![]() Viktor befriends several low-level workers in the terminal, and even manages to fall in love with a beautiful stewardess named Amelia Warren. ![]() ![]() If he does, he’ll be arrested and therefore no longer be the airport’s responsibility. He stays for nearly nine months, learning how to survive in the peculiar, contained ecosystem while dodging the attempts of Customs Director Frank Dixon (Stanley Tucci) at tricking him into leaving the terminal. He is denied entry into the US, instead having to languish in the international terminal at JFK until world events sort themselves out. While he was in the air, his country exploded into a violent coup, and now that his country doesn’t technically exist anymore, his passport and travel documents are no longer valid. Viktor Navorski (Tom Hanks) has travelled to New York City from his homeland of Krakozhia, a fictional country in the former Soviet bloc of Eastern Europe. THE TERMINAL works in the same vein as CATCH ME IF YOU CAN-a throwback to well-crafted, old-school Hollywood entertainment. The tale of an Eastern European man trapped in the international terminal at JFK proved much more charming and funnier than the trite romantic comedy it was positioned as. So color me surprised to find that I actually enjoyed the film when I finally sat down to watch it the other day. ![]() I remember that the trailers made THE TERMINAL look almost too Hollywood, like it was a maudlin or trivial experience. One of those, for me at least, is THE TERMINAL (2004)-Spielberg’s follow-up to 2002’s dual hits MINORITY REPORT and CATCH ME IF YOU CAN. For director Steven Spielberg, there are a few-but only by virtue of the sheer size of his catalog. Every director has that film that holds no interest to you, even the directors you admire. ![]()
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