"box office draw and within the industry as an actor. For his performance in the film, Hanks earned his first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor. ""Big"" was followed later that year by ""Punchline"", in which he and Sally Field co-starred as struggling comedians. Hanks then suffered a run of box-office underperformers: ""The 'Burbs"" (1989), ""Joe Versus the Volcano"" (1990), and ""The Bonfire of the Vanities"" (1990). In the last, he portrayed a greedy Wall Street figure who gets enmeshed in a hit-and-run accident. 1989's ""Turner & Hooch"" was Hanks' only financially successful film of the period. Hanks"
"Sleepless in Seattle Sleepless in Seattle is a 1993 American romantic comedy directed and co-written by Nora Ephron, based on a story by Jeff Arch. It stars Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan, alongside a supporting cast featuring Bill Pullman, Ross Malinger, Rob Reiner, Rosie O'Donnell, Gaby Hoffmann, Victor Garber, and Rita Wilson. Released on June 25, 1993, the film was a critical and commercial success, grossing over $227 million worldwide. After Chicago architect Sam Baldwin loses his wife Maggie to cancer, he and his eight-year-old son Jonah start a new life in Seattle, but they continue to grieve. A year"
"with film director Steven Spielberg on five films to date: ""Saving Private Ryan"" (1998), ""Catch Me If You Can"" (2002), ""The Terminal"" (2004), ""Bridge of Spies"" (2015), and ""The Post"" (2017), as well as the 2001 miniseries ""Band of Brothers"", which launched Hanks as a successful director, producer, and screenwriter. In 2010, Spielberg and Hanks were executive producers on the HBO miniseries ""The Pacific"". Hanks' films have grossed more than $4.5 billion at U.S. and Canadian box offices and more than $9.0 billion worldwide, making him the fourth highest-grossing actor in North America. Hanks has been nominated for numerous awards"
"Tom Hanks Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American actor and filmmaker. Hanks is known for his comedic and dramatic roles in such films as ""Splash"" (1984), ""Big"" (1988), ""Turner & Hooch"" (1989), ""A League of Their Own"" (1992), ""Sleepless in Seattle"" (1993), ""Apollo 13"" (1995), ""You've Got Mail"" (1998), ""The Green Mile"" (1999), ""Cast Away"" (2000), ""Road to Perdition"" (2002), ""Cloud Atlas"" (2012), ""Captain Phillips"" (2013), ""Saving Mr. Banks"" (2013), and ""Sully"" (2016). He has also starred in the ""Robert Langdon"" film series, and voices Sheriff Woody in the ""Toy Story"" film series. Hanks has collaborated"
"First Man"" (1996) (opposite Leslie Ann Warren and Heather Graham), ""A Brother's Kiss"" (1997) (with Cathy Moriarty, Rosie Perez and John Leguizamo), ""Federal Hill (film)"" (1994) (Deauville Film Festival Winner, Critics Award and Audience Award) as well as Allison Eastwood's, ""Rails & Ties"" (2007), ""The Pavilion"" (2004), ""Sonic Impact"" (2000) (with Ice-T), ""The Taxman (film)"" (2008) (with Joe Pantoliano and Michael Chiklis), Mike Nichols’ ""Wolf (1994 film)"" (1994), and most recently ""The Advocate"" (2013) and ""For the Love of Money"" (2012). His television work includes the Tom Hanks/Imagine Entertainment/HBO produced Emmy Award-winning mini-series, ""From the Earth to the Moon (TV"
