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The Valley is an amateur film made by Peter Jackson in 1976 with his friends. It was strongly influenced by the films of Ray Harryhausen. It was filmed silent on a Super 8 camera and was shown on a television show called Spot On.
[edit] Plot Synposis
The Valley is about four prospectors who walk into a valley and unwittingly enter a time/space continuum. As they journey down the valley, one of the prospectors (Ian Middleton) gets taken away by a Harpy. Another prospector (Peter Jackson) falls off a cliff. The two remaining (Ken Hammon and Andrew Neal) have to fight and destroy a Cyclops. They build a raft, float across a lake and see a building in ruins. This ruin, unbeknownst to them, is the Beehive - they haven't travelled back in time but ahead into a Post-Apocalyptic world taken over by mythical beasts.
[edit] Credits
Starring
- Andrew Neal (Prospector #1)
- Ken Hammon (Prospector #2)
- Ian Middleton (Prospector #3)
- Peter Jackson (Prospector #4)
- Directed by Peter Jackson, Ken Hammon, and Andrew Neal
- Special Effects by Peter Jackson
- Cinematography by Peter Jackson and Ken Hammon
[edit] References
- Peter Jackson: From Prince of Splatter to Lord of the Rings by Ian Pryor
- Good Taste Made Bad Taste (Documentary) by Tony Hiles
- Recreating The Eight Wonder: Making King Kong (Documentary) by Michael Pellerin
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