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Academy Award-winner Jennifer Connelly portrays Betty Ross, whose scientific genius unwittingly helps unleash The Hulk; Nick Nolte plays Banner's brilliant father, who passes on a tragic legacy to his son, and Sam Elliott portrays the commander of a top-secret military research centre.  With more than 210 colour images, the companion book includes the complete script by Academy Award nominee James Schamus, John Turman and Michael France, behind-the-scenes photos in bringing the big green superhero to life through visual effects, creature design concept art, and many insightful sidebars from the cast and the film-makers.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49532823044369,"sku":"GOR001925472","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50327359652113,"sku":"GOR004188392","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0571221270.jpg?v=1758967292"},{"product_id":"ride-with-the-devil-book-james-schamus-9780571201631","title":"Ride with the Devil","description":"Adapted from Daniel Woodrell's novel, Ride with the Devil tells the epic story of a group of young Bushwackers - Missouri guerilla fighters who waged a desperate and bloody battle against Union occupiers during the American Civil War. 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Illustrated with more than 80 full colour photographs, this lavish companion book includes the entire screenplay, essays and commentaries about the production by director Ang Lee and screenwriter James Schamus, and contributions from cast and crew, as well as scholars David Bordwell and Richard Corliss.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49591432184081,"sku":"GOR004838878","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0571209165.jpg?v=1751040866"},{"product_id":"ice-storm-book-james-schamus-9781854593221","title":"The Ice Storm","description":null,"brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49600225181969,"sku":"GOR004307125","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50391976411409,"sku":"CIN1854593226G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50391980605713,"sku":"CIN1854593226VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1854593226.jpg?v=1751437749"},{"product_id":"hulk-book-james-schamus-9780007162420","title":"The Hulk","description":"HarperCollins present 6 fantastic titles to bring the biggest film of 2003 to young readers.  In The Hulk movie, released July 18, Universal Pictures and Marvel Enterprises together with visionary director Ang Lee (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) have created an amazing cinematic experience of visual effects and unforgettable storytelling...With stunning graphics bursting from the pages and dramatic live action movie shots, these marvelously muscle-bound books will inspire and excite young readers the world over.  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Only later, when a younger generation of critics came to its defense, did the method in what appeared to be Dreyer's madness begin to become apparent.  To make vivid just what was at stake for Dreyer, and still for us, in his final work, James Schamus focuses on a single moment in the film. He follows a trail of references and allusions back through a number of thinkers and artists (Boccaccio, Lessing, Philostratus, Charcot, and others) to reveal the richness and depth of Dreyer's work--and the excitement that can accompany cinema studies when it opens itself up to other disciplines and media. Throughout, Schamus pays particular attention to Dreyer's lifelong obsession with the “real,” developed through his practice of “textual realism,” a realism grounded not in standard codes of verisimilitude but on the force of its rhetorical appeal to its written, documentary sources.  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