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Release Date:
18 June 2004 (USA) moreTagline:
Life is waiting.Plot:
An eastern immigrant finds himself stranded in JFK airport, and must take up temporary residence there. full summary | full synopsisAwards:
2 wins & 2 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(62 articles)
Salman Khan will star in Prem Soni's next (From BollywoodHungama. 20 October 2009, 3:33 AM, PDT)
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Egoless waiting more (543 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Tom Hanks | ... | Viktor Navorski | |
| Catherine Zeta-Jones | ... | Amelia Warren | |
| Stanley Tucci | ... | Frank Dixon | |
| Chi McBride | ... | Mulroy | |
| Diego Luna | ... | Enrique Cruz | |
| Barry Shabaka Henley | ... | Thurman | |
| Kumar Pallana | ... | Gupta Rajan | |
| Zoe Saldana | ... | Dolores Torres (as Zoë Saldana) | |
| Eddie Jones | ... | Salchak | |
| Jude Ciccolella | ... | Karl Iverson | |
| Corey Reynolds | ... | Waylin | |
| Guillermo Díaz | ... | Bobby Alima (as Guillermo Diaz) | |
| Rini Bell | ... | Nadia | |
| Stephen Mendel | ... | First Class Steward | |
| Valeri Nikolayev | ... | Milodragovich (as Valera Nikolaev) |
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Also Known As:
Terminal (USA) (working title)La terminal (Argentina) (International: Spanish title) (Peru) (Spain) [es]
Le terminal (Canada: French title) (France) [fr]
Терминал (Russia) [ru]
O Terminal (Brazil) [pt]
Terminaali (Finland) [fi]
Terminal (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Terminal (Estonia) [et]
Terminal (Germany) [de]
The Terminal (Greece) [el]
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Rated PG-13 for brief language and drug references.Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
128 minCountry:
USAColor:
ColorAspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 moreCertification:
Switzerland:12 (canton of Zurich) | France:U | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | Spain:T | Iceland:L (original rating) | Iceland:LH (video rating) | Finland:K-3 | South Korea:All | Malaysia:U | India:U (cinema release) | Sweden:7 | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Brazil:12 | Chile:TE | Germany:o.Al. | Hong Kong:IIA | Ireland:PG | Netherlands:MG6 | Norway:A | Peru:PT | Philippines:G | Singapore:PG | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12A | USA:PG-13 (certificate #40891)Fun Stuff
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Inspired by the story of Merhan Nasseri, an Iranian refugee. In 1988, he landed at Charles de Gaulle Airport near Paris after being denied entry into England because his passport and United Nations refugee certificate had been stolen. French authorities would not let him leave the airport. He remained in Terminal One, a stateless person with nowhere else to go. He has since been granted permission to either enter France or return to his own country. He instead chooses to continue to live in the terminal and tell his story to those who will listen. Reportedly, his mental health has deteriorated over the years. When given the opportunity to live in France, he refused because the documents did not name him as "Sir, Alfred", and he claims to have forgotten his native Persian language. Reportedly, he left the terminal in August 2006 to be hospitalized for an unspecified illness. moreGoofs:
Continuity: When Victor translates while holding the medicine bottles, he is holding a different number of bottles in each hand at different angles. moreQuotes:
[first lines]PA announcer: United airlines announcing the arrival of Flight 9435 from Beijing. Customer service representative please report to gate C42.
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Del' Divani moreFAQ
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I have to say it is a great one that first shows the meaning and beauty in our life about waiting and promise. Amelia is waiting for her dream to come true for eighteen years, for herself; Navorski's dad was waiting for something he honored so much for his life; and here comes Navorski, who waits for making his father's left dream come true, for fulfilling his promise, for the woman he fell in love, in a "crack" between the US and his own country.
He has done everything for others around him. If there is a great example of "egoless", he is one. Letting go ego, is the greatness that even Amelia found out when she gives up and scarifies something most important in her life to help Navorski.
This simple story conveys some wonderful philosophy for people living in this country busy around everyday for business, families, and so on, to slow down and reflect on something. As the retired officer said to officer Dixon, there is something we can learn from Navorski.