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Title:
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THE "FRODO" FRANCHISE
THE "LORD OF THE RINGS" AND MODERN HOLLYWOOD |
By: |
Kristin Thompson |
Format: |
Paperback |

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£23.00 |
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ISBN 10: |
0520258134 |
ISBN 13: |
9780520258136 |
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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS |
Pub. date: |
1 July, 2008 |
Pages: |
424 |
Description: |
Examines the movie, "The Lord of the Rings", its scripting and design and technologies deployed to produce the films, video games, and DVDs. This book demonstrates the impact "Rings" had on the companies that made it, on the fantasy genre, on New Zealand, and on independent cinema. |
Synopsis: |
"Once in a lifetime." The phrase comes up over and over from the people who worked on Peter Jackson's "The Lord of the Rings". The film's seventeen Oscars, record-setting earnings, huge fan base, and hundreds of ancillary products attest to its importance and to the fact that "Rings" is far more than a film. Its makers seized a crucial moment in Hollywood - the special effects digital revolution, plus the rise of "infotainment" and the Internet - to satisfy the trilogy's fans while fostering a huge new international audience.The resulting franchise of franchises has earned billions of dollars to date with no end in sight. Kristin Thompson interviewed seventy-six people to examine the movie's scripting and design and the new technologies deployed to produce the films, video games, and DVDs. She demonstrates the impact "Rings" had on the companies that made it, on the fantasy genre, on New Zealand, and on independent cinema. In fast-paced, compulsively readable prose, she affirms Jackson's "Rings" as one the most important films ever made. |
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12 color illustrations; 36 b/w illustrations; 1 map; 1 table |
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US |
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University of California Press |
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