{"product_id":"9780735277014","title":"The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the Academy Award-winning 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePART 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCut to 1970:\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCut to the present day:\u003c\/i\u003e A commercially successful director discovers the 1970 comic book and decides to turn it into a contemporary superhero movie.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCue the cast:\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFunny, 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.\"","brand":"Tom Hanks","offers":[{"title":"Knopf Canada |  Hardback  |  2023-05-09","offer_id":44151461740799,"sku":"9780735277014","price":45.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/products\/BNCImageAPI_b42976d5-6c90-43dc-8b30-55c44aeece22.jpg?v=1669776155","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9780735277014","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}