title: Peter Jackson in Perspective: The Power Behind Cinema's the Lord of the Rings. a Look at Hollywood's Take on Tolkien's Epic Tale.
author:  Greg Wright 
description: ...a thorough and insightful piece of work that should enrich anyone's understanding of both the films and the books. -- <i>Jeffrey Overstreet, Looking Closer, December 2004</i><br /><br />Many people can enjoy the films; not all can write about them with Wrights expertise, clarity and insight. -- <i>Cliff Vaughn, Ethics Daily, 12/14/04</i><br /><br />Terrific and insightful. -- <i>Steve Beard, Good News Magazine, Nov/Dec 2004</i>
zlib_text: **Peter Jackson**
  
    
  
   **A Film-maker’s Journey**
  
    
  
   **Brian Sibley**  
    
    
  
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  HarperCollins _Entertainment_  
   _An Imprint of_ HarperCollins _Publishers_
  
   **Table of Contents**
  
  Cover Page
  
  Title Page
  
  PREFACE
  
  PROLOGUE
  
  1 MODEL BEGINNINGS
  
  2 GETTING SERIOUS
  
  3 A MATTER OF TASTE
  
  4 SPLATTER AND SPLUPPETS
  
  5 ISSUES OF LIFE AND DEATH
  
  6 CHEATS, SPOOKS, HOBBITS AND APES
  
  7 QUEST FOR THE RING
  
  8 THREE-RING CIRCUS
  
  9 RING-MASTER
  
  10 RETURN TO SKULL ISLAND
  
  Epilogue ‘One More For Luck!’
  
  Index
  
  Acknowledgements
  
  By the same author
  
  Copyright
  
  About the Publisher
  
   **PREFACE**
  
   **‘H** ow on earth did this guy ever come to be making _The Lord of the
  Rings_?’
  
  That is a question that has been asked many times over the past few years. The
  person asking it, on this occasion, is the person about whom it is _asked_ –
  Peter Jackson…
  
  ‘Most fans of _The Lord of the Rings_ ’, he says, ‘are probably not that
  familiar with my earlier films, so they may have the i