The Terminal (2004)

Directed by

Steven Spielberg

Genre

drama film, tragicomedy

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 08m

Rated

PG-13

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 8,785 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man from Eastern Europe lands at a New York airport and finds himself unable to leave. He must build a new life inside the terminal while waiting for his country's political crisis to end.

lightheartedwarmwhimsicalbittersweetfeel-goodslow-pacedquirkyuplifting

What happens

The Terminal is a 2004 American comedy-drama film produced and directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Hanks, Catherine Zeta-Jones and Stanley Tucci. The film is about an Eastern European man who is stuck in New York's John F. Kennedy Airport terminal when he is denied entry to the United States, but is unable to return to his native country because of a military coup. The film is partially inspired by the true story of Mehran Karimi Nasseri who lived in Terminal 1 of Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport, France, from 1988 to 2006. After finishing Catch Me If You Can (2002), Spielberg decided to direct The Terminal because he wanted to make a film "that could make us laugh and cry and feel good about the world". As no suitable airport was willing to provide their facilities, an entire working set was built inside a large hangar at the LA/Palmdale Regional Airport, with the customs hall, offices and most of the film's exterior shots filmed at the Montreal–Mirabel International Airport. The film was released in North America by DreamWorks Pictures on June 18, 2004, to generally positive reviews and was a commercial success, grossing $219 million worldwide. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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