The Frodo Franchise: The Lord of the Rings and Modern Hollywood

"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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Title of ebook: The Frodo Franchise: The Lord of the Rings and Modern Hollywood
ISBN: 9780520932876
parent-ISBN: 9780520247741
Publisher: University of California Press
Internet download file size: 3905 kb
Published: 08-2007
Released online for download: 08-27-2007
Author of eBook: Thompson, Kristin

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The Lord of the Rings and Modern Hollywood

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS..............................................................xi PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS........................................................xiii LIST OF INTERVIEWS.................................................................xvii ABBREVIATIONS......................................................................xxi INTRODUCTION: SEQUEL-ITIS..........................................................1 PART ONE THE FILM 1 / Prudent Aggression.............................................................17 2 / Not Your Father's Tolkien......................................................53 3 / Handcrafting a Blockbuster.....................................................75 PART TWO BUILDING THE FRANCHISE 4 / Flying Billboards and FAQs.....................................................105 5 / Click to View Trailer..........................................................133 6 / Fans on the Margins, Pervy Hobbit Fanciers, and Partygoers.....................165 PART THREE BEYOND TH ... read full excerpt from The Frodo Franchise: The Lord of the Rings and Modern Hollywood ebook

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