@jack.phillipes: The Terminal is a 2004 American comedy-drama directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Tom Hanks. It follows a man from a small Eastern European country who becomes stranded in the terminal of New York's JFK Airport when a coup back home voids his passport, leaving him unable to enter the United States or fly back. The film was loosely inspired by the true story of a man who spent years living in a Paris airport.