, leaving Bilbo horrified at the turn of events.

===Scenes===
# The Quest for Erebor**
# Wilderland
# The Master Summons
# A Commander of Legions
# Queer Lodgings*
# Last of the Skin-changers
# Where the Shadows Lie*
# The Elven-gate**
# Mirkwood**
# Flies and Spiders
# The Woodland Realm
# The Elvenking
# King and Captain
# Feast of Starlight
# Barrels Out of Bond
# The High Fells
# Bard the Bowman
# The Nature of Evil
# Smuggled Cargo
# Lake-town
# The Master of Lake-town**
# The World of Men**
# The Home of Bard
# "It Is Our Fight"
# The Prophecy**
# A Warm Welcome**
# The Parting of the Company**
# The Lonely Mountain**
# A Spell of Concealment**
# The Hidden Door
# Son of Thrór*
# On the Doorstep
# Kingsfoil
# The Courage of Hobbits
# The Enemy Revealed**
# Inside Information
# The Black Arrow
# In the Dragon's Lair
# Under Arrest
# Bilbo the Burglar
# Smaug the Magnificent
# Orc Attack
# Confrontations
# Elvish Medicine
# Hunter and Hunted
# "She Walks in Starlight"
# A Desperate Plan
# Duel in Lake-town
# The Forges Relit
# Smaug the Golden
# Credits

<nowiki>*</nowiki> denotes a scene only available in the Extended Edition cut of the film. 
<nowiki>**</nowiki> denotes a scene which includes extended content only available in the Extended Edition cut of the film.

===Cast===
:''See also:[[The Hobbit (film series)#Cast|''The Hobbit'' (film series)#Cast]]''
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Actor !! Role
|-
| [[Frazer Anderson]] || Hunter Orc Lake-town resident
|-
| [[Richard Armitage]] || [[Thorin]]
|-
| [[Jim Baltaxe]] || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[Rodney Bane]] || Lake-town merchant
|-
| [[Dallas Barnett]] || "[[Bill Ferny#Films|Bill Ferny, Sr.]]"
|-
| [[Aleksandr Beliaev]] || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[John Bell]] || [[Bain]]
|-
| [[Vivien Bell]] || Lake-town woman
|-
| [[Manu Bennett]] || [[Azog]]
|-
| [[Terry Binding]] || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[Nick Blake]] || [[Percy]]
|-
| [[Orlando Bloom]] || [[Legolas]]
|-
| [[Shane Boulton]] || Ranger (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Jed Brophy]] || [[Nori]]
|-
| [[Riley Brophy]] || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[Adam Brown]] || [[Ori]]
|-
| [[Tony Burton]] || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[John Callen]] || [[Óin]]
|-
| [[Hong Chin]] || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[Colleen Cleary]] || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[John Colbert]] || Lake-town spy
|-
| [[Peter Colbert]] || Lake-town spy
|-
| [[Stephen Colbert]] || Lake-town spy
|-
| [[Trevor Cooper]] || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[Yvette Cottam]] || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[Raymond Cox]] || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[Paul Craze]] || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[Benedict Cumberbatch]] || [[Smaug]] The [[Sauron#Sauron's Return|Necromancer]]
|-
| [[Frank Edwards]] || Dock Worker
|-
| [[Greg Ellis]] || Net mender
|-
| [[Luke Evans]] || [[Bard]] [[Girion]]
|-
| [[Martin Freeman]] || [[Bilbo Baggins]]
|-
| [[Gary French]] || Prancing Pony Patron
|-
| [[Stephen Fry]] || The [[Master of Lake-town]]
|-
| [[Ryan Gage]] || [[Alfrid]]
|-
| [[Phoebe Gittins]] || Prancing Pony Wench
|-
| [[Tim Gordon]] || Stallkeeper
|-
| [[Mark Hadlow]] || [[Dori]]
|-
| [[Craig Hall]] || [[Galion]]
|-
| [[Peter Hambleton]] || [[Glóin]]
|-
| [[Ray Henwood]] || Old fisherman
|-
| [[Chris Hewer]] || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[Christian Hipolito]] || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[Kathryn Briggs Hobbs]] || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[Fataneh Howe]] || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[John Howe]] || Lake-town musician
|-
| [[Stephen Hunter]] || [[Bombur]]
|-
| [[Katie Jackson]] || [[Betsy Butterbur]]
|-
| [[Peter Jackson]] || "Ancestor of [[Albert Dreary]]" Lake-town spy (Scenes Deleted)
|-
| [[Norman Kali]] || Lake-town spy
|-
| [[Eli Kent]] || [[Lethuin]]
|-
| [[Robin Kerr]] || [[Elros (Mirkwood guard)|Elros]]
|-
| [[William Kircher]] || [[Bifur]]
|-
| [[Kelly Kilgour]] || [[Soury]]
|-
| [[Dean Knowsley]] || Elven Guard Lake-town woman
|-
| [[Alan Lee]] || Lake-town musician
|-
| [[Evangeline Lilly]] || [[Tauriel]]
|-
| [[Simon London]] || [[Feren]]
|-
| [[Lawrence Makoare]] || [[Bolg]]
|-
| [[Sylvester McCoy]] || [[Radagast|Radagast the Brown]]
|-
| [[Evelyn McGee]] || Lake-town spy
|-
| [[Ian McKellen]] || [[Gandalf|Gandalf the Grey]]
|-
| [[Carlton McRae]] || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[Graham McTavish]] || [[Dwalin]]
|-
| [[Sebastian Meek]] || Lake-town woman
|-
| [[Liz Merton]] || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[Joseph Mika-Hunt]] || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[Ben Mitchell]] || [[Narzug]]
|-
| [[Mark Mitchinson]] || [[Braga]]
|-
| [[Mike Mizrahi]] || [[Thráin II|Thráin]] ([[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (extended edition)|Extended Edition]] only)
|-
| [[James Nesbitt]] || [[Bofur]]
|-
| [[Mary Nesbitt]] || [[Tilda]]
|-
| [[Peggy Nesbitt]] || [[Sigrid]]
|-
| [[Carter Nixon]] || Lake-town spy
|-
| [[Dean O'Gorman]] || [[Fíli]]
|-
| [[Jabez Olssen]] || Fishmonger
|-
| [[Lee Pace]] || [[Thranduil]]
|-
| [[Sarah Peirse]] || [[Hilda Bianca]]
|-
| [[Mikael Persbrandt]] || [[Beorn]]
|-
| [[Gabrielle Roque López]] || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[Brian Sergent]] || Spider
|-
| [[Kiran Shah]] || Prancing Pony Hobbit
|-
| [[Antony Sher]] || Older [[Thráin II|Thráin]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Tim Simpson]] || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[Allan Smith]] || Orc underling
|-
| [[Dianne Smith]] || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[Matt Smith]] || "[[Squint-eyed Southerner#Films|Squint]]"
|-
| [[Ken Stott]] || [[Balin]]
|-
| [[Royd Tolkien]] || [[Rangers|Ranger]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Aidan Turner]] || [[Kíli]]
|-
| [[Stephen Ure]] || [[Fimbul]]
|-
| [[Rosalie van Horik]] || [[Mirkwood]] Elf
|-
| [[Peter Vere-Jones]] || Spider
|-
| [[Manuela Vetters]] || Laketowner
|-
| [[Zane Weiner]] || Lake-town spy
|-
| [[Ruben Werle]] || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[Richard Whiteside]] || "[[Barliman Butterbur#Portrayal in adaptations|Butterbur, Sr.]]" Lake-town guard
|-
| [[Christopher Winchester]] || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[Meg Winchester]] || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[Nikki Winchester]] || Lake-town resident
|-
| [[Joe Yabuki]] || Lake-town resident
|}

==Deviations from the source material==
The film covers the seventh through twelfth chapters of ''[[The Hobbit]]'' with a few elements added from the [[The Lord of the Rings Appendices|Appendices]] from ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''. While it generally follows the story, a number of liberties were still taken:

* [[Thorin]]'s encounter with [[Gandalf]] at [[the Prancing Pony]] in which the [[Wizards|Wizard]] urges him to take back [[Lonely Mountain|Erebor]] was not a chance meeting as it was in [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]]'s writings, but rather orchestrated by Gandalf himself.
* Instead of crossing [[Mirkwood]]'s [[Enchanted River]] by boat, [[Bilbo Baggins|Bilbo]] and the [[Thorin and Company|Dwarves]] climb on vines that extend across the river. This scene is only seen in the [[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (extended edition)|Extended Edition]] of the film.
* In the book, Thorin was captured separately before the rest of the [[Thorin and Company|Company]] and kept captive in his own room (where he was treated and fed well) when he wouldn't reveal his purpose for being in Mirkwood. The other [[Dwarves]] weren't told he was there.
* [[Thranduil]] guesses the purpose of the Company's mission was to retake Erebor, and tries to make a deal with Thorin. In the book, he is oblivious to this.
* Thranduil at first allowed the other Dwarves to move about freely within his halls, but he finally locked them up, each to his own cell, because they were being obnoxious and insulting in the book. In the film, they are immediately locked up.
* Neither [[Legolas]] nor [[Tauriel]] appear in the book. Indeed, the latter character is a creation of the filmmakers.
* [[Bilbo Baggins|Bilbo]] hides the Dwarves in the barrels (with no tops) while the chief guard and [[Galion]] the butler were asleep, and he launches them into the [[Forest River|river]] himself. In the book, the Elves themselves later pushed the barrels (which they thought were empty; they were also covered with lids) through the trapdoor and opened the portcullis at the water-gate to let the barrels into the river.
* In the book, the portcullis was a grate lowered down across the opening (the water-gate) that let the stream from the cave flow out into the river. In the film, the portcullis was a side-swinging type, and it wouldn't have kept anybody inside the cave because it was outside on the river.
* There is a pursuit by the [[Elves of Mirkwood|Elves]] after the Dwarves' escape from the [[Elvenking's Halls]] (where the [[Elves]] did not yet know how the Dwarves had escaped), and the pack of [[Orcs]] who were pursuing the Company in the previous film catch up and attack as the barrels float down the river. The Elves then counterattack the Orcs.
* [[Kíli]] is struck with a Morgul arrow by [[Bolg]] during the barrel escape when trying to open the water-gate, and it slowly saps his strength through the rest of the film. He is ultimately healed by Tauriel (who uses [[athelas]] to do so) in [[Lake-town]], where his health had become critical. No such incident occurs in Tolkien's works.
* [[Bard]] meets the Dwarves on the river, and [[Balin]] convinces him to smuggle the Company into Lake-town in the barrels. In the book, [[Raft-elves]] intercepted the barrels and made them into a raft they steered down the river to [[Long Lake]] where [[Men]] in boats pulled it into Lake-town with the undiscovered Dwarves still inside and Bilbo (still wearing his [[The One Ring|Ring]]) invisibly riding along.
* In addition to [[Bain]], Bard has two other children: daughters [[Sigrid]] and [[Tilda]]. He is also revealed to be a widower.
* The [[Master of Lake-town]] has a majordomo in the film: [[Alfrid]]. He frequently informs the Master of various goings-on in the town, particularly the rumors of people plotting to possibly unseat him from his position of power - Bard, in particular. In the book, the Master had various aides who were unnamed and only briefly mentioned.
* Due to his worsening condition, Thorin refuses to let Kíli go up to the Mountain with the rest of the Company. [[Fíli]] and [[Óin]] opt to stay behind to look after him. Additionally, [[Bofur]] gets left behind after oversleeping. All thirteen Dwarves went up to the Mountain in the book.
* In the Extended Edition of the film, Gandalf encounters a gaunt, bewildered [[Thráin II]] while investigating [[Dol Guldur]]. He somewhat heals the Dwarf's insanity, and Thráin helps guide him through the fortress, also revealing that his [[Thrór|father]]'s [[Ring of Thrór|ring]] had been entrusted to him and had ultimately been cut from his finger and taken from him by [[Azog]] during the [[Battle of Azanulbizar]]. Thráin is ultimately swallowed up by [[Sauron]] just before the Dark Lord reveals himself to Gandalf. This is evidently a reworking of the encounter of the two that took place in {{TA|2850}} made to fit into the film trilogy's events, though Thráin does not give [[Thrór's Map]] and Erebor's [[Back Door]] key to Gandalf in the film (having done so on a previous, unseen occasion), nor does Gandalf not ever realise the Dwarf's identity during the meeting.
* In the book, the last rays of the setting [[sun]] on [[Durin's Day]] reveal the keyhole to the [[Back Door|secret door]] into the [[Lonely Mountain]], as predicted by the [[Moon-letters|runes]] on the [[Thrór's Map|map]]. In the film, the light of the [[moon]] reveals the keyhole after the sun has set.
* Bard is imprisoned toward the end of the film, purely because the Master sees him as a threat.
* Bolg's Orc pack arrives in Lake-town to ambush the remaining Dwarves, but are foiled by the arrival of Legolas and Tauriel. They retreat once they realize Thorin has already reached the Mountain.
* Bilbo has only one audience with [[Smaug]], and does not take a gold cup from him. He also takes his Ring off not long after the [[Dragons|Dragon]] detects his presence.
* Smaug seems fully aware of Thorin and Company's presence, as well as Sauron's impending attack on the Dwarves.
* The climax of the film is an involved battle between Thorin's Dwarves and Smaug inside of the Lonely Mountain, in which they ultimately try (unsuccessfully) to drown the beast in molten gold after re-lighting the forges. In the book, the Dwarves never see the Dragon at all; by the time they head downstairs to the Dragon's lair, Smaug is long gone (in fact, although they don't know it at that point, he's already dead).

