Really moving and actually guite funny piece about a man whoes conuntry experiences a political coup while he is in the air and so when he lands, he discovers that he cannot enter the USA or return home, and so is forced to stay in the terminal. I originally thought that the film would be based on the story of Merhan Karimi Nasseri who was trapped at Charles de Gaulle airport, France, since 1988, but curiosly enough, no credit was given for the origin of the story, which I find perplexing given that the political aspects of the entrapment in the movie almost exactly mirror those of the true story. Here is a very small extract from an article writen about Merhan:
"After seven years of circulating between Brussels and Paris, he tried to fly to London, but was turned back by immigration officers. French police arrested him, but because he had no official documents, there was no country to which he could be deported. He has been at the Paris airport ever since."
In contrast (well, not exactly contrast, maybe just juxtaposition), the character of Viktor (played by Tom Hanks, in The Terminal) comes from a fictional country in Eastern Europe whoes homeland erupts in a firey coup while he is over international waters. His passport is invalid, his papers void and therefore is simply (as put by US Homeland Security) "unacceptable". Despite of his predicement, be makes the most of his time, enriching the lives of the people around him. Eventually, when his country is re-formed he is given a one day emergency visa to enter the US in order to fufill a promise to his dead father. However, the head of imigrations at the airport tells him that if me leaves the airport instead of returning home, he will "arange" for his new friends to loose their jobs, and in one case, be deported to serve a jail sentance.
Prepared to return home, however begrudgingly, his new friends show him that he must fight the system and so give him the courage to leave the airport and fulfill his promise.
For more info: http://www.theterminal-themovie.com
The Anchorman
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I think you would of quite liked the terminal, it was very emotional with some comedy thrown in. Was more of a drama than a comedy though.
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