Bring Me That Horizon: The Making of Pirates of the Caribbean (Paperback)

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"You spent three days lying on a beach drinking rum?"
"Welcome to the Caribbean, love!"

 

This beautifully designed narrative serves as your compass to Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean trilogy of movies, describing in detail every aspect of the movie-making process, from casting to costumes to computer graphics, from curses to cutlasses to corsets.
     Author Michael Singer takes readers on an extraordinary journey, recounting the links in the Pirates of the Caribbean chain-from the last Disneyland attraction in which Walt Disney was personally involved, to a film project spearheaded by one of the world's most successful producers, Jerry Bruckheimer, and a vividly imaginative director named Gore Verbinski. 
     A veritable treasure chest of exclusive photos and insider information, the book includes information on the production, makeup, location filming, shipbuilding, stunts, and special effects, as well as a scrapbook of Jerry Bruckheimer's on-set photographs. Also included are profiles on the films' incredible stars: Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley, Geoffrey Rush, Bill Nighy, Stellan Skarsgard, and more!

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9-12
  
• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Disney Editions (May 22, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 142310319X
• ISBN-13: 978-1423103196
• Product Dimensions: 11.9 x 9 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #617,731 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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25 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bring Me That BOOK!, May 25, 2007

By	George Beahm "www.georgebeahm.com" (Williamsburg, VA USA) - See all my reviews

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Disney's books about its PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN franchise have been uniformly good, but this is the one that fans of the movie (and ride) will want to put on the shelves. Printed in full color, oversized, and jam-packed with well-written text, the imaginative layout marries the professional photos with the engaging text by Michael Singer, with the result that this is truly an insider's guide to the making of these three movies. Though some of this material is covered on the supplementary discs to the first and second movie, it's good to have everything in printed form for easy reference.

Get it. Buy it. Enjoy it. Or walk the plank!

Having seen the third movie today, I can say that it's a rollercoaster ride, a stunning visual effect from start to finish, and a set-up for the fourth, inevitable film.

I will be reviewing this book and giving it my highest recommendation in my book, CARIBBEAN PIRATES, since I consider it indispensable.

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Covers all three movies..., May 27, 2007

By	lordhoot "lordhoot" (Anchorage, Alaska USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

This promo book written by Michael Singer tells us the background story behind the making of all three Pirates of Caribbean movies. The book covers the background materials on the actors, actresses, special effects, how the story developed and so on. All the how, why and what of the three films are presented here. Its well written, entertaining, well presented with many illustrations and full sized colored photographs. Overall, its an excellent presentation and representation of the three Pirates of the Caribbean films.

If I had any problem with this book however, it just feel like a "slap in the back" feel good book that seems to be too self-congratulatory in nature. Of course, there's nothing wrong with that since this is a promo book but I kind of wish the author gave the trilogy a harder look.

Any fan of the trilogy will find this book to be an enjoyable and informative reading material. In some ways, it reads like a souvenir book and that is the way I am treating it.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Companion Book to the Films, May 28, 2007

By	KTFaye (Orange County, CA) - See all my reviews

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If you're a fan of the movies and like me, the kind of person who watches and enjoys the Extras on DVD you will probably enjoy this behind the scenes look at the making of these three films. Well organized, it goes into the creation of the films such as the story of how Johnny Depp actually came up with the writer's favorite line in the films. There are sections on the creation of the amazing sets used in the film, along with adventures on the location shoots. Oh, also, there are lots of behind the scenes pictures that haven't been seen all over the Internet, details of the actors and how they came to be cast and bring their characters to life. There's a section on the last day of filming that was fun to read.

My only complaint is that I wish it had been in hardback, but I suppose to keep the price down the publisher went with oversized paperback. But in any event, I certainly got $17 bucks worth of entertainment out of it!