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The Making of "King Kong" (Paperback)

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  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Pocket Books (13 Dec 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1416502572
  • ISBN-13: 978-1416502579
  • Product Dimensions: 27.4 x 21.2 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 402,690 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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It was seeing King Kong as a young boy that made Peter Jackson decide to become a filmmaker. Now in 2005 he will fulfill another one of his ambitions with the release of King Kong, his own personal homage to the film that inspired him. Made with the same meticulous attention to detail and consummate on-screen storytelling that hallmarked all three Lord of the Rings films, King Kong will recreate all the tragic grandeur and epic scale of the original while emphasising the themes of conservation versus exploitation of nature that give the story a peculiarly contemporary resonance. Jackson will employ the latest technology to bring this timeless tale to cinematic life, and his Kong promises to be a unique and breathtaking creation. Following every step of the process, this book is the perfect on-set illustrated record of how King Kong was made. Starring Jack Black, Naomi Watts, Adrian Brody and Andy Serkis - who will bring to his portrayal of Kong the same extraordinary talent he brought to Gollum - King Kong is scheduled for worldwide release in December 2005.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Not a Great Read, 11 April 2006
By Captain EO "No. 7" (Cardiff, Wales, UK) - See all my reviews
As someone with a strong interest in both Hollywood Blockbusters & Behind-the-Scenes Material I was pretty eager to read this book. I always wait until I've watched the movie first before delving into this type of book and whilst I enjoyed this film version of Kong it just didn't hit the spot as I'd hoped it would. The book left me feeling much the same way.

The majority of this book covers a lot of the early work on King Kong & as you read through you realise that the film was quite obviously far from complete when this book was probably handed over to the Publishers. Whilst I'm well aware of the need to get tie-in material produced well in advance of the actual movie's release I couldn't help but feel short-changed. Quite why other similar books covering movies such as Star Wars & Lord of the Rings can cover far more of the finished film can only be down to one of two things ... Either the book was handed over ridiculously early or the movie still had major completion issues approaching release. I actually strongly believe the latter as compare Kong's schedule to say even one chapter of the Lord of the Rings & Peter Jackson doesn't appear to have had the same level of time. This stacks up as I'm sure Universal Studios were pushing him harder to get Kong out than the deal he struck with New Line Cinema for LOTR.

The book itself contains many solitary images which don't even cover much of the page it's fetaured on. I'm sure the writers would argue that this is a design factor but I just think there's not a great deal to look at for a book which supposedly give you an inside look at a blockbuster as huge as King Kong. The text does cover most aspects of the production of the film but it's the same old stuff as we've all read before.

In summary compared to similar books of this type I think this is about the worst I've read. Not enough time and effort spent in putting this together in a day and age when DVD Bonus Features offer so much in-depth knowledge of how a major movie is made.

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