But special kudos to Chet Hanks, Tom’s son, who has a really great turn with his dad on screen, quite different than his half brother Colin Hanks. I did notice an actor from TV’s “One Tree Hill” named Lee Norris (fans will say I know that guy). There are a lot of young guys as the seamen, all well chosen. There’s some very good work among the supporting cast, starting with Rob Morgan and including the accomplished British actor Stephen Graham.
And all you know about Krause is that he has a lady friend waiting for him played by Elisabeth Shue, who is always a welcome sight. You’re just experiencing this relentless attack through Krause. His acting and his writing really seem to be inspired by Clint Eastwood’s later work–there’s no fat, it’s very intense, you’re in the grip of the work. Tom Hanks, as usual, pulls off a master class performance. The whole production looks terrific I’d like to know how they pulled it off for $50 million.
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If you have a large TV set, you’ll appreciate Shelly Johnson’s excellent cinematography.
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“Greyhound” probably looks great on a regular movie screen. Lewis invented Captain Krause as a religious man who wound up leading a convoy for the very first time in a terrifying crossing. The Germans lost 28,000 out of 41,000 men. It was not an easy business: at least 75,000 men Allied seamn died over the years. These military ships had to protect them. Merchant ships had to cross the Atlantic during WWII. “Greyhound” is fiction in that novelist CS Lewis took the idea for his story in the novel, “The Good Shepherd,” which this inspired, from the real Battle of the Atlantic, the longest every military exercise that ran from 1939 to 1945. Ernie Krause as he steers his ship through the treacherous water of North Atlantic in 1942 heading to the UK with a convoy of ships from Canada and Britain trying to dodge Nazi U Boats. There isn’t a lot of character development, but the casting is good enough that you get the idea about Capt. It feels a lot like Clint Eastwood’s “Sully,” in which Hanks starred. Schneider, who hasn’t had a movie in 11 years since “Get Low” (where was he?), has done a top notch job directing, and Hanks himself wrote the screenplay. I sure hope they give it a chance this winter in some theaters because these people worked their asses off to making a very convincing, edge of your seat battle film that’s 90 minutes long and never lets up. “Greyhound” debuts on Apple TV Friday, it was supposed to be released by Sony in theaters. If there had been a premiere for Aaron Schneider’s “Greyhound” with Sony Pictures, I would have happily congratulated the director, the star Tom Hanks, and his son Chet, who gives a striking cameo performance in this taut World War II battle drama.
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