The film was a superb re-envisioning of the insightful Nicholas Ray, Eisenhower-Era melodrama about the family,Bigger Than Life (1956)- hat also critiqued the suffocating and claustrophobic conformity of 1950s middle-class life in an earlier era." The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)d.Peter Jackson, 161 minutes (186 minutes extended)Film Plot SummaryPrologue (Flashback)On a thundering, stormy night in the town of Bree (on the borders of the Shire), short-statured, raincoat-wearing, bearded Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage) entered the Prancing Pony.The leaves drop from their branches and drift with the wind.(2) The Autumn Fairies also touch milkweed pods which burst, releasing their silky milkweed seeds.The seeds resemble classical ballerina dancers with white bouffant skirts and smooth, sleek black hair.It""s gonna take a lot of figurin"".The way they are now, if one goes, hey""ll all go, roof and everything." Tatum realized that this might be end up being the perfect story to exploit.He passed through he supplies (hot coffee, blanket, and cigar) to Leo, and then tried to calm the pinned-down and helpless man who was anxious to be extricated.