Hanks for the Memories
We have another Kennedy Center Honors, this from 2014 honoring Tom Hanks. The opening is extremely funny opening -- in fact, you may have seen it as a standalone bit, but this is what it's from. David Letterman also serves as a very good host. As for the entertainment section, it's always difficult doing entertainment for actors, but they do a respectable job here. (One gnawing quibble – at one point there’s a tap dance, and it should have been on a big keyboard, like in Big. You’ll see what I mean. All I could think was what a blown, obvious opportunity that the audience would have cheered.) But what leaps out most is the very nice film bio and what joyful clips. (All the better since four clips are used from my fave, the flop Joe vs. the Volcano – three are him dancing on a raft in the ocean.)
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