Anything You Can Imagine: Peter Jackson and the Making of Middle-earth (Lord of the Rings)

Nathan, Ian (J R R Tolkien interest)

ISBN 10: 0008192472 / ISBN 13: 9780008192471

Published by HarperCollins, England, 2018

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1st printing . A very nice copy in an unclipped jacket. Over 1kg packed , extra postage will be required to most destinations outside of the Perth (Australia) metro area.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Anything You Can Imagine: Peter Jackson and the Making of Middle-earth (Lord of the Rings)
• Publisher: HarperCollins, England
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0008192472
• ISBN 13: 9780008192471
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

The definitive history of Peter Jackson’s Middle-earth saga, Anything You Can Imagine takes us on a cinematic journey across all six films, featuring brand-new interviews with Peter, his cast crew. From the early days of daring to dream it could be done, through the highs and lows of making the films, to fan adoration and, finally, Oscar glory. LightsA nine-year-old boy in New Zealand’s Pukerua Bay stays up late and is spellbound by a sixty-year-old vision of a giant ape on an island full of dinosaurs. This is true magic. And the boy knows that he wants to be a magician. CameraFast-forward twenty years and the boy has begun to cast a spell over the film-going audience, conjuring gore-splattered romps with bravura skill that will lead to Academy recognition with an Oscar nomination for Heavenly Creatures. The boy from Pukerua Bay with monsters reflected in his eyes has arrived, and Hollywood comes calling. What would he like to do next? ‘How about a fantasy film, something like The Lord of the Rings…?’ ActionThe greatest work of fantasy in modern literature, and the biggest, with rights ownership so complex it will baffle a wizard. Vast. Complex. Unfilmable. One does not simply walk into Mordor – unless you are Peter Jackson. Anything You Can Imagine tells the full, dramatic story of how Jackson and his trusty fellowship of Kiwi filmmakers dared take on a quest every bit as daunting as Frodo’s, and transformed JRR Tolkien’s epic tale of adventure into cinematic magic, and then did it again with The Hobbit. Enriched with brand-new interviews with Jackson, his fellow filmmakers and many of the films’ stars, Ian Nathan’s mesmerising narrative whisks us to Middle-earth, to gaze over the shoulder of the director as he creates the impossible, the unforgettable, and proves that film-making really is ‘anything you can imagine’.

About the Author

Ian is the longstanding executive editor for the world-famous Empire film magazine and has written widely about, or from, the sets of many major movies. His published books include Alien Vault (2011) and Terminator Vault (2013). He is currently developing a book on the Coen brothers and another on the filmmaking career of Peter Jackson.