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PJ denotes Peter Jackson.
Academy Awards 201, 355, 561
1994 288
1995 289, 290, 500
2004 vii, 68–9, 118, 190, 516–18, 517
Acevedo, Gino 462
Ackerman, Forrest J. 33, 212, 213, 213, 214–15, 214
Acorn, Jonathan 173
Ain’t it Cool 409–14, 497–8
Aitkin, Eleanor 146
Allen, Dave 35
Alternative 3 281–2
Alverado, Trini 304
American Werewolf in London, An 76
Amini, Hossein 382, 385
Anderson, Gerry 18, 19, 38
Armstrong, Robert xiii, 535
Ashton, Beatrice 292, 297
Astin, Ally 305
Astin, John 304, 305
Astin, Sean 99, 433, 438, 452, 456–7, 463, 492
Avalon 200, 210
Bad Taste 20, 37, 45, 190
Cannes screening 141, 143, 144, 146, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 153; casting 95–8, 99, 111, 113; completion of 140–1; dubbing 131, 132, 133, 136; editing 128–31; funding and budget 84–95, 97, 100, 101, 109, 114–22, 130–1; Good Taste documentary 139; gore 85, 91–2, 95, 96, 98, 155; length 83–4; The Lord of the Rings, links with 113; New Zealand premiere 153–4; poster 137; props, PJ creates 81, 562; publicity 107–9, 137, 149, 150, 151–2; revamping of 100; reviews and reaction 160, 193; rough cut 136–7; score 133–6, 135, 138–40; screenings 112–17, 141, 143, 144, 146, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153–4; script 70–1, 72, 75–6, 85–6, 98; shooting 70, 71, 71, 72–6, 75, 77, 78–80, 79, 80, 82, 89, 81–101, 106, 108, 109, 110, 112, 114, 120, 122–9, 122, 125, 128, 196; sound 99; title 101; workshop 123
Bad Taste 2 220–3, 264–9, 280, 316, 554
Baker, Rick 76, 237–8, 289, 306
Bakshi, Ralph 47–8, 237, 238, 313, 378, 504
Balme, Tim 203, 211, 215, 274
Bansgrove, Brian 442, 443, 489
Batman: The Movie 15–16, 19
Battersby, Ray 56, 78, 81, 133, 204, 211, 563
Bean, Sean 448, 453, 467
Beatles, The 78, 133, 134, 138, 211, 227
Bell, Jamie 536
Bennett, Jeremy 546
Bevan, Tim 394
BFG, The 398
Black, Jack 535, 536, 537
Blanchett, Cate 420, 552
Blenkin, Jan 249
Bloom, Orlando 427, 433, 438, 448, 454, 455, 455, 456, 463
Blubberhead 196–7, 220
Bluck, Richard 474
Blyton, Enid 15
Bollinger, Alun 251, 275, 290, 295, 390, 420
Booth, Jim 287, 374
Bad Taste, involvement in 84–5, 87, 90–2, 93–4, 95, 97, 114, 115, 117, 120, 121, 122, 130, 136–7, 153; Braindead, involvement in 163–4, 166, 167, 210, 212, 217; death 270–2, 273, 278–9, 310, 338; Forgotten Silver, role in 284; health 229–30, 269–72; Jack Brown Genius, involvement in 274; Meet the Feebles, involvement in 168, 169, 171, 172, 173, 177, 183, 184–5, 201; Heavenly Creatures, involvement in 227, 228–9, 230, 238, 243, 249, 252–3, 256, 256, 257–8, 259; New Zealand Film Commission, role in 84–5, 87, 90–2, 93–4, 95, 97, 114, 115, 117, 120, 121, 122, 130, 136–7, 153, 160–1, 281; Weta, role in set up of 257–8; WingNut Films, role in 261, 262–3, 264
Booth, Nick 287–8
Botes, Costa 264
acting 106, 107, 124; Alternative 3, involvement in 282; Bad Taste, involvement in 106, 107, 111, 112–13, 114, 116, 117, 124, 141; Braindead, involvement in 201, 202, 218; Forgotten Silver, involvement in 280, 283–4, 286–7, 288, 290, 285, 295, 296–7, 297, 298, 301; The Lord of the Rings documentary 456; McKee, on method of 281; Meet the Feebles, thoughts on 186, 190; PJ missing university, ponders consequences of 42; PJ, first meets 105, 107, 109, 111, 112–13; PJ’s character, on 292–3, 561–2, 563, 564; PJ’s directing, witnesses leap forward in 308; Valley of the Stereos 263; Warrior Season, writes 220, 281
