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The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece

Name: The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece
Brand: Knopf / Vintage
SKU: 9780525565178-PRUSDTR-US
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Tom Hanks (Author) • R. Sikoryak (Illustrator) ... more

Edition: US - Paperback / softback (9780525565178)

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English • Age Adult - Adult

448 pages • 5.1875 x 8.0 in

Approx. weight: 0.94 lb

Publication date: 23 Apr,2024

Barcode: 9780525565178 • Knopf / Vintage

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By: Tom Hanks | Illustrator: R. Sikoryak

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • From the legendary actor and best-selling author: a novel about the making of a star-studded, multimillion-dollar superhero action film...and the humble comic books that inspired it. Funny, touching, and wonderfully thought-provoking, while also capturing the changes in America and American culture since World War II.

"Wild, ambitious and exceptionally enjoyable." —Matt Haig, best-selling author The Midnight Library, The Humans and Reasons to Stay Alive

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 twenty-three 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 gofer production assistant, and everyone else on both sides of the camera.

Bonus material: Interspersed throughout are three comic books that are featured in the story—all created by Tom Hanks himself—including the comic book that becomes the official tie-in to this novel’s "major motion picture masterpiece."