The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece

Tom Hanks has won Academy Awards for best actor for <i>Philadelphia</i> and <i>Forrest Gump</i>. He has starred in among many other films <i>Big Sleepless in Seattle Apollo 13 Saving Private Ryan The Green Mile Cast Away Catch Me If You Can Captain Phillips Bridge of Spies</i> <i>Sully Toy Story The Post</i> and <i>It's a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood</i>. His writing has appeared in <i>The New York Times Vanity Fair</i> and <i>The New Yorker</i>. He is also the author of a best-selling collection of stories <i>Uncommon Type.</i> <p><b>'A proper literary belter' <i>THE TIMES<br>'</i>Affectionate and endlessly entertaining' RICHARD OSMAN<br><br>A wildly ambitious story of the making of a colossal star-studded multimillion-dollar superhero action film and the humble comic book that inspired it all. </b><br><br>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.<br><br>Funny touching and wonderfully thought-provoking <i>The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece </i>offers an insider's take on the momentous efforts it takes to make a film. At once a reflection on America's past and present on the world of show business and the real world we all live in.</p> <b>Affectionate and endlessly entertaining. Hanks writes with such tenderness about human connection and the magic of the movies</b> With a unique insight and a rare eye for detail Tom Hanks delivers <b>a stunning emotionally satisfying tale about the art of storytelling. I never wanted the lights to come up. I could not put it down</b> <b>THE MAKING OF ANOTHER MAJOR MOTION PICTURE MASTERPIECE is 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 multi-layered rollicking exuberance holds you in place. I would have been happy to live inside this book forever</b> <b>A proper literary belter</b> <b>An extravagant buoyant joyfully sprawling book </b>bursting with affection for its characters for the intricate lore of the movie business and for the many ways in which human beings are one another's greatest opportunity