TEHRAN – The Tehran Iranian Artist Forum (IAF) screened Peter Jackson’s epic fantasy adventure film “The Devastation of Smaug” on Friday.
The 180-minute film, which was shown at IAF’s Naseri Hall at 6pm, was exhibited in Persian subtitles, Mehr reported.
The film is based on the sequel to JRR Tolkien’s 1937 novel The Hobbit and 2012’s The Hobbit: Annegreed Journey. This is the second article in the Hobbit trilogy and serves as the prequel to Jackson’s “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy.
The film follows the honorable character Bilbo Baggins as he continues to accompany Thorin Okenshield and his fellow dwarves in his quest to regain a lonely mountain from Dragon Smaug. Pursuing them are the revengeful Oak Azoxafiller and his son Borg, Gandalf Zagrey investigating the return of evil forces that have long been forgotten in the abandonment of Drugurdur.
The ensemble cast includes Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Benedict Cumberbatch, Evangeline Lily, Lee Pace, Luke Evans, Ken Stott, James Nesbitt and Orlando Bloom.
John R. R. Tolkien (1892-1973) is an English writer and philosopher known for his high-level fantasy works, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.
After Tolkien’s death, son Christopher published a series of works based on his father’s extensive memoirs and an unpublished manuscript, including “Silmarion.” These together with “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings” form the connected bodies of stories, poetry, fictional history, invented languages, and literary essays about fantasy worlds called Ada. Between 1951 and 1955, Tolkien applied the term Legendarium to most of these works.
While many other authors had published fantasy works before Tolkien, the incredible success of “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings” sparked a deep interest in the fantasy genre, and ultimately led to an avalanche of new fantasy books and writers. As a result, he is commonly identified as the “father” of modern fantasy literature and is widely regarded as one of the most influential writers of all time.
Peter Jackson, 63, is a New Zealand filmmaker. He is best known as the director, writer and producer of the Lord of the Rings Trilogy (2001–2003) and the Hobbit Trilogy (2012–2014). He is the fourth-highest-selling film director of all time, and his films have earned over $6.5 billion worldwide.
Jackson won three Academy Awards for “The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King” (2003). His other awards include three Bafatas, A Golden Globe, two Primetime Emmy Awards and four Saturn Awards.
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