The making of another major motion picture masterpiece : a novel / Tom Hanks ; comic book illustrations by R. Sikoryak.
Momo rauemi: TextKaiwhakaputa: London : Hutchinson Heinemann, 2023Copyright date: ©2023Whakaahuatanga: 417 pages : coloru illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781529151817
- 1529151813
- Motion pictures -- Production and direction -- United States -- Fiction
- Actors -- Fiction
- Comic books, strips, etc. -- Fiction
- Superhero films -- Production and direction -- Fiction
- Superhero films -- Fiction
- Motion pictures -- Production and direction -- Fiction
- United States -- Civilization -- 1945- -- Fiction
- 813.6 23
Momo tuemi | Tauwāhi onāianei | Kohinga | Tau karanga | Tūnga | Rā oti | Waeherepae | Ngā puringa tuemi | |
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Fiction | Stratford Fiction | Fiction | HAN (Tirotirohia te whatanga(Opens below)) | I takina atu | 01/05/2024 | A00932710 | ||
Fiction | Waverley LibraryPlus Fiction | Fiction | HANK (Tirotirohia te whatanga(Opens below)) | Wātea | i2230030 |
Includes sections in comic-book style.
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.""--
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