"Meg Ryan Meg Ryan (born Margaret Mary Emily Anne Hyra; November 19, 1961) is an American actress and producer. Ryan began her acting career in 1981 in minor roles before joining the cast of the CBS soap opera ""As the World Turns"" in 1982. Subsequently, she began to appear in supporting roles in films during the mid 1980s, achieving recognition in independent films such as ""Promised Land"" (1988) before her performance in the Rob Reiner-directed romantic comedy ""When Harry Met Sally..."" (1989) brought her widespread attention and her first Golden Globe nomination. Ryan subsequently established herself, both nationally and internationally,"
"Bruce Springsteen to make the main song for this film in an effort to try to get more people who don’t know much about AIDS to be more comfortable with viewing the film, and to raise awareness overall. However, Springsteen's first contribution, ""Tunnel of Love"", was rejected by Demme. Philadelphia (film) Philadelphia is a 1993 American drama film and one of the first mainstream Hollywood films to acknowledge HIV/AIDS, homosexuality, and homophobia. It was written by Ron Nyswaner, directed by Jonathan Demme and stars Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington. Hanks won the Academy Award for Best Actor at the 66th"
"record and film production company named after the record company in the film. Hanks then executive produced, co-wrote, and co-directed the HBO docudrama ""From the Earth to the Moon"". The 12-part series chronicled the space program from its inception, through the familiar flights of Neil Armstrong and Jim Lovell, to the personal feelings surrounding the reality of moon landings. The Emmy Award-winning project was, at US$68 million, one of the most expensive ventures undertaken for television. In 1998, Hanks' next project was no less expensive. For ""Saving Private Ryan"", he teamed up with Steven Spielberg to make a film about"
"success and won three Academy Awards. In 1990, Zemeckis commented, when asked if he would want to make non-comedies, ""I would like to be able to do everything. Just now, though, I'm too restless to do anything that's not really zany."" In 1992, Zemeckis directed the black comedy ""Death Becomes Her"", starring Meryl Streep, Goldie Hawn and Bruce Willis. Although his next film would have some comedic elements, it was Zemeckis's first with dramatic elements, and was also his biggest commercial success to date, ""Forrest Gump"" (1994). Starring Tom Hanks in the title role, and borrowing to some extent from"
"villain. ""Time"" magazine named Hanks one of the ""Top 10 College Dropouts."" In 1979, Hanks moved to New York City, where he made his film debut in the low-budget slasher film ""He Knows You're Alone"" (1980) and landed a starring role in the television movie ""Mazes and Monsters"". Early that year, he was cast in the lead, Callimaco, in the Riverside Shakespeare Company's production of Niccolò Machiavelli's ""The Mandrake"", directed by Daniel Southern. The following year, Hanks landed one of the lead roles, that of character Kip Wilson, on the ABC television pilot of ""Bosom Buddies"". He and Peter Scolari"
"to pursue acting and landed her first film role in the 1983 Burt Reynolds vehicle ""The Man Who Loved Women"". Her first regular role in a television drama series, as a socialite on Dennis Weaver's short-lived CBS series, ""Emerald Point N.A.S.,"" followed in the same year. Ward continued to land guest roles in both television and movies throughout the 1980s, most notably opposite Tom Hanks in 1986's ""Nothing in Common"". In 1991 she was cast as the bohemian alcoholic Teddy Reed on ""Sisters,"" for which she received her first Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series in 1994."
