--- description: This short video will sum up the entire trilogy in about 1/400th of the time title: Watch Peter Jackson's 'The Hobbit' in 72 Seconds image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ## Ideas Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Innovation](/tag/innovation/) ## Innovation Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Peter Jackson's _The Hobbit_ in 72 Seconds by [Rachel Oakley / Lost at E Minor](/author/lost-at-e-minor-zolton-zavos/) ## Rachel Oakley / Lost at E Minor Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 7, 2014 9:20 PM CUT by [Rachel Oakley / Lost at E Minor](/author/lost-at-e-minor-zolton-zavos/) ## Rachel Oakley / Lost at E Minor Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 7, 2014 9:20 PM CUT  _This_ [_article_](http://www.lostateminor.com/2014/10/23/hobbit-72-seconds-33000ish-seconds-shorter-peter-jacksons-version/ "undefined") _originally appeared on_ [_Lost at E Minor_](http://www.lostateminor.com/ "undefined")_._ 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 "undefined"), 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! (via [The Awesomer](http://theawesomer.com/the-hobbit-in-72-seconds/296068/ "undefined")) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3568304/the-hobbit-films-72-seconds/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3568304/the-hobbit-films-72-seconds/"},"headline":"Watch Peter Jackson's The Hobbit in 72 Seconds","datePublished":"2014-11-07T21:20:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:07:08.346Z","description":"This short video will sum up the entire trilogy in about 1/400th of the time","url":"https://time.com/3568304/the-hobbit-films-72-seconds/","keywords":["Innovation","movies","Legos"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rachel Oakley / Lost at E Minor"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/innovation/","name":"Innovation"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3568304/the-hobbit-films-72-seconds/","name":"Watch Peter Jackson's The Hobbit in 72 Seconds"}}]}] ```