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127-411: In 1988, Colonial Street was overhauled for Tom Hanks comedy The 'Burbs . The old Leave It to Beaver home was removed. Following the movie, the homes were rearranged again so Circle Drive was connected once again. Among the most noticeable changes were the removals of a church facade, seen on Murder She Wrote , in order to make room for Edie's house, and of the so-called Colonial Mansion, which

254-421: A USA Weekend interview, Hanks discussed how he chooses projects: "[Since] A League of Their Own , it can't be just another movie for me. It has to get me going somehow ... There has to be some all-encompassing desire or feeling about wanting to do that particular movie. I'd like to assume that I'm willing to go down any avenue in order to do it right". In August 2005, Hanks was voted in as vice president of

381-615: A DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 soundtrack, and all of the features from the DVD release. Road to Perdition opened in 1,798 theaters in its debut weekend, competing against several other new releases, including Reign of Fire , Halloween: Resurrection and The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course . It ended up grossing $ 22.1 million, placing second to holdover Men in Black II . The film then beat Men in Black and Stuart Little 2 to reach

508-667: A Tony Award nomination for Best Actor in a Play for his performance in Nora Ephron 's play Lucky Guy in 2013. Hanks has also received 12 Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his work on television which includes 7 wins for his work as a producer on various limited series and television films including From the Earth to the Moon (1998), Band of Brothers (2002), John Adams (2008), The Pacific (2010), Game Change (2012), and Olive Kitteridge (2015). Honors Hanks

635-744: A Tony Award . He has been honored with the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2002, the Kennedy Center Honor in 2014, the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016 and the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2020. Hanks made his breakthrough with leading roles in a series of comedies: Splash (1984), The Money Pit (1986), Big (1988) and A League of Their Own (1992). He won two consecutive Academy Awards for Best Actor , playing

762-542: A Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play nomination. Hanks was born in Concord, California , on July 9, 1956, to hospital worker Janet Marylyn ( née  Frager ) and itinerant cook Amos "Bud" Hanks. His mother was from a Portuguese family; their surname was originally "Fraga". His father had English ancestry, and through his line, Hanks is a distant cousin of President Abraham Lincoln and children's host Fred Rogers (whom many years later he would portray in

889-488: A hitman on the run with his son. Hanks reunited with Spielberg, starring opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in Catch Me If You Can (2002), based on the true story of conman Frank Abagnale, Jr. Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson produced My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002). In August 2007, Hanks, along with co-producers Wilson and Gary Goetzman and writer and star Nia Vardalos , initiated a legal action against

1016-713: A period film that would avoid clichés in the gangster genre. Mendes chose to film Road to Perdition on location in Chicago, IL, including downtown at the University Club of Chicago, the Chicago neighborhood of Pullman , the Charles G. Dawes House in Evanston, Illinois , as well as the far west Chicago suburb of Geneva , Illinois . General Jones Armory , the state's largest location mainstay, which houses units of

1143-542: A 2001 interview with sportscaster Bob Costas , Hanks was asked whether he would rather have an Oscar or a Heisman Trophy . He replied that he would rather win a Heisman by playing halfback for the California Golden Bears . He told New York magazine in 1986, "Acting classes looked like the best place for a guy who liked to make a lot of noise and be rather flamboyant. I spent a lot of time going to plays. I wouldn't take dates with me. I'd just drive to

1270-462: A better man than either of them is. Sullivan later ambushes and kills Rooney's bodyguards and then Rooney himself. Nitti reveals Connor's location after Sullivan promises that the feud will end with Connor's death. Sullivan goes to the hotel where Connor is hiding and kills him. Sullivan takes Michael to his aunt's beach house in Perdition. Once there, Sullivan is ambushed and shot by Maguire inside

1397-543: A character, not a saint. He is flat-out terrific, giving a deeply felt, carefully nuanced performance that deserves an Oscar." Hanks won the 1993 Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Philadelphia . During his acceptance speech, he revealed that two people with whom he was close, his high school drama teacher Rawley Farnsworth and his former classmate John Gilkerson, were gay. Hanks followed Philadelphia with Robert Zemeckis 's Forrest Gump (1994), playing

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1524-501: A devastating wildfire that ripped through the seaside village of Mati, near Athens, in July 2018, which killed more than 100 people. Greece's Interior Minister Takis Theodorikakos said Hanks "showed real interest in the people who suffered from the fire in Mati and promoted this issue in the global media". In July 2020, Hanks and Wilson were photographed with their Greek passports alongside

1651-423: A draft that contained 90,000 words, but the licensing at DreamWorks required the author to use only the dialogue from the film and no additional dialogue. Collins reluctantly edited the novelization down to 50,000 words and later said he regretted taking on the task. In 2016, Brash Books published Collins' original version of the novelization as Road to Perdition: The New, Expanded Edition. Road to Perdition

1778-403: A factor that appealed to the director. Spielberg first contacted screenwriter David Self to adapt the story into a feature film. Self wrote an initial draft that remained close to the source material and retained most of its dialogue. The screenplay was then rewritten by uncredited writers, distancing the script from the graphic novel but leaving the core elements of the story intact. Some of

1905-415: A fading mentalist ( John Malkovich ). His character was less than thrilled about his son's career decision. In the same year, he executive produced the musical comedy Mamma Mia! and the miniseries John Adams . Hanks' next endeavor was Angels & Demons (2009). Its April 11, 2007, announcement revealed that Hanks would reprise his role as Robert Langdon, and that he would reportedly receive

2032-631: A film role). His parents divorced in 1960. Their three oldest children, Sandra (later Sandra Hanks Benoiton, a writer), Larry (who became an entomology professor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign ), and Tom, went with their father, while the youngest, Jim (who also became an actor and filmmaker), remained with their mother in Red Bluff, California . In his childhood, Hanks' family moved often; by age ten, he had lived in ten different houses. Although Hanks' family religious history

2159-603: A gay lawyer suffering from AIDS in Philadelphia (1993) and the title character in Forrest Gump (1994). Hanks collaborated with Steven Spielberg on five films: 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 World War II miniseries Band of Brothers (2001), The Pacific (2010) and Masters of

