The Lord of the Rings Official Movie Guide - Softcover

Sibley, Brian; Tolkien, J.R.R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0618154035 ISBN 13: 9780618154036

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2001

Synopsis

An authorized movie guide gives readers privileged access to behind-the-scenes material found nowhere else, including lavish full-bleed production stills and biographies of the stars and filmmakers of the new New Line Cinema film, The Fellowship of the Ring. Simultaneous.

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Review:

It's one of the most anticipated movies ever, and now you can see for yourself how the magic of Tolkien's fantasy masterpiece was created on screen in The Lord of the Rings: Official Movie Guide. Brian Sibley's straightforward approach takes the reader from the initial conception of the movie as it was developed and passed around studios (it initially started life as a two-hour condensed version of the three novels) to the months of complicated special-effects work necessary to do justice to Tolkien's extraordinary imagination. The book features interviews with all the key cast and production members and is liberally decorated with full-color photographs and behind-the-scenes images from the film itself. Sibley manages to document perfectly the filmmakers' painstaking attention to detail, much of which will be missed by many moviegoers, but he also captures a sense of camaraderie from all involved who wanted to make the best movie possible.

If it's facts and background trivia you are after, then this is the best place to be--the perfect starting point for those new to Tolkien or eager to find out more about how epic movies are put together. Dedicated Lord of the Rings fans who have been following the epic moviemaking process via the Internet won't find anything here they didn't already know, but this is still a very good companion no matter what level of knowledge or understanding you have of the greatest work of fantastic fiction ever written. --Jonathan Weir, Amazon.co.uk

About the Author:

Brian Sibley is the author of The Map of Tolkien's Middle-earth, Chicken Run: Hatching the Movie, and The Land of Narnia: Exploring the World of C.S. Lewis. He lives in England.

About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0618154035
• ISBN 13: 9780618154036
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 120