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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.
Plot Summary. A Hologram for the King is a novel by Dave Eggers, published in 2012. With hints of parable, Eggers explores a modern-day quandary in both national and personal identity explored through mid-life crisis and cultural clashes.
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.
- Dave eggers
- 2012
A beautiful doctor (Sarita Choudhury) and a wise-cracking taxi driver (Alexander Black) help an American businessman (Tom Hanks) who's trying to close the deal of a lifetime in Saudi Arabia.
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- Tom Tykwer
- R
- Tom Hanks
Apr 22, 2016 · “A Hologram for the King” opens with a new greatest hits moment in Tom Hanks acting history. Set to “Once in a Lifetime” by the Talking Heads, he’s shown as a business man whose life has become a joke.
Apr 28, 2016 · A Hologram for the King: Directed by Tom Tykwer. With Tom Hanks, Omar Elba, Sarita Choudhury, Sidse Babett Knudsen. A failed American sales rep looks to recoup his losses by traveling to Saudi Arabia and selling his company's product to a wealthy monarch.
Apr 21, 2016 · 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, perplexity, frustration...
