helen hunt

at the afi life achievment award for tom hanks, co star helen hunt in cast away made an apperance calling tom hanks performance extraordinary and admits that tom hanks made the film.

film, tv and theater

i discovered on the channel bravo early in the morning a tv show called inside the actors studio which is an interview based show on famous actors/directors. so i looked up tom hanks on the Internet and found him make the appearance on the show, the info was mostly on his early career, however he does say an interesting quote that 'film is a director median, television is a producers median, actors can have moments in each of those but the point where the actor really is the definer that night is on the stage.

directing

Hanks does have expirience on being on the other side of the camera with his self produced and directed 1997 released film 'that thing you do' which besides being nominated for an academy award, the success hank found through it seems to be erased from history as people cant see past the amazing performances by hanks in front of the camera.

robert zemeckis

Robert zemeckis is one of the most successful directors of recent times with award winning films such as the back to the future trilogy, who framed roger rabbit, forrest gump, cast away, beowulf and the polar express.

three of the films featured Tom Hanks as the main character be that being mealy a voice or a full performance. the first time the two worked together went so well theres no wonder why they would have such a connection, as forrest gump brought in multiple awards most notibly academy awards for both zemeckis for best director and best actor for hanks.

it was interesting for zemeckis to describe hanks as not just as actor but as a creative sole mate for forrest gump and has made me more determined into how hank influenced the film off the screen. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJGo9nEaQok&feature=PlayList&p=86BABC4E242C2F4A&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=64