"in her first movie, ""Field of Dreams,"" with Kevin Costner. 1989's ""Uncle Buck"" followed, working beside John Candy and up-and-coming child star Macaulay Culkin. However, she grew tired of the rigors of screen performance and temporarily retired. Nevertheless, upon hearing that Culkin (whom she disliked when they worked together) was making a lot of money in feature films, her ""competitive spirit got the best of her,"" as she later put it, and she re-entered the profession. She went on to star in ""This Is My Life"" (1992), ""Sleepless in Seattle"" (1993) with Tom Hanks and ""The Man Without a Face"""
"Christopher Hanks. In 1983, he was featured in Francis Ford Coppola's youth drama ""Rumble Fish"" and appeared in the high school football drama ""All the Right Moves"" as the best friend of Tom Cruise's character. He also appeared in the hit dance movie ""Footloose"" in 1984 as the best friend of Kevin Bacon's character; played a villain in the Clint Eastwood western ""Pale Rider"" (1985); and co-starred with his brother Sean Penn and mother Eileen Ryan in ""At Close Range"" (1986). Penn, who had a black belt in karate, appeared in the 1989 motion picture ""Best of the Best"" as"
"Crystal and earned her a Golden Globe nomination. Her portrayal of Sally Albright includes an oft-recounted scene in which her character, lunching with Crystal in Katz's Delicatessen in Manhattan, theatrically demonstrates for him how easy it is for a woman to fake an orgasm. Ryan next starred in ""The Doors"", which was moderately successful, and ""Prelude to a Kiss"", which flopped. The year 1993 saw the release of the hugely successful romantic comedy ""Sleepless in Seattle"", which paired Ryan for a second time with Tom Hanks. They had previously been paired as romantic leads in the film ""Joe Versus the"
"a relative. In 1993, Ephron directed and wrote the script for the romantic comedy ""Sleepless in Seattle"". The film stars Tom Hanks as Sam Baldwin, a recently widowed father whose son calls into a Seattle-based radio talk show in an attempt to find his father a new partner. After hearing this call, New Yorker Annie Reed, played by Meg Ryan, becomes infatuated with Sam, and sets up a rendezvous for the two to meet. The film overtly references the 1957 film, ""An Affair to Remember"", as Annie plans for their meeting at the top of the Empire State Building. In"
"1994, she was awarded the Women in Film Crystal Award. In 1998, Ephron released the film ""You’ve Got Mail"", which she wrote the script for and directed. The story is a loose adaptation of the Ernst Lubitsch film from 1940, ""The Shop Around the Corner."" ""You’ve Got Mail"" stars Meg Ryan as Kathleen Kelly, an owner of a small, independent children’s bookstore in New York City. Her quiet life is then threatened by Fox Books, a Barnes & Noble-esque book selling chain, which opens near her shop. Fox Books is run by Joe Fox, played by Tom Hanks. Joe and"
"It was released on October 19, 2018 by Fox Searchlight. In January 2018, it was announced that Heller would direct ""You Are My Friend"", a film that chronicles an interview Tom Junod conducted with child entertainer Fred Rogers for ""Esquire"" magazine, and how the encounter impacted the journalist's life. The screenplay was written by by Emmy-nominated producers Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster. Tom Hanks, who portrays Mr. Rogers, agreed to join the project once Heller signed on as director, as they had met previously through Hank's son, Colin. It is being filmed in Pittsburgh. Heller has said she is drawn"
"the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. Garnering generally mixed to negative reviews, it failed to draw interest among film studios, resulting in a straight-to-DVD release in January 2009. In his review for ""Variety"", Peter Debruge said, ""The characters seem to be doing all the laughing, while the general public has nothing to cling to but the horndog flirtation between mismatched leads William H. Macy and Meg Ryan—hardly ideal ingredients for mainstream success."" Ryan also starred in George Gallo's ""My Mom's New Boyfriend"", shot in 2006 but released direct-to-DVD in 2008. Co-starring Colin Hanks, Selma Blair and Antonio Banderas, the action comedy"
