The “greatest film ever made”, according to Tom Hanks
Is it, though?
Tom Hanks Archives: 08/2025
The Tom Hanks role Morgan Freeman wished he’d played: “Any of us would have jumped at it”
Freeman would’ve jumped at the chance.
Tom Hanks’ favourite Elvis song arrived late in life: “What the heck is that song?”
Better late than never!
The single moment that Tom Hanks knew he wanted to be an actor: “I knew I’d do anything”
“Determined my career”.
The movie that allowed Tom Hanks to become the artist he had always wanted to be
“My sense of self and artistic thirst grew at the same time…”
How an angry film scene inspired Tom Hanks’ most lucrative role: “Thus it began”
It became a sensation.
The one movie that changed Tom Hanks’ “entire consciousness” but flopped at the box office
“The only movie I’ve been in that I’ve seen more than twice.”
“Cultural phenomenon”: the only TV show Tom Hanks called “truly as big as The Beatles”
That’s a lofty claim.