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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey earned a notable place in cinematic history for being the first feature-length movie to be shot and screened at 48 frames-per-second.

The boy gave the book rave reviews, and the rest is Hobbit history.Ģ. Originally conceived as a children’s fantasy story, the book went to print only after publisher Sir Stanley Unwin paid his 10-year-old son to read it.

Tolkien initially conceived of the story that would provide the foundation for his Lord of the Rings saga when a single sentence popped into his head: “In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.” The sentence stuck in his head until he finally began writing the novel that would become The Hobbit, which was eventually published in 1937. Here are 10 things you might now know about The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey :ġ. To celebrate the arrival of the movie on DVD, Blu-Ray, streaming, as a downloadable file, possibly on VHS, and any other form of home media you can possibly imagine, we have assembled a few facts about the film that you might not know.