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Released by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment and directed by Steven Spielberg, The Terminal, starring Tom Hanks and Catherine Zeta Jones will be taking off on 2 Disc DVD and VHS from the 31st January 2005.

Starring Academy Award® winners Tom Hanks (Philadelphia, Catch Me If You Can) and Catherine Zeta Jones (Chicago) and directed by Academy Award® winner Steven Spielberg (Schindler’s List, Saving Private Ryan), The Terminal is an endearing comedy drama that tells the story of one man stuck in a ‘glitch’ in the American immigration system.

Viktor Navorski (Hanks) arrives in New York as his country breaks into civil war. As a result America closes its doors to Viktor and yet he is unable to return as all flights are cancelled back to his homeland. This leaves Viktor only one place to legally exist – The Terminal. Left in The Terminal, Viktor begins to realise that it has its own ecosystem. He makes friends, becomes a matchmaker, finds a job and helps a stranger. Viktor discovers America in The Terminal…

In this small world the opportunities for warmth and humour are endless. With new friends, Gupta the cleaner (Kumar Pullana) and Enrique the food janitor (Diego Luna, Open Range) and a welcomed presence of Amelia Warren (Catherine Zeta Jones), an airhostess who comes through The Terminal every three weeks, Viktor makes unusual and unexpected relationships. In addition, The Terminal’s manager Frank Dixon’s (Stanley Tucci), relentless attempts to get rid of Viktor and make him ‘someone else’s problem’ creates invaluable comic moments.

Days, weeks and months pass by, while Viktor waits in the Terminal. He experiences absurdity, hilarity and even romance, but will he ever enter America? Will he ever see his country again? Will The Terminal change his life forever? Will Viktor change the lives of those he meets? Only The Terminal has the answers.

Everybody is waiting for something… Everyone has a dream. It is this hope that pulls people together and tears them apart in The Terminal. This is a film that opens up opportunities as it closes doors. Once you enter The Terminal, you won’t want to leave.

Special Features

  • Booking The Flight - Steven Spielberg, his producers and the screenwriters introduce the story and the characters of The Terminal
  • Building the set - Production designer Alex McDowell takes us on an exclusive and fascinating tour of the set of The Terminal
  • The Costumes: Costume Designer Mary Zophries shows how important the right costumes are when dealing with multi-national characters
  • Boarding: The People of The Terminal
    • Tom Hanks as Viktor: A candid discussion with Tom Hanks about his character
    • Catherine Zeta-Jones as Amelia: Viktor's love interest as revealed by Catherine Zeta-Jones
    • The Terminal ensemble cast including Stanley Tucci as Dixon, Shabaka Henley as Thurman, Diego Luna as Enrique, Chi McBride as Mulroy, Zoe Saldana as Torres, Kumar Pallana as Gupta
  • The Take Off: Making The Terminal - Steven Spielberg, cast and crew give an overview of the making of the film
  • In Flight Service - Two features including Kumar Pallana performing his famous plate number... Plus a feature about John Williams and the score
  • Landing: Airport Stories - The entire cast and crew of The Terminal share their own personal (nightmare) airport stories
  • Making Of The - Behind the scenes coverage from HBO
  • Trailers - A selection of Terminal trailers
  • Cast & Crew Biogs - A selection of cast & crew biogs
  • Photo Gallery - stills from The Terminal