I Was Bullied And Regarded As Little

Defeat Is Always Momentary.

I Find That In The Process Of Making A Film You're Constantly Discovering Things That You Never Even Imagined Would Work At The Beginning.

Writing A Screen Play With A Group Of Collaborators Is Like The Lennon Mccartney Collaboration .... Sometimes One Or Two People Do More Than Others On Certain Parts Of The Process And Vice Versa.

Two Of The Actors, Sean Bean And Orlando Bloom, Have Been Caught Between Two Landslides And Are Now Trapped In A Tiny Town In The Middle Of The South Island. They Have Been Taken In By A Kindly Woman Who Has Offered Them Food And A Bed. They Were Last Reported To Be Cooking Spaghetti And Cracking Into A Bottle Of Red Wine.

No Matter How Many Great Performances Or Exciting Visuals We Put Together For The Movie, We Found That It Was All Somewhat Two Dimensional Until We Added The Emotional Heart Of Howard Shore's Music. Then, And Only Then, Did The Film Come To Life.