Tom Hanks Deep Throats a movie deal

well, the man offers an extremely complex subject (hero, anti-hero, pissed-off bureaucrat, fed with hurt feelings, etc. -- you make the call). can hanks pull it off?

personally, hal holbrook (in the shadows of that frightening and oppressively paranoic parking deck) will always be the perfect "deep throat." and "all the president's men" the perfect watergate movie. will one shot, the crane shot in the library of congress, ever be matched for shear compression of meaning onto a single tracking shot? i think not.

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Tom Hanks is one of our generation's greatest actors. His past roles have been very diversified and he has been justly awarded the Academy Award twice. I feel this would be a perfect role for him to play, a complex character and totaly un-Gump like. If anyone can pull this off, Hanks is the man.

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maybe the better question is: who directs??

my vote: david lynch! :-)

we can return to the evil alternate world of "twin peaks" where midget g. gordon litty speaks backwards and in code and a comatose nixon watches a performance of "nixon in china" with kissinger . . . except that nobody can follow all of the mysterious symbolic references to fire and there's a creepy box-car in the woods that has something to do with the washington post.

cel

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This could be a really compelling story if done well, or a complete dud.

I wonder if Oliver Stone would be interested in this movie? Not saying how good or bad this would be, but it sounds just like the type of flick he'd be down for directing.

I'll agree with the comments about Hanks acting. He's one of the best out there.

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I second the motion...Oliver Stone would be a perfect fit!!!

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