The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Year:

2013

Duration:

161 min | 186 min (Extended Edition)

Genres:

Adventure | Fantasy

IMDB rate:

8

Director:

Peter Jackson

Awards:

Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 15 wins & 71 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2013-12-13

Filming Locations: Stone Street Studios, Stone Street, Miramar, Wellington, New Zealand

Earnings

Opening Weekend: $73,645,197 (USA) (28 December 2013)

Gross: $258,366,855 (USA) (9 January 2015)

Cast

Actor

Character

Richard Armitage

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Manu Bennett

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Mikael Persbrandt

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Lee Pace

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Ian McKellen

Gandalf

Martin Freeman

Bilbo

Ken Stott

Balin

Graham McTavish

Dwalin

William Kircher

Bifur

James Nesbitt

Bofur

Stephen Hunter

Bombur

Dean O'Gorman

Fili

Aidan Turner

Kili

John Callen

Oin

Peter Hambleton

Gloin

Jed Brophy

Nori

Mark Hadlow

Dori

Adam Brown

Ori

Orlando Bloom

Legolas

Evangeline Lilly

Tauriel

Cate Blanchett

Galadriel

Benedict Cumberbatch

Smaug

Sylvester McCoy

Radagast

Luke Evans

Bard

Stephen Fry

Master of Laketown

Ryan Gage

Alfrid

John Bell

Bain

Peggy Nesbitt

Sigrid

Mary Nesbitt

Tilda

Lawrence Makoare

Bolg

Ben Mitchell

Narzug

Stephen Ure

Fimbul

Craig Hall

Galion

Robin Kerr

Elros

Eli Kent

Lethuin

Simon London

Feren

Brian Sergent

Spider

Peter Vere-Jones

Spider

Mark Mitchinson

Braga

Kelly Kilgour

Soury

Sarah Peirse

Hilda Blanca

Nick Blake

Percy

Dallas Barnett

Bill Ferny Snr

Matt Smith

Squint

Katie Jackson

Betsy Butterbur

Richard Whiteside

Butterbur Snr

Greg Ellis

Net Mender

Ray Henwood

Old Fisherman

Tim Gordon

Stallkeeper

Jabez Olssen

Fish Monger

Stephen Colbert

Laketown Spy

Evelyn McGee

Laketown Spy

Peter Colbert

Laketown Spy

John Colbert

Laketown Spy

Norman Kali

Laketown Spy

Carter Nixon

Laketown Spy

Zane Weiner

Laketown Spy

Allan Smith

Orc Underling

Jim Baltaxe

Laketowner

Paul Craze

Laketowner

Chris Hewer

Laketowner

Christian Hipolito

Laketowner

Kathryn Briggs Hobbs

Laketowner

Peter Jackson

Albert Dreary

Carlton McRae

Laketowner

Liz Merton

Laketowner

Joseph Mika-Hunt

Laketowners

Michael Mizrahi

Thrain

Terry Notary

Goblin

Stephen O'Neill

Laketowner

Lise Perichon

Laketowner

Gabriela Roque López

Laketowner

Antony Sher

Thrain

Tim Simpson

Laketowner

Jeff Slaven

Laketown Extra (uncredited)

Dianne Smith

Laketowner

Jeffrey Thomas

Thror

Royd Tolkien

Ranger Captain

Rosalie van Horik

Mirkwood Elf

Manuela Vetters

Laketowner

Christopher Winchester

Laketowner

Nikky Winchester

Laketowner

Did you know?

Trivia

Alan Lee: The conceptual designer appears as one of the musicians, when some of the Dwarves and Bilbo leave Laketown. He also appeared as one of the 9 kings of men in the intro of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001).

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Tauriel the She-Elf was never included in the book Series, but she appears in both the Desolation of Smaug and The Battle of the Five Armies.

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While the novel and the previous film The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) are mostly told through Bilbo's point of view, this film shifts the perspective to mainly Gandalf and Thorin with little involvement from Bilbo in many major scenes.

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Goofs

At the furnaces, when Thorin taunt Smaug into breathing fire to start up the furnaces, there are plenty of wooden objects (benches, crates,...) in the path of Smaug's fire breath, that will not burn, yet the coals in the furnace almost instantly catch fire.

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Legolas' bow sometimes disappears when he starts fighting with his sword and knives and reappears on his back or in his left hand.

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In the treasure vaults of Erebor, Smaug tells Bilbo that he'd almost be willing to give the Arkenstone to "Thorin Oakenshield" just to watch it drive him mad. Smaug has no particular reason to know the name of the grandson of the king he deposed from Erebor, and since he's been sealed inside the lonely mountain ever since, he certainly wouldn't know the "Oakenshield" name that Thorin earned in a battle at Moria years later.

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Quotes

Bilbo Baggins: So the legend is true, the Black Arrow found its mark...

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Narzug: [to Legolas and Thranduil] Your world will burn.

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Smaug: There is something about you. Something you carry, something made of gold... but far more PRECIOUS...

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Faq

Q

At what point in the series does this movie end?

A

The Desolation of Smaug ends with Smaug leaving the mountain and flying towards Lake-town, revenge on his mind. In the last scene, Bilbo looks on Smaug's flight and asks himself, 'What have we done?'

Q

Why does Thorin tell Fili that one day he will be king?

A

Fili (Dean O'Gorman) and his younger brother Kili are Thorin's nephews (his sister's sons). Since Thorin has no children, this makes Fili his legitimate heir in the line of succession.

Q

What was the date on Durin's Day?

A

The dwarves' New Year occured on the first day of the last moon of autumn. Durin's Day only happened in years when this moon and the sun appeared in the sky together. Using the crescent moons seen at Midsummer's Eve in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and on Durin's Day in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, we can estimate that the date for Durin's Day in the latter film was on or near October 27 (the twenty-seventh day of Winterfilth) in Shire Reckoning. On our Gregorian calendar that should convert to October 15.

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