"Mazes and Monsters Mazes and Monsters (also known as Rona Jaffe's Mazes and Monsters), is a 1982 American made-for-television drama film directed by Steven Hilliard Stern about a group of college students and their interest in a fictitious role-playing game (RPG) of the same name. The movie starred a 26-year-old Tom Hanks in his first leading film role. The film was adapted from a novel of the same name by Rona Jaffe. Jaffe had based her 1981 novel on inaccurate newspaper stories about the disappearance of James Dallas Egbert III from Michigan State University in 1979. Media accounts differed substantially"
"worldwide. ""You've Got Mail"" once again paired Ryan with Hanks, earning her a third Golden Globe nomination and making over $250 million worldwide. She also appeared in 1998's ""Hurlyburly"" with Sean Penn. Ryan's first film of the 2000s was ""Hanging Up"", a Diane Keaton-directed family comedy-drama about a trio of sisters who bond over the approaching death of their curmudgeonly father. Also starring Keaton, Lisa Kudrow and Walter Matthau, the film adaptation of Delia Ephron's 1995 novel received poor reviews from critics. The same year, Ryan was cast in the action thriller ""Proof of Life"" with Russell Crowe, directed by"
"roles followed, including appearances in ""Charles in Charge"", ""Armed and Dangerous"", ""Amityville 3-D"" and ""Promised Land""; for her role in the lattermost she received her first Independent Spirit Award nomination. In 1986, she played Carole Bradshaw, the wife of Naval Flight Officer Nick ""Goose"" Bradshaw (played by Anthony Edwards) in ""Top Gun"". Ryan appeared in the film ""Innerspace"" (1987) with her future husband Dennis Quaid, and later in the remake of ""D.O.A."" (1988) and in ""The Presidio"" (1988). Her first leading role was the romantic comedy film ""When Harry Met Sally..."" (1989), which paired her with comedic leading man Billy"
"climbed back to the top again with his portrayal of a washed-up baseball legend turned manager in ""A League of Their Own"" (1992). Hanks has stated that his acting in earlier roles was not great, but that he subsequently improved. In an interview with ""Vanity Fair"", Hanks noted his """"modern era of moviemaking ... because enough self-discovery has gone on ... My work has become less pretentiously fake and over the top"""". This ""modern era"" began in 1993 for Hanks, first with ""Sleepless in Seattle"" and then with ""Philadelphia"". The former was a blockbuster success about a widower who finds"
"him praise, including nominations for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role and the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama for the former role. In ""Captain Phillips"", he starred as Captain Richard Phillips with Barkhad Abdi, which was based on the Maersk Alabama hijacking. In ""Saving Mr. Banks"", co-starring Emma Thompson and directed by John Lee Hancock, he played Walt Disney, being the first actor to portray Disney in a mainstream film. That same year, Hanks made his Broadway debut, starring in Nora Ephron's ""Lucky Guy"", for which he was nominated for the"
"during his career. He won a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in ""Philadelphia"" (1993), as well as a Golden Globe, an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a People's Choice Award for Best Actor for ""Forrest Gump"" (1994). In 1995, Hanks became one of only two actors who won the Academy Award for Best Actor in consecutive years, with Spencer Tracy being the other. In 2004, he received the Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for Excellence in Film from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). In 2014, he"
"the town, has gone to serve in World War II, leaving the families worried. His father (Tom Hanks) has died recently in the war and the boy has to take care of his widowed mother (Meg Ryan), his older sister and his 4-year-old brother. Homer delivers letters that bring messages of love, wishes, pain, and death, hoping that one of them announces the return of his brother. On January 29, 2014, it was announced Meg Ryan would direct ""Ithaca"", a film based on the 1943 novel ""The Human Comedy"" by William Saroyan, with Ryan, Sam Shepard, Hamish Linklater, and Ryan's"
"a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and an Oscar for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting role at the 80th Academy Awards. Ryan appeared in ""Changeling"" (2008), directed by Clint Eastwood, and opposite Matt Damon in Paul Greengrass's ""Green Zone"" (2010). In September 2010, she completed filming a role in Philip Seymour Hoffman's directorial film debut, ""Jack Goes Boating"", taking over the role of Connie originally played by Beth Cole in the stage version. Ryan received strong notices for her performance in Tom McCarthy's ""Win Win"" the next year, winning Best Supporting Actress awards from"
