{"product_id":"the-making-of-another-major-motion-picture-masterpiece-a-novel","title":"The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece: A novel","description":"NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • 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.\n\n\"Wild, ambitious and exceptionally enjoyable.\" —Matt Haig, best-selling author The Midnight Library, The Humans and Reasons to Stay Alive\n\nPart 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.\n\nCut 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.\n\nCut to the present day: A commercially successful director discovers the 1970 comic book and decides to turn it into a contemporary superhero movie.\n\nCue 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.\n\nBonus 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.\"\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 052565559X\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: HBSV.052565559X.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Hanks, Tom|Sikoryak, R.\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Book  is in good condition and has some writing, underlining, and or highlighting inside. Cover may have some cosmetic wear.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"The Happy Book Stack ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51793218371885,"sku":"HBSV.052565559X.G","price":5.05,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/6799\/6205\/files\/052565559X-0.jpg?v=1769805852","url":"https:\/\/www.thehappybookstack.com\/products\/the-making-of-another-major-motion-picture-masterpiece-a-novel","provider":"The Happy Book Stack ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}