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The Lord of the Rings: Gollum - How We Made Movie Magic
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Include books by the same authorTwilight Director's Notebook : The Story of How We Made the Movie Based on the Novel by Stephenie Meyer
Catherine Hardwicke · 163 pages
In this intimate book, readers will follow visionary director Catherine Hardwicke through the creative process that went into transforming Stephenie Meyer's breathtaking novel into box office gold. Discover the inside secrets on wardrobe, storyboard sketches, behind-the-scenes photographs, personal notes about Catherine's favorite scenes, and much more.
The Lord of the Rings: Official Movie Guide
Brian Sibley · 120 pages
The mythos, landscapes and characters that Tolkien created are nothing short of spectacular, and it has taken four decades for cinema technology to reach the necessary level of sophistication to bring them to life. Now, Peter Jackson has accomplished the extraordinary feat of making three motion pictures simultaneously to capture Tolkien's vision in its entirety. For the past several years, Peter
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls
Peter Biskind · 506 pages
"Easy Riders, Raging Bulls vividly chronicles the exuberance and excess of the times: the startling success of Easy Rider and the equally alarming circumstances under which it was made, with drugs, booze, and violent rivalry between costars Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda dominating the set; how a small production company named BBS became the guiding spirit of the youth rebellion in Hollywood and ho
If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B Movie Actor
Bruce Campbell · 324 pages
The Kid Stays in the Picture
Robert Evans · 480 pages
An autobiographical account of the life and times of Robert Evans, Hollywood producer who worked on Love Story, Rosemary's Baby, The Godfather, Marathon Man, Chinatown The Cottonwood Club and many other films.
As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride
Cary Elwes, Joe Layden · 272 pages
From actor Cary Elwes, who played the iconic role of Westley in *The Princess Bride*, comes a first-person account and behind-the-scenes look at the making of the cult classic film filled with never-before-told stories, exclusive photographs, and interviews with costars Robin Wright, Wallace Shawn, Billy Crystal, Christopher Guest, and Mandy Patinkin, as well as author and screenwriter William Gol
Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho
Stephen Rebello · 224 pages
Shares a behind the scenes look at how "Psycho" was made, despite studio opposition, and includes interviews with the cast and crew.
The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary
Jeff Kinney · 216 pages
It was a funny, vivid like book.It will make many people laugh it will leave people wanting more. It makes books as funny as the "Captain Underpants" series look like just words on pages.
The Complete Phantom of the Opera
George C. Perry, Jane Rice · 171 pages
The Hunger Games: Official Illustrated Movie Companion
Kate Egan · 160 pages
This book takes readers behind the scenes of the making of THE HUNGER GAMES with exclusive interviews and information on the screenwriting, casting, and elaborate sets and costumes, as well as the actors' performances and directors' vision.
Eclipse: The Complete Illustrated Movie Companion
Mark Cotta Vaz
Stories I Only Tell My Friends
Rob Lowe · 344 pages
A teen idol at fifteen, an international icon and founder of the Brat Pack at twenty, and one of Hollywood's top stars to this day, Rob Lowe chronicles his experiences as a painfully misunderstood child actor in Ohio uprooted to the wild counterculture of mid-seventies Malibu, where he embarked on his unrelenting pursuit of a career in Hollywood.
There and Back Again: An Actor's Tale - A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Lord of the Rings
Sean Astin, Joe Layden, Joe Layden
Chaplin: His Life and Art
David Robinson · 792 pages
A biography that contains a chronology, filmography, theatre tours, important people in Chaplin's life, index, and bibliography.
The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made
Greg Sestero, Tom Bissell · 279 pages
"In 2003, an independent film called The Room--starring and written, produced, directed by a mysteriously wealthy social misfit of indeterminate age and origin named Tommy Wiseau--made its disastrous debut in Los Angeles. Described by one reviewer as "like getting stabbed in the head," the six-million-dollar film earned a grand total of $1800 at the box office and closed after two weeks. Ten years
Ayoade on Ayoade: A Cinematic Odyssey
Richard Ayoade · 320 pages
"Richard Ayoade - actor, writer, director, and amateur dentist - reflects on his cinematic legacy as only he can: in conversation with himself"--Publisher's description.
The Writer's Journey: Mythic Structure for Writers
Christopher Vogler · 315 pages
Silent Bob Speaks: The Selected Writings
Kevin Smith · 352 pages
In this bawdy, over-the-top rant-fest, screenwriter and director Kevin Smith waxes rhapsodic and obnoxious on everything from his platonic infatuation with Ben Affleck to his bloodcurdling hatred of "Greasy" Reese Witherspoon, from his shocking diagnosis of morbid obesity to the simple pleasures of that cradle of civilization known as New Jersey.
Halfway To Hollywood: Diaries 1980 to 1988
Michael Palin · 666 pages
This second volume of Michael Palin's diaries covers the 1980s, a decade in which the ties that bound the Pythons loosened as they forged their separate careers. After a live performance at the Hollywood Bowl, they made their last performance together in 1983 in the hugely successful 'Monty Python's Meaning of Life'.
James Cameron's Titanic
Ed W. Marsh, Douglas Kirkland, James Cameron · 192 pages
Describes the monumental efforts that went into the creation of the major motion picture that re-created the final voyage of the "ship of dreams," otherwise known as the Titanic.
Hitchcock
François Truffaut, Alfred Hitchcock, Helen G. Scott · 311 pages