2286-474: A getaway driver. The mob withdraws money from its banks, frustrating Sullivan's plan. Sullivan visits Rooney's accountant, Alexander Rance. Rance stalls Sullivan until Maguire enters with a shotgun. Rance is killed in the crossfire before Sullivan wounds Maguire and escapes with Rooney's ledgers. During the escape, Maguire shoots Sullivan in the shoulder. Michael drives them to a farm after Sullivan collapses from his wound, and an elderly childless husband and wife at

2413-468: A gun since his father's death. Michael states that when he is asked if his father was a good man, he simply answers, "He was my father". When Max Allan Collins wrote the graphic novel Road to Perdition , his book agent saw potential in the story as a film adaptation and showed it to a film agent. By 1999, the novel had reached Dean Zanuck, who was the vice president of development at the company owned by his father, producer Richard D. Zanuck . The novel

2540-412: A kind of importance. The actors who can do that— Buster Keaton , Spencer Tracy , James Stewart , Henry Fonda , Robert Duvall , Gene Hackman , and Tom Hanks, occupy a special category... The central triumph of Tom Hanks as a movie actor is that, most of the time, we believe he thinks a lot like us, and does more or less what we would do, but that he somehow does it on a larger or more ennobling scale. It

2667-465: A man who achieved a comfortable status through violent means, whose likely repercussions he ignored. Sullivan is a good father and husband but also has a job that requires him to be a violent killer. The film explores this paradoxical dichotomy . When Sullivan is faced with the consequences, Hanks says, "At the moment we're dropped into the story, it is literally the last day of that false perspective." To keep Sullivan from justifying his violent actions in

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2794-574: A moderate success with the comedy Dragnet (1987), Hanks' stature in the film industry rose. The broad success of the fantasy comedy Big (1988) established Hanks as a major Hollywood talent, both as a 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

2921-456: A movie theater to see a complete story reel of the movie. The film went on to become the highest-grossing animated film at the time . He executive produced the miniseries The Pacific (2010). In 2011, he directed and starred opposite Julia Roberts in the title role in the romantic comedy Larry Crowne . The movie received poor reviews, with only 35% of the 175 Rotten Tomatoes reviews giving it high ratings. Also in 2011, he starred in

3048-405: A place among the premier romantic-comedy stars of his generation. In Philadelphia , he played a gay lawyer with AIDS who sues his firm for discrimination. Hanks lost 35 pounds (16 kg) and thinned his hair in order to appear sickly for the role. In a review for People , Leah Rozen stated, "Above all, credit for Philadelphia ' s success belongs to Hanks, who makes sure that he plays

3175-427: A prospect, and Mendes was attracted to the story, considering it "narratively very simple, but thematically very complex". Mendes specified one theme being the parents' world is inaccessible to their children. Mendes considered the story's theme to be about how children deal with violence, and whether exposure to violence would render children violent themselves. Mendes described the script as having "no moral absolutes",

3302-400: A rotted look. Law was also given a weak, thinning hairline. Maguire's apartment also displays a collection of photographs of dead bodies, some of them actual police stills from the 1930s. Stanley Tucci was selective about roles in gangster films, believing that Hollywood stereotyped Italian-Americans as gangsters. However, attracted by the prospect of working with Mendes, the actor accepted

3429-979: 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. Turner & Hooch (1989) was Hanks' only financially successful film of the period. Hanks climbed back to the top again with his portrayal of a washed-up baseball legend turned manager in Penny Marshall 's A League of Their Own (1992). Hanks has said that his acting in earlier roles had not not great, but that he later improved. In an interview with Vanity Fair , Hanks called attention to what he called his "modern era of moviemaking ... because enough self-discovery has gone on ... My work has become less pretentiously fake and over

3556-586: A soldier. It earned the praise and respect of the film community, critics and the general public. Hailed as one of the finest war films ever made, it earned Spielberg his second Academy Award for direction, and Hanks another Best Actor nomination. Later that year, Hanks re-teamed with Ephron and Ryan for You've Got Mail , a remake of Ernst Lubitsch 's The Shop Around the Corner (1940). He starred in Frank Darabont 's The Green Mile (1999), based on

3683-520: A source of inspiration, particularly Hopper's New York Movie (1939). Mendes and cinematographer Conrad Hall sought to convey similar atmospheric lighting for the film's scenes, applying a "less is more" mantra. Hall also shot at wide apertures that retained one point in the depth of field sharply focused. Hall considered the technique to provide an emotional dimension to the scenes. The cinematographer also used unconventional techniques and materials to create unique lighting effects. One of Hall's methods

3810-611: A surprise box office hit, grossing more than US$ 69 million. He had a sizable hit with the sex comedy Bachelor Party , also in 1984. In 1983–84, Hanks made three guest appearances on Family Ties as Elyse Keaton's alcoholic brother Ned Donnelly. With Nothing in Common (1986)—a story of a young man alienated from his father ( Jackie Gleason )—Hanks began to extend himself from comedic roles to dramatic. In an interview with Rolling Stone , Hanks commented on his experience: "It changed my desires about working in movies. Part of it

3937-454: A tape of his voice. David Self, who created the Maguire character, explained, "He gets so jaded from exposure to this world, he steps over the line from being the storyteller to being the story maker." To capture the "seedy countenance" of the character, Jude Law was given a sallow skin tone that reflected the wear from working in a darkroom. Law's teeth also received a lower gumline and had

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4064-570: A theater, buy myself a ticket, sit in the seat and read the program, and then get into the play completely. I spent a lot of time like that, seeing Brecht , Tennessee Williams , Ibsen , and all that." During his years studying theater, Hanks met Vincent Dowling , head of the Great Lakes Theater Festival in Cleveland , Ohio. At Dowling's suggestion, Hanks became an intern at the festival. His internship stretched into

4191-569: A three-year experience that covered most aspects of theater production, including lighting, set design, and stage management, prompting Hanks to drop out of college. During the same time, Hanks won the Cleveland Critics Circle Award for Best Actor for his 1978 performance as Proteus in Shakespeare 's The Two Gentlemen of Verona , one of the few times he played a villain. In 2010, Time magazine named Hanks one of