==Gallery==
{{Seealso|:Category:Images from The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug}}
{{Gallery
|title=Pictures from ''The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug''
|height=200
|width=300
|lines=2
|File:The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug - Attercop!.jpg|[[Bilbo Baggins|Bilbo]] fights the spiders of [[Mirkwood]]
|File:The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug - Bilbo and Sting.jpg|Bilbo and [[Sting]]
|File:The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug - Packing the Dwarves.jpg|[[Barrels Out of Bond]]
|File:The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug - Bilbo in the Lonely Mountain.jpg|Bilbo in the [[Lonely Mountain]]
|File:The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug - Tauriel.jpg|[[Tauriel]]
|File:The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug - Legolas in Mirkwood.jpg|[[Legolas]] confronts [[Thorin and Company]]
|File:The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug - Gandalf in Dol Guldur.jpg|[[Gandalf]] in [[Dol Guldur]]
|File:The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug - Dale.jpg|[[Dale]] in ruins
|File:The Hobbit - The Desolation of Smaug - Bilbo and the butterflies in the canopy of Mirkwood.jpg|Bilbo and the butterflies in the canopy of [[Mirkwood]]
}}

==Trailers==
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==See also==
*[[The Hobbit (film series)|''The Hobbit'' (film series)]]
**''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey|An Unexpected Journey]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies|The Battle of the Five Armies]]''
*[[:Category:Images from The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug|Images from ''The Desolation of Smaug'']]
*[[:Category:Images of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug posters|''The Desolation of Smaug'' posters]]
*''The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug'' soundtrack:
**''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Special Edition]]''
*''The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug'' tie-in books:
**''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: Chronicles: Art & Design]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: Official Movie Guide]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: Visual Companion]]''
**Children's books:
***''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: Sticker Book]]''
***''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: The Movie Storybook]]''
***''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: Ultimate Sticker Collection]]''
***''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: Activity Book]]''
***''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: Annual 2014]]''

==External links==
*[http://www.thehobbit.com/ TheHobbit.com] (official website)
*[http://www.thehobbitblog.com/ TheHobbitBlog.com] (official blog)
*[http://www.facebook.com/PeterJacksonNZ Peter Jackson's Facebook page]

{{references}}

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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

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Timothy Bartlett

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Hobbiton777:

'''Timothy Bartlett''' played a [[Hobbits|Hobbit]] in ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' and [[Master Worrywort]] in ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey]]''.

[[Category:Actors and actresses|Bartlett, Timothy]]
[[Category:New Zealand people|Bartlett, Timothy]]
[[Category:People by name|Bartlett, Timothy]]

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

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{{film infobox
| image=[[File:The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey - poster 1.jpg|250px]]
| name=''The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey''
| director=[[Peter Jackson]]<ref name="HBTitles">{{webcite|articleurl=http://www.thehobbitblog.com/?p=2563|articlename=Titles and Release Dates Announced|dated=31-May-2011|website=[http://www.thehobbitblog.com/ The Hobbit Blog]|accessed=21-Dec-2011}}</ref> [[Andy Serkis]] (Second Unit Director)<ref name="HBAndy">
{{webcite|articleurl=http://www.thehobbitblog.com/?p=2234|articlename=Andy Serkis to serve as Second Unit Director|dated=8-April-2011|website=[http://www.thehobbitblog.com/ The Hobbit Blog]|accessed=21-Dec-2011}}</ref>
| producer=Peter Jackson [[Fran Walsh]] [[Carolynne Cunningham]] [[Philippa Boyens]] (Co-Producer) [[Ken Kamins]] (Executive Producer) [[Zane Weiner]] (Executive Producer)<ref name="HBTitles"/>
| writer=[[Guillermo del Toro]] Peter Jackson Fran Walsh Philippa Boyens<ref name="HBTitles"/>
| narrator=
| starring=[[Martin Freeman]] [[Ian McKellen]] [[Richard Armitage]]<ref name="PJCasting1">{{webcite|author=[[Peter Jackson]]|articleurl=http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150168211921558|articlename=Production begins in New Zealand on The Hobbit|dated=20-March-2011|website=FB|accessed=21-Dec-2011}}</ref> ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey#Confirmed cast|See cast section below for more]]''
| music=[[Howard Shore]]<ref name="PJCasting1"/>
| cinematography=[[Andrew Lesnie]]<ref name="PJCasting1"/>
| editing=
| studio=[[New Line Cinema]] [[MGM]] [[WingNut Films]]<ref name="HBTitles"/>
| distributor=[[Warner Bros.|Warner Bros. Pictures]]<ref name="HBTitles"/>
| released=[[28 November]] [[2012]] (worldwide première) [[14 December]] [[2012]] (North America)<ref name="HBTitles2">{{webcite|articleurl=http://www.thehobbitblog.com/the-hobbit-trilogy-titles-and-release-dates/|articlename=The Hobbit Trilogy titles and release dates|dated=2-September-2012|website=[http://www.thehobbitblog.com/ The Hobbit Blog]|accessed=2-September-2012}}</ref>
| runtime=169 minutes
| country=[[New Zealand]] [[United Kingdom]] [[United States]]
| language=English
| budget=
| website=[http://www.thehobbit.com/ TheHobbit.com]
| imdb_id=0903624
}}
'''''The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey''''' is the first of [[Peter Jackson]]'s [[The Hobbit (film series)|''The Hobbit'' film trilogy]] based on [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s [[1937]] novel ''[[The Hobbit]]''. It was released on [[14 December]] [[2012]] in North America. It was followed by ''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug|The Desolation of Smaug]]'' in [[2013]] and will be followed by ''[[The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies|The Battle of the Five Armies]]'' in [[2014]].

==Synopsis==
{{Blockquote|The adventure follows the journey of title character Bilbo Baggins, who is swept into an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor from the fearsome dragon Smaug. Approached out of the blue by the wizard Gandalf the Grey, Bilbo finds himself joining a company of thirteen dwarves led by the legendary warrior, Thorin Oakenshield. Their journey will take them into the Wild; through treacherous lands swarming with Goblins and Orcs, deadly Wargs and Giant Spiders, Shapeshifters and Sorcerers. 
''Although their goal lies to the East and the wastelands of the Lonely Mountain first they must escape the goblin tunnels, where Bilbo meets the creature that will change his life forever... Gollum. Here, alone with Gollum, on the shores of an underground lake, the unassuming Bilbo Baggins not only discovers depths of guile and courage that surprise even him, he also gains possession of Gollum's "precious" ring that holds unexpected and useful qualities... A simple, gold ring that is tied to the fate of all Middle-earth in ways Bilbo cannot begin to know.|[[Warner Bros.]] Press Release<ref name="WBPressRelease1">{{webcite|articleurl=http://www.warnerbros.com/movies/in-theaters-coming-soon/the-hobbit-an-unexpected-journey/c36f51cb-9332-4db9-b297-458453025455.html|articlename=THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY|website=[http://www.warnerbros.com/ Warner Bros.]|accessed=19-November-2012}}</ref>}}

==Plot==
On his eleventy-first (111th) birthday, the [[Hobbits|Hobbit]] [[Bilbo Baggins]] decides to write down the full story of the adventure he took 60 years before for his nephew [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]]. Bilbo writes about how, prior to his own actual involvement, the [[Dwarves|Dwarf]] [[Thrór]] was [[King under the Mountain|king]] of [[Lonely Mountain|Erebor]] and brought an era of prosperity to his [[Dwarves of Erebor|kin]] until the arrival of [[Smaug]] the [[Dragons|Dragon]]. Drawn by the amount of [[gold]] that the Dwarves have amassed, Smaug destroyed the nearby town of [[Dale]] before driving the Dwarves out of Erebor. Thrór's grandson, [[Thorin]] [[Oakenshield]], sees King [[Thranduil]] and his [[Elves of Mirkwood|Wood-elves]] on a nearby hillside and is dismayed to find them taking their leave rather than aiding his people. This makes Thorin develop an everlasting hatred of [[Elves]].

Following this, Bilbo is tricked by the [[Wizards|Wizard]] [[Gandalf]] the Grey into hosting a party for Thorin and his [[Thorin and Company|band of Dwarves]], which doubles as Bilbo's recruitment as the Dwarves' "burglar" to help them recover their treasure and their home from Smaug. Bilbo reluctantly joins the company on their journey to the Lonely Mountain, Thorin previously believing he would refuse. The group is captured by 3 Mountain [[Trolls]], [[Tom]], [[Bert]], and [[William]], but Bilbo is able to stall the Trolls from eating them until dawn, when Gandalf saves the company by exposing the Trolls to sunlight, turning them into stone. They search the Trolls' [[Troll's Cave|cave]] and find treasure and Elven blades. Thorin and Gandalf each take an Elf-wrought blade -- [[Orcrist]] and [[Glamdring]], respectively. Gandalf also finds an Elven short-sword, later to be known as [[Sting]], which he gives to Bilbo. Being Elven blades of the [[First Age]], Gandalf says they glow when near [[Orcs]] or [[Orcs#Orcs and Goblins|Goblins]]. However, only Sting actually does so.

The group encounters [[Radagast]] the Brown, a Wizard who lives in the forest of [[Mirkwood|Greenwood]]. He tells them of a strange presence he encountered at [[Dol Guldur]] and how it is poisoning the forest. The group is then chased by Orcs on [[Wargs]], with Radagast drawing them off with his [[Rhosgobel]] Rabbits-pulled sled. Gandalf leads them through a stone passage to [[Rivendell]] as the Wargs and Orcs above are slain by Elven riders. [[Elrond]] discloses the [[Thrór's Map|map]]'s indication of a [[Back Door|secret]] door that will be visible only on [[Durin's Day]]. Gandalf talks with the [[White Council]] (Elrond, [[Galadriel]], and [[Saruman|Saruman the White]]) about his involvement with the Dwarves, explaining the presence Radagast encountered and expresses mild suspicion that this Necromancer is the [[Sauron|Dark Lord]]. The others are skeptical, believing Sauron to have been defeated forever, and that this Necromancer is not a true threat. Elsewhere, at [[Weathertop]], [[Yazneg]], the leader of the attacking Orc party, reports back to his master [[Azog]] of his failure, who then kills the unfortunate Orc. Azog then issues a bounty upon Thorin's head, and races off with the rest of his party.

Against the Council's wishes, Gandalf sends Bilbo and the Dwarves toward the [[Misty Mountains]]. While passing through the mountains, Bilbo and the Dwarves encounter a battle between three stone [[giants]], and are forced to take refuge in a cave. Elsewhere, Azog and his Orcs follow the Dwarves' trail to the Misty Mountains. While the company sleeps, Bilbo decides to leave and return to Rivendell after talking to [[Bofur]], who believes in him. He is overheard by Thorin, who believes he has been proven right that the hobbit is not up to the quest. But before Bilbo can leave, they are all captured by Goblins and taken to their leader, the [[Great Goblin|Goblin King]]. Gandalf arrives and saves the Dwarves from the Goblins. They then fight their way out of [[Goblin-town]], killing the Goblin King during their escape. Bilbo was separated from the Dwarves right after their capture and encounters [[Gollum]], who accidentally drops a mysterious [[The One Ring|ring]] while killing a stray Goblin to feed on. Picking up the ring and placing it in his pocket, Bilbo finds himself confronted by Gollum. They play a [[Riddle-game]], wagering that Bilbo will be shown the way out if he wins, or eaten by Gollum if he loses. After Bilbo wins by asking Gollum what he has in his pocket, Gollum realizes Bilbo has stolen the ring and attacks him. Bilbo discovers the ring grants him invisibility and evades a furious Gollum, following him to find the way out and deciding out of pity not to kill him, despite having the chance to do so.

Bilbo rejoins the group once he sees them after hearing Thorin voice his doubts he will return, keeping the ring he found secret. The moment of triumph is cut short as they are ambushed by Azog and his hunting party. After taking refuge in cliffside trees before the Wargs uproot most of them, the final tree is partially uprooted, leaving most of the Company hanging over the cliffside. Thorin then charges Azog in an attempt to save the others, but is badly wounded and knocked to the ground. Bilbo defends Thorin from being killed, and as Azog's other Orcs move in, [[Fíli]], [[Kíli]] and [[Dwalin]] rush in and attack them, and a fight ensues. The group is then saved by [[Eagles]], who fly them to safety on the [[Carrock]]. Gandalf wakes the unconscious Thorin, who finally accepts Bilbo for his courage and bravery. As the party sees the destiny of their journey, the Lonely Mountain in the distance, Smaug awakens.

===Scenes===
# [[Prologue: The Fall of Erebor]] **
# [["In a Hole in the Ground There Lived a Hobbit"]]
# [[Very Old Friends (The Hobbit scene)|Very Old Friends]]
# [[Mr. Baggins (scene)|Mr. Baggins]] *
# [[An Unexpected Party (scene)|An Unexpected Party]]
# [[Blunt the Knives (scene)|"Blunt the Knives"]] **
# [[A Map, a Key and a Contract]]
# [[Misty Mountains (scene)|"Misty Mountains"]]
# [["... The World Ahead"]]
# [[The Battle of Azanulbizar]]
# [[Radagast the Brown (scene)|Radagast the Brown]]
# [[Trollshaws (scene)|Trollshaws]]
# [[Roast Mutton (scene)|Roast Mutton]]
# [[A Troll-hoard (scene)|A Troll-hoard]]
# [[The Hill of Sorcery (scene)|The Hill of Sorcery]]
# [[Warg-scouts]]
# [[Rivendell (The Hobbit scene)|Rivendell]] **
# [[A Short Rest (scene)|A Short Rest]] **
# [[Moon Runes (scene)|Moon Runes]]
# [[The Defiler (scene)|The Defiler]]
# [[The Last Homely House]] *
# [[The White Council (scene)|The White Council]] **
# [["Why the Halfling?"]]
# [[Over Hill (scene)|Over Hill]]
# [[Under Hill (scene)|Under Hill]]
# [[The Great Goblin (scene)|The Great Goblin]] **
# [[Riddles in the Dark (scene)|Riddles in the Dark]]
# [[Biter and Beater]]
# [[The Ring (scene)|The Ring]]
# [[Escape from Goblin-town]]
# [[The Pity of Bilbo]]
# [["Home Is Behind..."]]
# [[Out of the Frying Pan...]]
# [[A Good Omen (scene)|A Good Omen]]
# Credits

<nowiki>*</nowiki> denotes a scene only available in the Extended Edition cut of the film. 
<nowiki>**</nowiki> denotes a scene which includes extended content only available in the Extended Edition cut of the film.

