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Format: Paperback / softback
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.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.Funny, touching, and wonderfully thought-provoking, The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece 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.
CONTRIBUTORS: Tom HanksEAN: 9781529151817COUNTRY: United KingdomPAGES: WEIGHT: 585 gHEIGHT: 234 cm
PUBLISHED BY: CornerstoneDATE PUBLISHED: 2023-05-09CITY: GENRE: FICTION / Historical / General, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Multiple TimelinesWIDTH: 154 cmSPINE:
Book Themes:
United States of America, USA, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Early 21st century c 2000 to c 2050, Films, cinema, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Historical fiction
Affectionate and endlessly entertaining. Hanks writes with such tenderness about human connection and the magic of the movies, With a unique insight and a rare eye for detail, Tom Hanks delivers a stunning, emotionally satisfying tale about the art of storytelling. I never wanted the lights to come up. I could not put it down, 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, An extravagant, buoyant, joyfully sprawling book, 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, This is a wild, ambitious and exceptionally enjoyable novel. A story about how stories happen, with a swirling kaleidoscope of characters across the best part of a century, and a real beating emotional heart. It has a lot of astute and fascinating things to say about comic books, movies, show business, America and human beings. I loved every page
Tom Hanks has won Academy Awards for best actor for Philadelphia and Forrest Gump. He has starred in, among many other films, Big, Sleepless in Seattle, Apollo 13, Saving Private Ryan, The Green Mile, Cast Away, Catch Me If You Can, Captain Phillips, Bridge of Spies, Sully, Toy Story, The Post, and It's a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, Vanity Fair, and The New Yorker. He is also the author of a best-selling collection of stories, Uncommon Type.
Format: Paperback / softback
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.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.Funny, touching, and wonderfully thought-provoking, The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece 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.
CONTRIBUTORS: Tom HanksEAN: 9781529151817COUNTRY: United KingdomPAGES: WEIGHT: 585 gHEIGHT: 234 cm
PUBLISHED BY: CornerstoneDATE PUBLISHED: 2023-05-09CITY: GENRE: FICTION / Historical / General, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Multiple TimelinesWIDTH: 154 cmSPINE:
Book Themes:
United States of America, USA, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Early 21st century c 2000 to c 2050, Films, cinema, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Historical fiction
Tom Hanks has won Academy Awards for best actor for Philadelphia and Forrest Gump. He has starred in, among many other films, Big, Sleepless in Seattle, Apollo 13, Saving Private Ryan, The Green Mile, Cast Away, Catch Me If You Can, Captain Phillips, Bridge of Spies, Sully, Toy Story, The Post, and It's a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, Vanity Fair, and The New Yorker. He is also the author of a best-selling collection of stories, Uncommon Type.
A business built on Ethical leadership and honesty through and through
This leader must have a shower in his business office. Get yourself a copy and you'll understand why. Brilliant life story and business journey. This book will not only teach you about business, but how to sustain it ethically and honestly. He also narrates how you'll get your fingers burnt, but how to start over after losing everything. Family, business partners and creating community.
Juanita Aggenbach se boeke lyk almal vir my bekend vanweë treffende buiteblaaie, maar ek glo nie ek het al enige daarvan gelees nie. Toe ek haar vyfde roman, Liewer as lig, begin lees, was daar geen twyfel dat dit stewig staan in die geestelike fiksie genre nie.
Daar word nie geskimp oor geloofsake soos wedergeboorte nie, dit word by die naam genoem. Onderwerpe wat van altyd af twispunte is in kerkgeledere, soos grootdoop versus kinderdoop, gebruik van sterk drank en die immer-aanvegbare rookgewoonte, kom draai in die storielyn oor Schalk en Leah se lewe. Tekste uit die Bybel word selektief aangehaal en Schalk se gesprekke met die Vader is ’n perfekte weergawe van sy stryd en oorwinnings.
Schalk, ’n advokaat, en Leah, ’n hoërskoolonderwyseres, lewe welvarend en hard. Dit is vir hulle nie ongewoon om ná ’n kuier met vriende, erg kroes wakker te word nie. ’n Kollega van Schalk is ’n uitgesproke Christen en sy voorbeeld begin vir Schalk aanspreek; soveel so dat hy by die Here uitkom. Leah is egter in totale verset teen die nuwe Schalk en weier om saam met hom Bybel te lees.
Die verhaal onderstreep dat om die Here te volg jou nie gaan vrywaar van probleme nie. Daar is nie noodwendig kitsoplossings vir probleme soos finansies nie. Dit mag nodig wees om onvoorwaardelik te vergewe en indringend te kyk na prioriteite.
Liewer as lig lees maklik – dank aan die uitgewer, Lux Verbi (geestelike druknaam van Jonathan Ball Uitgewers) vir die lettertipe wat sag is op die oog. Klein letters en digte spasiëring word vir my al hoe moeiliker om te hanteer. Ek kan dit aanbeveel vir ander met dieselfde dilemma.
“There is no handbook for grief. There cannot be, because each loss is as unique as the person it belongs to.” (p.36) This is but one of the profound truths penned by Dominique Olivier in her book, Lessons from loss. The author does not strive to act as councilor or therapist, although she has a passion for reaching out to others who has suffered a loss. On the contrary, it is a painfully honest account of her journey through a devastating loss that she suffered.
Dominique lost both her husband and her young daughter in a horrific traffic accident. From the outset she makes it clear that there should be no hierarchy of loss. Although losing a spouse or a child is often deemed as the worst kind of loss, it can be the loss of a marriage, a miscarriage or a job that sets you off on a painful path of recovery. Another sentiment that struck home, is the idea that grief has no expiry date. (p.51) She describes it as “something chronic”.
The writer does not lean on sentimentality. The vivid descriptions of panic attacks, the constant anxiety that plagued her, the criticism that she encountered during the journey through her grief, painful triggers – all of this put together in a remarkable account of loss, and an attempt to “move forward” not to “move on”.
Whether or not you are a member of what the author calls “The Losers Club”, membership of which can only be obtained by own loss, the journey of Dominique Olivier will not leave you untouched.
