| That same month, was cast to replace Gandolfini, who had exited due to scheduling conflicts with | He learns the jargon and gets a sense of the job only by watching movies |
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| It would be foolish, however, to think that Catch Me If You Can was all about surface, with no deeper ambitions other than recreating the period setting or providing a thrilling chase | He sees his father, an upstanding pillar of the community, suffering as he goes through life doing things the right way; as much as he loves his father, he resolves never to end up like him |
Had this section been trimmed, the film might not have needed the end cards explaning Abagnale's actions after reforming.
29| Instead, he did it for love | According to Abagnale's own story, he began conning at the age of 15 and was hunted throughout his teenage years by the FBI Tom Hanks plays the fictional agent Carl Hanratty, loosely based on Joseph Shea who was a friend of Abagnale |
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| In my review of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, I spoke about the misconception that darker films are inherently better or more substantial | By April 2000, was attached to direct over the course of a few months, but dropped out in favor of |
In Steven Spielberg's new film, Abagnale is played by as a young man who succeeds at his incredible impersonations by the simple device of never seeming to try very hard.
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