Peter Jackson: A Film-Maker's Journey

  Kawamura, Mack 165, 171

  Keaton, Buster 17–18, 113, 220, 266–7

  Kennedy, Kathleen 398

  King Kong

  animation 201; birth of PJ’s movie idea 317–19, 324–8; budget and finance 531–2; cast 525, 533, 534–5, 536, 537–9, 538, 539; collapse of 333–8; effects 330–1, 333, 528–30, 542, 546–7, 548; Freudian interpretations of 539–40; gorilla effects 529–30; green light 1, 519, 520–1; locations 528–9; 1933 version xiii, 1–4, 22, 30, 31, 31, 163, 213, 257, 330, 521, 523, 531, 526, 542–4; 1976 version 237–8, 318–19, 544; 1996 script 329, 330, 333, 334–5, 525, 544, 545–6; novel 319, 329–30, 528; PJ on challenge of 549–60; PJ’s love of xiii–xiv, 1–4, 28, 35, 543–4; PJ’s motivation for making 521–4; post-production 552; producer 249; ‘Production Diary’ 532–4; publicity 530, 532–4; score 532; script 525–6, 529, 530, 544, 545–6; sets and design 526, 527, 528, 541–2; shooting 546–51, 547, 550

  King, Stephen 72, 196, 199

  Klein-Nixon, Linda 249

  Knowles, Harry 409, 410, 412, 413, 493, 497–8

  Kodak 20, 243

  KongisKing.net 532

  Kornburg, Lenny 317, 319, 321, 335–6

  Kubrick, Stanley 91

  Lamey, Phil 71

  Lange, David 165

  Laurel and Hardy 17

  Lawrie, Dean 108

  Leatherface: Texas Chain Saw Massacre III 191, 192, 195

  Lee, Alan 361–2, 363, 364, 372, 389, 390, 391, 408, 419, 422, 477, 506, 546

  Lee, Christopher 27, 30, 53–4, 59, 67, 75, 427, 458–9, 463, 466, 470, 486, 498, 508–9, 509

  Lesnie, Andrew 420–1, 420, 433, 442, 451, 463, 472, 486, 543

  Lewis, Rob 49–50, 50, 102–3

  Linde, David 262, 277, 383–4

  Logose 398

  Lord of the Rings, The

  Animatic 371, 378, 390, 424; awards 505–6, 516–18, 517; BBC radio dramatisation 341, 504; birth of PJ’s idea for movies 312–14, 337; book 47–8, 341, 410–12, 411; Cannes screening 493–8, 512; casting 97–8, 147, 264, 275, 417–18, 420, 427–34, 428, 437–42; cinematic scope of 33; design 360–5, 372, 424, 477, 513–14; editing 158, 366–7, 501–5; fans and websites 409–14, 446, 505; finance and budget 315, 353, 360, 372–87, 417, 476–80, 511; locations 163, 422, 423–4, 423, 435–6, 437, 437, 444, 448–9, 451; photos 208; post-production 501–5; producer 425–7; publicity 493–500, 504–5; reviews 505; rights 314, 315, 316, 323, 325; score 424–5; script 158, 353–61, 365–74, 382, 411–12, 414–17, 467, 468–70; shooting 434–7, 439–40, 444, 446–9, 447, 450, 451–66, 455, 458, 461, 464, 466, 474–5, 480–1, 486–496; special effects 32, 206–7, 307–8, 364–5, 389, 390, 391, 422, 460–1, 476–9, 509–10, 551; studios, selling idea to 312–16, 323, 325–8, 339, 372–87, 388–408; synopsis 340–2; treatment 343–9, 351; working soundtrack 371; world premiere 505, 514–16, 515; World War II, effect upon 13

  Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The

  casting 203, 291; DVD extras 456; editing 493, 503–4; effects 509, 551; James Bond, influence of 55; score 78; script 158, 348, 359, 414; shooting 454, 475

  Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The 36

  action set pieces 349; awards 118, 190, 516–18, 517, 531; casting 291; editing 268–9, 507–12; effects 509; Hollywood premiere 290; parallels with earlier PJ films 99–100 ; PJ’s Problem solving 39, 549; post-production 488–9, 507–12, 552–4; script 415; shooting 451, 452, 453; world premiere xi–xiii, xiv, 13, 153, 303, 519

  Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The

  editing 502, 507, 508–9; European premiere 152; script 358–9, 414, 415, 472; shooting 452, 456, 477

  Lovelace, Delos W. 319, 329–30

  Lovely Bones, The 555–6

  Lucas, George 243, 510, 542, 564

  Lynne, Michael 395, 395, 396, 400, 403, 404, 475, 478, 479, 482, 483, 484, 494, 495, 496, 500, 511, 517, 540, 541

