Cold Mountain is the story of a pilgrimmage, and this book tells of another journey: one that starts with a story told by a Southern novelist and ends with a film created by an English director and his international team of filmmakers. From the publication of the acclaimed novel by Charles Frazier to the first screening of the movie in Edgewater, New Jersey, this book reveals the six-year journey that brought Cold Mountain to the silver screen. From North Carolina to Hollywood, from London to Romania to Virginia and back again, Cold Mountain has traveled halfway around the world to capture the essence of an epic love story set against the tumultuous background of the Civil War.<BR>With extensive sections on pre-production, production, and post-production, this is the one and only book that goes deep behind the camera to recount the very essence of how this film was created. Beginning with introductions by Charles Frazier and Anthony Minghella written exclusively for this book, the pages continue with in-depth interviews with all the filmmakers, starting with the producers, Sydney Pollack, Bill Horberg, Albert Berger, and Ron Yerxa, who talk about their desire to make this movie and the challenges they faced in getting the process started. Anthony Minghella, the screenwriter and director, discusses how he transformed the novel into a workable screenplay and what he most wanted to accomplish in the film. Film stars Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Renee Zellweger, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Giovanni Ribisi, along with many other actors, reveal their feelings about the story and the work they did in the film. Dante Ferretti, the five-time Oscar-nominated production designer, tells us how he managed to build two authentic Civil War towns in the forests of Eastern Europe, while Ann Roth discusses how she defines character through her costume designs. Director of photography John Seale and first assistant director and associate producer Steve Andrews talk about an incredible battle scene that took three weeks to shoot and about how they managed to work in remote areas of the Transylvanian Alps where the weather was so unpredictable. Acclaimed film editor and sound design artist Walter Murch details his editing process, and interviews with Gabriel Yared and T Bone Burnett recount the ways in which music enriches the film.<BR>Excerpts from the Charles Frazier novel and the Anthony Minghella screenplay are also a part of this book, which is illustrated throughout with 170 full-color production photos and original design and costume drawings. An added feature is a stunning 32-page portfolio of behind-the-scenes photographs shot on set in Romania by famed photographer Brigitte Lacombe. Altogether, Cold Mountain: The Journey from Book to Film is a fascinating look at a monumental moment in American history and modern cinema.