The Terminal Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Amy Renner

Last modified: Dec. 22, 2008

The Terminal

Release Date: Friday, June 18, 2004

Director: Steven Spielberg

Starring: Tom Hanks • Catherine Zeta-Jones • Stanley Tucci • Chi McBride • Diego Luna

PG-13 Comedy 2 hrs, 8 m

4.33 / 5.0

63% WILL SEE 38% WON'T SEE

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Plot – What's the story about?

Plot: The story of Viktor Navorski (Tom Hanks), a visitor to New York from Eastern Europe, whose homeland erupts in a fiery coup while he is in the air en route to America. Stranded at Kennedy Airport with a passport from nowhere, he is unauthorized to actually enter the United States and must improvise his days and nights in the terminal's international transit lounge until the war at home is over. As the weeks and months stretch on, Viktor finds the compressed universe of the terminal to be a richly complex world of absurdity, generosity, ambition, amusement, status, serendipity and even romance with a beautiful flight attendant named Amelia (Catherine Zeta-Jones). But Viktor has long worn out his welcome with airport official Frank Dixon, who considers him a bureaucratic glitch, a problem he cannot control but wants desperately to erase.

Comedy Romance

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Who stars in The Terminal – Cast List

Tom Hanks
Toy Story 5, Finch
Catherine Zeta-Jones
Side Effects, Rock of Ages
Stanley Tucci
The Devil Wears Prada 2, What Is Life Worth
C
Chi McBride
I, Robot, Pawn Shop Chronicles
Diego Luna
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Kiss of the Spider Woman
K
Kumar Pallana
Romance and Cigarettes
Zoe Saldana
Avengers: Endgame, Avatar: Fire and Ash
E
Eddie Jones
Seabiscuit
J
Jude Ciccolella
Head of State
K
Kevin Weisman
Flipped, Space Buddies

Who is making The Terminal – Crew List

A look at The Terminal behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Steven Spielberg last helmed The Fabelmans and Jaws. The film's writer Sacha Gervasi last penned November Criminals and Henry's Crime.

Director: Steven Spielberg
Screenwriters: Sacha Gervasi
Jeff Nathanson

Studio: DreamWorks Studios
Production Companies: —

Production – What we know about the The Terminal

Movie Filming Timeline: Production Status Updates

Dec 2004

Completed

Changed The Terminal movie production status. The movie is ready for release.

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Additional Information

Parent Rating: PG-13 Parents Strongly Cautioned for brief language and drug references
Runtime: 2 hrs, 8 m
Tagline: Not available
Also known as: Not available
Language: English

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The Terminal Release Date: When was the film released?

The Terminal was released in on Friday, June 18 , 2004. There were two other movies released on the same date, including Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story and The Intended.