Tehran – Peter Jackson’s directorial 2012 epic fantasy adventure film “The Hobbit: An Expern Gourney” will be on display at Tehran’s Iranian Artists Forum (IAF) on Friday.
Film screening is set at 6pm at Naserihall, IAF. The 174-minute film will be on display in Persian subtitles, Honaronline reported.
It is based on JRR Tolkien’s 1937 novel “The Hobbit.” The “The Hobbit” trilogy is the first to act as a prequel to Jackson’s “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy.
The story is set in Middle Earth 60 years before the main event of “The Lord of the Rings” and some of the film’s main events, and fits Tolkien’s “Return of the King” from the appendix. “An unexpected Journey” tells the story of Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman), who is convinced to accompany Wizard Gandalf (Ian McKellen), led by Thorin Oakensshield (Richard Armitage), as he is accompanied by Wizard Gandalf (Ian McKellen), led by Thorin Oakensshield (Richard Armitage).
The ensemble cast also includes Ken Stott, Cate Blanchett, Ian Holm, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, James Nesbitt, Elijah Wood and Andy Serkis.
Screened almost nine years after the release of “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King,” the film received mixed reviews from critics and earned $1.017 billion at the box office, making it the fourth-highest selling film of 2012. At the 85th Academy Awards, she was nominated for Best Production Design, Best Makeup and Hair Styling, and Best Visual Effects.
Two sequels, “The Devastation of Smaug” and “The Battle of the Five Armies,” followed in 2013 and 2014, respectively.
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After Tolkien’s death, son Christopher published a series of works based on his father’s extensive memoirs and an unpublished manuscript, including “Silmarion.”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.
Sir 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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