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The Terminal

Name: The Terminal
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 2004-06-17
Duration: 128 min
Rating: 7.357

★ 7,4 /10 (8,837 Votes)

2004 EN 128 min

Overview

An Eastern European tourist unexpectedly finds himself stranded in JFK airport, and must take up temporary residence there.

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Release date

17/06/2004

Votes

8,837

Popularity

14.7

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Genres

Comedy Drama

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

128 min

Budget

$60,000,000

Revenue

$219,417,255

Website

www.paramountmovies.com

Tom Hanks

Viktor Navorski

Catherine Zeta-Jones

Amelia Warren

Stanley Tucci

Frank Dixon

Chi McBride

Mulroy

Diego Luna

Enrique Cruz

Barry Shabaka Henley

Thurman

Kumar Pallana

Gupta Rajan

Zoe Saldaña

Torres

Eddie Jones

Salchak

Jude Ciccolella

Karl Iverson

Corey Reynolds

Waylin

Guillermo Díaz

Bobby Alima

Rini Bell

Nadia

Stephen Mendel

First Class Steward

Valery Nikolaev

Milodragovich

Michael Nouri

Max

Ana Maria Quintana

Government Inspector

Bob Morrisey

Government Inspector

Sasha Spielberg

Lucy

Susan Slome

Woman with Cart

Mik Scriba

Transportation Liaison

Jim Ishida

Yoshinoya Manager

Carlease Burke

Brookstone Manager

Stephon Fuller

Swatch Manager

Dan Finnerty

Discovery Store Manager

Anastasia Basil

La Perla Employee Julie

Lydia Blanco Garza

Burger King Employee

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Joseph Davis

Burger King Employee

Tonya Ivey

Godiva Employee

Kevin Mukherji

Soundworks Dave

John Eddins

CBP Officer

Kenneth Choi

CBP Officer

Cas Anvar

CBP Officer

Conrad Pla

CBP Officer

Danette MacKay

CBP Officer

Ian Finlay

CBP Officer

Janique Kearns

CBP Officer

Eddie Santiago

Man on Phone

No photo

Kevin Ryder

Businessman

Dusan Dukic

Young Drug Trafficker

Mark Ivanir

Cab Driver Goran

Matt Holland

Ramada Inn Clerk

Benny Golson

No photo

Buster Williams

Bass

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Mike Ledonne

Piano

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Carl Allen

Drums

Scott Adsit

Cab Driver

Robert Covarrubias

Janitor

Terry Haig

CBP Inspector

No photo

Jeff Michael

Anchor

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Dilva Henry

Anchor

Michelle Arthur

Field Reporter

No photo

Thinh Truong Nguyen

Passenger

No photo

Sandrine Kwan

Passenger

Carl Alacchi

Passenger

Tanya van Blokland

Passenger

Evelyne de la Chenelière

Passenger

No photo

Laurie Meghan Phelps

Homeland Security Officer

Ryan Stockstad

Brookstone Employee (uncredited)

Mel Rodriguez

Man in Cast (uncredited)

Nicole Rayburn

Swatch Employee (uncredited)

Antonella Elia

Shoulder with a flowered shirt (uncredited)

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Click here for a video version of this review: https://youtu.be/n9WhSQ8mYPI Tom Hanks is a perennial favourite in our house, and his 2004 movie _The Terminal_ is one that somehow I missed along the way. I’ve now fixed that and it’s time to talk about it. Let’s start with the official description: _Victor Navorski is a man without a country; his plane took off just as a coup d’état exploded in his homeland, leaving it in a shambles, and now he’s stranded at Kennedy Airport, where he’s holding a passport that nobody recognises. While quarantined in the transit lounge until authorities can …

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Great watch, will likely watch again, and do recommend. I should be able to recommend this just based on "Tom Hanks trapped in an airport", especially given how popular "Cast Away" was. I really love what they did with him being foreign and trap in an American airport, but being hard-working and intelligent. I'm sure there is a "Larry the Cable Guy" version of this movie when it's a useless American trapped in another country that would be much funnier, but clearly a worse movie. The progression of Hanks' character is wonderful, and while there are definitely components of this being…

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I may have watched The Terminal a while after it first came out, but I remembered no details, so I took the opportunity o watch it on Netflix recently. Whether or not I watched it before, I may not remember the details very well now either. It is a quiet movie with a slow moving plot. It stands in direct counterpoint to Spielberg’s Schindler’s List, which was slow moving in a way, but it had as a backdrop the murder of millions of people and one man’s character growth towards a time when he would try to save some of those lives. It’s quiet tone is interrupted by spurts of emotional and physica…

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"The Terminal," starring Tom Hanks as Viktor Navorski, is more than just a heartwarming comedy about a man stuck in an airport. It's a profound exploration of human resilience, fueled by love and an indomitable spirit. The film transcends its comedic elements to reveal a powerful message about the ability of the human spirit to adapt and thrive, even in the most challenging circumstances. Viktor's plight, thrust into a bureaucratic limbo within JFK Airport, becomes a microcosm of the human experience. He is separated from his homeland by political upheaval, facing a future shrouded in uncer…

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