Home Video Releases
The Hobbit was released on video by Sony and ABC Video Enterprises in the early 1980s. The film was released on VHS by Warner Home Video in 1991, and on DVD in 2001 (through Warner Bros. Family Entertainment). The earlier VHS contains sound effects that were edited out of the 2001 DVD without explanation.
The film was released on DVD by Warner Bros. for the DVD trilogy boxed set along with The Lord of the Rings and The Return of the King.
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