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- Hanks' character recalls many a desperate white-collar salesman who struggled to stay afloat during the recession in America in the 2000s, begging the question: is A Hologram for the King based on a true story? As it turns out, the movie is based on a previous story, but not a real-life one.
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A Hologram for the King is a 2016 comedy-drama film written, directed and co-scored by Tom Tykwer, based on the 2012 novel of the same name written by Dave Eggers, and starring Tom Hanks as a washed-up corporate salesman, who goes to Saudi Arabia to propose a business deal.
Apr 19, 2016 · As it turns out, the movie is based on a previous story, but not a real-life one. A Hologram for the King, in theaters April 22, is actually an adaptation of Dave Eggers' 2012 novel of the same...
Plot. The novel tells the story of a washed-up, desperate American salesman, Alan Clay, who travels to Saudi Arabia to secure the IT contract from the royal government for the King Abdullah Economic City, a massive new complex being built in the middle of the desert. Style.
- Dave eggers
- 2012
Book-based Hanks drama has drinking, sex; lacks a point. Read Common Sense Media's A Hologram for the King review, age rating, and parents guide.
- Tom Tykwer
- Barbara Shulgasser-Parker
- Lionsgate
Apr 22, 2016 · Hoping to make the money to pay for his daughter's college tuition, Hanks' Alan Clay is now trying to sell a hologram contract to the king of Saudi Arabia, who wants to build a city in the middle of the desert that will populate 1.5 million people by 2025. The irony is hard to resist from the beginning—a former failure of empathy, now selling ...
Apr 21, 2016 · NYT Critic’s Pick. Directed by Tom Tykwer. Comedy, Drama, Romance. R. 1h 38m. By Stephen Holden. April 21, 2016. It takes an actor with the finesse of Tom Hanks to turn a story of confusion,...
Jun 14, 2012 · In his new novel 'A Hologram for the King,' Dave Eggers tells the tale of the what-to-make-of-him Alan Clay, a middle-age American businessman in Saudi Arabia.
