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Tom Hanks and Catherine Zeta-Jones in The Terminal.
Steven Spielberg’s new movie The Terminal, scheduled for release this summer, called for Tom Hanks to play a Slovene. Really. Here’s the initial description of the film:
When his tiny country of Slovenia undergoes a coup, Viktor Navorski (played by Hanks) is indefinitely detained at JFK International Terminal in New York. Unable to leave the airport to enter the confines of the U.S. or go back home to a country that no longer exists, Viktor has fallen through a crack of an unforgiving bureaucracy. Despite Port Director Frank Mercer’s efforts to make his exile as uncomfortable as possible, Viktor finds a surprisingly rich life within the confines of the terminal - including a sweet romance with beautiful but insecure flight attendant Amelia (Zeta-Jones).
This is funny for two reasons. First, "Navorski" is not a Slovenian name, nor does it resemble a Slovenian name. The "-ski" ending is common to Poland, not the Balkans. Second, the idea that Slovenia is a banana republic about to be taken over by military generals is, in itself, pretty humorous. However, it seems that in the final cut, things have changed. Tom Hanks will not play a Slovene, but rather a generic Easterling. (The official site mentions the Slavic-sounding country of "Krakozhia.") Second, it’s not a coup anymore, but a war that erases his "small" country. Hmm. You can watch the official trailer here. (Quicktime needed)
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Oh man, those film people. So lazy when it comes to doing a bit of research. Or higher-ups changing things that once were right into something they think is better. Or whatever the reasons may be. Made me think of the concocted military action against Albania in that brilliant election film, Wag the Dog.
um, dude, you got it wrong. he plays with a Bulgarian accent, has a Bulgarian speech-trainer and speaks Bulgarian in the middle of the movie. Easily explained, since Hanks’ wife - Rita Wilson - is half-Bulgarian (born Margarita Ibrahimoff).
so, sorry dude, but Tom Hanks plays Navorski as a Bulgarian, that’s where he got his ideas from…
Nothing personal, but Bulgaria’s cooler anyway:P
Hey dude, I don’t know if you read the post and stuff, but I wrote that the initial treatment called for Hanks to be a Slovene. Here’s a totally bodacious Variety story about it you might want to check out.
And of course, as mentioned, they later changed it to the fictional “Krakozhia.” I don’t know if Hanks imitates a Bulgarian in the film or not; I haven’t seen it yet. But that’s all besides the point.
Hey guys, I don’t know if you ever watched the movie, but the real language that Tom Hanks speaks in the film is bulgarian, his father-in-low is Bulgarian so that’s why he speaks that language…… www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=36469 refer to that site
SLO: mi lahko gdo powe ka je zdj to? tom hanks
je hotu spilat slovenca pa so zasral al kaj? al poljaka? al bolgarca?nc mi ni jasno;P
ENG: can somebody tells me whats goin on? did tom hanks want to play slovene but they blow up sth? or which country does he represent? where is this shitty krakozia and why is this page incuding “slovene” in post? ;P
and again , yes the actual language hanks is trying to speak is bulgarian, that’s for sure cause I’m bulgarian and have watched the movie already. The thing that is incorrect in the thread here is that “-ski” actually is very common name suffix, especially for bulgarians and macedonians. And this is only for men, the women suffix is “-ska”.
Well everyone, i watched the movie right when it came out but until a week ago i had no idea what was going on too. Tom Hanks SPEAKS BULGARIAN that is obvious :). Several weeks ago he visited SlaviShow which is in Bulgaria and he explained that the movie is actually based on a real story about a Pakistanion ( indian ) trapped on an aiport in western europe. He is still living there and the government offered him to give him a passport but he refused so he is still at some airport.
So since it’s bulgarian what does he say to the angry man with the medicine in the end??? (my guess: just say goat in english!)
By the way; think the scene was pretty lame and why would the Frank Dixon agree to getting Victor Navorsky up there in the first place, and was it so important for nazi airport official Dixon to attend to that when he had a lot of special guests that day!??
yes i just saw the movie in school for a geography thing and i am bulgaria(yeah bulgarian people rock) and he does talk bulgarian. so ya…..
i love tom hanks and bulgaria lol….