Fly Hanks to the moon

By Daniel Barna

Posted 17 years ago

My mother can’t get over her heroin addiction. My brother can’t get over the girl he lost his virginity to. I can’t get over my love for melted Havarti, and Tom Hanks can’t get over his obsession with the moon. The greatest actor of our generation (disagree with me, I dare you) is set to star in and as MAJOR MATT MASON, a live-action feature based on the vintage Mattel action figure.

Having originated in 1966, the toy line is based on Matt Mason, who led an astronaut team that worked on the moon and lived in a space station. The toy reached a peak in popularity in the buildup to the first manned moon mission, which, if memory serves correct, featured Hanks as the first man on the moon. Or was it Gary Sinise?

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Daniel Barna

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Favorite Movies: Seven, American Beauty, Breathless, Edward Scissorhands, La Doce Vita, Forrest Gump, read more Shawshank Redemption, Batman, Requiem For a Dream, Psycho, On The Waterfront, Jules et Jim, Little Children, A Clockwork Orange, The Dark Knight, Taxi Driver, Eyes Wide Shut, Minnie and Moskowitz, Five Easy Pieces, Ed Wood, The Truman Show, There`s Something About Mary, Pulp Fiction, Star Wars, A Woman Under The Influence, Annie Hall, Chinatown, Unforgiven, Fargo, Saving Private Ryan, Dog Day Afternoon, Groundhog Day, Dumb and Dumber, T2, The Conversation, Bonnie and Clyde

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