==Cast==
{{Seealso|The Hobbit (film series)#People involved}}
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Actor !! Role
|-
| [[Ruby Acevedo]] || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Barbara Allen]] || [[Hobbits|Hobbit]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Frazer Anderson]] || [[Hunter Orcs|Hunter Orc]]
|-
| [[Richard Armitage]] || [[Thorin]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide">[[Brian Sibley]], ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Official Movie Guide]]'' (2012)</ref>
|-
| [[Erin Banks]] || [[Lobelia Sackville-Baggins]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Timothy Bartlett]] || [[Master Worrywort]]
|-
| [[Manu Bennett]] || [[Azog]]
|-
| [[Jared Blakiston]] || Musical [[Elves|Elf]]
|-
| [[Cate Blanchett]] || [[Galadriel]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Glenn Boswell]] || Dwarf miner
|-
| [[Shane Boulton]] || [[Rivendell]] Court [[Elves|Elf]]/[[Goblins|Goblin]] (voice)
|-
| [[Jed Brophy]] || [[Nori]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Adam Brown]] || [[Ori]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[John Callen]] || [[Óin]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Luc Campbell]] || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Melanie Carrington]] || [[Elves|Elf]]
|-
| [[Brendan Casey]] || [[Thranduil]]'s Lieutenant
|-
| [[Renee Cataldo]] || [[Goblins|Goblin]]
|-
| [[Benedict Cumberbatch]] || The [[Sauron#Sauron's Return|Necromancer]] [[Smaug]]
|-
| [[Dave Dyer]] || [[Dwarves|Dwarf]] of [[Erebor]]
|-
| [[Luke Evans]] || [[Girion]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Megan Fairweather]] || [[Dwarves|Dwarf]] Trader
|-
| [[Sonia Forbes-Adam]] || [[Belladonna Took|Belladonna Baggins]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Martin Freeman]] || [[Bilbo Baggins]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Stephen Gledhill]] || [[Old Gammidge]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Tim Gordon]] || [[Old Hob]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Mark Hadlow]] || [[Dori]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/> [[Bert]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Peter Hambleton]] || [[Glóin]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/> [[William]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Rose Harnett]] || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Dan Hennah]] || The [[Gerontius Took|Old Took]]<ref name="Weta1">[[Daniel Falconer]], ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Chronicles: Art & Design]]'', p. 30</ref> (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Christian Hipolito]] || [[Hunter Orcs|Hunter Orc]]
|-
| [[Ian Holm]] || Older [[Bilbo Baggins]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Brian Hotter]] || [[Otho Sackville-Baggins]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Barry Humphries]] || [[Great Goblin|Goblin King]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Stephen Hunter]] || [[Bombur]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Katie Jackson]] || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Peter Jackson]] || Erebor Dwarf refugee
|-
| [[Cameron Jones]] || [[Thranduil]]'s Lieutenant
|-
| [[William Kircher]] || [[Bifur]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/> [[Tom]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Dean Knowsley]] || [[Elves|Elven]] Guard
|-
| [[Christopher Lee]] || [[Saruman|Saruman the White]]
|-
| [[Eloise Masters]] || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Eva Matthews]] || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Ollie Matthews]] || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Sylvester McCoy]] || [[Radagast|Radagast the Brown]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Rose McGhie]] || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Ian McKellen]] || [[Gandalf|Gandalf the Grey]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Bret McKenzie]] || [[Lindir]]
|-
| [[Tim McLahlan]] || [[Goblins|Goblin]]
|-
| [[Graham McTavish]] || [[Dwalin]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Honor McTavish]] || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Nathan Meister]] || [[Goblins|Goblin]]
|-
| [[Joseph Mika-Hunt]] || [[Moria]] [[Orcs|Orc]]
|-
| [[Isaac Miller]] || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Mike Mizrahi]] || [[Thráin II|Thráin]]
|-
| [[Ravi Narayan]] || [[Goblins|Goblin]] [[Hobbits|Hobbit]] (Extended Edition only)
| [[James Nesbitt]] || [[Bofur]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Mary Nesbitt]] || Girl of Dale
|-
| [[Peggy Nesbitt]] || Girl of Dale
|-
| [[Terry Notary]] || [[Yazneg]] (pick-up shots) [[Great Goblin]] (motion capture around the body)
| [[Dean O'Gorman]] || [[Fíli]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Ella Olssen]] || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Jabez Olssen]] || Erebor Dwarf refugee
|-
| [[Sabin Olssen]] || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Lee Pace]] || [[Thranduil]]
|-
| [[Findlay Price]] || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[John Rawls]] || [[Yazneg]]
|-
| [[Thomas Rimmer]] || [[Goblins|Goblin]]
|-
| [[Thomas Robins]] || Young [[Thráin II|Thráin]]
|-
| [[Nancy Ruck]] || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Andy Serkis]] || [[Gollum]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Louis Serkis]] || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Ruby Serkis]] || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Sonny Serkis]] || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Kiran Shah]] || [[Goblin Scribe]]
|-
| [[Mervyn Smith]] || [[Tosser Grubb]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Oscar Strik]] || Young [[Bilbo Baggins]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Conan Stevens]]<ref group="note">[[Conan Stevens]] was initially cast as [[Azog]]. (see: {{webcite|author=[[Peter Jackson]]|articleurl=http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150257180211558|articlename=Casting News for The Hobbit|dated=19-May-2011|website=FB|accessed=21-Dec-2011}}).</ref> || [[Bolg]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Ken Stott]] || [[Balin]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Amelia Taylor]] || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Samuel Taylor]] || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Jeffrey Thomas]] || [[Thrór]]
|-
| [[James Trevena-Brown]] || [[Goblins|Goblin]]
|-
| [[Mark Trotter]] || [[Goblins|Goblin]]
|-
| [[Aidan Turner]] || [[Kíli]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Stephen Ure]] || [[Fimbul]][[Grinnah]]
|-
| [[Eric Vespe]] || [[Fredegar Chubb]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Ruby Vincent]] || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Terry Vincent]] || Cute young Hobbit (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Hugo Weaving]] || [[Elrond]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Richard Whiteside]] || [[Erebor]] [[Dwarves|Dwarf]] Guard
|-
| [[Elijah Wood]] || [[Frodo Baggins]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|}

==Deviations from the source material==
''The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey'' covers the first six chapters of ''[[The Hobbit]]'' with a few elements added from the [[The Lord of the Rings Appendices|Appendices]] from ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''. While it follows the story quite closely, a number of liberties were still taken:
* The film begins with a prologue in which [[Bilbo Baggins]] awakens in the wee hours of the morning of his 111th birthday and begins to write ''There and Back Again: A Hobbit's Holiday'' in what would become the [[Red Book of Westmarch]]. In ''The Hobbit'', he had already begun to write the book shortly after returning to [[Bag End]].
* Before beginning the first chapter of his book, Bilbo also details the background of his adventure, first recounting the rise and fall of [[Lonely Mountain|Erebor]] and [[Dale]], and then the arrival of [[Smaug]] -- much of the same information recounted by [[Thorin]] and the other [[Dwarves]] during the Unexpected Party. And to presumably tie it in better with the whole trilogy, the [[Arkenstone]] is found under [[Thrór]]'s rule instead of that of [[Thráin I]]. Thrór interprets its discovery as his divine right to rule.
* A long-standing feud between the [[Dwarves of Erebor]] and the [[Elves]] was invented for the film, beginning with Thrór's refusal to give [[Thranduil]] a payment of gems (seen only in the Extended Edition), and fully manifesting when Thranduil then brings his Elf Army to Erebor when Smaug is sacking it, only to then turn around and leave, offering no aid to the battling and fleeing Dwarves.
* [[Elijah Wood]] also appears briefly as [[Frodo Baggins]] toward the end of the prologue, whereas the character does not appear at all in the book. However, his appearance is purely a cameo as the set-up for the beginning of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'', where Bilbo is also seen writing his book the day of his [[Bilbo's Farewell Party|Farewell Party]], and Frodo leaving to await [[Gandalf]]'s arrival.
* The [[Thorin and Company|Dwarves]] do not quite arrive at Bag End in the same manner (first [[Dwalin]], then [[Balin]], then both [[Fíli]] and [[Kíli]], and then [[Óin]], [[Glóin]], [[Dori]], [[Nori]], [[Ori]], [[Bifur]], [[Bofur]], and [[Bombur]] all at once with Gandalf; Thorin arrives significantly later) and they do not have their multi-colored hoods or beards as they did in the book.
* Bilbo was shown to be allergic to [[horses]].
* The [[War of the Dwarves and Orcs]] is condensed into just the [[Battle of Azanulbizar]] (recounted by Balin in a flashback), where Thrór leads an army of Dwarves against an army of [[Orcs]] in an attempt to reclaim [[Moria]] as their home not long after the [[Sack of Erebor]] (the time between the Sack, the Battle, and [[the Quest of Erebor]] has all been somewhat reduced and compressed for these films, presumably given that Thorin was made considerably younger than he was in the book). Thrór is decapitated by [[Azog]] during the battle instead of prior to it, and Thorin cuts off Azog's left forearm, while [[Dáin Ironfoot]] (who ultimately kills Azog during the battle in the book) does not appear at all in the sequence.
* Bilbo goes to the [[Trolls]] because they steal the Dwarves' [[ponies]].
* Bilbo is caught by the Trolls attempting to steal [[Tom]]'s knife to set the stolen ponies free rather than being given away by [[William]]'s [[Talking purse|"talking" purse]].
* The Dwarves surrender when the Trolls catch Bilbo and threaten to rip him apart instead of being overpowered and popped into bags.
* While Bilbo does manage to set the ponies free during the Company's skirmish with the Trolls, it is the last they see of them. In the book, the Company had the ponies until reaching [[Rivendell]].
* Bilbo - not Gandalf - stalls the Trolls until dawn's arrival in the film. They are turned to stone when Gandalf exposes them to the [[sun]] upon his return by breaking a large boulder behind them in half with his staff.
* The Trolls' [[Troll's Cave|cave]] is wide open, and there is no locked door blocking it.
* In the book, Bilbo finds [[Sting]] and takes it. In the film, Gandalf comes upon it and gives it to Bilbo.
* The group is attacked by a pack of Orcs on [[Wargs]] on the way to Rivendell just after the Trolls sequence in the film, which did not happen in the book.
* Although [[Radagast|Radagast the Brown]] is only ever briefly mentioned in the book, he does appear in this film trilogy. He is first seen discovering a darkness growing in [[Mirkwood]] and having his [[Rhosgobel|home]] ambushed by [[spiders]]. After warding them off, he follows their path to [[Dol Guldur]] where he encounters a [[Sauron#Sauron's Return|Necromancer]] and the [[Witch-king]] of [[Angmar]], with whom he briefly duels and from whom he takes its [[Morgul blades|Morgul blade]]. He also aids the Dwarves in escaping the Orc Warg Riders near Rivendell by diverting their attention on his [[Rabbits|rabbit]]-pulled sled. In contrast, [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] never wrote of any such incidents.
* In the film's Extended Edition, Bofur gets up and sings "[[The Man in the Moon Stayed Up Too Late]]" while the Company is dining with the Elves in Rivendell, and the other Dwarves join him. This song does not appear until ''[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' in the books, where Frodo sings it at [[the Prancing Pony]].
* Also in the Extended Edition, Kíli is shown to somewhat fancy female Elves. Tolkien never alluded to any Dwarves in [[Middle-earth]] having any romantic interest in someone of another race.
* The leader of the Orc pack pursuing the Company on their journey is revealed to be Azog, who has survived the Battle of Azanulbizar in these films (his left forearm replaced by a spike with a claw at the end) and appears as an additional antagonist.
* In Tolkien's writings, the White Council already knew that the Necromancer was Sauron and was at Dol Guldur during the events in ''The Hobbit'', since Gandalf had already confirmed this 89 years earlier, and [[Saruman]] had discovered two years earlier (although he did not inform the Council of this) that [[Sauron]] had learned of [[Isildur]]'s [[Battle of the Gladden Fields|loss]] of [[the One Ring]] at the [[Gladden Fields]] by the river [[Anduin]] and his [[Nazgûl|servants]] were searching the area.
* Also at the White Council meeting, [[Galadriel]] relates how the Witch-king of Angmar, after his defeat near [[Fornost]], had been killed and sealed in a tomb that could not be opened in the [[High Fells of Rhudaur|High Fells]]. This is a significant departure from Tolkien's writings, in which the Witch-king had not died, but fled. In fact, [[Glorfindel]] had stopped pursuit of the Witch-king and prophesied, ''"Do not pursue him! He will not return to these lands. Far off yet is his doom, and not by the hand of man will he fall."''<ref name="AppA">[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], ''The Lord of the Rings,'' Appendix A (I, iv).</ref> (This prophecy, of course, was the basis for the later dramatic moment in ''The Lord of the Rings'' in which [[Éowyn]] was able to kill the Witch-king because she was not a man.)  Furthermore, per Tolkien, the White Council knew the Witch-king had not been killed because he and the rest of the [[Nazgûl]] had previously been fighting with [[Gondor]] and had captured (and presumably killed) the last [[Kings of Gondor|King]] of Gondor at [[Minas Morgul]] in {{TA|2050}}, long after he had fled Fornost.<ref name="AppB">J.R.R. Tolkien, ''The Lord of the Rings,'' Appendix B</ref>
* When traveling along the mountain pass in the book, Bilbo and the Dwarves observe the stone [[Giants]] hurling rocks at a distance, "across the valley," whereas in the film they become unwittingly involved when the mountainside on which they are standing comes to life and joins in the 'thunder battle.'
* It was Bilbo who alerted the party when the trap doors in the [[Orcs#Orcs and Goblins|Goblin]] cave open in the book. In the film, the Dwarves realize this just as the ground gives way and they begin to fall into the hole.
* In the book, Bilbo finds the One Ring by chance when his hand happens to fall upon it as he is crawling through one of the dark [[Goblin-town]] tunnels, well before he comes across [[Gollum]]. In this film, he sees Gollum fighting with a Goblin and we see Gollum drop the Ring during the fight. Bilbo then goes over, picks it up, examines it, and puts it in his pocket.
* In the book, the Goblins only had tunnels, not rope bridges.
* Gollum has six teeth in the book, not nine.
* In the film, Gandalf does not use multi-colored fire when lighting the pine cones.
* Bilbo and the Dwarves do not come down from the [[Firs|fir]] trees and charge the Goblins/Orcs and Wargs in the book once they've been trapped in them.
* As in ''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'', Gandalf sends for the [[Eagles]] by catching a moth and giving it a message. In the book, the Eagles see the fire in the distance and fly over to investigate, and, thus, their rescue of the Company was mostly circumstantial.
* The Eagles take the Company directly to the [[Carrock]], bypassing the [[Eagle's Eyrie|Eyrie]].

