The Terminal
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, Spielberg decided to direct The Terminal because he wanted to next 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 most of the film's exterior shots taken from the Montreal–Mirabel International Airport. The film was released in North America on June 18, 2004, to generally positive reviews and was a commercial success, earning $219 million worldwide.
- Hello? - Hi, Mr. Navorski. Yes, this is Viktor Navorski. Who calls? It's Cliff from the Discovery Store. Ah! Cliff. Hello. - How's it going? - Good. - Is this a good time? - Yes, I wait for your call all day. Well, I got to tell you that the position's been filled. Yeah, so could you please go sit someplace else? - I go to bathroom now. - That'd be good. - All right. - Thank you. Okay.
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Look at this cornicing. This is good work. Must be Harry's crew. You with Harry's crew? Does Harry think he's running this job? - I go now. - Go where? - Gate 67. - 67? We're ten months away from 67. He's got to be Harry's. If he's not mine, and he's not yours... Harry's trying to make me look bad. I've got to slow him down before he gets to 67. - What's your name? - Viktor Navorski.
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Have a seat. - Here? - Here. Come on, sit down. - Who invited him? - I did. We needed a fourth, right? - I'm not going to play with him. - Oh, Gupta, relax, would you? - He isn't a spy. - How do you know? He could be recording everything we say. A wire in his shirt. A microphone up in his ass.
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You sure it's jazz in there? It might be the blues. - Or salsa. - Maybe it's Stevie Wonder. - No, no, is jazz. - Okay, guys. Okay. For tonight's grand prize, we have... Show them, Gupta. I found this upstairs. Virgin Air, first class lounge. There you go. And they belong to? - Cher. - Cher? - As in Cher? - Yeah. Cher. I checked it out. There were witnesses. Those are Cher's panties. - Ready? - Hurry up So, will we share the panties? - No, no, no. - Not if I win. - Come on. - Wait a second.
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