Asteroid City (2023)

Last summer, Tom Hanks teamed up with Wes Anderson for Asteroid City, and now it's time to talk about it on for the Memories! After a brief explanation as to why this episode is roughly one year late, we talk about the fact that this is the first Wes Anderson movie either of us have covered for a podcast, how COVID impacted and inspired this film, and how father and grandfather roles seem to suit Tom Hanks pretty well. We talk about how Hanks handles the specific requests and needs of a Wes Anderson movie and what we'd like to see if Tom Hanks was the true star of a Wes Anderson project. We ask: did this movie not hit as well the second time around? Does the artifice in Wes Anderson's movies work anymore? How does Wes Anderson compare and contrast with Tim Burton? We look ahead to upcoming Tom Hanks movies.

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Asteroid City (2023) is an episode from #HANX for the Memories: The Tom Hanks Podcast by Joey Lewandowski and Mike Manzi.

This episode is 19:55 long.

This episode was published on Jun 5, 2024.

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