  Lynskey, Melanie 246–7, 248, 249, 251, 252, 274, 278, 303, 304

  Mackley, Ian 104

  Madden, John 382–3

  Mahaffie, John 251, 435

  Major, Grant 249, 310, 360, 422

  Maltin, Leonard 289, 290

  Man with the Golden Gun, The 53–4, 67

  Marshall, Frank 66

  Maynard, John 153

  McBride, Chi 307

  McCann, Judith 177, 178, 184, 185

  McDowall, Roddy 28, 237, 238, 239, 239, 240, 397

  McKee, Robert 156–9, 202, 280, 281

  McKellen, Sir Ian 428, 429, 458, 458, 464–6, 466, 467, 471, 486–7, 489, 498, 505, 534

  McLean, Graham 111–12, 114

  McLeod, Sarah 291

  Meet the Feebles xii, 190, 205, 222

  awards 189; distribution 194; funding and budget 146–7, 165, 169, 171–4, 180, 183–6; humour 178; original concept 144, 145–6; puppets 144, 169, 170, 173, 174, 175, 175–6, 179, 242; reviews and reaction 189–90, 192, 193; script 146, 159, 169–71, 174, 178, 194; shooting 147, 148, 149, 174–7, 176, 180–3, 181, 182, 186–7, 186, 187, 188–9, 189; voice track 147

  Merrison, Clive 244

  Middleton, Ian 35, 37, 39

  Mighty Joe Young 34, 334

  Minett, Mike 76, 78, 79, 79, 82, 99, 108, 111, 133, 138–9, 154

  Miramax

  Forgotten Silver, involvement in 298; Heavenly Creatures, role in 255, 261, 273; The Lord of the Rings, involvement in 314–15, 323, 324, 327, 338, 340, 349, 352, 353, 360, 362, 363, 372, 373, 374, 375, 376, 377, 378, 379, 380, 382, 383, 384, 385, 386, 387, 392, 394, 395, 397, 398, 401, 403, 406, 407–8, 409, 411, 417, 422, 425, 479, 495, 499, 512; PJ and Fran Walsh sign first-look deal with 277, 289, 314–15

  Mittweg, Rolf 494, 497

  Monaghan, Dominic 427, 433, 438, 455

  Monty Python’s Flying Circus 24–6, 78, 86, 142, 196

  Moody, Elizabeth 203, 204

  Moore, Roger 53, 54

  Moran, Nick 426, 427

  Mortensen, Viggo 438–9, 440–1, 442, 449, 451, 456, 463, 493

  Mulheron, Danny 146, 147, 188, 189, 194, 196, 220, 263

  Mullane, Liz 245

  Muppet Show, The 143, 145

  Murphy, Geoff 43, 119, 435

  My Boyfriend’s Back 232

  Neal, Andrew 35, 37, 55, 59, 60

  Neill, Sam 288

  Nelson, Peter 193–4, 193, 231, 232, 314, 315, 319–20, 322–3, 324, 325, 327, 335, 338, 376, 377, 385, 386, 406–7, 408, 485–6, 491, 508, 554–5, 557, 558

  New Line Cinema

  King Kong, failure to secure 540–1; The Lord of the Rings, involvement during filming and editing of 417, 418, 419, 430, 432, 433, 438, 439, 441, 444, 475–9, 481–5, 501, 507–8, 510; The Lord of the Rings, marketing 493–4, 497, 504–5; The Lord of the Rings, picks up 392–409, 425, 445; Ordesky champions PJ at 191–2, 195, 196, 197–8, 392–3, 394, 395, 396, 399–400, 401–2, 403, 405, 406; PJ’s first contact with 191–2

  New Zealand xi–xii

  Film Commission 44, 48–9, 72, 84, 91, 92–101, 107, 114, 115, 120–1, 122, 130–1, 133, 136, 138, 141, 146–7, 151, 153, 154, 157, 159, 160–1, 163, 166, 171–2, 177, 180, 183, 184, 185, 186, 188, 189, 201, 205, 219, 223, 228, 229, 233, 236, 237, 238, 251, 255, 263, 264–5, 266, 267, 280, 281, 284, 286, 299, 302, 559

  National Film Unit 44, 46, 83, 84, 99, 111, 112, 288, 295, 560

  Pukerua Bay 1, 2, 4–5, 8, 15, 26, 37, 51, 55, 60, 74, 80, 85, 97, 99, 104, 123, 138, 163, 220, 272, 518, 524, 562

  Science Fiction Convention 13th 212–13, 214

  see also under individual film locations

  Night of the Living Dead 91–2

  Nightmare on Elm Street, A 197, 392, 400

  Noddy in Toyland 14–15

  Norris, Dave 436

  Norris, Guy 476

  Nosferatu (Murnau) 60

  O’Brien, Willis H. xiii, 22, 27–8, 33–4, 35, 40, 213, 257, 317, 330, 334

  O’Herne, Pete 4, 20, 20, 21, 23, 27, 28–30, 31, 47, 51, 52, 55, 56, 57, 59, 60, 62, 63, 65, 72, 73, 76, 99, 108, 132
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  O’Shea, John 292