"of Life"", she had an affair with actor Russell Crowe. She and Quaid announced their separation in June 2000, and their divorce became final on July 16, 2001. In January 2006, Ryan adopted a 14-month-old girl from China whom she named Daisy True. Since 2010, Ryan has been in a relationship with American singer-songwriter John Mellencamp.. On 9 November 2018 she announced her engagement to Mellencamp.<ref> Meg Ryan Meg Ryan (born Margaret Mary Emily Anne Hyra; November 19, 1961) is an American actress and producer. Ryan began her acting career in 1981 in minor roles before joining the cast of"
"won a Theater World Award for Outstanding Debut Performance. Her other early stage credits include off-Broadway productions of Paper Moon: The Musical and Little Shop of Horrors. While she was making a name for herself on the New York stage, Wilson also began to land guest spots on a variety of prime-time television shows. She appeared on ""The Cosby Show"" (1989), ""Law & Order"" (1992) and ""CBS' Schoolbreak Special"" (1992). She made her big-screen debut alongside Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington in the highly acclaimed 1993 film Philadelphia. Despite receiving high praise for nearly all of her performances, however, Wilson"
"Philadelphia (film) Philadelphia is a 1993 American drama film and one of the first mainstream Hollywood films to acknowledge HIV/AIDS, homosexuality, and homophobia. It was written by Ron Nyswaner, directed by Jonathan Demme and stars Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington. Hanks won the Academy Award for Best Actor at the 66th Academy Awards for his role as Andrew Beckett in the film, while the song ""Streets of Philadelphia"" by Bruce Springsteen won the Academy Award for Best Original Song. Nyswaner was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay, but lost to Jane Campion for ""The Piano"". Andrew"
"Volcano""—a commercial disappointment which later developed a cult following. Hanks and Ryan would be paired for a third time in the film ""You've Got Mail"". She was offered the role of the protagonist Clarice Starling in ""The Silence of the Lambs"" (1991), but rejected it due to its gruesome and violent themes. In 1994, Ryan took a role that differed from the romantic-comedy ingenue character for which she had become famous. In Luis Mandoki's ""When a Man Loves a Woman"" (1994), a romantic social drama film also starring Andy Garcia, she played an alcoholic high-school guidance counselor. The film and"
"Jocko's wife coaxes him to stay and defend the fort, despite her disability. His other film credits included ""The Naked Jungle"" (1954), ""The Raid"" (1954), ""Jubal"" (1956), ""The Daughter of Dr. Jekyll"" (1957), ""Blood Arrow"" (1958), ""The Left Handed Gun"" (1958), ""The Buccaneer"" (1958), ""The Hanging Tree"" (1959), ""The Oregon Trail"" (1959), ""One-Eyed Jacks"" (1961), ""The Premature Burial"" (1962), """" (1963), ""The Haunted Palace"" (1963), ""The Omega Man"" (1971) and ""Rage"" (1972). Dierkes died on January 8, 1975 from emphesyma in Los Angeles, California. John Dierkes John Dierkes (February 10, 1905 – January 8, 1975) was an American actor who"
"three years old as a child fashion model in television commercials. She was signed with Ford Models and Elite Model Management. At the age of six, she made her feature film debut in a minor role in Woody Allen's short film ""Oedipus Wrecks""; it was released as one-third of the anthology film ""New York Stories"" (1989). Soon after, Dunst performed in the comedy-drama ""The Bonfire of the Vanities"" (1990), based on Tom Wolfe's novel of the same name, in which she played the daughter of Tom Hanks's character. In 1993, Dunst made a guest appearance in an episode of the"
"1992, with actor Tom Hanks as the Master of Ceremonies and Ray Bradbury, a friend from when they were both just out of high school, presenting the award. After the presentation to Harryhausen, actor Tom Hanks told the audience, ""Some people say ""Casablanca"" or ""Citizen Kane""...I say ""Jason and the Argonauts"" is the greatest film ever made!"" A long series of appearances at film festivals, colleges, and film seminars around the world soon followed as Harryhausen met many of the millions of people who had grown up enjoying his work. The Academy Film Archive has preserved a number of Ray"