• Source: The Valley (1976 film)

      • The Valley is a 1976 stop motion live action adventure/fantasy post-apocalyptic short film made by a then fifteen-year-old Peter Jackson 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 the children's television show Spot On.


      Plot


      Four prospectors walk into a valley and unwittingly enter a rift in the 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 building of Wellington city – they have not travelled back in time but ahead into a post-apocalyptic world taken over by mythical beasts.


      Cast


      Andrew Neal as Prospector #1
      Ken Hammon as Prospector #2
      Ian Middleton as Prospector #3
      Peter Jackson as Prospector #4
      Pete O'Herne stars in an unidentified role


      Reception


      The short has been described as "a tribute to special effects master Ray Harryhausen".


      References




      = Bibliography

      =
      Peter Jackson: From Prince of Splatter to Lord of the Rings by Ian Pryor


      = Secondary filmography

      =
      Good Taste Made Bad Taste (Documentary) by Tony Hiles
      Recreating the Eighth Wonder: Making King Kong (Documentary) by Michael Pellerin


      External links


      The Valley at IMDb

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