A Hologram for the King

Theatrical - Limited 2016-04-22

Cast Tom Hanks Sarita Choudhury Ben Whishaw Tom Skerritt Khalid Laith
Directed by Tom Tykwer
Written by Tom Tykwer

Box Office Gross: $9,169,507

Running Time: 98 minutes

Language: English

Production Company: Playtone, X Filme Creative Pool, Primeridian Entertainment, WS Film, Silver Reel, Fábrica de Cine, Lotus Entertainment, 22H22

Genres: Comedy Drama

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8/10

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Alan Clay, a struggling American businessman, travels to Saudi Arabia to sell a new technology to the King, only to be challenged by endless Middle Eastern bureaucracy, a perpetually absent monarch, and a suspicious growth on his back.

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