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{{Short description|2004 film directed by Steven Spielberg}} {{Other uses|Terminal (disambiguation)}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox film | name = The Terminal | image = Movie poster the terminal.jpg | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = [[Steven Spielberg]] | producer = {{plainlist| * [[Walter F. Parkes]] * [[Laurie MacDonald]] * Steven Spielberg }} | screenplay = {{plainlist| * [[Sacha Gervasi]] * [[Jeff Nathanson]] }} | story = {{plainlist| * [[Andrew Niccol]] * Sacha Gervasi }} | starring = {{plainlist| * [[Tom Hanks]] * [[Catherine Zeta-Jones]] * [[Stanley Tucci]] * [[Chi McBride]] * [[Diego Luna]] }} | music = [[John Williams]] | cinematography = [[Janusz Kamiński]] | editing = [[Michael Kahn (film editor)|Michael Kahn]] | studio = {{plainlist| * [[Amblin Entertainment]] * Parkes/MacDonald Productions }} | distributor = [[DreamWorks Pictures]] | released = {{Film date|2004|6|18}} | runtime = 128 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = $60 million<ref name="BOM">{{mojo title|terminal}}</ref> | gross = $219.1 million<ref name="BOM" /> }} '''''The Terminal''''' is a 2004 American [[comedy-drama]] film produced and directed by [[Steven Spielberg]] and starring [[Tom Hanks]], [[Catherine Zeta-Jones]] and [[Stanley Tucci]]. The film is about an Eastern European man who is stuck in [[New York City|New York]]'s [[John F. Kennedy International Airport|John F. Kennedy Airport]] terminal when he is denied entry to the United States, but is unable to return to his native country because of a military [[coup]]. The film is partially inspired by the true story of [[Mehran Karimi Nasseri]] who lived in Terminal 1 of [[Charles de Gaulle Airport|Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport]], France, from 1988 to 2006.<ref name=CSM062104>{{cite web|first=Ethan|last=Gilsdorf|title=Behind 'The Terminal,' a true story|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0621/p11s02-almo.html|work=[[The Christian Science Monitor]]|date=June 21, 2004|access-date=December 5, 2010|archive-date=December 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151202092352/http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0621/p11s02-almo.html|url-status=live}}</ref> After finishing ''[[Catch Me If You Can]]'' (2002), Spielberg decided to direct ''The Terminal'' because he wanted to make a film "that could make us laugh and cry and feel good about the world". As no suitable airport was willing to provide their facilities, an entire working set was built inside a large hangar at the [[Palmdale Regional Airport|LA/Palmdale Regional Airport]], with most of the film's exterior shots taken from the [[Montreal–Mirabel International Airport]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The Terminal (2004) - Filming & Production |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0362227/locations |website=IMDb.com |access-date=2022-11-08 |archive-date=2016-02-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160209082313/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0362227/locations |url-status=live }}</ref> The film was released in North America on June 18, 2004, to generally positive reviews and was a commercial success, earning $219 million worldwide.
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