The Terminal

The Terminal

  • Director: Steven Spielberg
  • Writer: Andrew Niccol,Sacha Gervasi,Jeff Nathanson
  • Countries of origin: United States
  • Language: English, Bulgarian, Spanish, Russian, Mandarin, German, French
  • Release date: June 18, 2004
  • Runtime: 2h 8min
  • Sound mix: DTS, Dolby Digital, SDDS
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Terminal
  • "The Terminal" is a 2004 film produced by DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. , directed by Stephen Steven Allan Spielberg . The main actors include Tom Hanks , Catherine Zeta-Jones , Stanley Tucci and Qi Mabeit. The script was adapted from a true story by Sasha Jevasi and Andrew M. Niccol . The film was released in the United States on June 18, 2004.
    The film tells the story of the protagonist during a coup d'etat in his hometown on his way to the United States, the government was overthrown, the documents he held were not recognized by the U.S. immigration authorities, he was refused entry but was unable to return to the country, and was forced to stay at John F. Kennedy International Airport . 

    Details

    • Release date June 18, 2004
    • Filming locations Palmdale Regional Airport, Palmdale, California, USA
    • Production companies Dreamworks Pictures, Amblin Entertainment, Parkes/MacDonald Image Nation

    Box office

    Budget

    $60,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $77,872,883

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $19,053,199

    Gross worldwide

    $219,100,084

    Movie reviews

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    • By Nannie 2022-04-23 07:01:10

      Tom Hanks tells us: Learn to wait

      Impressed by Tom's acting skills, telling the story of waiting, but it's all moving, with tears in laughter. The male protagonist is waiting, because the country is in turmoil, in order to fulfill his promise; the father is waiting, because he is interested, and does not forget the original intention of rock and roll; the female protagonist is waiting, although he keeps starting, but waiting to find a place to put his soul. Learning to wait is a topic worth learning for a lifetime. Anxious...

    • By Anne 2022-04-22 07:01:02

      Happiness has no end, happiness is always on the way

      On the first day of the new year, I was in a warm bed, watching the heart-warming "Happy Terminal", a film of 2 hours and 03 minutes. I forgot, and my throat was still sore. It is like a cup of hot coffee in winter, which warms the palms and hearts. . . It feels like a happy version of The Shawshank Redemption. In the face of adversity, what is needed is self-help.

       

            Some waits only take 1 minute, such as customs clearance; but if you do not have a valid visa, then this...

    • By Leta 2022-04-22 07:01:02

      I am going home.

      The opening film of the 2004 Venice Film Festival. The golden combination of Spielberg + Tom Hanks.
      Inspired by "the experience of Mehran, an Iranian refugee living at Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport for nearly 18 years," the film portrays Viktor, a small man who is trapped in New York's JFK airport for nine months due to a sudden domestic coup. He is not good at English and clumsy, and is regarded as a thorn in the side of the airport supervisor; but he is optimistic, persistent, sincere...

    • By Doris 2022-04-22 07:01:02

      The power of promise! ! !

      I finally finished watching it, and it was done in one go. It’s cool, it’s even better than any blockbuster movie. And it's very rewarding, haha! Whether it is laughing fruit or human nature, they are all well portrayed, and there is no better story than this!
            After watching a wonderful movie, I always think about evaluating and appreciating it from a different perspective, but from the existing knowledge structure and understanding, I can’t escape this limitation, but I still try to...

    • By Frida 2022-04-22 07:01:02

      Happiness is an emotion, not obtained by asking "Are you happy?"

      A bizarre encounter, due to the political turmoil in his own country, he could not return to the country, and he could not step into the United States. Even though he was only separated from the paradise of the United States, he had to be trapped in the American airport because of his identity and was not allowed to step into the United States. land. With his hard work, studious, sincerity and kindness, he finally moved everyone at the airport. Everyone banded together to get him out of the...

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    • By Birdie 2023-09-27 00:15:42

      2012Sep21, No. 117 Wuzhong Road, watch on IPONE network. (PPS DOWNLOAD) Interesting movie!

    • By Thomas 2023-09-11 02:53:26

      A very special entry point. The plot setting is clever. Although too dramatic. In the end, it's a pity that the fountain didn't spout water, but it's really a good movie. Just for a promise. What my father had been waiting for came true. And what he had been waiting for never came...

    • By Rosanna 2023-05-29 09:10:34

      5 May 2014. Why be so harsh on such beautiful and touching fairy tales? When you were a child, listening to your mother sing nursery rhymes and listening to bedtime stories was so harsh! Long! No! meet! So! cute! Don't let people! I'm a little disgusted with placement ads! Story up! Uncle is so cute! Although the reality is generally so ruthless and cuddly, I still feel a little lost when I see that the last love that ended without success can't even make up for the last...