Boyd, Billy 433, 438
Boyens, Philippa 354–8, 365, 366, 414, 416, 432, 437, 438, 440, 468, 479, 485, 490, 491, 501–2, 521, 524, 525, 529, 531, 537, 539, 543, 545, 556, 558–9, 561, 563
Bradbury, Ray 33
Braindead xii, 28, 222, 223
Ackerman appears in 33; awards 215; beginning of 16; birth of idea 116, 142; budget and finance 142, 151, 155–6, 159–61, 163, 165–8, 172–3, 183, 201–3; casting 152–3, 203; collapses 165–8, 171, 174, 338; comedy, Keaton’s influence upon 18; earnings 261, 262; gore 267, 268; influences 18, 191; locations 162–3; pre-production 174; producer 161–2; publicity 163, 165, 166; puppets and masks 162; reviews 215, 217, 231; screenings 215, 216, 217, 226, 231, 261; script 142, 143, 144, 151, 155, 156–9, 159, 202–3; shooting 162–3, 203–8, 204, 205, 209, 209–15, 211, 213, 214, 216; title 215
Brody, Adrien 537, 538
Brophy, Jed 203, 204–5, 206–7, 210, 211, 245
Burge, Brent 132
Burr, John 191
Burton, Tim 30, 237
Cabot, Bruce xiii, 537
Cameron, James 276–7, 324, 375
Campbell, Bryce 118, 126, 145, 149, 245–6, 283
Campbell, Grant 126, 145, 149, 264, 283
Cannes Film Festival 298
1988 141, 143, 144, 146, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 153, 153, 165, 171, 177
1992 215, 216, 217, 226, 229
1994 273–4, 275
2001 493–4, 512
Captain Kronos – Vampire Hunter 59–60
Carley, Grace 180
Chaplin, Charlie 6, 17, 30
Chernin, Peter 276
Chittock, Cameron 112, 123, 124, 125, 127, 137, 143, 144, 147, 162, 165, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 174, 175–6, 181, 242
Cinema of Unease 288
CinemaScope 56–9
Coldfinger 53, 55–6
Combs, Jeff 304, 305, 306
Compass International 171
Concrete 398–9
Connery, Sean 53, 54, 55, 417–18, 429, 430
Cook, Randy 35, 197
Cooper, Merian C. xiii, 34, 264, 317, 334, 343, 535
Corman, Roger 215
Corrigan, Peter 291
Craven, Wes 197, 198, 200, 233, 304
Crumb, Robert 178
Csokas, Marton 275, 322
Cunningham, Carolynne (‘Caro’) 249, 249, 376, 419, 453, 474, 491, 553, 558
Curse of the Gravewalker 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65
Cushing, Peter 27, 30, 59, 459
Dalton, Timothy 56, 220
Danforth, Jim 35
Dante, Joe 212, 397
Darabont, Frank 196, 290
Dasent, Peter 170
De Laurentiis, Dino 318, 544
De Luca, Michael 199–200, 395
de Nave, Caterina 286
Deane, Colin 443
DeMille, Cecil 283, 287
Dickson, Ngila 249, 322, 424
Dimension Films 350, 373
Directors Guild of America Awards 1
Disney Company 232, 240, 262, 277, 353, 371, 374, 375, 376, 398, 425, 495
Dominion Post, The 49, 105
Douglas, Roger 165–6
DreamWorks 376, 393
Dukes of Hazzard, The 66
Dulieu, Paul 104, 105
Edinburgh International Film Festival, forty-third 160
Elfman, Danny 310
Ellsworth, Michael 429
Elstree Studios 44–5
Embassy Theatre, Wellington xi–xii, xiii, 13, 153, 514
English Patient, The 315–16, 350, 393
Evening Post, The 46–7, 48–50, 50, 56, 59, 73, 74, 104, 108, 111, 122, 131, 136, 154, 211
Everard, Barry 153
Evil Dead, The 91, 93, 232
Famous Monsters of Filmland 27–8, 30, 33, 212, 213, 214, 214, 317
Fan
goria 190–1
Fantasy Island 66–7
Fellner, Eric 394
Firefly 257
Forgotten Silver 280–8, 290–303, 308, 310
Fox, Michael J. 284, 303, 303, 304, 306, 321
Foxtrot 505
Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare 200
Frighteners, The 290, 317
American studios involvement in 309–10; birth of 259–61; casting 284, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307; earnings 339; effects 305, 306–9, 309, 311, 321, 322, 364; photos 311; post-production 310–11; pre-production 284, 285; publicity 331–2, 333, 335, 336, 337; release dates 320–3, 331–2; reviews 332–3; score 310; script 259, 260–1, 269, 273, 277–8, 303; shooting 293–4, 300, 305, 309
Fry, Carla 407, 418
Funke, Alex 475
Fyfe, Jim 307
Gaines, Bill 260
Gallipoli 12–13
Garbett, John 293, 294
Garside, Reg 543
Gascoigne, David 115, 121–2, 130, 131, 160, 183, 188, 203–4, 217, 227, 233
Gear, James 74
General, The (Keaton) 17–18, 267
Gilbert, John 482
Giles’ Big Day see Bad Taste
Gilliam, Terry 24, 25, 196–7
Gómez, Andrés Vincente 151, 152, 161
Good Machine 383
Gordon, Jon 351
Granat, Cary 350
Hadlow, Mark 189
Hamlin, Marjory 208, 249
Hammer House of Horror 27, 53, 59, 62, 67
Hammon, Ken
Bad Taste, involvement in 71, 72, 73, 84, 90, 95, 97, 99; Braindead, involvement in 211; King Kong, role in 330; PJ, early films with 35, 36–7, 38, 39, 40, 41, 59; PJ, friendship with 30, 31, 32; PJ, shares early love of film with 30, 31, 32, 47, 54, 65–7, 68; PJ, trip to LA with 65–7, 68; PJ’s early encounter with The Lord of the Rings, remembers 48
Hanks, Colin 536
Harcourt, Miranda 247
Harryhausen, Ray 22, 33–4, 35, 37, 40, 48, 51, 52–3, 312, 330, 334, 523, 551
Hart, Diana 244
Heavenly Creatures xii, xiii, 218, 223–4, 284, 395;
awards 272, 278–9, 288; casting 243–7, 248, 249; distribution 261–2, 383; earnings 319; effect of film upon privacy of real life characters 254–6; effects 242, 243, 257–8; finance and budget 219, 223, 227–30, 233–6, 238, 251–2; post-production 257, 259; premiere 272, 274, 278–9, 280; pre-production 240–1; publicity 255, 303, 304; research 225–6, 230–1, 254; reviews and reaction 279–80; script 226, 227–8, 254; shooting 241, 242, 250, 252–4, 253, 256, 256, 258
Hedges, Mike 249
Hennah, Dan 275, 310, 360, 423, 498, 554
Henson, Jim 143, 145, 398
Hercules 339, 340, 435
Heston, Charlton 28
Hiles, Tony 115, 117–18, 118, 119, 120, 121, 124–5, 126, 131, 133–4, 135, 138, 149–50, 151, 154, 212, 264, 270, 271, 274, 275
Hill, Bernard 456, 467–8
Hollywood Reporter, The 160, 332
Holm, Sir Ian 427, 428, 428, 460, 463–4, 504
Hooper, Tobe 30, 91, 260
Hopkins, Bruce 456
Hopkins, Mike 249
Howe, John 361–2, 363, 372, 389, 390, 391, 408, 419, 422–3, 427, 546
Hubbard, John 243, 249
Hubbard, Ros 243
Hulme, Juliet xii, 223–4, 225–6, 227–8, 230–1, 234, 235, 243, 244, 251, 252, 254–5, 256, 291
Hunter, Gus 546
Huth, Hanno 227, 262, 265
Industrial Light and Magic (ILM) 243, 268, 308, 321, 403, 477
International Creative Management (ICM) 392
International Festival of Fantasy and Science Fiction, seventeenth (1988) 151–2
International Film and Multimedia Market (Mifed) 163, 165, 168, 172, 189
InterTalent 231
Invasion of Privacy (Cohen) 227
Jack Brown Genius 264, 274–5, 308
Jackson, Bill (father) 6, 7–9, 9, 10–12, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16–17, 19, 24, 42, 46, 57, 59, 68, 75, 76, 110, 124, 149, 182–3, 518, 562
Jackson, Billy (son) 306, 311 Jackson, Joan (mother) 5, 7, 7, 8–9, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 20, 42, 44, 46, 57, 68, 76, 81, 85, 124, 125, 182–3, 212, 518
