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Tom Hanks Sees US Election Warning in Thriller 'Inferno'
ABCNews ^ | October 21, 2016 | JILL LAWLESS

Posted on 10/21/2016 11:27:37 AM PDT by Steelfish

Tom Hanks Sees US Election Warning in Thriller 'Inferno' By JILL LAWLESS, Oct 21, 2016

Embedded within the manic action of "Inferno," the latest big-screen adaptation of a Dan Brown thriller, is a warning about the dangers of seeking simple solutions to complex problems. Star Tom Hanks says it's a theme with echoes in the current U.S. presidential race.

"Inferno" sets Hank's polymathic professor Robert Langdon on the trail of a deadly plague concocted by billionaire scientist Bertrand Zobrist (Ben Foster) out of a sort of warped humanitarianism: He plans to end war, poverty and famine by wiping out half the world's population.

Hanks says the belief that there's a "one-step answer to all problems" is alarmingly relevant.

"Down through history there's been an awful lot of people who say: Here's what the problem is, here's what it was caused by, and all you have to do is my suggestion, there's an easy way in order to make it go away," Hanks said.

"It's very simplistic, it's very reactionary. It's almost like a fundamental embracing of a brand of ignorance," he added. "But I think it's part of the political discourse."

Hanks clearly has the contest between Trump and Clinton in mind.

America, he says, needs "vision and leadership and scope, as opposed to one-stop shopping fixes all."

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


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KEYWORDS: hanks4hillary; inferno; tomhanks; trump
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1 posted on 10/21/2016 11:27:38 AM PDT by Steelfish
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To: Steelfish

I like this one:

https://www.intellihub.com/clinton-campaign-salvage-program-set-to-roll-out-soft-kill-technology/


2 posted on 10/21/2016 11:29:13 AM PDT by Gadsden1st
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To: Steelfish

I’m hard-pressed to think of a more overrated actor than Tom Hanks.


3 posted on 10/21/2016 11:30:11 AM PDT by be-baw (still seeking)
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To: Steelfish

Tom can go #### himself.

Get this. Just got an email from PAUL RYAN asking for money.

My Response:

Mr. Ryan,

you ####ed Trump and now you want money. Get the #### out of here :)


4 posted on 10/21/2016 11:31:28 AM PDT by dp0622 (IThe only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: Steelfish

It’s a Movie Tom and its’ Not Real


5 posted on 10/21/2016 11:31:52 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: Steelfish

...which he just happens to be in.


6 posted on 10/21/2016 11:32:51 AM PDT by onedoug
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To: Steelfish

Well, kinda, thinking about Soros’ hand in it and all. But, libs are too stoopid to see the light even when it is shining in their eyes.


7 posted on 10/21/2016 11:33:46 AM PDT by waterhill (I Shall Remain, in spite of __________.)
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To: Steelfish

Tom, did you vote early and got your BJ from Madonna already? Your rotted brain is probably the result of some exotic STD she gave you. Enjoy your insanity—Capone did.


8 posted on 10/21/2016 11:33:59 AM PDT by WKUHilltopper
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To: Steelfish

How would we ever survive without the help of the magnificent think tank full of thoughtful geniuses in Hollywood looking out for all of us poor ignorant working slobs who never acted a day in our life.


9 posted on 10/21/2016 11:34:02 AM PDT by TonyM
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To: be-baw

He was good in Sully. I’d stomach watching it because Clint and Sully are both GOP.


10 posted on 10/21/2016 11:34:18 AM PDT by max americana (fired every liberal in our company at every election cycle..and laughed at their faces (true story))
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To: Steelfish

Way to go Tom!

That whole: “I will invest in America by eating the rich and I will do it for the children” crap is completely stupid!!

America needs detailed, thoughtful policy positions — you know: the kind Trump has documented.


11 posted on 10/21/2016 11:34:25 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Abortion is what slavery was: immoral but not illegal. Not yet.)
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To: All

Ironically, the Left thinks the solution to the world’s problems is by INCREASING the population as long as they remain, poor, stupid, angry and vote Democrat.


12 posted on 10/21/2016 11:35:26 AM PDT by Maverick68
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To: be-baw

I’m glad to see more rich play-actors telling us worthless peasants how to vote.

This nitwit’s son stiles himself a hardcore gangsta raper. You might want to look into it for a laugh or two. He threatened to shoot Howard Stern...


13 posted on 10/21/2016 11:37:26 AM PDT by Mad_as_heck (The MSM - America's (domestic) public enemy #1.)
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To: dp0622
Get this. Just got an email from PAUL RYAN asking for money. My Response: Mr. Ryan, you ####ed Trump and now you want money. Get the #### out of here :)

So dp, what do you think of Paul Ryan?

14 posted on 10/21/2016 11:37:55 AM PDT by SMM48
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To: ClearCase_guy
"I'm not a political activist, nor am I a political animal, but I will say: Look, I'm going to vote for her, because I think this is a marathon in order to solve not just the most obvious problems, but the ones that are coming down the pipe." - Tom Hanks


15 posted on 10/21/2016 11:41:46 AM PDT by conservative98
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To: Steelfish

Let me guess:

the evil mastermind of the movie has strange hair and an orange face, right..?


16 posted on 10/21/2016 11:41:58 AM PDT by gaijin
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To: Steelfish

Tom Hanks ought to go hank himself.


17 posted on 10/21/2016 11:47:05 AM PDT by attiladhun2 (The Free World has a new leader--his name is Benjamin Netanyahu)
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To: Steelfish

So Hanks is in a movie where the bad guy is a George Soros clone.


18 posted on 10/21/2016 11:47:16 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: SMM48

Don’t like him :)

A few more replies like that and i’ll the SS at my door!

Though I think speaking your mind is still legal in the US.


19 posted on 10/21/2016 11:47:31 AM PDT by dp0622 (IThe only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: Steelfish

Another Hollywood dipshit who has come out of the closet of late.


20 posted on 10/21/2016 11:48:36 AM PDT by ManHunter (You can run, but you'll only die tired... Army snipers: Reach out and touch someone)
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