"Kingdom of Heaven. The Ridley Scott Film and the History Behind the Story" with Introduction by Ridley Scott, 200 illustrations, published by Newmarket Press, New York, copyright 2005 by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, stated Custom Edition.

Soft cover, large format: 9" x 10"; 176 pages on glossy high quality paper, fully illustrated in color, very good/ near fine condition.

With films like Gladiator, Blade Runner, and Black Hawk Down, director Ridley Scott has shown his mastery of cinematic storytelling that is epic in dimension but with a deeply personal core. In Kingdom of Heaven, he turns to the Crusades- that world-shaping 200-year collision between Europe and the East- to frame the tale of a young Frenchman who defies all odds to become a knight, then lives out what that glorious title really means. "I'd always wanted to make a movie about knights and medieval times, the Crusades especially," says Scott. "Historically, the knight- like the cowboy or the policeman- has given us great opportunities to tell stories about a hero."

Scott and his production team scale new heights in creating worlds on film: building vast sets on locations in Morocco and Spain, peopling them with international stars and thousands of extras, enhancing filmed action with state-of-the-art effects. Scenes of medieval warfare, breathtaking in scale and realism, feature weapons and machines that were carefully researched and built for real. This splendid companion book, illustrated with more than 200 photos, drawings, and Scott's own storyboards, documents this landmark production behind the scenes and before the cameras. But it also delves into the details of story crafting that give Kingdom of Heaven its solid historical grounding, and includes a lively primer on the Crusades that will expand readers' appreciation of both the film and the history behind it. With more than 200 photographs and illustrations.

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