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Still from The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Poster for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

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Released in 3D · 2013

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

2013 · 161 minutes

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013) was shot in stereo.

You can watch it in 3D now: Apple TV carries it, and the 3D version plays on an Apple Vision Pro.

Exists in
  • Blu-ray 3D
  • Digital purchase
Provenance
Native
Editions held
6

Available in 3D

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: cover of the 3D Blu-ray edition

3D Blu-ray

United Kingdom
No disc region · MVC
Disc count not recorded · No catalogue number
Barcode 5051892164177

Listed second-hand£2.50 at CeX, may have changed
Where this disc is listed
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: cover of the 3D Blu-ray edition

3D Blu-ray

United Kingdom
No disc region · MVC
Disc count not recorded · No catalogue number
Barcode 5051892168533

Listed second-hand£5 at CeX, may have changed
Where this disc is listed
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: cover of the 3D Blu-ray edition

3D Blu-ray

United Kingdom
No disc region · MVC
Disc count not recorded · No catalogue number
Barcode 5051892170512

Listed second-hand£32 at CeX, may have changed
Where this disc is listed

3D Blu-ray

United Kingdom
No disc region · MVC
Disc count not recorded · No catalogue number
Barcode 5051892175975

Not established
Where this disc is listed
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: cover of the Digital purchase, UK store edition

Digital purchase, UK store

United Kingdom storefront
Encode not recorded

In print£4.99 at Apple, may have changed
Watch on Apple TV, UK store

Apple publishes no 3D flag, so this row says the film is sold here, not that the 3D version is.

How the 3D was made

Provenance
Native Shot in stereo, converted afterwards, or a mix of the two. 10
Conversion house
Not yet recorded The company that did the conversion, where there was one. No source
Stereographer
Not yet recorded The person who set the depth. Rarely credited, rarely recorded. No source

What is on the record

FieldValueSource
Aspect ratio2.39:1 1
Available in 3D on Apple TV, US storeYes checked 2
On the Apple TV store in the UKYes checked 3
Camera systemRed Epic Cameras and 3ality Techinca TS5 3D Rigs 1
Earliest disc release8 April 2014 unverified 4
A Blu-ray 3D existsYes 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 4
Production countryNew Zealand 1
ProvenanceNative 10, 8, 1
Released in 3DYes 1
Shown in IMAX 3DYes unverified 8

The film itself

7.6TMDB user score14,456 votes
12ABBFC certificateThe British certificate
161MinutesMinutes

Beyond darkness... beyond desolation... lies the greatest danger of all.

The Dwarves, Bilbo and Gandalf have successfully escaped the Misty Mountains, and Bilbo has gained the One Ring. They all continue their journey to get their gold back from the Dragon, Smaug.

The description and tagline above are TMDB's own text, reproduced under their terms rather than rewritten.11

Cast

Crew

Director
Peter Jackson
Screenplay
Fran Walsh, Guillermo del Toro, Peter Jackson, Philippa Boyens
Cinematographer
Andrew Lesnie
Composer
Howard Shore
Producer
Carolynne Cunningham, Fran Walsh, Peter Jackson, Zane Weiner

Catalogued as TMDB 57158 and IMDb tt1170358. Read on .

Beside this one

Also reaching 3D screens in 2013:

3D films of the 2010s · Shot in stereo · On disc · Streaming

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) checked
  2. Apple TV, the 3D Movies room (US) checked
  3. Apple iTunes lookup, GB store checked
  4. JH wiki MediaWiki API checked
  5. CeX checked
  6. CeX checked
  7. CeX checked
  8. The Illustrated 3D Movie List checked
  9. CeX checked
  10. RealOrFake3D checked
  11. TMDB checked