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The making of another major motion picture masterpiece : a novel /

By: Contributor(s): Material type: SoundSoundPublisher: [New York] : Random House Audio, �2023Edition: UnabridgedDescription: 12 audio discs (15 hr., 58 min.) ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 computer disc (PDF ; 4 3/4 in.)ISBN:
  • 9780593635391
  • 0593635396
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 813/.6 23/eng/20230502
LOC classification:
  • PS3608.A71522 M35 2023ab
Read by Tom Hanks with Peter Gerety, Natalie Morales, Ego Nwodim, Nasim Pedrad, Connor Ratliff, Holland Taylor, Rita Wilson, and a full cast.Summary: 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.
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AUD CD AUD CD Chamberlin Free Public Library Audio CD AUD CD HAN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34480000595730

Includes bonus PDF.

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Read by Tom Hanks with Peter Gerety, Natalie Morales, Ego Nwodim, Nasim Pedrad, Connor Ratliff, Holland Taylor, Rita Wilson, and a full cast.

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.

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