Bilbo Baggins continues on in his journey with the wizard Gandalf and thirteen dwarves, led by Thorin Oakenshield, on an epic quest to reclaim their lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor.
MPAA rating: PG-13; extended sequences of intense fantasy action violence, and frightening images.|||general
New Line Cinema and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures present ; a Wingnut Films production ; directed by Peter Jackson ; screenplay by Fran Walsh & Philippa Boyens & Peter Jackson & Guillermo del Toro ; produced by Carolynne Cunningham, Zane Weiner, Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2013.
Based on the novel by J.R.R. Tolkien.
Special features, Disc 1: New Zealand: home of Middle-Earth, part 2. Disc 2: Peter Jackson invites you to the set: "In the company of the Hobbit" making of featurette ; "All in a days work" ; "I see fire" music video ; Live event: "In the cutting room" ; Production videos ; Trailers.
Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Benedict Cumberbatch, Evangeline Lilly, Lee Pace, Luke Evans, Stephen Fry, Ken Stott, James Nesbitt, Orlando Bloom, Mikael Persbrandt, Sylvester McCoy, Aidan Turner, Dean O'Gorman, Graham McTavish, Adam Brown, Peter Hambleton, John Callen, Mark Hadlow, Jed Brophy, William Kircher, Stephen Hunter, Ryan Gage, John Bell, Manu Bennett, Lawrence Makoare.
DVD; region 1; widescreen version presented in a "Letterbox format enhanced for widescreen TVs; dual-layer. The hobbit: the desolation of Smaug
English, French or Spanish (5.1 Dolby digital surround) dialogue, English, French or Spanish subtitles; English SDH (subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing).
Director of photography, Andrew Lesnie ; production designer, Dan Hennah ; edited by Jabez Olssen ; costume designers, Bob Buck, Ann Maskrey, Richard Taylor ; music composed by Howard Shore ; armour, weapons, creatures and special makeup, Richard Taylor ; visual effects supervisor, Eric Saindon ; animation supervisors, David Clayton, Eric Reynolds ; "I see fire" performed by Ed Sheeran ; executive producers, Alan Horn, Toby Emmerich ; executive producers, Ken Kamins, Carolyn Blackwood.
