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Editorial Review:
Tom Hanks is an instantly-recognizable face in Hollywood. In this revealing biography, David Gardner gets to the heart of the man behind the characters. Revelations include Tom's role in Diana's funeral, and how he was accused of being a terrorist in Israel.
Tom Hanks: The Unauthorized Biography Reviews:
Good read 
2009-09-29 - I love Tom Hanks and decided to buy this book to find out more about him. I wasn't disappointed. It has so much great background information about him, so I highly recommend it for good reading. You won't be disappointed either. ;-)
incomplete but good read 
2006-07-05 - David Gardner can write, and he does express the anguish in Hanks' life and the good times well - he misses out some of the extra-film things Hanks does - not only his choices of charity work, but his comic work on Saturday Night Live which should fill out the career of this rounded entertainer - he leaves out earlier films that i discovered elsewhere. so, if he is marking out the territory to be the only biographer who knows it all, he should include more of the career. (Why did he and first wife adopt when they had a son already? what is it about Hanks and his wife that lead them to do this? but none of that is mentioned.) Maybe he was blocked, but he has not been a good journalist in doing what is essentially a cut-and-paste job that is very selective. Hanks' brilliance as an entertainer is of a particular American brand, and, here i am, an American based in Europe, and I'd like to have read about that a little. so, this is disappointing finally.
A Fascinating Look at a Wonderful Actor
2000-05-15 - I began reading this informative biography, thinking it was probably just the typical filmography most books done on Tom Hanks are. The author has done a tremendous amount of research and, although I thought I was a well-informed fan, learned quite a few revelations. Anyone who loves Tom Hanks will be thrilled with this book and those who are only curious will also enjoy it.
