THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG
2014 BAFTA Film Award Nomination: Special Visual Effects 2014 BAFTA Film Award Nomination: Make-up and hair From Academy Award winning filmmaker Peter Jackson comes The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, the second in atrilogy of films adapting the enduringly popular masterpieceThe Hobbit,by J.R.R. Tolkien. The three films tell a continuous story set in Middle-earth 60 years beforeThe Lord of the Rings, which Jackson and his filmmaking team brought to the big screen in the blockbuster trilogy that culminated with the Oscar winning The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King.The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug continuesthe adventure of the title character Bilbo Baggins as he journeys with theWizard Gandalf and thirteen Dwarves, led by Thorin Oakenshield, on an epicquest to reclaim the Lonely Mountain and the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor.Having survived the beginning of theirunexpected journey, the Company continues East, encountering along the way the skin-changer Beorn and a swarm of giant Spiders in the treacherous forest of Mirkwood.After escapingcapture by thedangerous Wood-elves, the Dwarves journey to Lake-town, and finally to the Lonely Mountainitself, where they must face the greatest danger of all - a creature more terrifying than any other; one which will test not only the depth of theircourage but the limits oftheir friendship and the wisdom of the journey itself - the Dragon Smaug.