4318-545: A total gross of over $ 4.9 billion at the North American box office, an average of $ 100.8 million per film. Worldwide, his films have grossed over $ 9.96 billion. Asteroid 12818 Tomhanks is named after him. In 2003, Hanks was voted Number 3 in Channel 4 's countdown of the 100 Greatest Movie Stars of All Time, and he is number 22 on VH1 's list of the "200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons of All Time". He

4445-437: A young boy. Tom Hanks was sent a copy of the graphic novel by Steven Spielberg while he was filming Cast Away . Initially too busy to make sense of the story, Hanks later received David Self's adapted screenplay, which he became attached to. Hanks, a father to four children, described Michael Sullivan's role, "I just got this guy. If you're a man, and you've got offspring ... emotionally, it's devastating." Tyler Hoechlin

4572-513: Is a violent and magnificent canvas on which is told a mythic story of a father and son in the last period of lawlessness in American history. Sam Mendes Mendes collaborated with costume designer Albert Wolsky, production designer Dennis Gassner , and cinematographer Conrad Hall to design the film's style. Wolsky designed costumes that were "very controlled, with soft outlines and very soft silhouettes." Gassner built sets that could capture

4699-451: Is an American actor and filmmaker. Known for both his comedic and dramatic roles, he is one of the most popular and recognizable film stars worldwide, and is regarded as an American cultural icon. Hanks is ranked as the fifth-highest-grossing American film actor. Over his career he has received numerous awards including two Academy Awards , seven Emmy Awards and four Golden Globe Awards as well as nominations for five BAFTA Awards and

4826-450: Is both Michael Sullivan and his son's destination town and a euphemism for Hell , a road that Sullivan desires to prevent his son from traveling. Sullivan, who chooses his violent path early on in life, considers himself irredeemable and seeks to save his son from a similar fate . Said Mendes, "[Sullivan] is in a battle for the soul of his son. Can a man who has led a bad life achieve redemption through his child?" Hanks described Sullivan as

4953-412: Is jealous of his father's relationship with Sullivan, which fuels his actions, ultimately causing a domino effect that drives the film. Because Sullivan shields his background from his son, his attempt to preserve the father-son relationship is actually harmful. Tragedy brings Sullivan and his son together. Sullivan escapes from the old world with his son, and the boy finds an opportunity to strengthen

5080-549: Is often compared to James Stewart , and has also frequently been referred to as "America's Dad". In 2013, when he was starring in Nora Ephron's Lucky Guy on Broadway, he had crowds of 300 fans waiting for a glimpse of him after every performance. This is the highest number of expectant fans post-show of any Broadway performance. Hanks is ranked as the fifth-highest all-time box office star in North America, with

5207-426: Is responsible for his brother's death. Rooney sends Connor and Sullivan to talk with McGovern. Sullivan's older son, twelve-year-old Michael Jr., watches the interaction through a hole in the wall. McGovern denies that his brother stole anything from the mob and implies that Connor was responsible. Connor shoots McGovern, forcing Sullivan to shoot the other armed witnesses in self-defense. Sullivan learns that Michael saw

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5334-570: Is the James Stewart quality. But few actors can obtain it; with most, you see their egos peeking through, or you catch them trying too hard. The camera is a lie detector, and Hanks must be a fundamentally good person to play such roles—either that, or he is an even better actor than we think." Hanks married American actress Samantha Lewes (1952–2002) in 1978. They had one son, actor Colin (b. 1977), and one daughter, Elizabeth (b. 1982). Hanks and Lewes divorced in 1987. Lewes died in 2002 at

5461-597: The 2016 presidential election . Hanks was outspoken about his opposition to the 2008 Proposition   8 , an amendment to the California constitution that defined marriage as a union only between a man and a woman. Hanks and others raised over US$ 44 million to campaign against the proposition. While premiering a TV series in January 2009, Hanks called supporters of Proposition   8 "un-American" and criticized LDS Church members, who were major proponents of

5588-535: The ABC sitcom Bosom Buddies (1980–1982). He has since has hosted Saturday Night Live a total of ten times and launched his production company Playtone where he has produced various limited series and television movies, including From the Earth to the Moon (1998), Band of Brothers (2001), John Adams (2008), The Pacific (2009), Game Change (2012) and Olive Kitteridge (2015). He made his Broadway debut in Nora Ephron's Lucky Guy (2013), earning

5715-869: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . Hanks next starred in The Da Vinci Code (2006), which grossed over US$ 750 million worldwide. In 2006, Hanks topped a 1,500-strong list of "most trusted celebrities" compiled by Forbes magazine. He produced the animated children's movie The Ant Bully and Starter for Ten , a comedy about working-class students attempting to win on University Challenge . Hanks did voice work for Ken Burns 's documentary The War (2007), reading excerpts from World War II -era columns by Al McIntosh . Hanks voiced himself in The Simpsons Movie (2007), in which he appeared in an announcement claiming that

5842-816: 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 , he was the first actor to portray Walt Disney in a mainstream film. That same year, Hanks made his Broadway debut, starring in Nora Ephron 's Lucky Guy , for which he

5969-676: The COVID-19 pandemic ; it features different sketches filmed remotely from the cast members' homes. This is also a first in SNL history, for the show to be made up entirely of prerecorded content before airing, and the second to not be filmed at Studio 8H . Hanks had two films released in 2020. Hanks starred in Greyhound , a war film which he also wrote the screenplay for. Initially set to be theatrically released in June 2020 by Sony Pictures , due to

6096-528: The Great Depression , the film follows a mob enforcer and his son as they seek vengeance against the mobster who murdered the rest of their family. The film explores themes such as father-son relationships and the consequences of violence. Road to Perdition was screened at the 59th Venice International Film Festival on August 31, 2002, where it was nominated for the Golden Lion . The film

6223-675: The Illinois National Guard , was provided to the studio by the Illinois State Film Commission. Sets were built inside the armory, including the interiors of the Sullivan family's home and the Rooney mansion. The availability of an inside location provided the crew complete control over the lighting environment, which was established with the rigging of scaffoldings . Atmospherically, the landscape

