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LocationOakland
Call NoF HAN
TitleThe making of another major motion picture masterpiece / Tom Hanks ; comic book illustrations by R. Sikoryak.
AuthorHanks, Tom, author.
Barcode528296
CollectionFiction
Summary"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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Catalog Details

International Standard Book Number 9780525655596 : $32.50
International Standard Book Number 052565559X : $32.50
Dewey Decimal Classification Number 813/.6 23/eng/20220916
Personal Name Hanks, Tom, author.
Title Statement The making of another major motion picture masterpiece / Tom Hanks ; comic book illustrations by R. Sikoryak.
Edition Statement First edition
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2023.
Physical Description 417 p. illustrations (chiefly color) ; Hardcover 24 cm
Content Type text txt rdacontent
Media Type unmediated n rdamedia
Carrier Type volume nc rdacarrier
General Note "This is a Borzoi book published by Alfred A. Knopf."
Formatted Contents Note Back story -- Source material -- Development hell -- Prep -- Casting -- The shoot -- Post.
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.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Motion pictures Fiction. Production and direction United States
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Comic books, strips, etc. Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Superhero films Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Geographical Term United States Fiction. Civilization 1945-
Added Entry, Personal Name Sikoryak, R., illustrator.