==Music==
The score for ''The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey'' was composed by [[Howard Shore]], and was performed and recorded by the London Philharmonic Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios.<ref name="DougAdamsAUJ">{{webcite|author=[[Doug Adams]]|articleurl=http://www.musicoflotr.com/2012/11/the-hobbit-unexpected-journey.html|articlename=The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Soundtrack Album Coming December 11|dated=1-November-2012|website=[http://www.musicoflotr.com Doug Adam's Blog]|accessed=20-November-2012}}</ref>

Two editions of the soundtrack was released by [[Wikipedia:WaterTower Music|WaterTower Music]] on [[11 December]] [[2012]]:
*''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]]''
*''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Special Edition]]''

The song featured in the credits to ''An Unexpected Journey'', [[Song of the Lonely Mountain]], was performed by [[Neil Finn]] and released [[12 November]] [[2012]]. It was first [http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/neil-finn-reaches-epic-heights-on-song-of-the-lonely-mountain-song-premiere-20121112 released on RollingStone.com].<ref name="">{{webcite|articleurl=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/neil-finn-reaches-epic-heights-on-song-of-the-lonely-mountain-song-premiere-20121112|articlename=Neil Finn Reaches Epic Heights on 'Song of the Lonely Mountain' – Song Premiere|dated=12-November-2012|website=[http://www.rollingstone.com/ RollingStone.com]|accessed=20-November-2012}}</ref>

==Distribution==
===Theatrical release===
''An Unexpected Journey'' had its world première in [[Wellington]], [[New Zealand]], on [[28 November]] [[2012]]. The film was released in cinemas in New Zealand on [[12 December]], [[13 December]] in Europe, [[14 December]] in India, Canada and United States, and [[26 December]] in Australia.

===Home media===
''An Unexpected Journey'' was released on DVD, Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D, and as a digital download on [[19 March]] [[2013]].<ref name="UKDVD">{{webcite|author=lilymilos|articleurl=http://news.mymiddleearth.com/2013/02/06/sneak-peek-of-desolation-of-smaug-on-hobbit-blu-ray/|articlename=Sneak Peek of ‘Desolation of Smaug’ on Hobbit Blu-ray|dated=6-Feb-2013|website=MEN|accessed=9-Feb-2013}}</ref> The release date in the [[United Kingdom]] was [[8 April]].<ref name="UKDVD">{{webcite|author=Arwen|articleurl=http://news.mymiddleearth.com/2013/02/06/uk-hobbit-fans-to-wait-until-april-8th-for-blu-ray-blu-ray-dvd-and-digital-download-release/|articlename=UK Hobbit Fans to Wait Until April 8th for Blu-ray, DVD and Digital Download Release|dated=6-Feb-2013|website=MEN|accessed=9-Feb-2013}}</ref>

An extended edition of ''An Unexpected Journey'' includes an additional thirteen minutes of footage. It was be released in the UK on digital download on [[22 October]] and on Blu-ray and DVD on [[4 November]].<ref name="ExtendedEdition">{{webcite|author=Orlando Parfitt|articleurl=http://uk.movies.yahoo.com/the-hobbit--an-unexpected-journey-deleted-scene--exclusive--065952595.html|articlename=The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Extended Edition deleted scene (Exclusive)|dated=31-July-2013|website=[http://uk.movies.yahoo.com/ Yahoo Movies]|accessed=19-Aug-2013}}</ref>


==Promotion==
===Promotional posters===
{{Seealso|:Category:Images of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey posters}}
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|File:The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey - poster 1.jpg|The first promotional poster.
|File:The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey - poster 2.jpg|The second promotional poster.
|File:The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey - poster 3.jpg|The third promotional poster.
|File:The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey - poster 4.jpg|The fourth promotional poster.
}}

===Trailers===
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==See also==
*[[The Hobbit (film series)|''The Hobbit'' (film series)]]
**''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug|The Desolation of Smaug]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies|The Battle of the Five Armies]]''
*[[:Category:Images from The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey|Images from ''An Unexpected Journey'']]
*[[:Category:Images of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey posters|''An Unexpected Journey'' posters]]
*''The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey'' soundtrack
**''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Special Edition]]''
*''The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey'' tie-in books:
**''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Annual 2013]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Chronicles: Art & Design]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Chronicles: Creatures & Characters]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Official Movie Guide]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: The Movie Storybook]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: The World of Hobbits]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Visual Companion]]''

==External links==
*[http://www.thehobbit.com/ TheHobbit.com] (official website)
*[http://www.thehobbitblog.com/ TheHobbitBlog.com] (official blog)
*[http://www.facebook.com/PeterJacksonNZ Peter Jackson's Facebook page]

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{{disambig-more|The Return of the King|[[The Return of the King (disambiguation)]]}}{{film infobox
| image=[[Image:Peter Jackson's The Return of the King - Poster.jpg|250px]]
| name=The Return of the King
| director=[[Peter Jackson]]
| producer=Peter Jackson Barrie M. Osborne [[Fran Walsh]]
| writer='''Novel:''' [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] '''Screenplay:''' [[Fran Walsh]] [[Philippa Boyens]] Peter Jackson
| narrator=
| starring= see below
| music=[[Howard Shore]]
| cinematography=Andrew Lesnie
| editing=Michael J. Horton
| distributor=[[New Line Cinema]]
| released=[[17 December|December 17]], [[2003]]
| runtime='''Theatrical:''' 200 min. '''Extended Edition:''' 252min.
| country=New Zealand & USA
| language=English
| budget= $94 million
| website=[http://www.lordoftherings.net Official website]
| imdb_id=0120737
}}'''''The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King''''' is the third part of [[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|''The Lord of the Rings'' (film series)]], based on [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''.

The film premiered in [[Wellington]], [[New Zealand]], on December 1 2003, was attended by the director and many of the stars. Further premieres took place in major cities around the world in the days leading up to the film's worldwide theatrical release on Wednesday, December 17, 2003 with a runtime of 200 minutes (that is, 3 hours and 20 minutes).

Globally, The Return of the King became the second film ever to pass the $1 billion mark at the box office. In 2004 the film won 11 Academy Awards, equalling the record shared by ''Ben-Hur'' and ''Titanic''.

==Scenes==
# [[The Finding of the Ring]] **
# [[Journey to the Cross-roads]]
# [[The Road to Isengard (scene)|The Road to Isengard]] **
# [[The Voice of Saruman (scene)|The Voice of Saruman]] *
# [[Return to Edoras]] **
# [[Gollum's Villainy]]
# [[Éowyn's Dream]] *
# [[The Palantír (scene)|The Palantír]] **
# [[Arwen's Vision]]
# [[The Reforging of Narsil]]
# [[Minas Tirith (scene)|Minas Tirith]] **
# [[The Decline of Gondor]] *
# [[Cross-roads of the Fallen King]] *
# [["The Deep Breath Before the Plunge"]] **
# [[Minas Morgul (scene)|Minas Morgul]]
# [[Sam's Warning]] *
# [[Pippin's Task]]
# [[Osgiliath Invaded]] **
# [[The Lighting of the Beacons]]
# [[Théoden's Decision]] **
# [[The Fall of Osgiliath]] **
# [[The Wizard's Pupil]] *
# [[The Stairs of Cirith Ungol (scene)|The Stairs of Cirith Ungol]]
# [["Courage Is the Best Defense"]]
# [[Peregrin of the Tower Guard]] *
# [[Allegiance to Denethor]]
# [[The Parting of Sam and Frodo]]
# [[The Sacrifice of Faramir]] **
# [[Marshalling at Dunharrow]] **
# [[Andúril - Flame of the West]]
# [[Aragorn Takes the Paths of the Dead]] **
# [["No More Despair"]]
# [[Dwimorberg - The Haunted Mountain]] **
# [[The Muster of Rohan (scene)|The Muster of Rohan]]
# [[The Paths of the Dead]] **
# [[The Siege of Gondor (scene)|The Siege of Gondor]] **
# [[The Corsairs of Umbar]] *
# [[Shelob's Lair (scene)|Shelob's Lair]]
# [[Merry's Simple Courage]] *
# [[Grond - The Hammer of the Underworld]]
# [[The Tombs of the Stewards]] **
# [[Breaking the Gate of Gondor]]
# [[The Choices of Master Samwise (scene)|The Choices of Master Samwise]]
# [[Denethor's Madness]]
# [[The Witch King's Hour]] *
# [[The Ride of the Rohirrim (scene)|The Ride of the Rohirrim]]
# [[The Pyre of Denethor (scene)|The Pyre of Denethor]] **
# [[The Battle of the Pelennor Fields (scene)|The Battle of the Pelennor Fields]] **
# [["A Far Green Country"]]
# [[The Nazgûl and His Prey]]
# [[The Black Ships]]
# [[Shieldmaiden of Rohan]]
# [[Victory at Minas Tirith]] **
# [[The Passing of Théoden]]
# [[Oaths Fulfilled]]
# [[The Houses of Healing (scene)|The Houses of Healing]] *
# [[Pippin Looks After Merry]] **
# [[The Tower of Cirith Ungol (scene)|The Tower of Cirith Ungol]] **
# [[The Last Debate (scene)|The Last Debate]] **
# [[Aragorn Masters the Palantír]] *
# [[The Captain and the White Lady]] *
# [[In the Company of Orcs]] *
# [[The Land of Shadow (scene)|The Land of Shadow]] **
# [[The Mouth of Sauron (scene)|The Mouth of Sauron]] *
# [[The Black Gate Opens (scene)|The Black Gate Opens]]
# [["I Can't Carry It for You... but I Can Carry You."]]
# [[The Last Move]]
# [[Mount Doom (scene)|Mount Doom]] **
# [["The Eagles are Coming!"]]
# [[The Crack of Doom]]
# [[Sauron Defeated (scene)|Sauron Defeated]]
# [[The End of All Things]]
# [[The Fellowship Reunited]]
# [[The Return of the King (scene)|The Return of the King]]
# [[Homeward Bound (scene)|Homeward Bound]]
# [[The Grey Havens (scene)|The Grey Havens]]
# Credits
# Official Fan Club Credits *

<nowiki> *</nowiki> denotes a scene only available in the Extended Edition cut of the film.

<nowiki> **</nowiki> denotes a scene which includes extended content only available in the Extended Edition cut of the film.

==Cast==
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Actor !! Role
|-
| [[Jane Abbott]] || Elf at Coronation
|-
| [[Gino Acevedo]] || Corsair
|-
| [[Noel Appleby]] || [[Everard Proudfoot]]
|-
| [[Alexandra Astin]] || [[Elanor Gardner|Elanor Gamgee]]
|-
| [[Sean Astin]] || [[Samwise Gamgee]]
|-
| [[David Aston]] || Gondorian Soldier #3
|-
| [[John Bach]] || [[Madril]]
|-
| [[Sala Baker]] || [[Sauron]], Stunt extra
|-
| [[Sean Bean]] || [[Boromir]]
|-
| [[Jarl Benzon]] || [[Glorfindel]]
|-
| [[Jørn Benzon]] || Stunt extra
|-
| [[Cate Blanchett]] || [[Galadriel]]
|-
| [[Orlando Bloom]] || [[Legolas]]
|-
| [[Billy Boyd]] || [[Peregrin Took]]
|-
| [[Ian Brodie]] || Gondorian
|-
| [[Jed Brophy]] || Stunt extra
|-
| [[Sadwyn Brophy]] || [[Eldarion]]
|-
| [[Alistair Browning]] || [[Damrod]]
|-
| [[Marton Csokas]] || [[Celeborn]]
|-
| [[Emma Deakin]] || [[Diamond of Long Cleeve]]
|-
| [[Brad Dourif]] || [[Gríma|Gríma Wormtongue]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Ross Duncan]] || Stunt extra
|-
| [[Richard Edge]] || Gondorian Soldier #1
|-
| [[Michael Elsworth]] || [[Círdan]]
|-
| [[Jason Fitch]] || Uruk #2
|-
| [[Sean Fitzpatrick]] || Stunt extra
|-
| [[Michael Fowler]] || Gondorian, Orc
|-
| [[Lee Hartley]] || Stunt extra
|-
| [[Bernard Hill]] || [[Théoden]]
|-
| [[Ian Holm]] || [[Bilbo Baggins]]
|-
| [[Bruce Hopkins]] || [[Gamling]]
|-
| [[Alan Howard]] || [[The One Ring|The Ring]] (voice)
|-
| [[Ian Hughes]] || [[Irolas]]
|-
| [[Billy Jackson]] || Child
|-
| [[Katie Jackson]] || Child
|-
| [[Peter Jackson]] || Corsair
|-
| [[Andrew Lesnie]] || Corsair
|-
| [[Lawrence Makoare]] || [[Witch-king]] of [[Angmar]], [[Gothmog (Lieutenant of Morgul)|Gothmog]]
|-
| [[Ian McKellen]] || [[Gandalf|Gandalf the White]]
|-
| [[Bret McKenzie]] || [[Figwit|Elf escort]]
|-
| [[Sarah McLeod]] || [[Rose Cotton|Rosie Cotton]]
|-
| [[Maisy McLeod-Riera]] || [[Frodo Gardner|Baby Gamgee]]
|-
| [[Christopher Lee]] || [[Saruman|Saruman the White]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Brian Massey]] || Soldier at Coronation
|-
| [[Dominic Monaghan]] || [[Meriadoc Brandybuck]]
|-
| [[Viggo Mortensen]] || [[Aragorn]]
|-
| [[Justin Nicholls]] || Gondorian Ranger
|-
| [[John Noble]] || [[Denethor]]
|-
| [[Paul Norell]] || [[King of the Dead]]
|-
| [[Miranda Otto]] || [[Éowyn]]
|-
| [[Craig Parker]] || [[Gothmog (Lieutenant of Morgul)|Gothmog]] (voice)
|-
| [[Bruce Phillips]] || [[Grimbold]]
|-
| [[Robert Pollock]] || Stunt extra
|-
| [[Rick Porras]] || Osgiliath soldier, Corsair
|-
| [[Shane Rangi]] || Harad Leader #2
|-
| [[John Rhys-Davies]] || [[Gimli]], [[Treebeard]] (voice)
|-
| [[Todd Rippon]] || Harad Leader #1
|-
| [[Christian Rivers]] || Beacon guard
|-
| [[Thomas Robins]] || [[Déagol]]
|-
| [[Michael Semanick]] || Man of Rohan
|-
| [[Andy Serkis]] || [[Gollum]], [[Witch-king]] of [[Angmar]] (voice)
|-
| [[Howard Shore]] || Man of Rohan
|-
| [[Harry Sinclair]] || [[Isildur]]
|-
| [[Pete Smith]] || Stunt extra
|-
| [[Bruce Spence]] || The [[Mouth of Sauron]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Peter Tait]] || [[Shagrat]], Corsair Captain
|-
| [[Richard Taylor]] || Corsair
|-
| [[Joel Tobeck]] || Orc Lieutenant #1
|-
| [[Royd Tolkien]] || Ranger
|-
| [[Liv Tyler]] || [[Arwen]]
|-
| [[Karl Urban]] || [[Éomer]]
|-
| [[Stephen Ure]] || [[Gorbag]]
|-
| [[Hugo Weaving]] || [[Elrond]]
|-
| [[David Wenham]] || [[Faramir]]
|-
| [[Elijah Wood]] || [[Frodo Baggins]]
|}