Jackson, Katie (daughter) 330
Jackson, Peter
acting 36, 79, 99, 212; agent see Kamins, Ken; ape suit, makes 102, 103, 104, 105, 110; apprentice photoengraver 46–7, 48–50, 68, 102, 122; awards and prizes vii, 1, 40, 68–9, 118, 189, 190, 201, 215, 272, 278–9, 288, 289, 290, 355, 500, 505–6, 516–18, 517, 531, 561; birth and early life viii, 1–7, 5, 9–10, 10, 11–19, 14, 17; brand 557–8; character 18, 24–7, 39, 42, 50, 56, 63, 68, 76, 78, 81, 82–3, 85, 89, 94, 97–8, 107, 115, 116, 121, 124, 126, 134, 140, 141–2, 146, 155, 178, 186, 242, 265, 268, 292–3, 352, 421, 453, 463, 466, 475, 490–1, 501–2, 518–19, 558–63, 561, 565, 566–7; childhood bedroom 34, 41; debut film 13–14; directorial style and skill 82, 112–13, 119, 140–1, 202, 204–5, 206–7, 211, 219, 222, 251–2, 308, 357–8, 419, 434–5, 436, 449, 452, 453–4, 466, 472–5, 486–91, 493, 541–2; fans vii, 558; finances 25, 29, 30–1, 46, 68–9, 87–8, 105, 109, 183, 197–200, 164, 262, 263, 330, 408; future 554–7; health 102, 490–1; Hollywood, relationship with 236, 239–40, 309–10, 325–7, 332, 333, 336, 351–2, 359–60, 381–2, 383, 388–9, 394, 397, 475–80; home workshop 110; L.A. first trip to 65–8, 67; love life see Walsh, Fran; mask making 28–30, 29, 76, 77, 123, 123, 125; movie influences xii, xiii–xiv, 1–4, 14–18, 23, 28, 30–2, 34–5, 37, 38, 40, 47, 48, 51–6, 59–60, 78–9, 117, 135, 202, 205, 212–15, 237–8, 312–13, 318–19, 357, 397–8, 400–2, 521, 543–4; only child 9–10, 14; puppet making 23, 76, 77, 104–5, 105, 144, 174; S.A.S, fascination with 75–6, 97; school 20–1, 20, 26–7, 30, 35, 37, 41–3; special effects, first becomes aware of 19; 16mm camera, acquires 68–70; splatter and gore, love of 25–6, 31, 85, 91–2, 95, 96, 96, 98, 135, 142, 155, 223, 227, 228, 266–7; stop-motion animation, use of 22, 23, 23, 33–4, 35, 36, 39, 40, 51–3, 123, 205–6, 206; super 8 films 13–14, 19–23, 23, 25–30, 35–41, 36, 37, 38, 51–3, 56, 57, 57, 58, 59–60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65 see also under individual title; television, early influence of 16–17, 17, 24–6; time-lapse photography, discovers 21–2; turns down projects 232; university, misses out on 41–2; see also under individual movie titles
Jackson, Ron (uncle) 19
Jackson, William (grandfather) 6, 7, 12, 12
Jacobson, Tom 239, 240
Jamboree see Bad Taste 2 and The Lord of the Rings, script
Jason and the Argonauts 51–2
Jurassic Park 257, 311
Kamins, Ken
agent, becomes PJ’s 231–3; The Frighteners, involvement in 259, 260, 261, 273; King Kong, involvement in 335, 336–7, 339; King Kong, on PJ’s vision for 521; The Lord of the Rings involvement in 314, 316, 320, 322, 323–4, 326, 327, 339, 383, 384, 383, 384, 385, 386, 387, 389, 390, 391–2, 394, 397, 399, 400, 401, 403–4, 406, 478, 482–3, 485, 495, 496–7, 500, 506–7, 510, 514; Miramax, on PJ’s first look deal with 277, 278, 323–4, 326, 327; PJ brand, explains 561; PJ’s approach to Hollywood, explains 333, 559–60; PJ’s inspirational character, explains 475; Planet of the Apes, involvement in PJ’s idea for 276; The World is Not Enough, proposes PJ to direct 398; Weta’s expansion during The Frighteners, explains 308
Kane, Mike 181
Kapiti College 26, 30, 35, 40, 71, 72
Katz, Marty 374–5, 376, 377, 378, 381, 383, 394, 399, 401, 402, 403, 425