02804cam a2200337 i 4500 807094783 TxAuBib 20230523120000.0 220911s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2022033251 9780525655596 $32.50 052565559X $32.50 LBSOR/DLC eng rda DLC IMmBT NjBwBT TxAuBib rda Hanks, Tom, author. The making of another major motion picture masterpiece / Tom Hanks ; comic book illustrations by R. Sikoryak. First edition. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2023. 417 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "This is a Borzoi book published by Alfred A. Knopf"--Title page verso. Back story -- Source material -- Development hell -- Prep -- Casting -- The shoot -- Post. "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. 20230523. Comic books, strips, etc Fiction. Motion pictures Production and direction United States Fiction. United States, Civilization 1945- Fiction. Superhero films Fiction. Sikoryak, R., illustrator.