He easily upped bets to a quarter a game, without objection, and graciously purchased another bottle for the players.Water pouring out of he U-shaped ""dump tanks"" was played in reverse in order to create he illusion of the sea""s parting.The next scene was set at Rancho Arroyo, a Mesa Verde Construction housing development in the desert near Los Angeles, run by foreman Jack Travis (Stuart Wilson).Gandalf hought to himself: "We may yet survive this."Thorin""s battle plan to defeat the Orcs was to "take out their leader" Azog by riding toward his Ravenhill command post with Dwalin, Fili, and Kili (Gandalf: "He""s taking his best warriors.[Note: This film""s first sequel,After the Thin Man (1936)was also a Best Picture nominee, and the first sequel ever nominated for Best Picture.