The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece: A novel ~ SIGNED FIRST/FIRST
by Hanks, Tom
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- Hardcover
- Signed
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- ISBN 10
- 052565559X
- ISBN 13
- 9780525655596
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FIRST EDITION, first printing STATED. Brand new, never read. Personally signed by Tom Hanks to a specially bound Publisher's page in bold black Sharpie. NOT a bookplate. Dust jacket hand covered in protective archival grade Mylar for many worry free years of reading/collecting! Photos available upon request.
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 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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- Title
- The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece: A novel ~ SIGNED FIRST/FIRST
- Author
- Hanks, Tom
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Hardcover Signed
- ISBN 10
- 052565559X
- ISBN 13
- 9780525655596
- Publisher
- Knopf Publishing Group
- Date Published
- 2023
- Keywords
- signed, collectible, autographed, novel, tom hanks, first novel, actor, superstar, big, apollo 13
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