Here's How They Made The Hobbit's Amazing Barrel Escape Scene
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Here's How They Made The Hobbit's Amazing Barrel Escape Scene
That awesome seven-minute barrel-enabled escape from the elves in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug? Here's how it was made.
Mar 3, 2014
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