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Tom Hanks: Where is He Now?
by Lore Sjöberg
Remember Tom Hanks? He was the co-star of "Bosom Buddies," the
the same show that provided Peter Scolari ("Ticks," "Camp Nowhere")
with the launching pad to international super-stardom. Hanks, however,
wasn't as lucky as his better-known co-star and was typecast forever
as a cross-dressing ad man with a taste for blondes. We still have
a fondness for good old "Kip 'Buffy' Wilson," though, and that's why we're
paying tribute to the handful of obscure B-movies that constitute the
Tom Hanks oeuvre.
![[Tom Hanks in Cast Away]](/images/hanks-castaway.jpg) |
Cast Away
Tom Hanks plays an ad man who has crashed on a desert island with
nothing but several crates of lingerie and makeup to sustain him.
Realizing that search parties are more likely to pick up a sexy
woman than some crusty male survivalist, he makes himself up
as "Betty-Lou" -- with hilarious results!
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![[Tom Hanks in Saving Private Ryan]](/images/hanks-savingprivateryan.jpg) |
Saving Private Ryan
In this exactingly realistic World War II farce, Tom Hanks has
to lead a platoon of soldiers on a mission into the "women only"
section of occupied France, but nearly blows his cover when he
meets Jutta, the Teutonic bombshell with more than racist xenophobia on
her mind!
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![[Tom Hanks in Apollo 13]](/images/hanks-apollo13.jpg) |
Apollo 13
The true story of the ill-fated Apollo 13 moon shot, except for
the cross-dressing, the buxom blonde "space ray specialist", and
Kevin Bacon. Very educational nonetheless.
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![[Tom Hanks in Forrest Gump]](/images/hanks-forrestgump.jpg) |
Forrest Gump
In this era-spanning tale of a simple everyman and his padded bra, Hanks plays
a feeble-minded ad man who affects the course of history and
pretends to be a woman, both for no apparent reason. A feel-good movie for
the whole family, provided the whole family feels secure in its sexuality.
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