CAMERAS ROLLING IN HANGAR SPIELBERG'S LATEST TAKES FLIGHT NEARBY.Byline: Daily News PALMDALE - Principal photography is under way in Palmdale on Steven Spielberg's ``The Terminal,'' DreamWorks Pictures has announced. The majority of the movie's interiors will be shot on a 2 1/2-story re-creation of a full-size airport terminal, which has been constructed in an enormous hangar once used to assemble B-1B bombers at Air Force Plant 42. Filming will be completed on location in Montreal, the company said. The film stars Tom Hanks Noun 1. Tom Hanks - United States film actor (born in 1956) Hanks, Thomas J. Hanks , Catherine Zeta-Jones and Stanley Tucci. Palmdale city officials estimate the production could generate as much as $5 million to the local economy. The film is expected to hire as many as 150 Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley residents to work as technicians and will use as many as 600 extras a day. It is being produced by Spielberg, Walter F. Parkes and Laurie MacDonald from a screenplay by Sacha Gervasi Sacha Gervasi was born in London in 1965 and co-founded the group The Diceheads but left before they became famous and better known as Bush. He went on to pursue a career in journalism before turning his hand to screenwriting with The Big Tease which he co-wrote with Craig and Jeff Nathanson, which was adapted from a story by Andrew Niccol Andrew M. Niccol (born 1964) is a screenwriter, producer, and director. He wrote and directed Gattaca, S1m0ne, and Lord of War. He also wrote and co-produced The Truman Show . Patricia Whitcher, Jason Hoffs and Niccol are serving as executive producers. ``The Terminal'' tells the story of Viktor Navorski (Tom Hanks), a visitor to New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of from Eastern Europe Eastern Europe The countries of eastern Europe, especially those that were allied with the USSR in the Warsaw Pact, which was established in 1955 and dissolved in 1991. whose homeland erupts in a coup while he is in the air en route to America. Stranded at Kennedy Airport with a passport from a country in turmoil, he is unauthorized to actually enter the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and must improvise his days and nights in the terminal's international transit lounge until the war at home is over. Zeta-Jones plays a flight attendant, Tucci an airport official. The supporting cast includes Chi McBride (``Boston Public''), Diego Luna (``Y Tu Mama, Tambien''), Barry ``Shabaka'' Henley (``Ali''), Kumar Pallana (``The Royal Tenenbaums''), Zoe Saldana (``Drumline''), Eddie Jones (``Seabiscuit'') and Jude Ciccolella (``Down With Love''). Behind the scenes on ``The Terminal,'' Spielberg is also joined by a number of his previous collaborators, including Oscar-winning director of photography Janusz Kaminski, production designer Alex McDowell, costume designer Mary Zophres, editor Michael Kahn and composer John Williams. |
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