Asteroid City

(Hardback, Main)

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Thousands of years ago an asteroid fell from the sky, creating a huge crater, in thecentre of which a piece of asteroid rock remains.

Once a year, a convention is held on the site, attracting astronomers, teachers, families with would-be teenage astronomers - as well as military personnel.


As the stars begin to align, events occur which are startling, and completely unexpected.


This is Anderson at his comic best; it is also suffused with the grief caused by the death ofthe mother of one of the families - giving the film a profound emotional impact.


The film stars Tom Hanks, Margot Robbie, Scarlet Johansson, and Tilda Swinton, as well asfamiliar faces from Anderson's previous films.

Author Bio

Wes Anderson was born in Houston, Texas. He attended the University of Texas where hestudied philosophy. There he met Owen Wilson and they began making short films, one ofwhich became Anderson's first feature, Bottle Rocket. His films include: Fantastic Mr. Fox,Moonrise Kingdom, Grand Budapest Hotel, Isle of Dogs, and The French Dispatch