    • By Andres 2023-04-26 23:53:47

      It's a good movie, a little longer in the middle and a little snarky at the end, but it's a good story anyway. It was officially announced that Tom Hanks was one of his favorite filmmakers, and this decision was made when he was watching the news of the war in his country....

    • By Amanda 2023-03-22 03:33:20

      On the whole, this script is a complete failure, full of incoherence and unreliability; but the two parts of goat medicine and applying for political asylum are really shining...

    Movie plot

    The story happened in the late 1980s. Victor Navorski was an Eastern European. In order to realize his father's wish, he decided to go to the United States and bought a plane ticket to the United States with simple luggage. When he got off the plane at the JFK Airport in New York at the terminal station to leave the airport, he was stopped. It turned out that there was a coup in his home country.
    This means that Victor's passport and ID...
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    Behind the scenes gags

    In the film, Victor's home country, Krakozhia, is completely fictitious, similar to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
    The flight schedules displayed on the airport information boards and monitors are all from JFK International Airport.
    Bernie Mack was unable to star in the film due to a conflict of....
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    Shooting background

    The film is adapted from a real story. In 1989, the Iranian exile Mean Karimi Nasseri got off the plane at the first terminal of Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, France. However, since there were no refugee documents, the French authorities agreed to stay at the airport. But he was not allowed to leave the terminal building. Although Naseri received refugee documents in 1996 and was free to leave, he still did not want to leave.
    For...
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    Shooting process

    Due to strict security measures, the crew could not shoot in a real airport. Production designer Alex McDowell was responsible for the design and construction of a functional full-scale airport terminal. Almost all filming was done here. Towards the end of the main filming, the crew shot the scene at Mirabel Airport in Montreal, and United Airlines also provided a Boeing 747 for the key scene of the film.
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    Theater setup

    The airport in the film was built in a large hangar in California, and it took 200 craftsmen 20 weeks to complete it. The three-story building is an all-steel structure with a total of 60,000 square feet of granite floor. There are 4 electric escalators in the airport, and escalators are specially installed in the studio for filming.
    Since the airport to be built must have its due function, every drawing completed by the art department...
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    Unique discovery

    "Happiness Terminal" is Spielberg's use of such a theme to see through the social beings in the United States. In a sense, the waiting hall is a window to the United States. The main contradiction is that between Tom Hanks and the airport director. In a sense, this relationship and conflict is a contradiction and conflict between an outsider and the American bureaucracy. Tom Hanks came into contact with ordinary people at the airport,...
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    Movie quotes

    • Frank Dixon: Sometimes you land a small fish. You unhook him very carefully. You place him back in the water. You set him free so that somebody else can have the pleasure of catching him.

    • Frank Dixon: I'm talking about bombs. I'm talking about human dignity. I'm talking about human rights. Viktor, please don't be afraid to tell me that you're afraid of Krakhozia.

      Viktor Navorski: Is home. I am not afraid from my home.

      [pause]

      Viktor Navorski: So?

      Frank Dixon: [whispering] All right.

      Viktor Navorski: I go to New York City now?

      Frank Dixon: No.

      Viktor Navorski: No? Uh... Okay. I'm uh... I'm uh... I'm afraid from ghosts.

      Frank Dixon: Okay, thanks very much!

      Viktor Navorski: I'm afraid from, uh... Dracula!

      Frank Dixon: Thanks a lot. Thanks, Viktor!

      Viktor Navorski: [as he is escorted outside] Afraid from Wolfmens, afraid from sharks!

      Frank Dixon: It's okay. Thank you Viktor! Thanks a lot!

    • Enrique Cruz: So, she had a boyfriend, for how long?

      [nods yes, holds up two fingers]

      Enrique Cruz: Two years, what happened?

      Viktor Navorski: He chit.

      Enrique Cruz: What?

      Viktor Navorski: He chit.

      Enrique Cruz: Eat shit?

      Viktor Navorski: He chit, he chit, he chit.

      Enrique Cruz: Okay, try to repeat exactly what she said.

      Viktor Navorski: He chit, she catch him so...

      Enrique Cruz: Oh! He cheats!

      Viktor Navorski: Yes, yes, yes! What we call Krushkach. We say Krushkach. One man, two womans. So, hmm, crowded. You know? Ha!

      Enrique Cruz: Okay, he *cheats*! You say cheats.

      Viktor Navorski: Hm-hum. He chit.

      Enrique Cruz: No, no. *Cheat*.

      Viktor Navorski: Enrique, you, no chit.

      Enrique Cruz: No cheat.

      Viktor Navorski: No chit.

      Enrique Cruz: Yeah, yeah, I won't. I won't. I won't cheat. Not chit.

      Viktor Navorski: She's a nice... nice girl, she won't take your chitting.