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Universal Pictures has released the trailer for 'Larry Crowne,' which is directed by Tom Hanks and written by Hanks and Nia Vardalos. The dramatic comedy stars Hanks, Julia Roberts, Bryan Cranston, Cedric the Entertainer, Taraji P. Henson, Gugu Mbatha Raw, Wilmer Valderrama, Pam Grier, Rami Malek, George Takei, Grace Gummer, Rita Wilson and Jon Seda.
Until he was downsized, affable, amiable Larry Crowne (Hanks) was a superstar team leader at the big-box company where he's worked since his time in the Navy. Underwater on his mortgage and unclear on what to do with his suddenly free days, Larry heads to his local college to start over. There, he becomes part of a colorful community of outcasts, also-rans and the overlooked, all trying to find a better future for themselves... often moving around town in a herd of scooters. In his public-speaking class, Larry develops an unexpected crush on his teacher, Mercedes Tainot (Roberts), who has lost as much passion for teaching as she has for her husband.
The simple guy who has every reason to think his life has stalled will come to learn an unexpected lesson: When you think everything worth having has passed you by, you just might discover your reason to live.
The film opens on July 1.
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By: Justifyed on 3/16/2011 6:13PM
I will watch ANYTHING with Taraji! That's my gurl!!
LOL @ Balls...Lickable? LOL You can't be licking folks all willy nilly!
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By: poetrysez on 3/16/2011 6:18PM
Taraji is underrated...when is she going to get that well deserved break!!! Don't get me wrong becasuse acting beside Tom Hanks isn't chop liver but I want her to hurry up and start her own projects ;)
She was great in I Can Do Bad All By Myself and the lifetime movie Taken From Me (AND) we all know that she had everybody believing that it's hard out here for a pimp ;)
Three Six Mafia won for best song but I wonder if she took home the trophy because she's the one who sung it and sung it very well ;) She had several oscar nominations but one day soon, she'll bring that little big man home!!! Oh, she was really good in Benjamin Buttons :)
I know she have some other flicks in the works and I can't wait becasue I'm a true fan of great work and she's a great actress!!!!!!
I know Taraji also have some behind the scenes projects she's working on...smart idea ;)
I like tom hanks but I would only go to see the movie because Taraji is in it :)
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By: Max on 3/21/2011 8:17AM
She's a honey.Taraji P. Henson is doing better than most Black actresses and many white ones too. Poet, I agree with most of what you say except her needing a break because she's had and continue to have opportunities others would die for. Well deserved opportunities.
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