International Standard Book Number |
9780525655596 : $32.50
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International Standard Book Number |
052565559X : $32.50
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Dewey Decimal Classification Number |
813/.6 23/eng/20220916
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Personal Name |
Hanks, Tom, author.
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Title Statement |
The making of another major motion picture masterpiece / Tom Hanks ; comic book illustrations by R. Sikoryak.
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Edition Statement |
First edition
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Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice |
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2023.
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Physical Description |
417 p. illustrations (chiefly color) ; Hardcover 24 cm
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Content Type |
text txt rdacontent
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Media Type |
unmediated n rdamedia
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Carrier Type |
volume nc rdacarrier
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General Note |
"This is a Borzoi book published by Alfred A. Knopf."
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Formatted Contents Note |
Back story -- Source material -- Development hell -- Prep -- Casting -- The shoot -- Post.
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Summary, Etc. |
"From the Academy Award-winning actor and best-selling author: his debut novel. The story of the making of a colossal, star-studded, multimillion-dollar superhero action film...and the humble comic book that inspired it. PART ONE of this story takes place in 1947. A troubled soldier, returning from the war, meets his talented five-year-old nephew, leaves an indelible impression, and then disappears for 23 years. Cut to 1970: The nephew, now drawing underground comic books in Oakland, California, reconnects with his uncle and, remembering the comic book he saw when he was five, draws a new version with his uncle as a World War II fighting hero. Cut to the present day: A commercially successful director discovers the 1970 comic book and decides to turn it into a contemporary superhero movie. Cue the cast: We meet the film's extremely difficult male star, his wonderful leading lady, the eccentric writer/director, the producer, the go-fer production assistant, and everyone else on both sides of the camera. Funny, touching, and wonderfully thought-provoking, this is a novel not only about the making of a movie, but also about the changes in America and American culture since World War II. Bonus material: Interspersed throughout are the three comic books that are featured in the story - all created by Hanks himself - including the comic book that becomes the official tie-in to this novel's "major motion picture masterpiece.""-- Provided by publisher.
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Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Motion pictures Fiction. Production and direction United States
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Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Comic books, strips, etc. Fiction.
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Subject Added Entry - Topical Term |
Superhero films Fiction.
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Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term |
United States Fiction. Civilization 1945-
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Added Entry, Personal Name |
Sikoryak, R., illustrator.
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