The last samurai / [research and sidebar text, Terry J. Erdmann] ; screenplay written by John Logan and Marshall Herskovitz & Edward Zwick ; foreword by Edward Zwick ; photographs by David James.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Erdmann, Terry J.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Zwick, Edward.

James, David, 1940-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Last samurai (Motion picture).

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

156 pages : illustrations, photographs (color) ; 28 cm

Other Title:

Tom Cruise the last samurai

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Time Inc. Home Entertainment, [2003]

Summary:

DESCRIPTION: Already slated as one of the top movies of 2003, "The Last Samurai, " starring Tom Cruise, will be released nationally on December 5, 2003. All script reviews of "The Last Samurai" have been positive, according to www.upcomingmovies.com. The book will contain parts of the script, exclusive stills from the movie, and interviews from the actors, actresses, and the director. Synopsis of Movie: Set in the 1870s, this film captures Japan at the beginnings of its modernization out of a feudal society and the samurai way of life. Enter Captain Woodrow Algren (Tom Cruise), a hard drinking Civil War veteran. He arrives in Japan to train the troops of the emperor, whose army is preparing to wipe out the last vestiges of the samurai warriors. When Algren is captured by the samurai, he sees the samurai way of life and starts to question his loyalties...

Notes:

Presented by Warner Bros. Pictures ; director, Edward Zwick ; Cast, Tom Cruise, Timothy Spall, Billy Connolly, Tony Goldwyn.

ISBN:

1931933634

9781931933636

1932273301

9781932273304

OCLC:

53818025