--- title: Watch Peter Jackson's 'The Hobbit' in 72 Seconds description: This short video will sum up the entire trilogy in about 1/400th of the time canonical: https://time.com/3568304/the-hobbit-films-72-seconds/ author: TIME article:opinion: true article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-11-07T21:20:15.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T05:07:08.346Z article:section: Ideas og:title: Watch Peter Jackson's 'The Hobbit' in 72 Seconds og:description: This short video will sum up the entire trilogy in about 1/400th of the time og:url: https://time.com/3568304/the-hobbit-films-72-seconds/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Peter Jackson's 'The Hobbit' in 72 Seconds twitter:description: This short video will sum up the entire trilogy in about 1/400th of the time twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Peter Jackson's _The Hobbit_ in 72 Seconds > Sponsored content. 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A paid TIME subscription is separate and available at time.com/subscribe-agent. by [Rachel Oakley / Lost at E Minor](https://time.com/author/lost-at-e-minor-zolton-zavos/) ## Rachel Oakley / Lost at E Minor Nov 7, 2014 9:20 PM UTC by [Rachel Oakley / Lost at E Minor](https://time.com/author/lost-at-e-minor-zolton-zavos/) ## Rachel Oakley / Lost at E Minor Nov 7, 2014 9:20 PM UTC  _This_ [_article_](http://www.lostateminor.com/2014/10/23/hobbit-72-seconds-33000ish-seconds-shorter-peter-jacksons-version/) _originally appeared on_ [_Lost at E Minor_](http://www.lostateminor.com/)_._ If you really can’t afford to spend 8+ hours watching all of Peter Jackson’s _Hobbit_ films, you can just buy the books and take your time reading through them… or you can watch 72 seconds of The Hobbit and be caught up with the entire story. Kinda. Brought to you by the [Brotherhood Workshop](https://www.facebook.com/BrotherhoodWorkshop), this version is around 33,000 seconds shorter than the films and without the budget to hire actors or a costume department, or even space to film this condensed version of _The Hobbit_, the guys used Legos instead. Watching this short video will sum up the entire trilogy in about 1/400th of the time. Start watching! 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