The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
Release Date: Unspecified Release - Wide Release
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Film Genre: Adventure
Country: United Kingdom
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay tells the tale of two boys who write comic books during the Golden Age of comic books in the 1940s. The two cousins invent a superhero named the Escapist. The comic superhero wages battle against a series of villains that seem to be based on Adolf Hitler. Author Michael Chabon employs fact and fiction to make the story larger than life as his characters meet real life people such as Salvador Dali, Stan Lee, Orsen Wells, and Harry Houdini. Chabon's other novel Wonder Boys was turned into a film starring Michael Douglas. Jude Law looking to be cast in the larger role of Kavalier.
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