Interactive booklet won't play

I purchased the Superman Returns soundtrack, and the interactive booklet came along with it. Its supposed to open in Preview or a PDF program, but whenever i double click it, nothing happens. Do I need to download Adobe or is something screwing up here? Thanks to all who respond.
Chase

Chase,
Is it a TuneBook?
If so, to get it to work in iTunes you need to Play it, just like a song.
For a larger version, you can also open it in QuickTime.
First select it in iTunes, then File>Show Song File. That will locate the file for you in the Finder. Now double click it.
Now when you mouse over it and click you should be able to interact with it.
Matt
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