There and Back Again: A Hobbit's Tale (The Skuta Cut)

Initial release: 4/3/2017

Editor: Matt Skuta/1991mgs

Length: 3:03 hrs

Website: https://mattskuta.com/cuts/taba

https://imgur.com/a/UOvLh"'When tackling this project I was less interested in adhering to the book and more focused on creating a coherent, streamlined film that maintains narrative momentum and narrative sense. The biggest casualties in cut are subplots that don’t pertain to either Bilbo, Thorin, or the Bowman as well as sequences that do not drive those three narratives forward. Beyond that, almost every single scene in the movie has been cut down in some way, whether that is starting scenes later, ending them earlier, or pulling out moments and dialogue in the middle of scenes.'"