The Seven Years in Tibet Screenplay and Story Behind the Film: Screenplay and Story Behind the Film FROM OUR EDITORS
This book chronicles an extraordinary adventure in filmmaking, the making of Heinrich Harrer's "Seven Years in Tibet." Filled with 104 photographs, including 50 in spectacular full color, the story is set against the sweeping backdrop of Asia. Director Jean-Jacques Annaud presents the story of a self-centered Western man's personal transformation and redemption through his contact with Tibet's spiritual tradition and his friendship with its young leader, the Dalai Lama. Brad Pitt stars as Harrer and David Thewlis as his climbing partner, joined by an international cast of Asian actors and Tibetans-in-exile. Contains the entire screenplay by Oscar nominee Becky Johnston, memorable images, a riveting story, and a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the film.
FROM THE PUBLISHER
This beautiful, keepsake screenplay book features more than 115 photos, 50 in full color--location stills, Annaud's own pictures of Tibet and Bhutan taken during pre-production, dozens of Heinrich Harrer's historical photos; an extensive account of the making of the film; and a touching essay by the Dalai Lama's sister, Jetsun Pema, who plays her own mother in the film. 100 photos, drawings, bibliography.
FROM THE CRITICS
Booknews
In 1939 Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer set out to climb a Himalayan mountain but ended up a prisoner in a British POW camp. Escaping the camp, he fled to Tibet where he was befriended by and tutored the teenage Dalai Lama. Some 50 years later, film director Jean-Jacques Annaud told Harrer's story on film, and this book, besides including the screenplay written by Oscar-winning writer Becky Johnston, offers an account of that effort. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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