The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece: A novel
Language: English
Published by Alfred A. Knopf, NY, 2023
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- Hardcover
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- Title
- The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece: A novel
- Author
- Hanks, Tom
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf, NY
- Publication year
- 2023
- Condition
- As New
- Dust jacket
- Fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 052565559X
- ISBN 13
- 9780525655596
- Illustrator
- Sikoryak, R. (comic book illustrations)
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
- Item weight
- 2 pounds
- Dimensions
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
"Wild, ambitious and exceptionally enjoyable." —Matt Haig, best-selling author The Midnight Library, The Humans and Reasons to Stay Alive
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 twenty-three 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 gofer production assistant, and everyone else on both sides of the camera.
Bonus material: Interspersed throughout are three comic books that are featured in the story—all created by Tom Hanks himself—including the comic book that becomes the official tie-in to this novel’s "major motion picture masterpiece."
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About the Author
R. Sikoryak is a cartoonist and an author based in New York City. His illustrations have appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times Book Review, and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.
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