Tom Hanks – Derailed Trains of Thought

Episode 20 – Sleepless in Seattle (1993)

November 17, 2023 00:46:59 0 Comments

It’s 1993. Multiplexes have arrived, and there are plenty of movies to show—Jurassic Park, Tombstone, Schindler’s List, the original Super Mario Bros. movie…. Okay, not all are great, but it was a time of the blockbuster. In the middle of this comes Sleepless in Seattle, an iconic romantic comedy with the now-classic pairing of Tom…

Episode 32 – Forrest Gump (1994)

November 8, 2024 00:37:16 0 Comments

It’s 1994. The top-grossing film is The Lion King, but right after that is Forrest Gump. Gump, played by Tom Hanks, wins audiences with his memorable phrases (“Life is like a box of chocolates”), his optimistic outlook, and his “right place, right time” escapades through American history. It’s a comedy, a drama, and a movie…