Most of the aerial shooting was captured by a second unit, overseen by Andy Serkis, in between donning the motion capture suit to play Gollum.
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The chase continues about 100 miles to the north, across the lands of Braemar Station in the Mackenzie Basin region off State Highway 8 between Lake Pukaki and Lake Tekapo, which is where Gandalf guides the Dwarves down through a crack in the rocks. The Dwarves are fleeing across the wide glacial valley of Strath Taieri, a few miles north of the town of Middlemarch on State Highway 87, with the imposing Rock and Pillars Range in the background.
The landscape strewn with jagged boulders is real. It’s suddenly back to the southeast of the South Island for the Warg attack, as Radagast the Brown ( Sylvester McCoy) provides a diversion with his bunny-drawn sled. There was talk of opening up the land for tours, but nothing seems to have happened yet. It’s on farmland near Piopio, southwest of Te Kuiti on the western side of the North Island, backed by the sheer cliffs of the Mangaotaki Rocks.Īlthough the camp and the Trolls’ campfire are stage sets, the entrance to the cave in which the Troll hoard is discovered, is here. ‘Straddles Farm’, the abandoned farmhouse at Trollshaw where the company camps for the night, is another private property. Cape Farewell Horse Treks, however, offer rides through the area. A dramatic cliff top, which offers spectacular views over western Golden Bay, the land is the private property of the Kaihoka Station, a large sheep farm. Not only can you see the Hobbit homes, you can now wine and dine at The Green Dragon Inn or The Shires Rest.įrom Hobbiton, the younger Bilbo ( Martin Freeman) sets off with Gandalf ( Ian McKellen) and the Dwarves, led by Thorin, on a mission to reclaim their stolen lands.Īs the company heads west through the ‘Westfarthing’ region of the Shire, they’re at the furthest end of the South Island, on Takaka Hill, west of Nelson and just south of Abel Tasman National Park. Rebuilt and extended, it was intended to last as a tourist attraction. The famous Hobbiton set at Matamata, on State Highway 27 between Hamilton and Rotorua on New Zealand’s North Island, is used again.
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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey location: The Green Dragon on the Hobbiton Movie Set, Matamata, North Island, New Zealand | Photograph: Hobbiton
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