【剧情简介】

　　The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is a 2012 epic adventure film directed by

　　Peter Jackson. It is the first of a three-part film adaptation of the 1937 novel

　　The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien, to be followed by The Desolation of Smaug and

　　There and Back Again, due for theatrical release in 2013 and 2014, respectively.

　　The three films together will act as prequels to Jackson's The Lord of the Rings

　　film trilogy.

　　The story is set in Middle-earth sixty years before The Lord of the Rings,

　　and portions of the film are adapted from the appendices to Tolkien's The Return

　　of the King novel. An Unexpected Journey tells the tale of the hobbit Bilbo

　　Baggins (Martin Freeman), who is convinced by the wizard Gandalf (Ian McKellen)

　　to accompany thirteen dwarves led by Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage) on a

　　quest across Middle-earth to reclaim the Lonely Mountain from Smaug the dragon.

　　The film premiered in New Zealand on 28 November 2012 and was released

　　internationally from 12 December 2012.

　　根据英国作家J.R.R·托尔金1937年出版的同名长篇小说改编。又名《哈比特人历险记》或《去而复返-一个霍比特人的故事》。(原著中由比尔博本人亲自撰写。)因此书而延伸出的《魔戒》和其后的故事，托尔金因此一举成名。故事讲述记述霍比特人比尔博.巴金斯与巫师甘道夫和十三名矮人向东旅行横越中土大陆，寻找被恶龙抢占的属于矮人珍贵宝物的探险故事。