The Seven Years in Tibet: Screenplay and Story Behind the Film

By Heinrich Harrer, Becky Johnston, Laurence Chollet, et al.

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1557043426
• ISBN13: 9781557043429
• Release Date: July 1997
• Publisher: Newmarket Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.7" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

Almost as good as the film.

Absolutely wonderful book filled with gorgeous photographs and enlightening text about making the award-winning film. Great insight into the mind of director Jean-Jacques Annaud. Incredible story reveals the difficult task of transforming a difficult tale into a great film. Even if you do not have interest in the film you should buy this book to learn how great films are made. And, how great actors take risks. Kudos to Brad Pitt for seeking difficult roles. Buy this book. You will be glad that you did.

Beautifully Done

This pictorial book was to coincide with the release of the epic movie based on the classic memoir of Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer. The book contains scripts, location stills of Tibet, and hundreds of photo stills from the making and the movie itself. Knowing that due to the Chinese opposition parts of the scenes from the movie were actually shot in South America, I was somehow disappointed. But the pictorial still adds grciously to my Tibet collection.

English and impact of the words are very strong.

The book is very....real.The author described everything in great detail.Brad Pitt's character was also very realistic in how the author projected him.Also has many cool facts on Tibet(customs ang religion),the many characters had very interesting personalities.Brad Pitt's character had alot of character,the way the author projected.Good book.Read it.

The English translation is much better than the movie.

I found Richard Graves English translation to be excellent. One can almost feel the cold nights and the pain of Harrer's trek up from India to Lhasa. His appreciation of the customs and desire to learn from them is something much needed today as Americans try to understand Tibet. This is a good book to begin with in gaining background. He is not a theologian or historian but gives a much needed glimpse of Tibet fifty years ago. Knowing the past makes the future brighter.