The Terminal (2004)

Jazz fans are a fevered lot. I’ve met a couple who travel the world to find particularly obscure recordings and hear their faves play live. Such musical dedication should be rewarded for it is keeping music alive and well. Viktor Navorski (Tom Hanks), who is from Krakozhia, an eastern bloc country that overthrown by rebels during his flight, finds that he now holds an invalid passport, leaving him stranded at JFK in New York. Unable to leave, one of his new airport friends, Amelia Warren (Catherine Zeta-Jones), learns the purpose of his visit is to collect an autograph of the jazz tenor saxophonist Benny Golson. His father had discovered the “Great Day in Harlem” photograph in a 1958 newspaper and vowed to collect autographs of all the 57 jazz musicians. He go all but one in 40 years.

Director:  Steven Spielberg Writer:  Andrew Niccol; Sacha Gervasi; Jeff Nathanson Cast:
Tom Hanks -  Viktor Navorski Catherine Zeta-Jones -  Amelia Warren Stanley Tucci -  Frank Dixon Chi McBride -  Joe Mulroy Diego Luna -  Enrique Cruz Barry Shabaka Henley -  Ray Thurman Kumar Pallana -  Gupta Rajan Zoë Saldana -  Officer Torres		Eddie Jones -  Salchak Michael Nouri -  Max Jude Ciccolella -  Karl Iverson Corey Reynolds -  Waylin Guillermo Díaz -  Bobby Alima Rini Bell -  Nadia Stephen Mendel -  First Class Steward Valera Nikolaev -  Milodragovich