At one point he takes pity on a desperate man and becomes a folk hero for putting the individual ahead of the system (unfortunately, it involves lying to officials).
He generally does what’s right, resisting the temptation to violate the law or exploit loopholes. He’s a talented craftsman with a strong work ethic. He uses travel literature and the crawl at the bottom of a cable news channel to help teach himself English. When things don’t go his way, Viktor doesn’t whine or make demands he educates and applies himself in order to improve his situation. He offers assistance and advice to strangers in need. Viktor is polite, patient and respectful of others. While making the best of a horrendous situation (and making friends along the way), this kindhearted, resourceful “man without a country” becomes a local hero … and a pebble in Dixon’s shoe.
Dixon hands Viktor a few meal vouchers, a pager and a 15-minute phone card, and tells him to hang out in the international transit lounge.
#TOM HANKS CHARACTER IN THE TERMINAL CRACK#
And since there isn’t a country to which to return him, he’s stuck in the airport with barely enough understanding of English to find a men’s room.Ī self-serving bureaucrat named Frank Dixon tells the visitor he has fallen through a small crack in the system (“You are, at this time, simply unacceptable”). Consequently, Viktor’s passport is invalid and he can’t legally set foot on U.S. For all intents and purposes, it no longer exists. Kennedy International Airport, he learns that his native Krakozhia (a small, Eastern European republic created for the movie) has suffered a military coup. Just as mild-mannered Viktor Navorski touches down at New York’s John F.
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