Description: THE MAKING OF ANOTHER MAJOR MOTION PICTURE MASTERPIECE by Tom Hanks (2023, Hardcover) First Edition, First Printing. SIGNED by the author. Condition: Brand New. DJ wrapped in clear archival mylar. Shipped with USPS Media Mail. Overview: NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • From the legendary actor and best-selling author: a novel about the making of a star-studded, multimillion-dollar superhero action film...and the humble comic books that inspired it. Funny, touching, and wonderfully thought-provoking, while also capturing the changes in America and American culture since World War II."Wild, ambitious and exceptionally enjoyable." —Matt Haig, best-selling author The Midnight Library, The Humans and Reasons to Stay AlivePart 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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Signed By: Tom Hanks
Book Title: The Making Of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece
Signed: Yes
Narrative Type: Fiction
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Edition: First Edition
Publication Year: 2023
Type: Novel
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Author: Tom Hanks
Features: Dust Jacket
Genre: Historial Fiction
Topic: Comics, Saga
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States