The Lord of the Rings Official Movie Guide - Softcover

A lavishly illustrated behind-the-scenes guide to The Fellowship of the Ring film

A heavily-illustrated behind-the-scenes guide to the first film, featuring colour photos of the cast, locations, sets, monsters and costumes, and an overview of the making of the film trilogy over the last five years. Designed as a celebration of the films, it will include double-page photo spreads showing exclusive photographs in sumptuous detail.

Written by the writer and broadcaster Brian Sibley, a foremost expert on The Lord of the Rings (he adapted the novel for the award-winning BBC radio dramatisation in 1980), the book will include a brief history of the Lord of the Rings phenomenon prior to the movies and will look ahead to the second and third parts of the trilogy in 2002/2003.

'The official souvenir guide to what will be the singularly most important film of the decade'

A heavily-illustrated behind-the-scenes guide to the first film, featuring colour photos of the cast, locations, sets, monsters and costumes, and an entertaining overview of the conception, design and making of the film trilogy over the last five years. Designed as a celebration of the films, it includes double-page photo spreads showing exclusive photographs in sumptuous detail, and features commentary by the director, Peter Jackson.

''The Lord of the Rings' remains one of the greatest books ever written. All I am offering is an interpretation, but hopefully one that will take the fantasy film to an entirely new level of adventurousness and believability.'
PETER JACKSON