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The Lord of the Rings: The Making of the Movie Trilogy

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The official inside story on the making of the award-winning movie trilogy

The Lord of the Rings: The Making of the Movie Trilogy is a lavishly illustrated, behind-the-scenes, definitive account of the creation of an epic film experience.

Hailed by critics worldwide, part one of the movie trilogy was a box-office smash, one of the most successful films of the decade. Peter Jackson's "fierce, imaginative movie takes high-flying risks and inspires with its power and scale," wrote Newsweek. "In every way this is moviemaking on a grand scale," wrote the San Francisco Chronicle, while Time proclaimed the "grandeur, moral heft and emotional depth" of the film, which received thirteen Academy Award(R) nominations. Including more than 300 photographs from all three films, most unique to this book, and exclusive interviews with all the cast and crew, Brian Sibley's fascinating book takes every fan inside the process of adapting J.R.R. Tolkien's masterwork for the screen. For the first time in history, three major movies were made at the same time, a triumphant and monumental undertaking that took the world by storm. Here can be found details about the hundreds of dedicated artists, craftspeople and cast and crew members who labored for years -- adding authenticity at every stage -- to bring one of the greatest stories ever told to an eager film audience. Sibley takes us inside the process of filmmaking to show us how the magic is made -- from the director, writers and actors to wardrobe, makeup, miniatures, music and digital special effects, it's all here.

"It was tiring, physically and mentally, but never dull. Three movies, one big story, and so much variety: one day shooting scenes of intimate heart-wrenching drama, the next, vast battle scenes involving hundreds of extras. Every day brought an opportunity to create something new on this enormous canvas that is The Lord of the Rings." -- Peter Jackson

192 pages, Paperback

First published January 1,2002

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Format
192 pages, Paperback
Published
November 6, 2002 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN
9780618260225
ASIN
0618260226
Language
English

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Brian Sibley is an English author who has written over 100 hours of radio drama and has written and presented hundreds of radio documentaries, features and weekly programmes.

In 1981, he co-wrote BBC Radio 4's adaptation of Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings with Michael Bakewell, and has also adapted C. S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia and Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast for Radio 4, for which he received a Sony Radio Award in 1985.

As a broadcaster, he was a contributor to and then regular presenter of the former BBC Radio 4 arts programme Kaleidoscope and the BBC World Service arts magazine, Meridian. He also presented the Radio 4 film programme, Talking Pictures and chaired the radio panel games Break A Leg and Screen Test, and presented several seasons of the BBC television programme, First Light.

The Daily Telegraph radio critic, Gillian Reynolds gave him the accolade "magician of the airwaves".

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teopei
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April 26,2025
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As the title so aptly suggests, this illustrated volume focuses on how The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy was created and produced. Each page was full of beautiful photos and interesting behind-the-scenes information.

This was actually a far denser read than anticipated. I learned so much about the production, setting, casting etc. of the movies and was surprised by just how in-depth an insight this provided. My Tolkien-loving heart could only give anything related to the fantasy master a full five-star rating, but this book also deserves for just how comprehensive a read it proved to be.
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Devilgirl3
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April 26,2025
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The Lord of the Rings: The Making of the Movie Trilogy by Brian Sibley (2002)
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Yunikonkun
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April 26,2025
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Nice mix of text and images, worth reading if you are a huge fan.
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CrimsonKnight2
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April 26,2025
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I loved how it showed us the behind the scenes and how they used the environment.
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Nonekone
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April 26,2025
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Fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the making of the incredible movies. The only thing lacking was more pictures!
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Sal_lia
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April 26,2025
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I thought this was way cool because I am a huge LOTR fan. It was really cool to see how it was made.
I really want to go to New Zealand to see the sights. I liked the whole dang book
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Kimimorra
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April 26,2025
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A book which provides a lot of background information for the making of the Lord Of The Rings, mostly the work done by the WETA workshop. It's wonderful to read about all this background work, it just drives home what a big undertaking the making of these movies actually was.. especially if you consider that so many of the people involved didn't have an awful lot of experience! The love and the passion for the project can be lifted from the pages and it makes a wonderful and interesting read.

However, many of the things mentioned can be seen in the documentaries on the Extended Editions DVDs, so if you've seen that, this book may not interest you as much. The only other thing that I wish I had read more about was a bit more about the actors' interpretations and background stories. But then again, they too can be seen in the documentaries so it's not that big of an issue. Still, it would have been nice because the occasional time Brian Sibley spoke to an actor it was really fascinating to read.
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