An Unlikely Journey
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An Unlikely Journey: Waking Up from My American Dream
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A film adaptation of J. Tolkien 's novel The Hobbit was in development for several years after the critical and financial success of The Lord of the Rings film trilogy — , co-written, co-produced, and directed by Peter Jackson. Jackson was initially going to produce a two-film adaptation of The Hobbit , which was to be directed by Guillermo del Toro. The Hobbit films were produced back to back , like The Lord of the Rings films.
Principal photography for The Hobbit films began on 21 March in New Zealand [21] and ended on 6 July , after days of filming. An Unexpected Journey used a shooting and projection frame rate of 48 frames per second, becoming the first feature film with a wide release to do so. However, the majority of cinemas projected the film at the industry standard 24 fps after the film was converted.
The musical score for An Unexpected Journey was composed, orchestrated, conducted and produced by Howard Shore. The score reprised many themes from the Lord of the Rings trilogy but also introduced numerous new themes, including Shore's orchestral setting of the diegetic "Misty Mountains" song. The album received nominations for various awards and peaked in the top ten charts in Korea and the United States. According to news reports, up to 27 animals died during the production of The Hobbit: Three video games were released in December for different platforms to coincide with the theatrical release of the film featuring tie-in materials.
The world premiere of The Hobbit: Around , people lined the red carpet on Courtenay Place for the film's premiere, and the entire event was broadcast live on TV in New Zealand, as well as streaming over the internet. An extended edition of the film had a limited re-release on 5 October , accompanied by a special greeting from Peter Jackson.
An Unexpected Journey was released on DVD, Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D on 19 March , [42] with an extended edition, with 13 minutes of additional footage and three bonus discs containing approximately nine hours of special features, released on 5 November It is the fourth highest-grossing film of [48] and the 31st highest-grossing film of all time. The Return of the King.
It topped the box office outside North America on two consecutive weekends. After the New Zealand premiere, Television New Zealand noted that critical responses were "largely positive" but with "mixed responses to the film's technological advances". The site's consensus reads "Peter Jackson's return to Middle-earth is an earnest, visually resplendent trip, but the film's deliberate pace robs the material of some of its majesty.
Peter Travers of Rolling Stone criticised the film's use of "48 frames per second… Couple that with 3D and the movie looks so hyper-real that you see everything that's fake about it… The minutes of screen time hurts, since the first 45 minutes of the film traps us in the hobbit home of the young Bilbo Baggins," but continued with "Once Bilbo and the dwarves set on their journey… things perk up considerably.
Trolls, orcs, wolves and mountainous monsters made of remarkably pliable stone bring out the best in Jackson and his Rings co-screenwriters Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens.
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It is the only time the digital effects and smoother visuals underline, rather than undermine, the mythical drama of Bilbo's adventure. The trilogy will test the stamina of the non-believers, and many might feel Matthew Leyland of Total Film gave the film a five-star rating and said that it is "Charming, spectacular, technically audacious… in short, everything you expect from a Peter Jackson movie.
A feeling of familiarity does take hold in places, but this is an epically entertaining first course.
Area Film Critics Association. The film's team won an Academy Scientific and Technical Award —the Scientific and Engineering Award for inventing a technique which has made huge advances in bringing to life computer-generated characters such as Gollum in the film to the screen. The Fellowship of the Ring which earned eight nominations at the time of its release. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. This is the latest accepted revision , reviewed on 6 December An Unexpected Journey Theatrical release poster.
New Zealand United States [2]. Martin Freeman as Young Bilbo Baggins: Ken Stott as Balin: He is described in the novel as "always their look-out man". Graham McTavish as Dwalin: Mark Hadlow as Dori: Nori and Ori's brother. He is described in the novel as "a decent fellow, despite his grumbling", while Thorin described him as being the strongest member of the Company. Hadlow also plays Bert the Stone-troll.
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Jed Brophy as Nori: Dori and Ori's brother. Adam Brown as Ori: Dori and Nori's brother. Hambleton also plays William the Stone-troll. William Kircher as Bifur: Bofur and Bombur's cousin. Kircher also plays Tom the Stone-troll.
James Nesbitt as Bofur: Bombur's brother and Bifur's cousin, described as "a disarmingly forthright, funny and occasionally brave Dwarf". Stephen Hunter as Bombur: Bofur's brother and Bifur's cousin; described in the novel as fat and clumsy. Cate Blanchett as Galadriel: She was also portrayed by Blanchett in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. Hugo Weaving as Elrond: He was also portrayed by Weaving in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. He was also portrayed by Lee in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy.
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His scenes take place shortly before the events of The Fellowship of the Ring. Andy Serkis as Gollum: Serkis portrayed Gollum through motion capture , as he did in The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. He leads a band of Hunter Orcs and rides a huge white warg.
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Barry Humphries as the Great Goblin: Conan Stevens as Bolg: John Rawls as Yazneg: Movement choreographer Terry Notary played Yazneg during pick-up shots. Bret McKenzie as Lindir: Kiran Shah as the Goblin scribe: After Yazneg is killed, Fimbul becomes Azog's right-hand man. Ure also played a goblin, named Grinnah, who acted as the Great Goblin's acolyte.
Benedict Cumberbatch as the voice of the dragon Smaug , as well as The Necromancer , a mysterious sorcerer residing in Dol Guldur with the ability to summon the spirits of the dead. Cumberbatch provided performance capture for the character's brief appearance in this film. Music of The Hobbit film series. List of accolades received by The Hobbit film series. The Fellowship of the Ring. An unexpected Journey ". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved 21 December The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 26 March Your unexpected questions answered". Archived from the original on 12 April Retrieved 22 December The Hobbit snubbed in Bafta nominations".
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