Tom Hanks 2-Pack (1985)

Synopsis: A collection of two films featuring multiple Oscar winner Tom Hanks. Films included are VOLUNTEERS (1985;R) and BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES (1990;R). VOLUNTEERS: In a desperate attempt to escape the... A collection of two films featuring multiple Oscar winner Tom Hanks. Films included are VOLUNTEERS (1985;R) and BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES (1990;R). VOLUNTEERS: In a desperate attempt to escape the bookies to whom he owes a lot of money, a playboy enlists in the Peace Corps and is sent on a mission to Thailand. Far from being an altruist, however, this capitalist is soon turning a profit and starts improving the desperate conditions around him, much to the chagrin of the idealists who volunteered. An underrated farce. BONFIRE OF THE VANITIES: Brian De Palma (SCARFACE) directed this lavish adaptation of Tom Wolfe's best-selling satirical novel, featuring Tom Hanks, Melanie Griffith, and Bruce Willis. Hanks stars as Sherman McCoy, a distinctly 1980s brand of wealthy Wall Street wizard who takes a mighty fall from his glitzy lifestyle after he and his mistress (Griffith) put a Bronx youth into a coma via a hit-and-run accident. Alcoholic reporter Peter Fallow (Willis) sees the crime as an opportunity for big headlines, and soon Sherman is the target of every political and media group in the city, including an Al Sharpton-style black leader named Rev. Bacon (John Hancock) and a sleazy D.A. (F. Murray Abraham). SEX IN THE CITY babe Kim Catrall costars as Sherman's long-suffering wife, and Morgan Freeman is the judge who tries to reign in this three-ring media circus of a case. Like the decade it parodies, this film is proudly over the top in its lavishness. It's also filled to overflowing with inspired casting, wildly inventive comedy, and the sort of artistically ambitious tracking shots for which its director is renowned. [More]

Starring: Tom Hanks, John Candy, Melanie Griffith, Bruce Willis

Starring: Tom Hanks, John Candy, Melanie Griffith, Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman

Director: Nicholas Meyer, Brian De Palma

Director: Nicholas Meyer, Brian De Palma

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