The making of another major motion picture masterpiece

Buch

Hanks, Tom

  • Titel: The making of another major motion picture masterpiece / Tom Hanks ; comic book illustrations by R. Sikoryak
  • Person(en): Hanks, Tom [Verfasser*in] ; Sikoryak, R. [Illustration]
  • Ausgabe: First edition
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Originalsprache: Englisch
  • Umfang: 417 Seiten
  • Erschienen: New York Toronto : Alfred A. Knopf, 2023
  • ISBN/Preis: 978-1-5247-1232-7 Broschur : EUR 19.50
  • Signatur: UNTERHALTUNG und KREATIVITÄT > Romane
  • Englisch HANK Belletristik

Inhalt: "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.""--