July 13, 2003

Iranian refugee inspires "Terminal"

What? Film "Terminnal" due in U.S. theaters in December 2004 >>> See

Who's in it? Tom Hanks , Chi McBride , Catherine Zeta-Jones

What's it about? A Balkan immigrant becomes a resident of an airport terminal when a war breaks out and erases his country from the map. His visa voided, the immigrant makes friends with the airport staff and falls in love with a Latin flight attendant.

Based on true story of Sir Alfred, the nom de plume of the Iranian immigrant Mehran Karimi Nasseri who got stuck at Charles De Gaulle airport without a passport after being mugged in a train station. With no country willing to claim him, he remained stuck, living in the aiport for over a decade.
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