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THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG [Extended edition]

THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG <span>[Extended edition]</span> artwork

THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG [Extended edition]

Type of media Video

Approved Running time 186m 40s

BBFCInsight moderate violence, threat

Genre(s) Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

Director(s) Peter Jackson

Cast includes Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Orlando Bloom, Hugo Weaving, Cate Blanchett, Benedict Cumberbatch, Evangeline Lilly, Christopher Lee, Aidan Turner, Andy Serkis, Stephen Fry, Billy Connolly, Ian Holm, James Nesbitt, Sylvester McCoy, Ken Stott, Luke Evans, Manu Bennett, Lee Pace

Cut This work was passed uncut.

BBFCinsight publication date 22/09/2014

Note: The following text may contain spoilers

THE HOBBIT THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG is part two of Peter Jackson's three part adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's novel. This is an extended version.

Violence

Moderate violence includes a number of battles as the heroes fight giant spiders and orcs. These include sight of orcs being decapitated, including with a head held up, and orcs being shot with arrows, including arrows which pierce their heads. There is also frequent use of bladed weapons. The fighting is fantastical and lacking any emphasis on blood. It is very similar to the action seen in the previous film in the series, as well as that seen in THE LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy.

Threat

There is threat when a character is bound in a giant spider's web and when the character is pursued through a dark forest as they attempt to escape. There is also threat from the dragon, Smaug, who breathes large blasts of fire, and brief threat to children from attacking orcs.

THE HOBBIT THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG also features mild sex references and brief sight of injury following an arrow wound to a leg.

Details

Title
THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG
Title Information
Extended edition
Also known as
THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG - EXTENDED EDITION
Year
2014
Distributor(s)
Warner Home Video Ltd
Classified date(s)
29/10/2014
Main language
English
Submitted run time
186m 40s
BBFC reference
CVF301523
Remarks
Widescreen

Components List

This work is made up of a number of separate components. Note that since February 2001 the BBFC has measured each component separately, but older works may not have the exact details, only a list of titles

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THE HOBBIT - THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG - EXTENDED EDITION
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PIRACY WARNING

Rating information

The version of this work detailed above is rated by the BBFC under the Video Recordings Act 1984 for use on any Packaged Media format (including DVD, Blu-ray and VHS). This classification may also be used when the same work is made available on Digital Video Platforms (including Video On Demand) provided that the platform is licenced to use BBFC ratings.

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