0
Your cart

Your cart is empty

Browse All Departments
  • All Departments
Price
  • R250 - R500 (3)
  • R500 - R1,000 (3)
  • -
Status
Brand

Showing 1 - 6 of 6 matches in All Departments

The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece (Hardcover): Tom Hanks The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece (Hardcover)
Tom Hanks
R689 R606 Discovery Miles 6 060 Save R83 (12%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

'A stunning, emotionally satisfying tale about the art of storytelling. I never wanted the lights to come up. I could not put it down' GRAHAM NORTON 'It's 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' ANN PATCHETT 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. Praise for Tom Hanks: 'Authentically geniune . . . a Writer with a capital W.' Stephen Fry 'Hanks's prose is impressive . . . fluent, convincing and confident.' The Times 'Tom Hanks is a wise and hilarious writer with an endlessly surprising mind.' Steve Martin

Directing the Sitcom - Joel Zwick's Steps for Success (Paperback): Joel Zwick, Rosario J. Roveto Jr Directing the Sitcom - Joel Zwick's Steps for Success (Paperback)
Joel Zwick, Rosario J. Roveto Jr; Foreword by Tom Hanks
R818 R608 Discovery Miles 6 080 Save R210 (26%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This guided tour of the American situation comedy is given by one of the most prolific directors of the genre. Brooklyn native Joel Zwick began his career in the late 1960s at La Mama, a New York experimental theater club, before moving to Hollywood to become a successful director during the sitcom's golden age. He describes the 10 steps of sitcom production and outlines the five-day process, from the early table draft to the final shooting in front of a live audience. Behind-the-scenes anecdotes include personal and professional experiences with actors Tom Hanks, Penny Marshall, Robin Williams, Jamie Foxx, the cast of Full House and many more.

Uncommon Type - Some Stories (Paperback): Tom Hanks Uncommon Type - Some Stories (Paperback)
Tom Hanks
R275 R254 Discovery Miles 2 540 Save R21 (8%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION FROM THE AUTHOR 'Impressive' The Times 'Funny and pitch perfect' Sunday Express 'I blink, bubble and boggle in amazed admiration' Stephen Fry 'These stories are a hit' Financial Times A small-town newspaper columnist with old-fashioned views of the modern world. A World War II veteran grappling with his emotional and physical scars. A second-rate actor plunged into sudden stardom and a whirlwind press junket. Four friends travelling to the moon in a rocket ship built in the backyard. These are just some of the stories that Tom Hanks captures with great affection, humour and insight - the human condition in all its foibles.

Uncommon Type (Paperback): Tom Hanks Uncommon Type (Paperback)
Tom Hanks 1
R366 R288 Discovery Miles 2 880 Save R78 (21%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Uncommon Type - Some Stories (Paperback): Tom Hanks Uncommon Type - Some Stories (Paperback)
Tom Hanks 2
Sold By Aristata Bookshop - Fulfilled by Loot
R391 Discovery Miles 3 910 Ships in 2 - 4 working days

A collection of seventeen wonderful short stories showing that two-time Oscar winner Tom Hanks is as talented a writer as he is an actor.

A hectic, funny sexual affair between two best friends. A World War II veteran dealing with his emotional and physical scars. A second-rate actor plunged into sudden stardom and a whirlwind press junket. A small-town newspaper columnist with old-fashioned views of the modern world. A woman adjusting to life in a new neighborhood after her divorce. Four friends going to the moon and back in a rocket ship constructed in the backyard. A teenage surfer stumbling into his father's secret life. These are just some of the people and situations that Tom Hanks explores in his first work of fiction, a collection of stories that dissects, with great affection, humour, and insight, the human condition and all its foibles. The stories are linked by one thing: in each of them, a typewriter plays a part, sometimes minor, sometimes central.

To many, typewriters represent a level of craftsmanship, beauty and individuality that is harder and harder to find in the modern world. In his stories, Mr Hanks gracefully reaches that typewriter-worthy level. Known for his honesty and sensitivity as an actor, Mr Hanks brings both those characteristics to his writing. Alternatingly whimsical, moving and occasionally melancholy, Uncommon Type is a book that will delight as well as surprise his millions of fans. It also establishes him as a welcome and wonderful new voice in contemporary fiction, a voice that perceptively delves beneath the surface of friendships, families, love and normal, everyday behaviour.

The Subversive Gospel - A New Testament Commentary of Liberation (Paperback): Tom Hanks The Subversive Gospel - A New Testament Commentary of Liberation (Paperback)
Tom Hanks; Translated by John P. Doner
R885 R763 Discovery Miles 7 630 Save R122 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Free Delivery
Pinterest Twitter Facebook Google+
You may like...
Order from Force - A Natural History of…
Jeffrey H Williams Hardcover R3,082 Discovery Miles 30 820
Synchrotron Radiation Techniques in…
Kevin L. D'Amico, Etc Hardcover R2,605 Discovery Miles 26 050
Chemical Physics and Quantum Chemistry…
Erkki J. Brandas, Kenneth Ruud Hardcover R7,082 R5,924 Discovery Miles 59 240
Dynamic and Stimuli-Responsive…
Sara Nagelberg Hardcover R2,873 Discovery Miles 28 730
The Molecule as Meme
Jeffrey Huw Williams Hardcover R2,111 Discovery Miles 21 110
Dendrimers - Fundamentals and…
Claudia Maria Simonescu Hardcover R3,332 Discovery Miles 33 320
Quantum Boundaries of Life, Volume 82
Roman R. Poznanski, Erkki J. Brandas Hardcover R7,096 R5,937 Discovery Miles 59 370
Investigation of Nanoscopic Dynamics and…
Jaime Ortega-Arroyo Hardcover R3,810 Discovery Miles 38 100
Advances in Atomic, Molecular, and…
Susanne F Yelin, Louis F. DiMauro, … Hardcover R6,480 R5,419 Discovery Miles 54 190
Liquid Dielectrics in an Inhomogeneous…
Mikhail N. Shneider, Mikhail Pekker Paperback R801 Discovery Miles 8 010

 

Partners