==Awards==
On January 27, 2004, the film was nominated for eleven Academy Awards – Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Score ([[Howard Shore]]), and Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design, Best Film Editing, Best Make-up, Best Music (Song), Best Sound Mixing, and Best Visual Effects; however, none of the ensemble cast received any acting nominations. On February 29, the film won all eleven Academy Awards, winning in every category for which it was nominated. It tied with ''Ben-Hur'' and ''Titanic'' for the most Oscars ever won by a single film, and broke the previous record for a sweep set by ''Gigi'' and ''The Last Emperor''. The film was the first of the fantasy genre to win the Best Picture award. The film's win was also only the second time a sequel had won the Best Picture category (the first being ''The Godfather, Part II''). It could be argued that it is in fact the third sequel to win Best Picture, as The Silence of the Lambs was based on characters appearing in Manhunter. In the opinion of some critics, however, this accolade was not just for the merits of the individual film, but more a reward for the trilogy as a whole.

The film won also four Golden Globes, two MTV Movie Awards, two Grammy Awards, nine Saturn Awards and the Hugo Award.

==Synopsis==

As confirmed in the feature on [[Gollum]] in the Extended DVD Edition of ''The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers'', [[Andy Serkis]] appears in person in a flashback scene playing Sméagol before his degradation into [[Gollum]]. This scene was actually held over from the previous film because it was felt that it would have a greater emotional impact if audiences had already seen what the Ring's influence had done to Sméagol. In his degraded state Gollum is "played" in the movies by a CGI character whose movements are sometimes derived from a motion-capture suit worn by Serkis, and sometimes from footage of Serkis interacting with the other actors and then digitally replaced by Gollum.

The city of [[Minas Tirith]], glimpsed briefly in ''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'', is seen in all its glory. The filmmakers have taken great care to base the city closely upon Tolkien's description in ''The Return of the King'', Book V, Chapter 1. Close-ups of the city are represented by sets and long shots by a large and highly-detailed model, often populated by CGI characters.

This film contains key scenes that occurred in the middle portion of the novel ''The Lord of the Rings'' but were not included in the film ''The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers''. These include the scene in which the monstrous [[Shelob]] attacks Frodo and is wounded by Sam.

Other key events include the Siege of [[Gondor]]; the re-forging of the shards of [[Narsil]] into Aragorn's new sword [[Andúril]]; [[Aragorn]], [[Gimli]] and [[Legolas]]' journey through the [[Paths of the Dead]]; the epic [[Battle of the Pelennor Fields]], and the charge of the [[Oliphaunts|Mûmakil]] (everything being carefully choreographed in advance, a process Jackson describes as like planning a real battle); [[Meriadoc Brandybuck|Merry]] and [[Éowyn]]'s role in the defeat of the Lord of the Nazgûl; the destruction of [[the One Ring]] and the final fall of [[Sauron]]; Aragorn's assumption of the throne; and the departure of several of the heroes to the [[Undying Lands]].

''The Lord of the Rings'' movie trilogy is highly unusual in that it is to date the only movie series whose separate installments were written simultaneously and shot all at once, so that it could be considered three parts of a single very long film. This ensured that all three movies were consistent in terms of story, acting, effects, and direction.

==Plot==

The Lord of the Rings; The Return of the King picks up the story from the end of [[The Two Towers]]. The film begins with a flashback sequence, wherein we discover how the character [[Gollum]] first came across [[the One Ring]]. As this sequence ends, we find [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]], [[Samwise Gamgee|Sam]] and [[Gollum]] approaching the mountains of [[Mordor]], with [[Mount Doom]]'s eruptions disturbingly close.

The plot then switches back to [[Isengard]]. [[Gandalf]], [[Aragorn]], [[Legolas]], [[Gimli]] and [[Théoden]], the victors of the [[Battle of the Hornburg]], there confront the traitorous wizard, [[Saruman]]. They are informed by [[Saruman]] that [[Sauron]] is readying his forces for a final strike. Before he can give them more information, he is attacked by his servant [[Gríma|Wormtongue]]. He is fatally stabbed in the back, and plummets from [[Orthanc]]'s top to be impaled on one of his machines, dropping from his sleeve a ''[[Palantíri|palantir]]'', which [[Gandalf]] retrieves.

That night, after a post-battle party in [[Edoras]], [[Peregrin Took|Pippin]], fascinated by the seeing stone, takes it from [[Gandalf]], ignoring [[Meriadoc Brandybuck|Merry]]'s urgings to leave it alone. Whilst gazing into the crystal ball, [[Peregrin Took|Pippin]] is spied by [[Sauron]] and through a psychic link, the [[Dark Lord]] attempts to interrogate the hobbit. Barely able to resist the Eye's power, [[Peregrin Took|Pippin]] is nearly broken into submission, but [[Gandalf]] and [[Aragorn]] wrest it from his tortured fingers. [[Peregrin Took|Pippin]] is left deeply shaken, but lives.

Gandalf is now certain that Sauron will come after Pippin, thinking he has the ring. Gandalf knows that Sauron is also preparing to attack Minas Tirith, capital city of Gondor, and rides there with Pippin to alert the city's ruler, Lord Steward Denethor. Still mourning over the death of the son Boromir, Denethor refuses to accept Gandalf's offer of help from Rohan.

At the same time, Frodo and Sam, led by Gollum reach the gates of [[Minas Morgul]], the main gateway into Mordor. As they are about to climb the stairs to the caves of Cirith Ungol, a powerful beam erupts from Minas Morgul, and a huge army of Orcs begins marching out to attack Minas Tirith, accompanied by the Witch King of Angmar, one of the Nazgul.

Gandalf and Pippin spot the beam in the distance, and light the beacons at Amon Din to alert nearby kingdoms including Rohan. Aragorn spots the beacon near Edoras and convinces Théoden to gather the Rohirrim cavalry and prepare for war...

==Cuts and alterations==

According to British newspaper reports appearing on November 13, 2003, [[Christopher Lee]] was unhappy to learn that a seven-minute scene featuring a confrontation at [[Isengard]] in which [[Gandalf]] casts [[Saruman]] out of the order of [[Wizards]], would ''not'' be appearing in the finished film, and he decided to boycott the premiere as a result. [[Peter Jackson]] confirmed that this scene, although not in the theatrical release, would be included in the extended VHS and DVD editions. These were released on December 10 2004 in the UK and December 14 in the U.S., with an expanded length of 250 minutes (4 hours, 10 minutes) (slightly shorter in PAL versions). The final ten minutes of the extended DVD comprises a listing of the names of the charter members of the official fan club.

[[Christopher Lee]] apparently reconciled his differences with Peter Jackson because he appears on the behind-the-scenes documentaries and Cast Commentary on the extended DVDs.

The release of the theatrical edition had originally been scheduled for worldwide release in late August but actually appeared on May 25. The early release of the standard edition had led some fans to hope that the extended edition might be released as early as August, but the release was actually put back from mid-November, presumably because of the amount of work involved in preparing the extra footage and bonus material.

Other rumours suggested that the extended DVD might be a five or six-disc set, with the movie occupying three discs rather than two, and that the extended cut might be as long as ''six hours''. In January 2004, [[Peter Jackson]] indicated that the then recently completed extended edition is actually four hours and ten minutes long. He mentioned the inclusion of the "Mouth of Sauron" scene, as well as [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]] and [[Samwise Gamgee|Sam]] running with the Mordor orcs. He also stated that not all of the unused footage shot for the movie would necessarily appear in the extended cut. (In the Director and Writers' Commentary on the extended DVD edition he jokes about including some scenes in a 25th Anniversary edition, provided he is not too senile to remember by then.)

The extended DVD is actually a 4-disc set like its predecessors, with the movie and commentaries occupying Discs 1 and 2 and the behind-the-scenes material on discs 3 and 4. A Collectors' Box Set was also released, which also included a sculpture of [[Minas Tirith]] and a bonus 50-minute music documentary DVD, ''Howard Shore: Creating The '' Lord of the Rings ''Symphony: A Composer's Journey Through Middle-earth''.

Fans also hoped that the extended discs would feature deleted scenes and outtakes, but none are included except for a few in the behind-the-scenes documentaries. There are further rumours of an even more spectacular Lord of the Rings Trilogy box set in the future, and Jackson has half-seriously mentioned the possibility of re-editing the trilogy into a TV miniseries, along the lines of the ''Godfather'' movies.

A sequence that did not make it from the book into the film at all despite the hopes of many fans, was the "[[Scouring of the Shire]]", in which the [[Hobbits]] return home at the end of their quest to find they have some fighting to do, owing to Saruman's takeover of [[the Shire]]. Jackson felt that it would tax the audience's patience to mount another battle scene after the critical conflict, the defeat of [[Sauron]], had already been resolved.

In the book, the fall of [[Saruman]] takes place at the end of the scouring, but in the film's theatrical release Saruman is left trapped in the tower of [[Orthanc]] by the Ents. In the extended edition Saruman appears on the roof of Orthanc bearing a ''Palantír'' and taunts Gandalf and his company with hints of a darkness in the heart of Middle-earth which will destroy them. (This is apparently a reference to Denethor's madness.) [[Saruman]] is finally stabbed by [[Gríma|Gríma Wormtongue]] (which in the book occurs at the end of the Scouring of the Shire) and Gríma is shot by [[Legolas]] (in the book he is shot by a Hobbit). [[Saruman]] falls from the tower and is impaled on a wooden stake projecting from a mill-wheel. (This is an homage to Lee's ''Dracula'' movies; Peter Jackson wanted to be the last director to drive a stake through his heart.) The ''Palantír'' then falls into the water where it is found by [[Peregrin Took|Pippin]]. In the theatrical version there is no explanation as to how the ''Palantír'' fell into the water. In the book Gríma simply throws the ''Palantír'' at the company, not realising its value.

Fans hoped that several other key scenes from the book would be included in the extended cut, although inevitably not all of them were:

*'''Book:''' [[Théoden]] meets [[Meriadoc Brandybuck|Merry]] and [[Peregrin Took|Pippin]] and calls them ''holbytlan'', suggesting that the word ''hobbit'' is derived from [[Rohirric]]; Pippin comments that the King of Rohan is "A fine old fellow. Very polite." [[Meriadoc Brandybuck|Merry]] promises to tell him more about [[pipe-weed]]; the relationships of [[Meriadoc Brandybuck|Merry]] and [[Peregrin Took|Pippin]] with [[Théoden]] and [[Denethor|Denethor II]] are more significant in the books. '''Movie:''' Just adds a scene where [[Meriadoc Brandybuck|Merry]] pledges his allegiance to [[Théoden]].

*'''Book:''' On the way to the Morgul Vale, [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]], [[Samwise Gamgee|Sam]] and [[Gollum]] pass through the Crossroads, where there is a giant statue of a seated king with his head laying on the ground nearby, "crowned" anew with flowers that have grown there, an image of hope amidst destruction. '''Movie:''' Included without alteration.

*'''Book''': The [[Witch-king]] enters Minas Tirith when its gate is breached and challenges [[Gandalf]] to fight, but as a cock crows the horns of the Rohirrim announce their arrival and the Witch-king is forced to return to meet their assault. In the book this takes place at the gate of Minas Tirith. '''Movie:''' When the gate is breached trolls and orcs enter the city. Shortly afterwards, the Witch-king, riding his Fell Beast, intercepts [[Gandalf]] and [[Peregrin Took|Pippin]], on [[Shadowfax]], who are racing from the gate to the Citadel (at the summit of the city) to save [[Faramir]] from being burned alive by [[Denethor]]. The witch-king holds up his sword, which erupts into flame; Gandalf is then thrown off his horse as his staff breaks, presumably because of the witch-king's power. The arrival of the Rohirrim is announced by their horns, but there is no sound of a cock crowing first (despite the fact that Tolkien described this as one of his favourite images).

*'''Book:''' The Rohirrim bypass the main road to [[Gondor]] by negotiating with the Wild Men of Drúadan Forest for passage through their woods. '''Movie:''' There is no mention of the Wild Men or of Drúadan Forest; the Rohirrim just ride all night.

