Posted on 03/06/2020 6:20:10 AM PST by C19fan
He received an Oscar nomination for his work in the acclaimed 1998 film Saving Private Ryan.
Tom Hanks now returns to the war drama genre playing a naval commander Capt. Ernest Krause in Greyhound, a World War II drama from filmmaker Aaron Schneider starring the two-time Academy Award winner, 63.
Hanks wrote the screenplay based on the 1955 book The Good Shepherd from author C.M. Forester.
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Ditto. They’ll have to go a long way to surpass ‘Das Boot’... one of my all time favorites.
My uncle lied about his age and joined the Merchant Marines in,I believe, ‘39.
He told me he made 7 trips to Mermansk. On arrival there, they were not permitted off the pier and not permitted to speak to dockworkers or other Russians, while unloading.
Stalin was THAT ungrateful and paranoid.
Some peoples talent supersedes politics on a very limited basis. So, I give those handful of people a waiver when it comes to listening to or viewing their product...….and nothing else.
Hanks is one example. Barbara is another example. And, Ronstadt is another that comes to mind.
I know some freepers will scream about “Babs” but in her time she had the most beautiful voice and produced some of the most beautiful there has ever been.....in my opinion.
Tom Hanks is starting to resemble Karl Malden.
Won’t contribute my money to the likes of him. Pay him and line his pockets, while he figuratively spits on me? Nope.
I would've thought someone's first command would be ranked a lot lower than a naval captain.
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