6350-483: The Prime Minister of Greece , Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his wife. Hanks has donated to many Democratic politicians, and during the 2008 United States presidential election uploaded a video to his MySpace account endorsing Barack Obama . He also narrated a 2012 documentary, The Road We've Traveled , created by Obama for America . In 2016, Hanks endorsed former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in

6477-626: The Vienna Philharmonic , A World Lit Only by Fire by William Manchester , and a Hermes 3000 typewriter and paper, respectively. Hanks was interviewed five times on WHYY-FM by Terry Gross on the radio show Fresh Air in Philadelphia. Topics included two segments on his lead role in Captain Phillips , a movie about the real life story of a ship's captain hijacked by Somali pirates. Two interviews are about

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6604-534: The novel of the same name by Stephen King . He reprised the role of Woody in Toy Story 2 (1999). Hanks reunited with Zemeckis for Cast Away (2000), playing a marooned FedEx systems analyst. Roger Ebert of The Chicago Sun-Times wrote: "Hanks proves here again what an effective actor he is, never straining for an effect, always persuasive even in this unlikely situation, winning our sympathy with his eyes and his body language when there's no one else on

6731-555: 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 (1982). Early that year, he was cast as 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

6858-578: The 12 part miniseries From Earth to the Moon , for which Hanks was executive producer and which was nominated for 17 Emmy Awards. The last interview segment comprises anecdotes shared by Hanks about his acting career. Roger Ebert wrote "of actors who are not 'bigger than life,' but somehow just like life—people who we feel we know and understand, and are comfortable with. We sense that these actors embody not our fantasies, but our lives. Watching them we feel congratulated, because we are watching ourselves. They reassure us that in our ordinariness we also have

6985-574: The 2017 science fiction drama The Circle . He voiced David S. Pumpkins in The David S. Pumpkins Halloween Special , which aired October 28, 2017, on NBC, a character he had portrayed in episodes of Saturday Night Live . Hanks reprised his role as Sheriff Woody in Pixar's Toy Story 4 (2019). Hanks portrayed Fred Rogers in Marielle Heller 's biographical film A Beautiful Day in

7112-527: The Air (2024). He has also frequently collaborated with directors Ron Howard , Nora Ephron and Robert Zemeckis . Hanks has starred in numerous films cementing his film stardom acting in the romantic comedies Sleepless in Seattle (1993) and You've Got Mail (1998); the dramas Apollo 13 (1995), The Green Mile (1999), Cast Away (2000), Road to Perdition (2002) and Cloud Atlas (2012); and

7239-850: The Air was expected to cost $ 200 million with a duration of at least eight hours. The series premiered on January 26, 2024. Hanks is also appearing in In the Garden of Beasts , an adaptation of the 2011 non fiction book from director Joe Wright about American diplomat William Dodd . In February 2022, it was announced that Hanks will star in the feature adaptation of Here , a graphic novel by Richard McGuire , directed by Robert Zemeckis. As an actor In Hanks' career as an actor and producer, he has received many award nominations. Hanks has received six Academy Award nominations including two consecutive wins for Best Actor for Philadelphia and Forrest Gump in 1993 and 1994 respectively. Hanks also received

7366-486: The BBC, declaring that " Road To Perdition is 'an unabashed homage' to Lone Wolf and Cub ". Some characters' names were slightly changed from their original versions in the graphic novel: the surname of the real-life gangsters John Looney and his son Connor were changed to Rooney, and the surname of Tom Hanks' character and his family was streamlined from the original O'Sullivan to simply Sullivan. One significant addition to

7493-571: The COVID-19 pandemic, distribution rights to the film were bought by Apple TV+ , where it was released in July 2020. He reunited with Paul Greengrass for the Western News of the World . David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter praised Hanks' performance: "Hanks has built a career out of playing thoroughly decent men, so his casting here is entirely to type. But the soulfulness and sorrow,

7620-671: The NFL for two years after the Raiders filed for relocation to Las Vegas. Since 1984, Hanks has been a fan of the English Premier League club Aston Villa . In November 2019, shortly before the release of A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood , a drama film in which Hanks portrays Fred Rogers , he learned through Ancestry.com that he and Rogers were sixth cousins, both descendants of Johannes Meffert (1732–1795), who

7747-410: The Neighborhood (2019), for which he was nominated for his first Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor . On April 11, 2020, Hanks made his first television appearance since his COVID-19 diagnosis by hosting Saturday Night Live . Hanks delivered an opening monolog via his house but did not appear in any of the sketches. This is the first episode of SNL to debut after the show's hiatus due to

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7874-569: The Sullivans to a roadside diner. Maguire and Sullivan converse seemingly casually while Michael stays in the car. Sensing the danger, Sullivan escapes the diner through the bathroom window and slashes Maguire's tires before driving away. Sullivan begins robbing the banks that hold the Outfit's money; in so doing, Sullivan hopes to pressure the Outfit into withdrawing their protection from Connor. Sullivan teaches Michael to drive so that he can act as

8001-547: The U.S. government has lost its credibility and is hence buying some of his. He also made an appearance in the credits, expressing a desire to be left alone when he is out in public. He starred in Mike Nichols 's Charlie Wilson's War (2007) as Democratic Texas Congressman Charles Wilson . In the comedy-drama film The Great Buck Howard (2008), Hanks played the on-screen father of a young man (played by Hanks' real-life son Colin ) who chooses to work as road manager for

8128-443: The absolute minimum. Mendes described Road to Perdition as a "poetic, elegiac story, in which the pictures tell the true story". An example of one such unspoken scene in the film was the piano duet between Rooney and Michael Sr., intended to convey their relationship without words. In the final 20 minutes of Road to Perdition , the script was written to have only six lines of dialogue. Max Allan Collins originally wanted to write

8255-437: The act. The film also explores father-son relationships between Michael Sullivan and his son, Sullivan and his boss, John Rooney, and between Rooney and his son Connor. Sullivan simultaneously idolizes and fears Rooney, and Sullivan's son feels the same about his father. Rooney's son, Connor, has none of Sullivan's redeeming qualities, and Rooney is conflicted about whom to protect: his biological son or his surrogate son. Connor

