The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

Theatrical - Wide 2014-12-17

Cast Saoirse Ronan Cate Blanchett Martin Freeman Orlando Bloom Elijah Wood Hugo Weaving Ian McKellen Christopher Lee Richard Armitage Andy Serkis James Nesbitt Rob Kazinsky Jed Brophy Aidan Turner Ken Stott Benedict Cumberbatch
Directed by Peter Jackson
Written by Philippa Boyens Peter Jackson Guillermo del Toro Fran Walsh

Genres: Adventure Fantasy

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9/10

Synopsis

“The Hobbit: There and Back Again” is the epic conclusion to Peter Jackson’s trilogy of films adapting the enduringly popular masterpiece The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien. The film concludes the adventure of the title character Bilbo Baggins, who joins the Wizard... See more Gandalf and thirteen Dwarves, led by Thorin Oakenshield, on an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor.

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