| Description |
417 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm |
| Note |
"This is a Borzoi book published by Alfred A. Knopf." |
| Contents |
Back story -- Source material -- Development hell -- Prep -- Casting -- The shoot -- Post. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Superhero films -- Fiction.
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Comic books, strips, etc. -- Fiction.
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Motion pictures -- Production and direction -- United States -- Fiction.
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United States -- Civilization -- 1945- -- Fiction.
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| Added Author |
Sikoryak, R., illustrator.
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| ISBN |
9780525655596 (hardcover) |
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9781524712327 (trade paperback) |
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