*'''Book:''' In the Pyre of Denthor scene it is revealed that Denethor has a ''[[Palantíri|palantír]]'', usually kept in a secret room at the top of the White Tower of Ecthelion, which he has been using to obtain strategic information for the defence of [[Gondor]]. But [[Sauron]] has infiltrated the ''palantír'' and used it to show [[Denethor]] a vision of the Black Ships. The vision is true as far as it goes, but [[Denethor]] does not realise the ships have been taken over by [[Aragorn]]'s army. '''Movie:''' Not included, but there is a scene after the Battle of Pelennor Fields, where [[Aragorn]] finds a ''Palantir'' in [[Denethor]]'s cloak in the throne room and reveals himself to Sauron (see below). The implication that this is the cause of Denethor's madness is left to viewers with knowledge of the book. Denethor, in the theatrical cut, does cryptically say that "the eyes of the White Tower are not blind", and he ''implies'' that he has a Seeing-stone, which someone that read the book might understand but would be lost on a movie-only audience. It is also possible, however, that the ''[[Palantíri|Palantír]]'' [[Aragorn]] used was the stone of Orthanc, and [[Denethor]]'s seeing-stone was completely cut out of the films.

*'''Book''': [[Éomer]] grieves over the deaths of [[Éowyn]] and [[Théoden]] after the [[Battle of the Pelennor Fields]]. '''Movie:''' We see [[Éomer]]'s shock at his sister's apparent death, and his attempts to nurse her back to health with the aid of [[Aragorn]].

*'''Book:''' [[Aragorn]] cures [[Éowyn]], [[Faramir]], and [[Meriadoc Brandybuck|Merry]] in the House of Healing. '''Movie:''' His healing of [[Faramir]] and [[Meriadoc Brandybuck|Merry]] is not included, although the healing of [[Faramir]] was reportedly filmed.

*'''Book:''' [[Samwise Gamgee|Sam]] must use the Phial of [[Galadriel]] to get past the Silent Watchers of [[Cirith Ungol]]. '''Movie:''' Although the Silent Watchers briefly appear on screen, [[Samwise Gamgee|Sam]]'s confrontation with them, which was reportedly filmed, is not shown.

*'''Book:''' [[Faramir]] and [[Éowyn]] meet and fall in love in the [[Houses of Healing]]. '''Movie:''' Referred to in a brief scene in which they begin to bond.

*'''Book:''' [[Aragorn]] reveals himself and his reforged sword to [[Sauron]] using the ''palantír'' recovered at [[Isengard]]. '''Movie:''' Included with alteration. Takes place following the Last Debate; [[Sauron]] retaliates by showing [[Aragorn]] a vision of [[Arwen]] apparently dying, which is not in the book.

*'''Book:''' Incognito in [[Orcs|Orc]] armour, [[Samwise Gamgee|Sam]] and [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]] are forced to march with a band of Orcs who are heading for the Black Gate. '''Movie:''' Included. The scene ends with [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]] and [[Samwise Gamgee|Sam]] pretending to fight, causing the other Orcs to join in, and slipping away while they are distracted - a simplification of the original scene.

*'''Book''': The Mouth of Sauron taunts Gandalf at the Black Gate and presents evidence that Frodo had been captured (which was true, although Frodo was rescued by Sam before he could be interrogated). '''Movie:''' Included with alterations. The Mouth torments the Fellowship by claiming that Frodo has been horribly tortured and killed. He then taunts Aragorn over his broken sword and Aragorn decapitates him with the reforged Andúril. In the book he is allowed to live until the battle.

* '''Book:''' The spirit of Sauron rises like a black cloud from the ruin of Barad-dûr before being blown away by the [[Aman|West]] wind. '''Movie:''' Not included. In both versions of the film the destruction of the Ring causes the [[Eye of Sauron]] to erupt in flame and then explode as [[Barad-dûr]] collapses.

* '''Book:''' After the coronation, Gandalf counsels King Elessar and shows him where to find a seedling of the [[White Tree of Gondor|White Tree]]. '''Movie:''' Not included. In the extended cut Gandalf tells Pippin that the dead White Tree remains in the courtyard in the apparently forlorn hope that it will blossom again; in a later scene the tree is seen bearing a single white flower. During Aragorn's coronation the courtyard is covered by the blossoms, and the tree is seen in the background in full bloom.

* '''Book:''' Éowyn disguises herself as "Dernhelm," and smuggles Merry along with her, allowing them both to take place in the Battle of Pelennor Fields. '''Movie:'''Included with alteration. Éowyn does stow away with the Rohirrim, and does take Merry with her. However, at no point does she use the guise of Dernhelm. Her face is never completely concealed, thus the audience is always aware of who she is. While some have argued this takes away the surprise later, when Dernhelm reveals herself to be a woman when told that no man can kill the Witch-King, it has been counter-argued that having the audience know who she is maintains their emotional investment in her character.

Other alterations to the story include:

*In the film, shards of [[Narsil]] are re-forged by [[Elrond]] at [[Arwen]]'s urging, and Elrond travels to [[Rohan]] where he presents the reforged sword to Aragorn and orders him to take the [[Paths of the Dead]]. In the book, Narsil was reforged when Aragorn first brought the hobbits to Rivendell (following a prophecy that the reforging could only take place after "Isildur's Bane", the Ring, was found).

*The company of [[Rangers of the North]], who along with the two sons of Elrond join Aragorn after Saruman is defeated, do not appear at all in the film, in which Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli take the [[Paths of the Dead]] alone. One of them also presents Aragorn with a banner woven by Arwen. Elrond's appearance; in which he presents Aragorn with Anduril; and the previous film's Elvish army at the Hornburg; partially substitute.

*In the book, the rangers, Legolas, Gimli, and Aragorn ride through the mountain path to summon the dead, then ride through the Morthond valley to the [[stone of Erech]], where the dead agree to serve. Aragorn then leads the dead and members of his group to Pelargir to attack the corsairs. After the Dead defeat the corsairs, they disappear, and the ships carry Aragorn, the rangers, Legolas, Gimli, and some forces from southern Gondor to the battle of Pelennor fields. In the movie, Aragorn gets the dead to serve in an underground cave, exits the underground path at Pelagir to see the corsairs. The dead then sail on the ships to Pelennor fields. No rangers or southern Gondorians are in the movie. The book version makes more sense when considering the maps, as Pelargir is a long way from Edoras or Minas Tirith, and Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli run for a short time considering the distance. Also, in the film the dead are used to completely overrun and destroy the forces of Mordor on the [[Pelennor Fields]], though in the book the dead were only used to defeat the [[Corsairs of Umbar]].

*In the book, the beacons of Gondor are lit before Gandalf and Pippin arrive, as a part of Denethor's careful mustering of Minas Tirith's defences. In the film, Denethor refuses to light the beacon of Minas Tirith, or indeed to organize any defence of the city, so Gandalf persuades Pippin to sneak past the guards and light it, causing the rest of the beacons to be lit in response.

*In the book, Gondor's formal request for aid is sent to Rohan by a courier carrying the [[Red Arrow]] (although Rohan was already mustering to Gondor's defence, in part at Gandalf's urging). In the film, there is no courier, and the Riders are spurred to help Gondor by the beacons (above).

*In the film, [[Gollum]] tricks [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]] into mistrusting [[Samwise Gamgee|Sam]] and sending him away, so that Frodo enters [[Shelob]]'s Lair alone. In the book, Frodo and Sam have no break in their trust, except for a brief instant upon Frodo's rescue from the orc tower where he demands that Sam return the Ring.

* In the film, the burning Denethor runs along the "prow" of Minas Tirith and falls like a meteor. In the book, Denethor lights his pyre and lies down upon it to burn, clasping the ''palantír''. (In fact the "prow" of Minas Tirith, located on the Seventh Level, is on the opposite side of the city from the burial chambers where the pyre is, located on the fifth level. While on fire, Denethor would have had to run across the ''entire'' city to fall like that. In his commentary on the extended DVD Peter Jackson admits that he was aware of the distance issue but included the scene for dramatic effect.)

*Unlike the book, Merry is not taken to the Houses of Healing to recuperate from his encounter with the Witch-king (with the aid of Aragorn's knowledge of the healing herb [[athelas]], which he also uses to heal Faramir and Éowyn), but instead rides out to the Last Battle alongside Aragorn and Gandalf.

*In the book, there is a very rare sequence of lighthearted comedy in the Houses of Healing, where a Gondor doctor repeatedly recites herbal lores to a very frustrated Aragorn, who wants the herb but has no interest in hearing the bumbling healer's endless rhymes about them. This is omitted in the film.

*In the book, Gollum slips accidentally into the [[Crack of Doom]] while dancing in triumph after biting the Ring off Frodo's right hand third finger. In the film, Gollum bites the ring off Frodo's index finger, and Frodo jumps on him one last time, causing them both to fall; it is subsequently revealed that Frodo was able to catch himself on the rock below the precipice, from which Sam pulls him back (after a brief hesitation by an apparently suicidal Frodo).

*In the film, it is not revealed that Frodo is to sail to the west with Bilbo, Gandalf, Elrond, Galadriel, and Celeborn until after most of them have boarded the ship. In the book, Frodo and Sam join with Bilbo and the elves in the woods while travelling to the harbour. In the books Celeborn also takes a later ship.

Following the destruction of [[the One Ring]], most of the second book of ''The Return of the King'' involves tying up loose ends (although Tolkien considered the "[[Scouring of the Shire]]" to be one of the most important chapters of the trilogy, it is completely omitted from the film). These dénouements are only briefly summarized in the films, where we get a hint of [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]]'s periodic bouts of illness following his return to the Shire, we see [[Samwise Gamgee|Sam]] getting married to Rosie, and we follow [[Gandalf]]'s and the [[Ring-bearer]]s' departure from the [[Grey Havens]]. The film's closing scene shows Sam returning from saying farewell at the Grey Havens and coming back to the Shire and his home and family (returning at night in the book, during the day in the film).

The film remains faithful to the book in quoting the last lines spoken by Gandalf ("I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil", although Gandalf has some minor dialogue following this in the movie) and by Sam ("Well, I'm back.").

==Box office records==

After two years of attention and acclaim since the release of ''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring,'' audience anticipation for the final installment of the trilogy had reached a fever pitch when the movie was finally released to theatres on December 17, 2003. New Line Cinema reported that the film's first day of release (a Wednesday) saw a box office total of $34.5 million—an all-time single-day record for a motion picture released on a Wednesday (until Spider-Man 2 came along and grossed $40.4 million). This was nearly twice the first-day total of ''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'' (which earned $18.2 million on its first day of release in 2001), and a significant increase over ''The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers'' as well (which earned $26.1 million on its first day in December of 2002).

The substantial increase in initial box office totals caused optimistic studio executives to forecast that ''The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'' would surpass ''The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers'' in total earnings. If this proved to be true, then this would be the first blockbuster movie trilogy for each successive film to earn ''more'' at the box office than its predecessor, when all three films were blockbuster successes. (The general opinion in movie circles in 2003 was that a movie had to earn more than $150 million to be considered a "blockbuster").

These forecasts proved accurate. According to [http://www.boxofficemojo.com/ Box Office Mojo], between the time of the film's release, its winning the Academy Award for Best Picture on Sunday, February 29, 2004, and Thursday, March 11, 2004, ''Return of the King'' had earned approximately $1,052,547,293 in worldwide box office revenue—$368,875,000 in North America, and $683,649,123 in sixty countries worldwide. The final North American box office stands at $377,027,325, and the worldwide take is $1,118,888,979 (about $741 million overseas). The worldwide revenue is slightly enhanced compared to the earlier movies when converted to US Dollars because of the decline in the dollar's exchange rate in 2003. It was the second film in history to earn over $1 billion in box office revenue in its initial release (the first being ''Titanic'' in 1997). This compares favourably to the first two films of the trilogy: in their first 35 weeks of theatrical release in North America, the gross income of the first two movies was $313,364,114 and $339,789,881.

These figures do not include income from DVD sales, TV rights, etc. It has been estimated that the gross income from non-box office sales and merchandise has been ''at least'' equal to the box office for all three films; if this is so, the total gross income for the trilogy would be in the region of $6 billion, a very respectable return for a $300 million investment.

==See Also==
* [[Peter Jackson's The Return of the King screenplay]]
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| name=''The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey''
| director=[[Peter Jackson]]<ref name="HBTitles">{{webcite|articleurl=http://www.thehobbitblog.com/?p=2563|articlename=Titles and Release Dates Announced|dated=31-May-2011|website=[http://www.thehobbitblog.com/ The Hobbit Blog]|accessed=21-Dec-2011}}</ref> [[Andy Serkis]] (Second Unit Director)<ref name="HBAndy">
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| producer=Peter Jackson [[Fran Walsh]] [[Carolynne Cunningham]] [[Philippa Boyens]] (Co-Producer) [[Ken Kamins]] (Executive Producer) [[Zane Weiner]] (Executive Producer)<ref name="HBTitles"/>
| writer=[[Guillermo del Toro]] Peter Jackson Fran Walsh Philippa Boyens<ref name="HBTitles"/>
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| starring=[[Martin Freeman]] [[Ian McKellen]] [[Richard Armitage]]<ref name="PJCasting1">{{webcite|author=[[Peter Jackson]]|articleurl=http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150168211921558|articlename=Production begins in New Zealand on The Hobbit|dated=20-March-2011|website=FB|accessed=21-Dec-2011}}</ref> ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey#Confirmed cast|See cast section below for more]]''
| music=[[Howard Shore]]<ref name="PJCasting1"/>
| cinematography=[[Andrew Lesnie]]<ref name="PJCasting1"/>
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| studio=[[New Line Cinema]] [[MGM]] [[WingNut Films]]<ref name="HBTitles"/>
| distributor=[[Warner Bros.|Warner Bros. Pictures]]<ref name="HBTitles"/>
| released=[[28 November]] [[2012]] (worldwide première) [[14 December]] [[2012]] (North America)<ref name="HBTitles2">{{webcite|articleurl=http://www.thehobbitblog.com/the-hobbit-trilogy-titles-and-release-dates/|articlename=The Hobbit Trilogy titles and release dates|dated=2-September-2012|website=[http://www.thehobbitblog.com/ The Hobbit Blog]|accessed=2-September-2012}}</ref>
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'''''The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey''''' is the first of [[Peter Jackson]]'s [[The Hobbit (film series)|''The Hobbit'' film trilogy]] based on [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s [[1937]] novel ''[[The Hobbit]]''. It was released on [[14 December]] [[2012]] in North America. It was followed by ''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug|The Desolation of Smaug]]'' in [[2013]] and will be followed by ''[[The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies|The Battle of the Five Armies]]'' in [[2014]].

