His bestknownbook, "Cloud Atlas", came within a whiskerofwinning the award in 2004, butthe judges could not throw off the suspicion thatitwas justa bittoocleverforitsowngood.
Lana and Andy Wachowski and Tom Tykwar, the writers, directors and producers ofCloudAtlas, scoured the globe to raise the rest of the money which really makes CloudAtlas one of the most expensive independent films of all time.