The Hobbit: There and Back Again (2013)
d. Peter Jackson

Film Plot Summary

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Film Notables (Awards, Facts, etc.)

An epic fantasy film - a two-part adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's beloved 1937 fantasy novel. The film's plot was a prequel - set decades before the events of The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Wizard Gandalf (Ian McKellen) and a set of 13 dwarfs recruited the reluctant hobbit Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) to take a dangerous quest to reclaim a dragon's treasure.

The previous film was The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012).

Guillermo del Toro was originally hired to direct, but dropped out, so Peter Jackson (producer and co-writer) took the job. Several of the characters who had acted in the original trilogy returned for the prequel.

With a production budget of $? million, and box-office gross receipts of $? million (domestic) and $? (worldwide).

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