8382-442: The adapted screenplay but was not given the opportunity. Collins chose to stay out of the scripting process out of respect for the different writing styles for a different medium, though he served as a consultant. Collins praised the addition of Maguire and considered the minimalist use of dialogue to be appropriate. The author also applauded the film's version of Rooney as "more overtly a father figure" to Sullivan. Collins opposed

8509-440: The age of 49 from bone cancer . Hanks actively attends church. He said, "I must say that when I go to church—and I do go to church—I ponder the mystery. I meditate on the 'why?' of 'why people are as they are' and 'why bad things happen to good people,' and 'why good things happen to bad people'   ... The mystery is what I think is, almost, the grand unifying theory of all mankind." In 1981, Hanks met actress Rita Wilson on

8636-672: The bill, for their views on marriage and role in supporting the bill. About a week later, he apologized for the remark, saying that nothing is more American than voting one's conscience. Road to Perdition Road to Perdition is a 2002 American crime drama film directed by Sam Mendes and written by David Self , based on the first volume of the graphic novel series of the same name by Max Allan Collins and Richard Piers Rayner . It stars Tom Hanks , Paul Newman (in his final live-action theatrical film role), Jude Law , Jennifer Jason Leigh , Stanley Tucci , Daniel Craig and Tyler Hoechlin in his film debut. Set in 1931 during

8763-590: The biographical dramas Charlie Wilson's War (2007), Captain Phillips (2013), Saving Mr. Banks (2013), Sully (2016), A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019), News of the World (2020) and Elvis (2022). He appeared as the title character in the Robert Langdon series and voiced Sheriff Woody in the Toy Story films (1995–2019). Hanks directed and acted in the comedies That Thing You Do! (1996) and Larry Crowne (2011). On television, he had his acting breakthrough starring in

8890-530: The cold look of the era. Mendes sought a muted palette for the film, having dark backgrounds and sets with dark, muted greens and grays. Mendes filmed Road to Perdition using the Super 35 format. The director filmed exterior scenes in Illinois in the winter and the spring of 2001, using real weather conditions such as snow, rain, and mud for the scenes. Mendes considered the usage of bleak weather conditions and

9017-440: The confidence of titans, their talents in the service of character, never star ego." Travers cited Hall's "breathtaking" cinematography and composer Thomas Newman 's "evocative" score. Paul Clinton of CNN said: "While these deeply human issues are touched upon, they're never fully explored, and that undermines the sense of greatness to which this movie obviously aspires." Clinton considered Craig's character "one-dimensional to

9144-530: The countryside, was aided by visual effects. The live-action part of the scene was filmed at LaSalle Street , and due to the lack of scenery for part of the drive down LaSalle Street, the background of Balbo Drive was included with the use of visual effects. [What's] important, in this story, is what the violence does to the person who pulls the trigger, and what it has done to them over the years, how it has gradually corroded them. It has rotted their insides. Sam Mendes The film's title, Road to Perdition ,

9271-659: The diagnosis. In a 2018 interview, Hanks further attributed his condition to a combination of genetics and lifestyle choices. He has since made lifestyle changes to manage his condition, such as maintaining a healthier diet and avoiding film roles that require drastic weight changes. Despite being a fan of the Oakland Athletics and the Raiders when they were based in Oakland, Hanks stated in April 2017 he would boycott

9398-577: The drama Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close . In 2012, he voiced the character Cleveland Carr for a web series he created, Electric City . He played multiple parts in Cloud Atlas (2012), based on the novel of the same name by David Mitchell , and was executive producer of the miniseries Game Change . In 2013, Hanks starred in two critically acclaimed films— Paul Greengrass 's Captain Phillips and John Lee Hancock 's Saving Mr. Banks —which earned him praise, including nominations for

9525-544: The farm help him recover. The ledgers reveal that Connor has been embezzling from his father. Believing that Rooney will call off the hit on him if he knows the truth, Sullivan heads back to Chicago. Sullivan confronts Rooney at Mass and discovers that Rooney already knows Connor has been robbing him. Rooney states that he expects that Connor will either be killed by Sullivan or be killed by Nitti's men after Rooney has died. Nevertheless, Rooney refuses to give up his son. Rooney urges Sullivan to flee with Michael and raise him to be

9652-488: The film Splash (1984), a romantic comedy fantasy about a mermaid who falls in love with a human, to be directed by former Happy Days star Ron Howard . Ganz and Mandel suggested Howard consider Hanks for the film. At first, Howard considered Hanks for the role of the main character's wisecracking brother, a role that eventually went to John Candy . Instead, Hanks landed the lead role in Splash , which went on to become

9779-463: The film an approval rating of 81% based on 216 reviews, with an average rating of 7.5/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Somber, stately, and beautifully mounted, Sam Mendes' Road to Perdition is a well-crafted mob movie that explores the ties between fathers and sons." Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 72 out of 100, based on 36 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave

9906-613: The film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale. Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times praised Hall's cinematography and the thematic use of water. He also felt emotionally detached from the characters, saying, "I knew I admired it, but I didn't know if I liked it ... It is cold and holds us outside." Kirk Honeycutt of The Hollywood Reporter praised Hanks, Newman, and Craig but called Law's performance "almost cartoonish". Peter Travers of Rolling Stone also complimented Hanks and Newman: "[They] act together with

10033-504: The film and the performances of the entire cast, which included Kevin Bacon , Bill Paxton , Gary Sinise , Ed Harris and Kathleen Quinlan . The movie earned nine Academy Award nominations, winning two. Hanks also starred in Pixar 's Toy Story (1995) as the voice of Sheriff Woody . Hanks made his directing debut with That Thing You Do! (1996), about a 1960s pop group; he also played

10160-424: The film informed the director that corpses were kept on ice in the 1930s to keep bodies from decomposing. The notion was interwoven into the film, which linked the presence of rain with death. Mendes reflected on the theme, "The linking of rain with death ... speaks of the mutability of rain and links to the uncontrollability of fate. These are things that humans can't control." With filming concluding in June 2001,

10287-426: The film, Mendes omitted scenes in the final cut that had Sullivan explaining his background to his son. In the film, most of the numerous acts of violence are committed off-screen. The violent acts were also designed to be quick, reflecting the actual speed of violence in the real world. The focus was not on the direct victims of the perpetuated violence but on the impact of violence on the perpetrators or witnesses to