  Olsen, Nicola 216

  OnFilm magazine 106, 107, 108

  Ordesky, Mark 191–2, 192, 194–5, 196, 197–8, 220, 392–3, 394, 395, 396, 399–400, 401–2, 403, 405, 405, 406, 416–17, 418, 428, 439, 440, 441, 445, 476, 485, 499–50, 500, 501

  Osborne, Barrie M. 395, 425–7, 437, 478, 489, 501, 506

  Osher, Bob 374, 375, 386–7

  Otto, Miranda 468

  Pal, George 33

  Palin, Michael 24, 362

  Paramount Pictures 317–18

  Parent, Mary 529, 541

  Parker, Craig 371

  Parker, Honora 244, 245

  Parker, Pauline xii, 223–4, 228, 230, 231, 235, 245, 251, 252, 254, 255, 291

  Pearse, Richard 299–300

  Pearson, Rob 137

  Peckinpah, Sam 25, 142

  Peek, Hammond 249

  Peirse, Sarah 244, 245, 252

  Peñalver, Diana 152–3, 156, 216

  Perfect Features 171, 180

  Phillips, Bruce 107

  Pillsbury, Sam 39 Pixel Perfect 308

  Planet of the Apes (1968) 28–30, 38

  Planet of the Apes (proposed PJ movie) 236–40, 276, 324, 397

  PolyGram 376, 393, 394, 397

  Ponty Mython 23, 25–6

  Porras, Rick 419–20

  Port, George 178, 242, 243, 257, 263, 268, 282, 308, 322

  Potter, Terry 76, 78, 79, 99, 100, 111, 133

  Price, Vincent 27

  Prowse, Dave 67

  Pukerua Bay Primary School 20–1, 20

  Quayle, Anna 244

  Raimi, Sam 91, 205, 226, 232, 236

  Re-Animator 304, 305

  Regelous, Steve 364–5

  Reid, John 183–4

  Republic Pictures 191

  Rhys-Davies, John 459, 461–2, 498, 513

  Rivero, Ramon 186

  Rivers, Christian 201, 249, 371

  Robbins, Thomas 291, 297

  Rodger, Tania 162, 163, 168, 171, 174, 175, 181–2, 199, 207, 210, 240, 257, 259, 297–8, 390, 419, 485

  Rogers, MacLean 14–15

  Rogers, Sue 114, 137, 160, 249, 256, 259, 269–71, 288

  Romero, George 91, 226

  Roth, Joe 239–40

  Rothman, Tim 276

  RT Effects 257

  Ruck, Alan (cousin) 15, 16

  Ruck, Bill (uncle) 31, 44–5

  Ruck, Bob (uncle) 8

  Ruck, David (cousin) 15, 16

  Ruck, Emma (grandmother) 10

  Ruck, Frank (uncle) 8

  Safford, Tony 262

  Salome 287, 292, 299, 302

  Saltzman, Mark 194

  Sanders, Tim 374, 376, 481

  Schoedsack, Ernest B. xiii, 34, 334, 343, 535

  Schow, David J. 191, 192, 195–6, 195, 212, 215, 220

  Schuman, Chuck 474

  Schwarzenegger, Arnold 276–7, 324

  Scullion, Michelle 133–6, 135, 139

  Sebold, Alice 555–6

  Seger, Dr Linda 156, 161

  Selkirk, Jamie 83, 118, 128, 129, 130, 132, 134, 135, 168, 185, 212, 249, 390, 419, 480, 481, 485

  Senator Films 227, 262, 264

  Sergent, Brian 147, 203

  Serkis, Andy 463, 464, 529–30, 537, 546–8

  Seventh Voyage, The 35, 37, 40, 51, 54

  Shakespeare in Love 327–8, 339, 383

  Shaye, Bob 197, 199, 200, 392, 395, 396, 400, 401, 402, 403–4, 405, 406, 407, 408, 423, 445, 473, 475, 477, 482, 483, 484, 494, 495–6, 499, 500, 511–12, 517, 541, 559, 565

  Shelton, Lindsay 115, 130, 153, 160–1, 302

  Shirt, Chris 181

  Shore, Howard 78, 424–5, 493, 495

  Silicon Graphics SGI computer 243, 257

  Silver, Joel 398

  Sinclair, Harry 264

  Sinclair, Stephen 112, 116, 117, 126, 141, 142, 143, 144, 146, 146, 151, 155, 157–8, 159, 168, 172, 202–3, 219, 280, 353, 356, 365, 366

