051 A Hologram for the King (2016)

While it's commonplace today, A Hologram for the King marked a special occasion: it's the first straight-to-VOD movie in Tom Hanks's filmography. To commemorate (?) the occasion (?), we're bringing in Christian Larson, who was our guest on : The Nicolas Cage Podcast, when we covered Seeking Justice, Cage's first straight-to-VOD release. That's about where the comparisons end, though. In this episode, we talk about the tonal inconsistencies of A Hologram for the King and wonder what this movie's really trying to do. We also discuss its origins as a book, and its Eggers-connection to The Circle, which draws ever nearer.

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051 A Hologram for the King (2016) is an episode from #HANX for the Memories: The Tom Hanks Podcast by Joey Lewandowski and Mike Manzi.

This episode is 47:58 long.

This episode was published on Aug 21, 2020.

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