10414-560: The film. Mendes, who described the graphic novel as "much more pulpy", sought to reduce the graphic novel's background to its essence, seeking the "nonverbal simplicity" of films like Once Upon a Time in America (1984), Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973), and films by Akira Kurosawa that lack dialogue. Duplicate language in characters' confrontations in Road to Perdition was trimmed to

10541-506: The harsher aspects of the story were toned down as the script became more streamlined; for example, in some early drafts of the screenplay, Sullivan became an alcoholic , but this element was ultimately absent from the final version. The story is deeply informed by the Lone Wolf and Cub manga series. Novelist Max Allan Collins acknowledged the influence of Lone Wolf and Cub on his graphic novel Road to Perdition in an interview with

10668-494: The highest salary ever for an actor. The following day he made his 10th appearance on NBC 's Saturday Night Live , impersonating himself for the Celebrity Jeopardy sketch. Hanks produced Spike Jonze 's Where The Wild Things Are (2009), based on the children's book by Maurice Sendak . Hanks reprised his role of Woody in Toy Story 3 (2010) after he, Tim Allen and John Ratzenberger were invited to

10795-401: The house as Michael stands on the beach. Michael appears and points a gun at Maguire, and Sullivan fatally shoots Maguire in the back. Michael tells his father that he could not pull the trigger, and Sullivan nods and smiles as he dies in his son's arms. Michael drives the car back to the elderly couple's farm. In a voiceover, Michael says that he grew up there. Michael adds that he has not held

10922-482: The innate compassion that ripple through his characterization make this an enormously pleasurable performance to watch, with new depths of both kindness and regret that keep revealing themselves." In 2021, Hanks starred in the science fiction drama Finch , directed by Miguel Sapochnik , and released by Apple TV+ . On March 2, 2022, Connor Ratliff appeared as a guest on Late Night With Seth Meyers , where he revealed that Hanks would at last be interviewed for

11049-414: The intended coldness of Gassner's exterior locations to define the characters' emotional states. Pullman became a key location to reflect this theme, having several settings, including the town's historic Florence Hotel, easily redressed by the crew for the film. Filming concluded in June 2001. To establish the lighting of scenes in Road to Perdition , Mendes drew from the paintings of Edward Hopper as

11176-429: The lead roles, that of character Kip Wilson, on the ABC television pilot of Bosom Buddies . He and Peter Scolari played a pair of young advertising men forced to dress as women so they could live in an inexpensive all-female hotel. Hanks had previously partnered with Scolari on the 1970s game show Make Me Laugh . After landing the role, Hanks moved to Los Angeles. Bosom Buddies ran for two seasons, and, although

11303-417: The limited space on the DVD, the film's deleted scenes were chosen over a DTS soundtrack. Instead, the DVD included a Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtrack. A special edition DVD containing both DTS and Dolby Digital 5.1 soundtracks was also released, excluding the "Making of" documentary to fit both soundtracks. Road to Perdition was released on Blu-ray Disc on August 3, 2010, featuring a widescreen transfer,

11430-444: The magazine that he built plastic models of rockets when he was a child and watched live broadcasts of space missions back in the 1960s. In March 2015, Hanks appeared in the music video for Carly Rae Jepsen 's " I Really Like You ", lip-syncing most of the song's lyrics as he goes through his daily routine. His next film was Steven Spielberg's Bridge of Spies (2015), in which he played lawyer James B. Donovan , who negotiated for

11557-735: The manager of Elvis Presley , in Baz Luhrmann 's Elvis . Shooting commenced in the beginning of 2020 in Queensland, Australia , and the film was released in June 2022. Hanks next film was portraying Geppetto in Walt Disney Studios' live-action adaptation of Pinocchio . His involvement in the film, which was directed by his longtime collaborator Zemeckis, was officially confirmed in December 2020, and released on September 8, 2022, by Disney+ . Hanks' final film of

11684-756: The movies a hundred million times when I was a kid. I still do." Hanks won his second Best Actor Academy Award for his role in Forrest Gump , becoming only the second actor to have accomplished the feat of winning consecutive Best Actor Oscars. ( Spencer Tracy was the first, winning in 1937 and ‘38 for Captains Courageous and Boys Town . Hanks and Tracy were the same age at the time they received their Academy Awards: 37 years old when they won their first and 38 when they won their second.) Hanks reunited with Ron Howard to play astronaut and commander Jim Lovell in Apollo 13 (1995). Critics generally applauded

11811-501: The number one spot during its second weekend with $ 15.4 million. It eventually grossed $ 104.5 million in the United States and $ 76.5 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $ 181 million. Road to Perdition received positive reviews from critics, with Conrad L. Hall's cinematography, the production design, and the lead performances of Hanks and Newman being praised. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives

11938-422: The personal feelings surrounding the reality of Moon landings. The Emmy Award –winning project was, at $ 68 million (equivalent to $ 127 million in 2023), one of the most expensive ventures undertaken for television. His next project was no less expensive. For Saving Private Ryan (1998), he worked with Steven Spielberg to make a film about a search through war-torn France after D-Day to bring home

12065-519: The production company Gold Circle Films for their share of profits from the movie. At the age of 45, Hanks became the youngest-ever recipient of the American Film Institute 's Life Achievement Award on June 12, 2002. In 2004, he appeared in three films: The Coen brothers ' The Ladykillers , Spielberg's The Terminal and Zemeckis's The Polar Express , a family film for which Hanks played multiple motion capture roles. In

12192-418: The profanity in the script, as the vulgar language did not fit his vision of the 1930s. Collins also contested the path of Sullivan's son in the film. In the graphic novel, the son kills once; in the film, Michael does not kill anyone. Collins also disagreed with the film's narration technique. In the novel, the son narrates the story as an adult, becoming a priest, while in the film, Michael narrates while still

12319-490: The ratings were never strong, television critics gave the program high marks. "The first day I saw him on the set," co-producer Ian Praiser told Rolling Stone , "I thought, 'Too bad he won't be in television for long.' I knew he'd be a movie star in two years." Hanks made a guest appearance on a 1982 episode of Happy Days ("A Case of Revenge", in which he played a disgruntled former classmate of Fonzie ) where he met writers Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel who were writing

