- Paperback: 96 pages
- Publisher: Carlton Books Ltd; illustrated edition edition (8 Jun 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1842223232
- ISBN-13: 978-1842223239
- Product Dimensions: 27.6 x 21.6 x 0.8 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 856,895 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The character of Lara Croft has appeared on over 200 magazine covers worldwide and has over a thousand websites dedicated to her; both of which are sure to increase as Angelina Jolie takes on the role and becomes a flesh-and-blood version of the virtual icon in Paramount Pictures' action-packed movie. The heart-stopping movie takes Lara to the corners of the world, from the ancient tombs of Cambodia, to the Canals of Venice and the Siberian Tundra. Using her wit and skill, Lara must navigate diabolical tombs, solve ingenious puzzles and overcome fantastic obstacles. Tomb Raider - The Official Companion will be the authorized behind-the-scenes look at what promises to be the must-see movie of 2001, eclipsing everything else in its path
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The Adventure Starts Here...
The most exciting cinematic event of 2001 sees Lara Croft transformed from virtual to actual in the new motion picture, "Lara Croft:Tomb Raider." Beautiful, brainy adventurer Lara Croft is both the heroine of one of the world’s most popular computer game franchises and Paramount Picture's upcoming film (due to hit the big screen in July). Published to coincide with the movie release, Tomb Raider – The Official Film Companion is filled with information about the motion picture and its behind-the-scenes production.
The most exciting cinematic event of 2001 sees Lara Croft transformed from virtual to actual in the new motion picture, "Lara Croft:Tomb Raider." Beautiful, brainy adventurer Lara Croft is both the heroine of one of the world’s most popular computer game franchises and Paramount Picture's upcoming film (due to hit the big screen in July). Published to coincide with the movie release, Tomb Raider – The Official Film Companion is filled with information about the motion picture and its behind-the-scenes production.
Tomb Raider – The Official Film Companion features exclusive profiles of the cast, including Oscar® winner Angelina Jolie in the role of Lara Croft; a history of the whole Tomb Raider phenomenon from game to cinema, plus a section on the allies and enemies she encounters - including interviews with cast members. There are also details of the major action sequences, special effects, cutting-edge technology, stunning sets, and how the look of the film was created.
Author Alan Jones is respected worldwide for his film journalism, specialising in science fiction, action adventure and fantasy.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Nice companion to the movie
28 July 2001
Format:Paperback
This is a really interesting companion book to the movie. It includes information on all sorts of things from the major characters and their backgrounds, interviews with the actors, and chapters on set design and location stories. The interview with Angelina Jolie is quite fascinating and shows in part her own complexity and depth, and it's quite enjoyable reading about the other actors such as Noah Taylor and Daniel Craig (Bryce and Alex respectively) and hearing how they view their characters.
Beautiful pictures (although clearly marketed to the boys with a few too many close up pics of Lara C), especially the ones of Cambodia, make this an attractive book, and the history of Lara Croft (originally Laura Cruise) from idea to computer game heroine to big screen personality is again a good feature of the book. Admittedly, this movie companion book falls flat in the face of other movie books such as the ones for "Moulin Rouge" and "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon", both of which are beautiful examples of how to give viewers something to remember the movie by, something to really capture the essence of a movie. This one doesn't do it, with no screenplay (not much of one to start with anyways) and not much thought put into it, although to be fair the essence of this movie is probably a couple of guns and a skimpy wardrobe; not the easiest things to market in book form!
The best part about this book is that it hints at what the screenplay fails to do: it gives some idea of what the producers might have been hoping to achieve with the movie. Don't get me wrong, I loved the movie or I wouldn't have bought this book, but there's no doubt the storyline in the movie is thin and at times utterly confusing and odd. This book by containing a few more of the ideas and storyline behind "Tomb Raider", really points you towards a more complex storyline, one that actually makes sense.
But Angelina Jolie's comments alone are worth the price of the book, in her interview she says that after making the movie she was left with a sense of adventure, that we should all be going out there and experiencing life, travel, the world, for ourselves. Not just living vicariously through books and movies and computer games. That's definitely something for us all to keep in mind!
6 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Tomb Raider
17 Jun 2001
Format:Paperback
The book is based on the Tomb Raider movie starring Angelina Jolie.Like most movies based on books,they have many differences.The movie was excellent and the book had some different parts and words which would have made the movie even better.Overall,the book is must-read for Tomb Raider or Lara Croft fans.
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