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020 _a9781529151800
040 _aKenya National Library Service
082 _a813.6 HAN
100 _aHanks, Tom
_eAuthor
245 _aThe Making of another major motion picture masterpiece :
_ba novel /
_cTom Hanks.
300 _a1 volume various pagination :
_billustrations ;
_c24 cm.
520 _aA 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.
650 _aMotion pictures
_vFiction.
650 _aComic books
_vFiction.
650 _aActors and actresses
_vFiction.
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