12446-407: The relationship with his father. Tyler Hoechlin, who portrayed Michael Jr., explained, "His dad starts to realize that Michael is all he has now and how much he's been missing. I think the journey is of a father and son getting to know each other, and also finding out who they themselves are." Rain served as a motif in the film. It was developed after research for the wake scene at the beginning of

12573-830: The release of pilot Francis Gary Powers by the Soviet Union in exchange for KGB spy Rudolf Abel . In April 2016, Hanks starred as Alan Clay in the comedy-drama A Hologram for the King , an adaptation of the 2012 novel of the same name . It is the second time he was directed by Tom Tykwer after Cloud Atlas . Hanks starred as airline captain Chesley Sullenberger in Clint Eastwood 's Sully (2016). He next reprised his role as Robert Langdon in Inferno (2016), and co-starred alongside Emma Watson in

12700-458: The role of Nitti, a real-life Mob boss from Chicago. Anthony LaPaglia was cast as Al Capone and filmed a single scene, which was omitted from the final cut, and can be found in the DVD's deleted scenes. Mendes believed that Capone was more menacing as an unseen presence. Actor Alfred Molina was approached to portray Capone, but Molina was forced to turn the role down due to scheduling conflicts with Frida (2002). Mendes sought to produce

12827-494: The role of a music producer in the film. Hanks and producer Gary Goetzman went on to create Playtone , a 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 (1998). The 12-part series chronicled the space program from its inception, through the familiar flights of Neil Armstrong and Jim Lovell , to

12954-801: The same time, I was the guy who'd yell out funny captions during filmstrips. But I didn't get into trouble. I was always a real good kid and pretty responsible." Hanks acted in school plays, including South Pacific , while attending Skyline High School in Oakland, California . Having grown up in the Bay Area , Hanks says that some of his first movie memories were seeing movies in the Alameda Theatre . Hanks studied theater at Chabot College in Hayward, California , and transferred to California State University, Sacramento after two years. During

13081-639: The screen." Hanks co-directed and produced the Emmy Award-winning HBO miniseries Band of Brothers (2001). He also appeared in the September 11 television special America: A Tribute to Heroes and the documentary Rescued From the Closet . In 2002, he teamed up with Sam Mendes for Road to Perdition , an adaptation of the adaptation of Max Allan Collins 's and Richard Piers Rayner 's comics , in which he played an anti-hero role as

13208-409: The script was the creation of Maguire to provide a persistent element of pursuit to the Sullivans' departure from the old world. Hanks and cinematographer Conrad Hall requested Mendes to limit violence in the film to meaningful acts rather than gratuitous carnage. Hanks' character, Michael Sullivan, is known as "The Angel of Death" and invokes fear in those around him, but his infamy is downplayed in

13335-578: The season three finale of Ratliff's podcast Dead Eyes . The conversation between Hanks and Ratliff took place 22 years after Ratliff was about to begin filming an episode of Band of Brothers , when he was subsequently fired, allegedly because Hanks believed Ratliff had "dead eyes". The 90 minute interview was hailed as a momentous achievement in podcasting, a "rare show that gives you a perfect conclusion", "surprisingly funny and empathetic", and an event Paul Scheer called "thrilling". Hanks had three films released in 2022. He first starred as Tom Parker ,

13462-563: The set of TV comedy Bosom Buddies (1980–1982). They were reunited in 1985 on the set of Volunteers . Wilson is of Greek and Bulgarian descent, and a member of the Greek Orthodox Church . Before marrying her, Hanks converted to her faith. Hanks and Wilson married in 1988 and have two sons. Their older son, Chet , released a rap song in 2011 and had recurring roles in Empire and Shameless . Their younger son, Truman,

13589-480: The shootout and swears him to secrecy. Rooney sends Sullivan to collect a debt from Tony Calvino. Connor, jealous and afraid, sends a letter with Sullivan for Calvino. Calvino reads the letter and reaches for his revolver, but Sullivan kills both Calvino and his bodyguard. The letter reads, "Kill Sullivan and all debts are paid". Sullivan rushes home. When Sullivan arrives, he discovers that Connor has already murdered his wife, Annie, and their younger son, Peter. Michael

13716-407: The studio intended a United States release for the following Christmas. However, in September 2001, Mendes requested more time. It was rescheduled for release on July 12, 2002, an unconventional move that placed the drama among the action-oriented summer films. Max Allan Collins , who authored the graphic novel, was hired to write the novelization for the film adaptation. Collins initially turned in

13843-424: The title character, a man with an IQ of 75 who happens to find himself involved with some of the major events in recent American history. It grossed a worldwide total of over $ 600 million. Hanks remarked, "When I read the script for Gump , I saw it as one of those kind of grand, hopeful movies that the audience can go to and feel ... some hope for their lot and their position in life ... I got that from

13970-421: The top". This "modern era" began in 1993 for Hanks, first with Nora Ephron 's Sleepless in Seattle and then with Jonathan Demme 's Philadelphia . Sleepless in Seattle is a romantic comedy about a widower who finds true love over the radio airwaves. Hanks co-starred with Meg Ryan . Richard Schickel of TIME called his performance "charming", and most critics agreed that Hanks' portrayal ensured him

14097-545: The year was A Man Called Otto , an English-language remake of the Swedish film A Man Called Ove . In 2023, Hanks appeared in Wes Anderson 's Asteroid City , starring alongside Jason Schwartzman , Scarlett Johansson , Adrien Brody , Jeffrey Wright and Bryan Cranston . The film premiered at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival to mixed reviews, and was released in June 2023. HBO confirmed in January 2013 that it

14224-407: Was Catholic and Mormon , he converted to Greek Orthodox Christianity as an adult, after his marriage to Rita Wilson . One journalist characterized Hanks' teenage self as being a "Bible-toting evangelical " for several years. In school, he was unpopular with students and teachers alike, later telling Rolling Stone magazine, "I was a geek, a spaz. I was horribly, painfully, terribly shy. At

