The Terminal.The Terminal (Dream works, 2004). In Stephen Spielberg's comic film about a man without a nation, but not without company, Victor Navorski (Tom Hanks Noun 1. Tom Hanks - United States film actor (born in 1956) Hanks, Thomas J. Hanks ) arrives in a U.S. airport to discover that his homeland no longer exists, and by-the-books customs officer customs officer n → aduanero/a, funcionario/a de aduanas customs officer customs n → douanier m customs officer Frank Dixon (Stanley Stanley, town (1991 pop. 1,557), capital of the Falkland Islands, S Atlantic Ocean, on East Falkland island. It is the main port and trading center of the islands. The name is sometimes written as Port Stanley. Tucci) will not permit him to leave the terminal. Refusing to disobey dis·o·bey v. dis·o·beyed, dis·o·bey·ing, dis·o·beys v.intr. To refuse or fail to follow an order or rule. v.tr. To refuse or fail to obey (an order or rule). Dixon, Navorski sets out to make a home for himself in a place where everybody goes and nobody stays. Along the way he discovers and practices a hospitality that transcends the rules and creates a community. **** |
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