A Life Near Film: The Great New Zealand Ape Adventure
You mightn't think much of the movie but visiting the set of Peter Jackson's King Kong was a career high for this critic.
Although I’ve been writing about film for - jeez! - 25-odd years, I haven’t been on that many set visits. True, there was a great trip to Australia’s Gold Coast to visit the soundstages where PJ Hogan was shooting his version of Peter Pan (the one with Jason Isaacs in the duel role of Captain Hook and Mr Darling). By and large, however, watching the mag…
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