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Features: DVD, Pan and Scan (TV Format), Aspect Ratio 1.33.1, Dolby Digital (5.1) Dts, Dolby Surround Sound, English, French, Spanish Subtitled
Academy Award winning director Steven Spielberg teams up with two-time Academy Award winner Tom Hanks for this critically acclaimed comedy. After arriving at New York's JFK airport, Viktor Navorski (Hanks) gets unwittingly caught up in the richly complex and amusing world inside the airport, Viktor makes friends, gets a job, finds romance and ultimately discovers America itself--all without setting foot outside the Terminal! Also starring Oscar winner Catherine Zeta-Jones (Chicago). The Terminal is the irresistible, must-see motion picture event NBC-TV's Jeffrey Lyons applauds as "funny, touching, one of the year's most enjoyable films."
"Entertainment like this is too hard to find to second-guess for too long." Kenneth Turan, The Los Angeles Times
"...The Terminal stands out as a strikingly original comedy." Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter
"The movie is a delight in many ways..." Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune
Editor's Note
Viktor Navorksi (Tom Hanks) falls into a bureaucratic crack in the system when his plane lands at New York's JFK airport from the fictitious country of Krakozhia. Unbeknownst to Navorski, his country fell prey to a military coup while he was in flight, causing it to be wiped from the map. This effectively renders his passport null and void, meaning he cannot legally enter America, nor return to his now nonexistent home. Barely able to speak English, the hapless Navorski is offered a sanctuary of sorts by kindly staff who allow him to freely inhabit the airport. With little money to his name, Navorski has to quickly shed his feelings of displacement, confusion, and alienation to survive. Fortunately he has a resourceful nature, and makes a meager amount of money for food by returning baggage carts. As time passes he becomes more comfortable with his surroundings, even finding time to pursue a passing stewardess, Amelia (Catherine Zeta-Jones), who has captured his heart. But airport denizens such as customs chief Frank Dixon (Stanley Tucci), who is a constant thorn in Navorski's side, remind him of his outsider status throughout the ordeal.Director Steven Spielberg uses the airport setting of THE TERMINAL to represent a microcosmic view of the immigrant experience in American society. Drawing on a fine performance from Hanks, and a supporting cast who provide plenty of laughs, Spielberg handles some delicate subject matter with an acute sensitivity, providing a heartfelt tale in the process.
| Features | Audio: English, French Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound; English DTS & Stereo | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection | | Full Screen Presentation | | Photo Gallery | | Production Notes | | Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo, French Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround | | Cast | | Filmmakers | | Landing: Airport Stories Featurette | | Take Off: Making The Terminal Featurette | | Waiting for the Flight: Building The Terminal Featurette | | Boarding: The People of the Terminal Featurette | | Booking the Flight: The Script, The Story Featurette | | In Flight Service: The Music of The Terminal Featurette |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Dreamworks (Universal) |
| Release Date: 5/1/2007 |
| Running Time: 129 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2004 | | Catalog ID: 91915 | | UPC: 00678149191523 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, French Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: French, Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Standard 1.33:1 [4:3] |
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| | Professional Reviews | New York Times
"Mr. Hanks is a man with nothing left to prove. His performance is so easy and amiable that its nuances emerge only in retrospect." 06/18/2004 p.E1Sight and Sound
"Tom Hanks underplays with all the confidence of a man who has nothing left to prove....His cautious smiles and blank stares leave a pleasing deadpan residue." 09/01/2004 p.87-8 Los Angeles Times
"Hanks gives a charming, whimsical performance..." 11/25/2004 p.E27 Chicago Sun-Times
"A sweet and delicate comedy, so precisely devised you hold your breath..." 11/05/2004 p.11 James Berardinelli's ReelViews 8 of 10
Throughout his long career as a director, Steven Spielberg has been a master of the "big moment," wh
Chicago Sun-Times 9 of 10
Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks have made, in The Terminal, a sweet and delicate comedy, a fil - Roger Ebert
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2 of 5 Hanks' brilliant acting can't save a stupid plot Sunday, May 15, 2005
A Viewer from Anchorage, AK
If you think about it, the plots of the great Tom Hanks movies are pretty bizarre. For example, “Forrest Gump”, “Cast Away” are pretty weird story lines. “The Terminal” is no exception. Unfortunately, Tom Hanks’ wonderful performance is not enough to save the movie from being just plain stupid. In “Cast Away” you are left frustrated because the romantic line is strained and unsatisfying. In “Terminal” you get all that plus it is unbelievable. Hero finds girl. Girl “finds herself” and quits an adulterous relationship for virtuous hero. Girl leaves hero for resumption of adulterous relationship. You are left shaking your head, saying “What??”
It gets worse. The exalted quest of the hero is to get a single finishing signature of a Jazz icon, completing the collection for his dead father. “What??” Has romantic idealism sunk to television sound bites? Is this the most important thing someone can do to complete the legacy of a father they love?
But having a stupid plot doesn’t hold Tom Hanks back from another incredible performance. Completely believable as a tourist from some never-heard-of former Soviet republic, he pulls the viewer into his feelings and schemes. An actor who is a pleasure to watch perform. The movie is almost worth watching if you know beforehand that you are watching it only to enjoy seeing Tom Hanks perform and not to enjoy the movie.
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