==Synopsis==
{{Blockquote|The adventure follows the journey of title character Bilbo Baggins, who is swept into an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor from the fearsome dragon Smaug. Approached out of the blue by the wizard Gandalf the Grey, Bilbo finds himself joining a company of thirteen dwarves led by the legendary warrior, Thorin Oakenshield. Their journey will take them into the Wild; through treacherous lands swarming with Goblins and Orcs, deadly Wargs and Giant Spiders, Shapeshifters and Sorcerers. 
''Although their goal lies to the East and the wastelands of the Lonely Mountain first they must escape the goblin tunnels, where Bilbo meets the creature that will change his life forever... Gollum. Here, alone with Gollum, on the shores of an underground lake, the unassuming Bilbo Baggins not only discovers depths of guile and courage that surprise even him, he also gains possession of Gollum's "precious" ring that holds unexpected and useful qualities... A simple, gold ring that is tied to the fate of all Middle-earth in ways Bilbo cannot begin to know.|[[Warner Bros.]] Press Release<ref name="WBPressRelease1">{{webcite|articleurl=http://www.warnerbros.com/movies/in-theaters-coming-soon/the-hobbit-an-unexpected-journey/c36f51cb-9332-4db9-b297-458453025455.html|articlename=THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY|website=[http://www.warnerbros.com/ Warner Bros.]|accessed=19-November-2012}}</ref>}}

==Plot==
On his eleventy-first (111th) birthday, the [[Hobbits|Hobbit]] [[Bilbo Baggins]] decides to write down the full story of the adventure he took 60 years before for his nephew [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]]. Bilbo writes about how, prior to his own actual involvement, the [[Dwarves|Dwarf]] [[Thrór]] was [[King under the Mountain|king]] of [[Lonely Mountain|Erebor]] and brought an era of prosperity to his [[Dwarves of Erebor|kin]] until the arrival of [[Smaug]] the [[Dragons|Dragon]]. Drawn by the amount of [[gold]] that the Dwarves have amassed, Smaug destroyed the nearby town of [[Dale]] before driving the Dwarves out of Erebor. Thrór's grandson, [[Thorin]] [[Oakenshield]], sees King [[Thranduil]] and his [[Elves of Mirkwood|Wood-elves]] on a nearby hillside and is dismayed to find them taking their leave rather than aiding his people. This makes Thorin develop an everlasting hatred of [[Elves]].

Following this, Bilbo is tricked by the [[Wizards|Wizard]] [[Gandalf]] the Grey into hosting a party for Thorin and his [[Thorin and Company|band of Dwarves]], which doubles as Bilbo's recruitment as the Dwarves' "burglar" to help them recover their treasure and their home from Smaug. Bilbo reluctantly joins the company on their journey to the Lonely Mountain, Thorin previously believing he would refuse. The group is captured by 3 Mountain [[Trolls]], [[Tom]], [[Bert]], and [[William]], but Bilbo is able to stall the Trolls from eating them until dawn, when Gandalf saves the company by exposing the Trolls to sunlight, turning them into stone. They search the Trolls' [[Troll's Cave|cave]] and find treasure and Elven blades. Thorin and Gandalf each take an Elf-wrought blade -- [[Orcrist]] and [[Glamdring]], respectively. Gandalf also finds an Elven short-sword, later to be known as [[Sting]], which he gives to Bilbo. Being Elven blades of the [[First Age]], Gandalf says they glow when near [[Orcs]] or [[Orcs#Orcs and Goblins|Goblins]]. However, only Sting actually does so.

The group encounters [[Radagast]] the Brown, a Wizard who lives in the forest of [[Mirkwood|Greenwood]]. He tells them of a strange presence he encountered at [[Dol Guldur]] and how it is poisoning the forest. The group is then chased by Orcs on [[Wargs]], with Radagast drawing them off with his [[Rhosgobel]] Rabbits-pulled sled. Gandalf leads them through a stone passage to [[Rivendell]] as the Wargs and Orcs above are slain by Elven riders. [[Elrond]] discloses the [[Thrór's Map|map]]'s indication of a [[Back Door|secret]] door that will be visible only on [[Durin's Day]]. Gandalf talks with the [[White Council]] (Elrond, [[Galadriel]], and [[Saruman|Saruman the White]]) about his involvement with the Dwarves, explaining the presence Radagast encountered and expresses mild suspicion that this Necromancer is the [[Sauron|Dark Lord]]. The others are skeptical, believing Sauron to have been defeated forever, and that this Necromancer is not a true threat. Elsewhere, at [[Weathertop]], [[Yazneg]], the leader of the attacking Orc party, reports back to his master [[Azog]] of his failure, who then kills the unfortunate Orc. Azog then issues a bounty upon Thorin's head, and races off with the rest of his party.

Against the Council's wishes, Gandalf sends Bilbo and the Dwarves toward the [[Misty Mountains]]. While passing through the mountains, Bilbo and the Dwarves encounter a battle between three stone [[giants]], and are forced to take refuge in a cave. Elsewhere, Azog and his Orcs follow the Dwarves' trail to the Misty Mountains. While the company sleeps, Bilbo decides to leave and return to Rivendell after talking to [[Bofur]], who believes in him. He is overheard by Thorin, who believes he has been proven right that the hobbit is not up to the quest. But before Bilbo can leave, they are all captured by Goblins and taken to their leader, the [[Great Goblin|Goblin King]]. Gandalf arrives and saves the Dwarves from the Goblins. They then fight their way out of [[Goblin-town]], killing the Goblin King during their escape. Bilbo was separated from the Dwarves right after their capture and encounters [[Gollum]], who accidentally drops a mysterious [[The One Ring|ring]] while killing a stray Goblin to feed on. Picking up the ring and placing it in his pocket, Bilbo finds himself confronted by Gollum. They play a [[Riddle-game]], wagering that Bilbo will be shown the way out if he wins, or eaten by Gollum if he loses. After Bilbo wins by asking Gollum what he has in his pocket, Gollum realizes Bilbo has stolen the ring and attacks him. Bilbo discovers the ring grants him invisibility and evades a furious Gollum, following him to find the way out and deciding out of pity not to kill him, despite having the chance to do so.

Bilbo rejoins the group once he sees them after hearing Thorin voice his doubts he will return, keeping the ring he found secret. The moment of triumph is cut short as they are ambushed by Azog and his hunting party. After taking refuge in cliffside trees before the Wargs uproot most of them, the final tree is partially uprooted, leaving most of the Company hanging over the cliffside. Thorin then charges Azog in an attempt to save the others, but is badly wounded and knocked to the ground. Bilbo defends Thorin from being killed, and as Azog's other Orcs move in, [[Fíli]], [[Kíli]] and [[Dwalin]] rush in and attack them, and a fight ensues. The group is then saved by [[Eagles]], who fly them to safety on the [[Carrock]]. Gandalf wakes the unconscious Thorin, who finally accepts Bilbo for his courage and bravery. As the party sees the destiny of their journey, the Lonely Mountain in the distance, Smaug awakens.

===Scenes===
# [[Prologue: The Fall of Erebor]] **
# [["In a Hole in the Ground There Lived a Hobbit"]]
# [[Very Old Friends (The Hobbit scene)|Very Old Friends]]
# [[Mr. Baggins (scene)|Mr. Baggins]] *
# [[An Unexpected Party (scene)|An Unexpected Party]]
# [[Blunt the Knives (scene)|"Blunt the Knives"]] **
# [[A Map, a Key and a Contract]]
# [[Misty Mountains (scene)|"Misty Mountains"]]
# [["... The World Ahead"]]
# [[The Battle of Azanulbizar]]
# [[Radagast the Brown (scene)|Radagast the Brown]]
# [[Trollshaws (scene)|Trollshaws]]
# [[Roast Mutton (scene)|Roast Mutton]]
# [[A Troll-hoard (scene)|A Troll-hoard]]
# [[The Hill of Sorcery (scene)|The Hill of Sorcery]]
# [[Warg-scouts]]
# [[Rivendell (The Hobbit scene)|Rivendell]] **
# [[A Short Rest (scene)|A Short Rest]] **
# [[Moon Runes (scene)|Moon Runes]]
# [[The Defiler (scene)|The Defiler]]
# [[The Last Homely House]] *
# [[The White Council (scene)|The White Council]] **
# [["Why the Halfling?"]]
# [[Over Hill (scene)|Over Hill]]
# [[Under Hill (scene)|Under Hill]]
# [[The Great Goblin (scene)|The Great Goblin]] **
# [[Riddles in the Dark (scene)|Riddles in the Dark]]
# [[Biter and Beater]]
# [[The Ring (scene)|The Ring]]
# [[Escape from Goblin-town]]
# [[The Pity of Bilbo]]
# [["Home Is Behind..."]]
# [[Out of the Frying Pan...]]
# [[A Good Omen (scene)|A Good Omen]]
# Credits

<nowiki>*</nowiki> denotes a scene only available in the Extended Edition cut of the film. 
<nowiki>**</nowiki> denotes a scene which includes extended content only available in the Extended Edition cut of the film.

==Cast==
{{Seealso|The Hobbit (film series)#People involved}}
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC"
! Actor !! Role
|-
| [[Ruby Acevedo]] || [[Cute Young Hobbit #1]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Richard Armitage]] || [[Thorin]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide">[[Brian Sibley]], ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Official Movie Guide]]'' (2012)</ref>
|-
| [[Erin Banks]] || [[Lobelia Sackville-Baggins]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Timothy Bartlett]] || [[Master Worrywort]]
|-
| [[Manu Bennett]] || [[Azog]]
|-
| [[Cate Blanchett]] || [[Galadriel]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Glenn Boswell]] || Dwarf Miner
|-
| [[Jed Brophy]] || [[Nori]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Adam Brown]] || [[Ori]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[John Callen]] || [[Óin]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Luc Campbell]] || [[Cute Young Hobbit #2]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Benedict Cumberbatch]] || The [[Sauron#Sauron's Return|Necromancer]] [[Smaug]]
|-
| [[Luke Evans]] || [[Girion]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Sonia Forbes-Adam]] || [[Belladonna Took|Belladonna Baggins]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Martin Freeman]] || [[Bilbo Baggins]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Stephen Gledhill]] || [[Old Gammidge]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Tim Gordon]] || [[Old Hob]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Mark Hadlow]] || [[Dori]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/> [[Bert]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Peter Hambleton]] || [[Glóin]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/> [[William]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Rose Harnett]] || [[Cute Young Hobbit #4]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Dan Hennah]] || The [[Gerontius Took|Old Took]]<ref name="Weta1">[[Daniel Falconer]], ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Chronicles: Art & Design]]'', p. 30</ref> (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Ian Holm]] || Older [[Bilbo Baggins]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Brian Hotter]] || [[Otho Sackville-Baggins]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Barry Humphries]] || [[Great Goblin|Goblin King]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Stephen Hunter]] || [[Bombur]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Katie Jackson]] || [[Cute Young Hobbit #5]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Peter Jackson]] || [[Erebor]] [[Dwarves|Dwarf]] Refugee
|-
| [[William Kircher]] || [[Bifur]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/> [[Tom]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Christopher Lee]] || [[Saruman|Saruman the White]]
|-
| [[Eloise Masters]] || [[Cute Young Hobbit #6]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Eva Matthews]] || [[Cute Young Hobbit #7]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Ollie Matthews]] || [[Cute Young Hobbit #8]] (Extended Edition only)
| [[Sylvester McCoy]] || [[Radagast|Radagast the Brown]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Rose McGhie]] || [[Cute Young Hobbit #3]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Ian McKellen]] || [[Gandalf|Gandalf the Grey]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Bret McKenzie]] || [[Lindir]]
|-
| [[Graham McTavish]] || [[Dwalin]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Honor McTavish]] || [[Cute Young Hobbit #9]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Isaac Miller]] || [[Cute Young Hobbit #10]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Mike Mizrahi]] || [[Thráin II|Thráin]]
|-
| [[James Nesbitt]] || [[Bofur]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Mary Nesbitt]] || Girl of [[Dale]]
|-
| [[Peggy Nesbitt]] || Girl of [[Dale]]
|-
| [[Dean O'Gorman]] || [[Fíli]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Ella Olssen]] || [[Cute Young Hobbit #11]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Jabez Olssen]] || [[Erebor]] [[Dwarves|Dwarf]] Refugee
|-
| [[Sabin Olssen]] || [[Cute Young Hobbit #12]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Lee Pace]] || [[Thranduil]]
|-
| [[Findlay Price]] || [[Cute Young Hobbit #13]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[John Rawls]] || [[Yazneg]]
|-
| [[Thomas Robins]] || Young [[Thráin II|Thráin]]
|-
| [[Nancy Ruck]] || [[Cute Young Hobbit #14]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Andy Serkis]] || [[Gollum]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Louis Serkis]] || [[Cute Young Hobbit #15]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Ruby Serkis]] || [[Cute Young Hobbit #16]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Sonny Serkis]] || [[Cute Young Hobbit #17]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Kiran Shah]] || [[Goblin Scribe]]
|-
| [[Mervyn Smith]] || [[Tosser Grubb]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Oscar Strik]] || Little [[Bilbo Baggins]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Conan Stevens]]<ref group="note">[[Conan Stevens]] was initially cast as [[Azog]]. (see: {{webcite|author=[[Peter Jackson]]|articleurl=http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150257180211558|articlename=Casting News for The Hobbit|dated=19-May-2011|website=FB|accessed=21-Dec-2011}}).</ref> || [[Bolg]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Ken Stott]] || [[Balin]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Amelia Taylor]] || [[Cute Young Hobbit #18]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Samuel Taylor]] || [[Cute Young Hobbit #19]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Jeffrey Thomas]] || [[Thrór]]
|-
| [[Aidan Turner]] || [[Kíli]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Stephen Ure]] || [[Fimbul]][[Grinnah]]
|-
| [[Eric Vespe]] || [[Fredegar Chubb]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Ruby Vincent]] || [[Cute Young Hobbit #20]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Terry Vincent]] || [[Cute Young Hobbit #21]] (Extended Edition only)
|-
| [[Hugo Weaving]] || [[Elrond]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|-
| [[Elijah Wood]] || [[Frodo Baggins]]<ref name="HobbitOfficialMovieGuide"/>
|}