14351-967: Was born in Schöneck, Hesse, Germany (then part of the Holy Roman Empire ) and emigrated to the United States in the 18th century, settling in Kentucky and changing his last name to Mefford. Hanks is also a relative of the 16th US president, Abraham Lincoln . Hanks narrated the 2011 television program Killing Lincoln . On December 27, 2019, the President of Greece , Prokopis Pavlopoulos , signed an honorary naturalization order for Hanks and his family, citing their "exceptional services to Greece", thus making him and his immediate family Greek citizens. Hanks, along with Wilson and their children, were conferred honorary citizenship for their role in bringing global attention and appealing for aid after

14478-516: Was born in 1995, and portrayed the younger version of his father's character in A Man Called Otto (2022). Hanks lives with his family in Los Angeles, California, and Ketchum, Idaho . In October 2013, on Late Show with David Letterman Hanks said he has Type 2 diabetes . The CBS News medical contributor said significant weight fluctuations for various film roles such as A League of Their Own and Cast Away might have contributed to

14605-491: Was chosen from over 2,000 candidates to portray Michael Sullivan's son. The actor was 13 years old while filming. In scenes in which Hoechlin's character assists his father as a getaway driver, Hoechlin is trained by a driving instructor. Paul Newman was unanimously the first choice for the role of John Rooney. The actor prepared by requesting Frank McCourt , the Irish-American author of Angela's Ashes , to record

14732-534: Was developing a third World War II miniseries based on the book Masters of the Air by Donald L. Miller with Hanks and Spielberg, to follow Band of Brothers and The Pacific . NME reported in March 2017 that production was progressing under the working title The Mighty Eighth . On October 11, 2019, it was announced that the series would keep the title from the book and that the miniseries would stream on Apple TV+ due to budget constraints at HBO. Masters of

14859-432: Was included on Forbes ' list of the top ten most powerful celebrities in the world, in 2000, 2002, and 2003. Hanks was the guest on BBC Radio 4 's Desert Island Discs on May 8, 2016. In the process in the final minutes of the program, in which the guest chooses his/her favorite of the eight discs (pieces of music) just played, a book, and a luxury item, he chose Richard Strauss ' Also sprach Zarathustra by

14986-767: Was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play . In 2014, Hanks' short story "Alan Bean Plus Four" was published in The New Yorker . Revolving around four friends who make a voyage to the moon, the short story is titled after the Apollo 12 astronaut Alan Bean . Slate magazine's Katy Waldman found his first published short story "mediocre", writing that "Hanks' shopworn ideas about technology might have yet sung if they hadn't been wrapped in too-clever lit mag-ese". In an interview with The New Yorker , Hanks said he has always been fascinated by space. He told

15113-581: Was posthumously awarded the Oscar for Best Cinematography . Michael Sullivan, Sr. was orphaned and then raised by Irish Mob boss John Rooney in Rock Island , Illinois ; unbeknownst to his own children, Sullivan is now Rooney's most fearsome enforcer. Rooney has come to love Sullivan more than he loves his own biological son, the rash and unpredictable Connor. Speaking in 1931 at his brother's wake, Rooney's associate Finn McGovern insinuates that Rooney

15240-409: Was released on DVD on February 25, 2003, in both full screen and anamorphic widescreen versions. The DVD's features included an audio commentary, deleted scenes, an HBO "Making of" documentary, and a photo gallery. Work on the DVD began on the same day the film's production began, and a collaborative effort among the director, the studio, and the DVD production crew shaped the DVD's content. Due to

15367-580: Was replaced by a park. Wisteria Lane is a fictional street, appearing in the American television series Desperate Housewives . [REDACTED] [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Several TV series and motion pictures have been filmed on Colonial Street, including: In addition, some music videos have used the street to shoot scenes: Maps Homes Movies General 34°08′21″N 118°20′43″W  /  34.139062°N 118.345349°W  / 34.139062; -118.345349 Tom Hanks Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9, 1956)

15494-628: Was sent to the elder Zanuck in Morocco, who was there producing Rules of Engagement (2000). The Zanucks agreed on the story's prospect and sent it to director-producer Steven Spielberg . Shortly afterward, Spielberg set up the project at his studio DreamWorks , though he did not pursue the film's direction due to his full slate. Sam Mendes sought a new project after completing American Beauty (1999) and explored prospects including A Beautiful Mind , K-PAX , The Shipping News , and The Lookout . DreamWorks sent Mendes Road to Perdition as

15621-406: Was the nature of the material, what we were trying to say. But besides that, it focused on people's relationships. The story was about a guy and his father, unlike, say, The Money Pit , where the story is really about a guy and his house." In 1987, he had signed an agreement with The Walt Disney Studios where he had starred to a talent pool in an acting/producing pact. After a few more flops and

15748-464: Was theatrically released in the United States on July 12, 2002, and was a box office success, grossing over $ 181 million against its $ 80 million budget. Critics received it well and praised Mendes's direction, Conrad L. Hall 's cinematography, and the cast's performances. At the 75th Academy Awards , the film was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for Newman, Best Original Score , Best Sound Editing , Best Sound Mixing , and Best Art Direction . Hall

15875-451: Was to use black silk in daylight exterior scenes to filter the light enough to create an in-shade look. Hall purposely distanced the camera from Hanks' character, Michael Sullivan Sr., at the beginning of the film to establish the perspective of Sullivan's son, who is unaware of his father's true nature. Hanks's character was filmed as partially obscured and seen through doorways, and his entrances and exits took place in shadows. A wide lens

16002-518: Was unharmed, as he had arrived home late from detention. Sullivan and Michael flee Rock Island and head to Chicago to meet mobster Frank Nitti . Sullivan offers to work for the Chicago Outfit in exchange for permission to kill Connor. Nitti rejects his offer and advises Sullivan against seeking revenge. Rooney, listening next door with Connor, reluctantly allows Nitti to dispatch freelance killer Harlen Maguire to kill Sullivan. Maguire tracks

16129-436: Was used to maintain a distance from the character. Shots in the film were drawn directly from panels in the graphic novel, illustrated by Richard Piers Rayner. An instance of the direct influence is the scene in which Michael Jr. looks up at the Chicago skyline from the vehicle, with the skyline reflected in the vehicle's glass. A seamless 40-second driving scene, in which Michael Sullivan and his son travel into Chicago from

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