USA, New Zealand, 2012, 182' (Extended Version), Blue-Ray, color
director
screenplay
Fran Walsh
Philippa Boyens
Peter Jackson
Guillermo del Toro
based on the novel
Lo Hobbit
by J.R.R. Tolkien
cinematography
Andrew Lesnie
editing
Jabez Olssen
music
Howard Shore
art direction
Dan Hennah
costumes
Bob Buck
Ann Maskrey
Richard Taylor
cast
Ian McKellen (Gandalf il Grigio)
Martin Freeman (Bilbo Baggins)
Richard Armitage (Thorin Scudodiquercia)
Hugo Weaving (Elrond)
Cate Blanchett (Galadriel)
Ian Holm (Old Bilbo)
Elijah Wood (Frodo)
producer
Carolynne Cunningham
Fran Walsh
Zane Weiner
Peter Jackson
production
New Line Cinema
Metro Goldwyn Mayer
WingNut Films
In The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, young Bilbo Baggins is approached by wizard Gandalf the Grey to join him an epic quest to reclaim the Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor, ruled over by the fearsome dragon Smaug. Along with the thirteen Dwarves led by the legendary warrior Thorin, Bilbo begins an adventurous journey through treacherous lands inhabited by Goblins, Orcs, deadly Wargs and Giant Spiders, Shapeshifters and Sorcerers, to the East and the arid lands of Lonely Mountain. Along the way, in the Goblin tunnels, Bilbo meets a creature that will forever change his life: Gollum.
Peter Jackson made his feature debut in 1987 with Bad Taste. Two years after making the animated film Meet the Feebles, he wrote and directed Splatters (1992), which screened in numerous festivals and won many awards. In 1994, Heavenly Creatures won the Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival and received an Oscar nod for Best Screenplay. He followed that up with The Frighteners(1996) and the acclaimed mockumentary Forgotten Silver, made on the centennial anniversary of cinema. In 1999 he began shooting J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Ringstrilogy, making for the first time in film history three epic film simultaneously. The film trilogy - The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the Ring - won numerous international awards and Oscars.
2013 The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
2012 The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
2009 The Lovely Bones
2005 King Kong
2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
2002 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
2001 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
1996 The Frighteners
1995 Forgotten Silver
1994 Heavenly Creatures
1992 Braindead
1989 Meet the Feebles
1987 Bad Taste