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The Terminal (2004)
Front Cover Actor Back Cover
Tom Hanks Viktor Navorski
Eddie Jones Salchak
Diego Luna Enrique Cruz
Chi McBride Mulroy
Zoe Saldana Torres
Stanley Tucci Frank Dixon
Catherine Zeta-Jones Amelia Warren
Kumar Pallana Gupta Rajan
Rini Bell Nadia
Barry Shabaka Henley Thurman
Jude Ciccolella Karl Iverson
Movie Details
Genre Comedy; Drama
Director Steven Spielberg
Producer Laurie MacDonald; Walter F. Parkes; Jason Hoffs; Steven Spielberg
Writer Sacha Gervasi; Jeff Nathanson; Andrew Niccol
Studio Dreamworks
Language English
Audience Rating PG-13 (Parental Guidance)
Running Time 129 mins
Country USA
Color Color
IMDb Rating 7.1
Plot
Like an airport running at peak efficiency, The Terminal glides on the consummate skills of its director and star. Having refined their collaborative chemistry on Saving Private Ryan and Catch Me if You Can, Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks mesh like the precision gears of a Rolex, turning a delicate, not-very-plausible scenario into a lovely modern-age fable (partly based on fact) that's both technically impressive and subtly moving. It's Spielberg in Capra mode, spinning the featherweight tale of Victor Navorski (Hanks, giving a finely tuned performance), an Eastern European who arrives at New York's Kennedy Airport just as his (fictional) homeland has fallen to a coup, forcing him, with no valid citizenship, to take indefinite residence in the airport's expansive International Arrivals Terminal (an astonishing full-scale set that inspires Spielberg's most elegant visual strategies). Spielberg said he made this film in part to alleviate the anguish of wartime America, and his master's touch works wonders on the occasionally mushy material; even Stanley Tucci's officious terminal director and Catherine Zeta-Jones's mixed-up flight attendant come off (respectively) as forgivable and effortlessly charming. With this much talent involved, The Terminal transcends its minor shortcomings to achieve a rare degree of cinematic grace. --Jeff Shannon
Personal Details
Seen It Yes
Index 40
Collection Status In Collection
Links Amazon US
DVD Empire
IMDB
Product Details
Edition Widescreen Edition
Format DVD
Region Region 1
Screen Ratio Widescreen (16:9, Anamorphic)
Layers Dual Side, Single Layer
UPC (Barcode) 678149167924
Release Date 2004
Subtitles English; French; Spanish
Packaging Keep Case
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital 2.0 [English]
Dolby Digital 5.1 [English]
Dolby Digital 5.1 [French]
DTS 5.1 [English]
Nr of Disks/Tapes 1
Extra Features
Features Not Specified