==Deviations from the source material==
''The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey'' covers the first six chapters of ''[[The Hobbit]]'' with a few elements added from the [[The Lord of the Rings Appendices|Appendices]] from ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''. While it follows the story quite closely, a number of liberties were still taken:
* The film begins with a prologue in which [[Bilbo Baggins]] awakens in the wee hours of the morning of his 111th birthday and begins to write ''There and Back Again: A Hobbit's Holiday'' in what would become the [[Red Book of Westmarch]]. In ''The Hobbit'', he had already begun to write the book shortly after returning to [[Bag End]].
* Before beginning the first chapter of his book, Bilbo also details the background of his adventure, first recounting the rise and fall of [[Lonely Mountain|Erebor]] and [[Dale]], and then the arrival of [[Smaug]] -- much of the same information recounted by [[Thorin]] and the other [[Dwarves]] during the Unexpected Party. And to presumably tie it in better with the whole trilogy, the [[Arkenstone]] is found under [[Thrór]]'s rule instead of that of [[Thráin I]]. Thrór interprets its discovery as his divine right to rule.
* A long-standing feud between the [[Dwarves of Erebor]] and the [[Elves]] was invented for the film, beginning with Thrór's refusal to give [[Thranduil]] a payment of gems (seen only in the Extended Edition), and fully manifesting when Thranduil then brings his Elf Army to Erebor when Smaug is sacking it, only to then turn around and leave, offering no aid to the battling and fleeing Dwarves.
* [[Elijah Wood]] also appears briefly as [[Frodo Baggins]] toward the end of the prologue, whereas the character does not appear at all in the book. However, his appearance is purely a cameo as the set-up for the beginning of ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring]]'', where Bilbo is also seen writing his book the day of his [[Bilbo's Farewell Party|Farewell Party]], and Frodo leaving to await [[Gandalf]]'s arrival.
* The [[Thorin and Company|Dwarves]] do not quite arrive at Bag End in the same manner (first [[Dwalin]], then [[Balin]], then both [[Fíli]] and [[Kíli]], and then [[Óin]], [[Glóin]], [[Dori]], [[Nori]], [[Ori]], [[Bifur]], [[Bofur]], and [[Bombur]] all at once with Gandalf; Thorin arrives significantly later) and they do not have their multi-colored hoods or beards as they did in the book.
* Bilbo was shown to be allergic to [[horses]].
* The [[War of the Dwarves and Orcs]] is condensed into just the [[Battle of Azanulbizar]] (recounted by Balin in a flashback), where Thrór leads an army of Dwarves against an army of [[Orcs]] in an attempt to reclaim [[Moria]] as their home not long after the [[Sack of Erebor]] (the time between the Sack, the Battle, and [[the Quest of Erebor]] has all been somewhat reduced and compressed for these films, presumably given that Thorin was made considerably younger than he was in the book). Thrór is decapitated by [[Azog]] during the battle instead of prior to it, and Thorin cuts off Azog's left forearm, while [[Dáin Ironfoot]] (who ultimately kills Azog during the battle in the book) does not appear at all in the sequence.
* Bilbo goes to the [[Trolls]] because they steal the Dwarves' [[ponies]].
* Bilbo is caught by the Trolls attempting to steal [[Tom]]'s knife to set the stolen ponies free rather than being given away by [[William]]'s [[Talking purse|"talking" purse]].
* The Dwarves surrender when the Trolls catch Bilbo and threaten to rip him apart instead of being overpowered and popped into bags.
* While Bilbo does manage to set the ponies free during the Company's skirmish with the Trolls, it is the last they see of them. In the book, the Company had the ponies until reaching [[Rivendell]].
* Bilbo - not Gandalf - stalls the Trolls until dawn's arrival in the film. They are turned to stone when Gandalf exposes them to the [[sun]] upon his return by breaking a large boulder behind them in half with his staff.
* The Trolls' [[Troll's Cave|cave]] is wide open, and there is no locked door blocking it.
* In the book, Bilbo finds [[Sting]] and takes it. In the film, Gandalf comes upon it and gives it to Bilbo.
* The group is attacked by a pack of Orcs on [[Wargs]] on the way to Rivendell just after the Trolls sequence in the film, which did not happen in the book.
* Although [[Radagast|Radagast the Brown]] is only ever briefly mentioned in the book, he does appear in this film trilogy. He is first seen discovering a darkness growing in [[Mirkwood]] and having his [[Rhosgobel|home]] ambushed by [[spiders]]. After warding them off, he follows their path to [[Dol Guldur]] where he encounters a [[Sauron#Sauron's Return|Necromancer]] and the [[Witch-king]] of [[Angmar]], with whom he briefly duels and from whom he takes its [[Morgul blades|Morgul blade]]. He also aids the Dwarves in escaping the Orc Warg Riders near Rivendell by diverting their attention on his [[Rabbits|rabbit]]-pulled sled. In contrast, [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]] never wrote of any such incidents.
* In the film's Extended Edition, Bofur gets up and sings "[[The Man in the Moon Stayed Up Too Late]]" while the Company is dining with the Elves in Rivendell, and the other Dwarves join him. This song does not appear until ''[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]'' in the books, where Frodo sings it at [[the Prancing Pony]].
* Also in the Extended Edition, Kíli is shown to somewhat fancy female Elves. Tolkien never alluded to any Dwarves in [[Middle-earth]] having any romantic interest in someone of another race.
* The leader of the Orc pack pursuing the Company on their journey is revealed to be Azog, who has survived the Battle of Azanulbizar in these films (his left forearm replaced by a spike with a claw at the end) and appears as an additional antagonist.
* In Tolkien's writings, the White Council already knew that the Necromancer was Sauron and was at Dol Guldur during the events in ''The Hobbit'', since Gandalf had already confirmed this 89 years earlier, and [[Saruman]] had discovered two years earlier (although he did not inform the Council of this) that [[Sauron]] had learned of [[Isildur]]'s [[Battle of the Gladden Fields|loss]] of [[the One Ring]] at the [[Gladden Fields]] by the river [[Anduin]] and his [[Nazgûl|servants]] were searching the area.
* Also at the White Council meeting, [[Galadriel]] relates how the Witch-king of Angmar, after his defeat near [[Fornost]], had been killed and sealed in a tomb that could not be opened in the [[High Fells of Rhudaur|High Fells]]. This is a significant departure from Tolkien's writings, in which the Witch-king had not died, but fled. In fact, [[Glorfindel]] had stopped pursuit of the Witch-king and prophesied, ''"Do not pursue him! He will not return to these lands. Far off yet is his doom, and not by the hand of man will he fall."''<ref name="AppA">[[J.R.R. Tolkien]], ''The Lord of the Rings,'' Appendix A (I, iv).</ref> (This prophecy, of course, was the basis for the later dramatic moment in ''The Lord of the Rings'' in which [[Éowyn]] was able to kill the Witch-king because she was not a man.)  Furthermore, per Tolkien, the White Council knew the Witch-king had not been killed because he and the rest of the [[Nazgûl]] had previously been fighting with [[Gondor]] and had captured (and presumably killed) the last [[Kings of Gondor|King]] of Gondor at [[Minas Morgul]] in {{TA|2050}}, long after he had fled Fornost.<ref name="AppB">J.R.R. Tolkien, ''The Lord of the Rings,'' Appendix B</ref>
* When traveling along the mountain pass in the book, Bilbo and the Dwarves observe the stone [[Giants]] hurling rocks at a distance, "across the valley," whereas in the film they become unwittingly involved when the mountainside on which they are standing comes to life and joins in the 'thunder battle.'
* It was Bilbo who alerted the party when the trap doors in the [[Orcs#Orcs and Goblins|Goblin]] cave open in the book. In the film, the Dwarves realize this just as the ground gives way and they begin to fall into the hole.
* In the book, Bilbo finds the One Ring by chance when his hand happens to fall upon it as he is crawling through one of the dark [[Goblin-town]] tunnels, well before he comes across [[Gollum]]. In this film, he sees Gollum fighting with a Goblin and we see Gollum drop the Ring during the fight. Bilbo then goes over, picks it up, examines it, and puts it in his pocket.
* In the book, the Goblins only had tunnels, not rope bridges.
* Gollum has six teeth in the book, not nine.
* In the film, Gandalf does not use multi-colored fire when lighting the pine cones.
* Bilbo and the Dwarves do not come down from the [[Firs|fir]] trees and charge the Goblins/Orcs and Wargs in the book once they've been trapped in them.
* As in ''The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'', Gandalf sends for the [[Eagles]] by catching a moth and giving it a message. In the book, the Eagles see the fire in the distance and fly over to investigate, and, thus, their rescue of the Company was mostly circumstantial.
* The Eagles take the Company directly to the [[Carrock]], bypassing the [[Eagle's Eyrie|Eyrie]].

==Music==
The score for ''The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey'' was composed by [[Howard Shore]], and was performed and recorded by the London Philharmonic Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios.<ref name="DougAdamsAUJ">{{webcite|author=[[Doug Adams]]|articleurl=http://www.musicoflotr.com/2012/11/the-hobbit-unexpected-journey.html|articlename=The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Soundtrack Album Coming December 11|dated=1-November-2012|website=[http://www.musicoflotr.com Doug Adam's Blog]|accessed=20-November-2012}}</ref>

Two editions of the soundtrack was released by [[Wikipedia:WaterTower Music|WaterTower Music]] on [[11 December]] [[2012]]:
*''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]]''
*''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Special Edition]]''

The song featured in the credits to ''An Unexpected Journey'', [[Song of the Lonely Mountain]], was performed by [[Neil Finn]] and released [[12 November]] [[2012]]. It was first [http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/neil-finn-reaches-epic-heights-on-song-of-the-lonely-mountain-song-premiere-20121112 released on RollingStone.com].<ref name="">{{webcite|articleurl=http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/neil-finn-reaches-epic-heights-on-song-of-the-lonely-mountain-song-premiere-20121112|articlename=Neil Finn Reaches Epic Heights on 'Song of the Lonely Mountain' – Song Premiere|dated=12-November-2012|website=[http://www.rollingstone.com/ RollingStone.com]|accessed=20-November-2012}}</ref>

==Distribution==
===Theatrical release===
''An Unexpected Journey'' had its world première in [[Wellington]], [[New Zealand]], on [[28 November]] [[2012]]. The film was released in cinemas in New Zealand on [[12 December]], [[13 December]] in Europe, [[14 December]] in India, Canada and United States, and [[26 December]] in Australia.

===Home media===
''An Unexpected Journey'' was released on DVD, Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D, and as a digital download on [[19 March]] [[2013]].<ref name="UKDVD">{{webcite|author=lilymilos|articleurl=http://news.mymiddleearth.com/2013/02/06/sneak-peek-of-desolation-of-smaug-on-hobbit-blu-ray/|articlename=Sneak Peek of ‘Desolation of Smaug’ on Hobbit Blu-ray|dated=6-Feb-2013|website=MEN|accessed=9-Feb-2013}}</ref> The release date in the [[United Kingdom]] was [[8 April]].<ref name="UKDVD">{{webcite|author=Arwen|articleurl=http://news.mymiddleearth.com/2013/02/06/uk-hobbit-fans-to-wait-until-april-8th-for-blu-ray-blu-ray-dvd-and-digital-download-release/|articlename=UK Hobbit Fans to Wait Until April 8th for Blu-ray, DVD and Digital Download Release|dated=6-Feb-2013|website=MEN|accessed=9-Feb-2013}}</ref>

An extended edition of ''An Unexpected Journey'' includes an additional thirteen minutes of footage. It was be released in the UK on digital download on [[22 October]] and on Blu-ray and DVD on [[4 November]].<ref name="ExtendedEdition">{{webcite|author=Orlando Parfitt|articleurl=http://uk.movies.yahoo.com/the-hobbit--an-unexpected-journey-deleted-scene--exclusive--065952595.html|articlename=The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Extended Edition deleted scene (Exclusive)|dated=31-July-2013|website=[http://uk.movies.yahoo.com/ Yahoo Movies]|accessed=19-Aug-2013}}</ref>
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==Promotion==
===Promotional posters===
{{Seealso|:Category:Images of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey posters}}
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|File:The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey - poster 1.jpg|The first promotional poster.
|File:The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey - poster 2.jpg|The second promotional poster.
|File:The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey - poster 3.jpg|The third promotional poster.
|File:The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey - poster 4.jpg|The fourth promotional poster.
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===Trailers===
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==See also==
*[[The Hobbit (film series)|''The Hobbit'' (film series)]]
**''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug|The Desolation of Smaug]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies|The Battle of the Five Armies]]''
*[[:Category:Images from The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey|Images from ''An Unexpected Journey'']]
*[[:Category:Images of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey posters|''An Unexpected Journey'' posters]]
*''The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey'' soundtrack
**''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - Special Edition]]''
*''The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey'' tie-in books:
**''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Annual 2013]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Chronicles: Art & Design]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Chronicles: Creatures & Characters]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Official Movie Guide]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: The Movie Storybook]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: The World of Hobbits]]''
**''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey: Visual Companion]]''

==External links==
*[http://www.thehobbit.com/ TheHobbit.com] (official website)
*[http://www.thehobbitblog.com/ TheHobbitBlog.com] (official blog)
*[http://www.facebook.com/PeterJacksonNZ Peter Jackson's Facebook page]

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Old Hob

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[[File:The Hobbit - An Unexpected Journey - Old Hob.jpg|Old Hob in ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey]]''|right|thumb|150px]]
'''Old Hob''' is a [[Hobbits|Hobbit]] of [[the Shire]] who appears in the market outside of the [[Green Dragon]] Inn in the Extended Edition of ''[[The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey]]''. He was portrayed by [[Tim Gordon]], who also portrayed as the [[Stallkeeper]] in ''[[The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug]]''.