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
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
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