The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is a 2012 fantasy adventure film directed by Peter Jackson. It is the first of a three-part film adaptation of the 1937 novel The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien, to be followed by The Desolation of Smaug and There and Back Again, due for theatrical release in 2013 and 2014, respectively. The three films together will act as prequels to Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy.
The story is set in Middle-earth sixty years before The Lord of the Rings, and portions of the film are adapted from the appendices to Tolkien's The Return of the King novel. An Unexpected Journey tells of the hobbit Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman), who is convinced by the wizard Gandalf (Ian McKellen) to accompany thirteen dwarves led by Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage) on a quest across Middle-earth to reclaim the Lonely Mountain from Smaug the dragon. The film premiered in New Zealand on 28 November 2012 and was released internationally on 13 December 2012.
The film is written by Peter Jackson and his longtime collaborators Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens, and Guillermo del Toro, who originally was chosen to direct the film before leaving the project in 2010.
Soundtrack List
Music by Howard Shore
Disc 1:
1. My Dear Frodo
2. Old Friends (Extended Version)
3. An Unexpected Party (Extended Version)
4. The Blunt Knives - performed by The Dwarf Cast
5. Axe or Sword?
6. Misty Mountains - performed by Richard Armitage and The Dwarf Cast
7. The Adventure Begins
8. The World Is Ahead
9. An Ancient Enemy
10. Radagast the Brown (Extended Version)
11. The Trollshaws
12. Roast Mutton (Extended Version)
13. A Troll-hoard
14. The Hill of Sorcery
15. Warg Scouts
Disc 2:
1. The Hidden Valley
2. Moon Runes (Extended Version)
3. The Defiler
4. The White Council (Extended Version)
5. Over Hill
6. A Thunder Battle
7. Under Hill
8. Riddles in the Dark
9. Brass Buttons
10. Out of the Frying-Pan
11. A Good Omen
12. Song of the Lonely Mountain (Extended Version) - performed by Neil Finn
13. Dreaming of Bag End
Bonus Tracks
14. A Very Respectable Hobbit
15. Erebor
16. The Dwarf Lords
17. The Edge of the Wild
Plot
A younger and more reluctant Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, sets out on a "unexpected journey" to the Lonely Mountain with a spirited group of Dwarves to reclaim a their stolen mountain home from a dragon named Smaug.
Cast
Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins
Ian McKellen as Gandalf the Grey
Cate Blanchett as Galadriel
Hugo Weaving as Elrond
Christopher Lee as Saruman the White
Sylvester McCoy as Radagast the Brown
Ian Holm as an old Bilbo Baggins
Elijah Wood as Frodo Baggins
Andy Serkis as Gollum
Manu Bennett as Azog the Defiler
Lee Pace as Thranduil
Benedict Cumberbatch as The Necromancer of Dol Guldur
Barry Humphries as the Great Goblin
John Rawls as Yazneg
Other characters:
Melissa McCarthy as Catherine
Megan Fox as Desi, one of Debbie's employees
Albert Brooks as Larry, Pete's father
John Lithgow as Oliver, Debbie's 65-year-old father
Ryan Lee as Joseph
Lena Dunham as Cat, one of Pete's employees
Chris O'Dowd as Ronnie, one of Pete's employees
Rob Smigel as Barry, Pete's friend
Annie Mumolo as Barb, Debbie's friend
Joanne Baron as Mrs. Laviati
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