Tom Hanks The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece Hardback Book

A stunning, emotionally satisfying tale about the art of storytelling. I never wanted the lights to come up. I could not put it down GRAHAM NORTONIts its own universe, complete with a sun, a cast of circling planets, and a limitless number of stars. Its gravity pulls you in and its far reaching, multilayered, rollicking exuberance holds you in place. I would have been happy to live inside this book forever ANN PATCHETTA wildly ambitious story of the making of a colossal, starstudded, multimilliondollar superhero action film, and the humble comic book that inspired it all. Spanning 80 years of a changing America and culminating in the opening of the film, we meet a colourful cast of characters including a troubled soldier returning from war, a young boy with an artistic gift, an inspired and eccentric director, a pompous film star on the rise, a tireless production assistant and countless film crew members that together create Hollywood magic. Funny, touching, and wonderfully thoughtprovoking, The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece offers an insiders take on the momentous efforts it takes to make a film. At once a reflection on Americas past and present, on the world of show business and the real world we all live in. Praise for Tom HanksAuthentically geniune . . . a Writer with a capital W. Stephen FryHankss prose is impressive . . . fluent, convincing and confident. The TimesTom Hanks is a wise and hilarious writer with an endlessly surprising mind. Steve... | Tom Hanks The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece Hardback Book