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Cloud Atlas: from book to film

Tom Hanks and his wife, Rita Wilson, at the premiere of Cloud Atlas in Los Angeles. Star power like Hanks' helped the film find its backers.

Tom Hanks and his wife, Rita Wilson, at the premiere of Cloud Atlas in Los Angeles. Star power like Hanks’ helped the film find its backers.  (Joe Klamar, AFP/Getty Images)

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Against tough odds, David Mitchell’s complex novel “Cloud Atlas” is now coming to screens. Here’s a look at how the pieces of that improbable story fit together.

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