From Book to Script: Finding the Story

From Book to Script: Finding the Story

2003 · 19 min · ★ 10.0

From Book to Script - Finding the Story is a 19-minute documentary discussing the how the plot lines of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Two Towers were fit and adjusted into the scheme of the film trilogy.

Directed by Michael Pellerin · Written by Michael Pellerin

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