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Andrew Lesnie, ASC, ACS reteams with Peter Jackson on The Lovely Bones, in which a murdered teen tracks her killer. by Simon Gray •|• Watchful Spiritstory centered on the brutal murder of a 14-year old girl wouldn’t seem likely to yield a film for the whole family, but that was exactly director Peter Jackson’s intent with The Lovely Bones, an adaptation of Alice Sebold’s 2002 novel. “I wanted to make a film my daughter could see, a film with hopeful things to say about life after death,” says Jackson. A coming-of-age story with a significant twist, the film is narrated by Susie Salmon (Saoirse Ronan) after she is murdered by a neighbor, George Harvey (Stanley Tucci). Unable to accept her own death, Susie is caught “in between,” in a kind of limbo between heaven and earth. “The book is written from Susie’s point-of-view, and she has a very strong, powerful voice,” says Jackson. “Her journey is reclaiming her January 2010 life from the man who killed her. How she escapes the label ‘Susie Salmon, murder victim’ is the thrust of the film.” Susie watches over her family as they struggle to cope with her death, which eventually shatters her parents’ marriage. “The poignancy of the film is that Susie stays 14 while her family grows older,” says Jackson. “Through the Salmon family, we see the years pass. When Susie is killed, in 1973, her younger sister, Lindsey [Rose McIver], is 12, and by the film’s conclusion, Lindsey is almost 20 and expecting a baby.” The Lovely Bones is Jackson’s fifth collaboration with director of photography Andrew Lesnie, ASC, ACS, following the Lord of the Rings trilogy (AC Dec. ’01, Dec. ’02 and American Cinematographer

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American Cinematographer - January 2010
Contents
President’s Desk
Short Takes: Hyundai Sonata Campaign
Production Slate: The White Ribbon • The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
Conquering New Worlds
Watchful Spirit
Super Sleuth
The Right Stuff
Editor’s Note
Post Focus: Technicolor Hollywood • HPA Awards
Filmmakers’ Forum: Shane Hurlbut, ASC
New Products & Services
International Marketplace
Classified Ads
Ad Index
Clubhouse News
ASC Close-Up: Billy Dickson
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