“You spent three days lying on a beach drinking rum?”
“Welcome to the Caribbean, love!”
This beautifully designed narrative serves as your compass to Disney’s
Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy of movies, describing in detail every aspect of the movie-making process, from casting to costumes to computer graphics, from curses to cutlasses to corsets.
Author Michael Singer takes readers on an extraordinary journey, recounting the links in the
Pirates of the Caribbean chain—from the last Disneyland attraction in which Walt Disney was personally involved, to a film project spearheaded by one of the world’s most successful producers, Jerry Bruckheimer, and a vividly imaginative director named Gore Verbinski.
A veritable treasure chest of exclusive photos and insider information,
the book includes information on the production, makeup, location filming, shipbuilding, stunts, and special effects, as well as a scrapbook of Jerry Bruckheimer's on-set photographs. Also included are profiles on the films’ incredible stars: Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Geoffrey Rush, Bill Nighy, Stellan Skarsgard, and more!
Michael Singer is a writer and production unit publicist with more than 35 years of experience in his field. Previously, Singer wroteThe Making of Oliver Stone's Heaven and Earthand "making of" books forBatman Returns,Batman Forever, andBatman &Robin, as well asA Cut Above: 50 Film Directors Talk About Their Craftand 13 annual editions of the pre-internet age reference bookMichael Singer's Film Directors: A Complete Guide.
Timothy Shaner has designed more than fifty books, includingThe Art of X2: The Making of the Blockbuster Movie;The Da Vinci Code Illustrated Screenplay;Kingdom of Heaven: The Ridley Scott Film and the History Behind the Story;Tim Burton's Corpse Bride: An Invitation to the Wedding;Ali: The Movie and the Man; andCrouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: A Portrait of Ang Lee's Epic Film. He is the design originator of the Welcome Books "Little Big Book" series, which has 1.5 million copies in print.