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The Valley is a 1976 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.

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The Valley
Directed by	Peter Jackson
Starring	Ken Hammon Peter Jackson Andrew Neal
Edited by	Peter Jackson
Release date	1976 (1976)
Running time	20 minutes
Country	New Zealand
Language	English

Plot

The Valley is about four prospectors who 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

References

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