{"product_id":"9780007364312_peter-jackson-a-film-makers-journey","title":"Peter Jackson: A Film-maker’s Journey","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthorised and fully illustrated insight into the life and career of the award-winning director, from his childhood film projects up to King Kong, together with Jackson's revealing personal account of his six-year quest to film The Lord of the Rings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOnce, Peter Jackson was a name unknown to all but a small band of loyal fans and fellow film-makers. Now he is the newest member of Hollywood's elite fellowship, with his name on the most successful movie trilogy of all time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten with Jackson's full participation, this extensive biography, illustrated with never-before-seen photos from Jackson's personal collection, tells the inside story of how a New Zealander became Hollywood's hottest property – from the early cult classics, through Academy Award™-winning success with Kate Winslet's Heavenly Creatures, the abandoned King Kong remake, and the filming of The Lord of the Rings, a project which was abandoned two years into pre-production, rejected by most of the other studios and then picked up by New Line Cinema in the biggest gamble in film history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing upon interviews with fifty of Peter Jackson's colleagues and contemporaries, author Brian Sibley paints a portrait of a true auteur, a man gifted with single-minded determination and an artist's vision. Jackson himself is both revealing and insightful about his entire film-making life, from his first childhood steps filming in Super 8 to the grand realisation of his life’s dream: King Kong.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTogether, these joint narratives provide a truly unique and compelling insight into one of the finest cinematic minds at work today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brian Sibley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47284951777429,"sku":"9780007364312","price":17.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780007364312.jpg?v=1776992196","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780007364312_peter-jackson-a-film-makers-journey","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}