  Sitges Fantasy Film Festival 237, 238, 243, 289, 290

  Smith, Craig 71–2, 73, 78, 79, 82–3, 95–6, 96, 97, 98, 99, 111, 112, 112, 122, 123

  Snider, Stacey 1, 520

  Sony Pictures 393

  Spence, Bruce 460

  Spielberg, Steven 66, 232, 257, 376, 557, 564

  Spot On%I 38–9, 71, 312

  Star Wars 38, 542

  Stone Street Studios 13

  Takahashi, Wes 321

  Tales from the Crypt 259–61, 278

  Tapert, Rob 236

  Tarantino, Quentin 237, 277, 290

  Taylor, Richard

  Braindead, involvement in 162, 163, 167, 168, 174, 201, 205–7, 210; finances 171; Forgotten Silver, involvement in 292, 297; The Frighteners, involvement in 306; Heavenly Creatures, involvement in 226, 240, 241, 249, 257; King Kong, involvement in 337, 338; The Lord of the Rings, involvement in 360, 363, 364, 390, 419, 460–1, 480, 481, 485, 506; Meet the Feebles, involvement in 171, 174, 175, 175, 182, 183; PJ, first meets 162; PJ’s character, reflects upon 563; PJ’s talent for extending budgets, explains 287; PJ’s workshop, describes 123; Risk, plays PJ at 199; Weta and 257, 258–9, 306, 322, 339, 360

  Texas Chain Saw Massacre, The 30–1, 91, 93

  TheOneRing.net 412, 532

  Thunderbirds 17, 18–19, 85, 389

  Tolkien, J. R. R. 13, 33, 48, 312, 314, 323, 324, 347, 348, 351, 354, 360, 361, 362, 364, 366, 370, 372, 376, 379, 380, 390, 391, 402, 409, 410, 421, 423–4, 427, 432, 439, 440, 449, 468, 469, 473, 488, 500, 504, 505, 509, 513

  Toronto Film Festival 279, 304

  Townsend, Stuart 432–3, 434, 437–40, 441

  Treadwell, Cindy 114

  Turner, Michelle 216

  Twentieth Century Fox 238, 239, 276, 316, 324, 325, 334, 375, 393, 399

  Twenty-One 399

  Tyler, Liv 420, 430, 441, 463, 552

  Ufland, Harry J. 237, 238, 239, 239, 240

  Ugly, The 339, 340

  Uncle Herman’s Bedtime Whoppers 145, 283

  United Artists 323

  Universal Pictures 1, 292, 293, 294, 303, 317, 318, 319, 320–1, 322, 323, 324–5, 327, 329, 331, 333, 334, 335, 336, 337, 338–9, 383, 393, 520, 525, 528, 529, 534, 540, 541, 545

  Urban, Karl 322

  Valley, The 35–41, 36, 37, 38, 43–4, 51, 55, 59, 123, 236, 312

  Valley of the Stereos 263

  Van’t Hul, Brian 390

  Venice Film Festival 272, 274, 278–9

  Vere-Jones, Peter 131, 133, 147, 203, 212, 371

  Vinet, Pierre 208–9, 249

  Walsh, Fran vii, 1, 201, 289, 311

  Bad Taste, involvement in 116–17, 117, 126, 139, 141; Braindead, involvement in 142, 143, 144, 151, 155, 157, 158, 159, 168, 202–3, 212, 280; Concrete, script work on 398; finances 531; Forgotten Silver, involvement in 286, 298; Heavenly Creatures, involvement in 224, 225–6, 230, 237, 243, 244, 245–7, 249, 274, 288; Jack Brown Genius script, rewrites 264; King Kong, involvement in 329, 330, 337, 525–6, 529, 531, 537–8, 538; The Lord of the Rings, casting 437, 438–9, 440; The Lord of the Rings, involvement in conception of 312, 313–14, 340–9, 351, 352–3; The Lord of the Rings, role in studio negotiations 378, 379, 381, 382, 383, 384, 385, 388, 393, 394, 395, 400, 401, 404; The Lord of the Rings, scriptwriting 353, 354–6, 358, 366, 375, 380, 414, 415, 416, 431–2, 437, 469, 471, 472; The Lord of the Rings, shooting, involvement in 453, 457, 481, 484, 491, 493; Meet the Feebles, involvement in 146, 146, 147, 169, 172; Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit 506; on success 561; PJ, first meets 107; PJ, life with 219–20, 261, 324, 327, 385, 491; PJ’s intelligence, on 41–2; PJ, working relationship with 356–7; Planet of the Apes script, role in creating 237, 238, 276; The Frighteners, involvement in 259, 260, 269, 273, 278, 285, 333; The Lovely Bones, involvement in 556