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The Hulk: The Making of the Movie Including the Complete Screenplay (Newmarket Pictorial Moviebook Series) [Hardcover]

James Schamus (Author), John Turman (Author), Michael France (Author), Stan Lee (Author), Ang Lee (Author)
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Newmarket Pictorial Moviebook June 20, 2003
The only official book on the making of the new film from the director of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon—a full-color, behind-the-scenes companion to the eagerly awaited blockbuster from Universal Pictures, featuring an all-star cast: Eric Bana, Jennifer Connelly, Sam Elliott, Josh Lucas, and Nick Nolte. Acclaimed filmmaker Ang Lee's concept for his film adaptation of the classic Marvel Comics series The Hulk combines all the elements of a blockbuster visual effects-intensive superhero movie with the brooding romance and tragedy of Universal's classic horror films. In depicting The Hulk as both a superhero and a monster, a wish fulfillment and a nightmare, Lee and his team have stayed true to the early subversive spirit of the character created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, while completely updating The Hulk and projecting it into the dangers and aspirations of contemporary times.

Eric Bana (Black Hawk Down) stars as scientist Bruce Banner, whose inner demons transform him in the aftermath of a catastrophic experiment. Academy Award®-winner Jennifer Connelly (A Beautiful Mind) portrays Betty Ross, whose scientific genius unwittingly helps unleash The Hulk; Nick Nolte (The Thin Red Line) plays Banner's brilliant father, who passes on a tragic legacy to his son; and Sam Elliott (The Contender) portrays the commander of a top-secret military research center.

With more than 120 color images, the Newmarket Pictorial Moviebook includes the motion picture screenplay written by James Schamus, behind-the-scenes photos in bringing the big green superhero to life through visual effects, creature design concept art, and many fascinating articles about the cast and filmmakers.


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Although Ang Lee's film version of the classic Marvel comic book series has been getting less than stellar reviews, it features some wildly ambitious special effects. However, readers hoping to get a glimpse of how those effects were produced might be disappointed in this effort, since the bulk of the book consists of the rather dry screenplay (and lines like "Hulk sniffs the air. His eyes narrow. A snarl" don't exactly make for riveting reading). In his foreword, Lee admits the shooting script "is only a shadow of the adventures we had along the way." This work shows a few of those adventures, such as how the film's producers used real-time storyboards with motion to come up with shots, and how they projected a "sense of soul" onto the Hulk. Sidebars on creating the Hulk's facial expressions, designing the scientists' costumes (no lab coats, so they appeared "as realistically as possible") and building sets that were meant to be "obliterated" by the Hulk enliven the somewhat dull text.
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About the Author

Ang Lee directed The Hulk, along with Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; Ride with the Devil; The Ice Storm; Sense and Sensibility; Eat Drink Man Woman; The Wedding Banquet; and Pushing Hands. James Schamus wrote the motion-picture screenplay and co-produced The Hulk. Previously, he wrote or co-wrote Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon; Ride with the Devil; The Ice Storm; Eat Drink Man Woman; The Wedding Banquet; and Pushing Hands.

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 160 pages
  • Publisher: Newmarket Press; 1 edition (June 20, 2003)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1557045976
  • ISBN-13: 978-1557045973
  • Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 7.8 x 0.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,534,464 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars THIS BOOK IS GOOD, November 25, 2003
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MANY PEOPLE WHO EXPECT THE MOVIE TO BE JUST ANOTHER BIG EMPTY HOLLYWOOD FX-FEST WOULD BE TURNED OFF BY WHAT THEY SAW. YET IT WAS ANG LEE'S DIFFERENT APPROACH TO THE HULK THAT MAKES THE STORY AN INTERESTINGLY UNUSUAL SUPERHERO FILM. THIS BOOK SPOTLIGHT MANY DIFFERENT ASPECTS FROM THE MOVIE FROM FX TO THE CAST AND SCRIPT. WITHOUT BEING TOO LAVISH, IT IS AN ENTERTAINING READ HOWEVER.
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