The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug gets Oscar nods
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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug has been nominated for three Oscars.
Sir Peter Jackson's second instalment of the Hobbit film trilogy, filmed in New Zealand, was nominated for best visual effects, sound editing and sound mixing.
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug has been nominated for three Oscars.
Sir Peter Jackson's second instalment of the Hobbit film trilogy, filmed in New Zealand, was nominated for best visual effects, sound editing and sound mixing.
The nominees for the 86th Academy Awards were announced overnight. The awards ceremony takes place on March 2.
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug nominations:
Visual Effects
Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton and Eric Reynolds
Sound Editing
Brent Burge
Sound Mixing
Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Michael Semanick and Tony Johnson
The first film in the trilogy, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, was also nominated for three Academy Awards - best visual effects, production design and makeup and hairstyling.
The Lord of the Rings trilogy was nominated for 30 Oscars, and won 17.