Hanks like/dislike The Burbs?

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I know this is a old thread. I hope p[people are still coming here and im not in a forgotten room.
Anyhow i really hope Tom Hanks hasent gone "snob". I dont know how he feels about this movie but he should be proud. Ok ..its not high brow or a 'important movie" But its movie with clever genius of acting and script writing that cant be duplicated. It makes people laugh and feel good. Not every move has to to be 'Gone with the wind" or " Citizen Kane". This movie is a all time fav of mine i rarely tire of . It s a work of genius and Tom should be proud of it. I bet this and the other comedy classics such as Splash" and "Money pit: will be remembered and watched 100 years from now. Will anyone really watch and r re watch the' important films' hes made we are suppose to like but who really truly does? Watching Forest Gump once was enough!

I agree. Tom can be proud of his 80's comedies, especially The Burbs. I occassionally wonder if he knows that there is a cult following. That there are Burbs Days being celebrated each year. And that there are people who have watched the movie hundres of times like us Burbanites do.

I saw Tom on TV the other night,. he still looks good. I hope he would still be grass roots enough o agree to make squeal. hes a great comedy actor. The best. I watched d him in Forest Gump and he was good but i dont think thats where his talents really are... I hope hes happy with the wonderful movie that has brought such joy..at least to me.

I saw an interview with Tom a few weeks ago on YouTube, and by pure coincidence he talked about The Burbs in it. The interviewer asked him about it and Tom seemed like he has fond memories of making it, and says that "There's some good stuff in there."

You can see the interview at the link below. He talks about The Burbs for about 1 minute starting at about 1 minute 50 seconds.



I saw Tom talk about The Burbs in another interview a long time ago. I'm not sure what it was. It might have been a show called "Scene By Scene" where an actor looks back over his entire career and talks about each film. It's a bit like "Inside The Actors Studio."

In the interview the guy asking the questions mentioned The Burbs in a very negative way, saying something about it being one of the few terrible movies Tom had made. Tom kept his cool because he's polite, but clearly it offended him and he defended The Burbs and said he liked it and so did a lot of people. Wish I could find that interview online!

Fantastic, thanks for the link. Yeah it indeed seems Tom is having some fond memories of the movie. Wish he would have talked a little longer about it.

That was an awesome clip, it looks like he had fond memories of the film. Like everybody else, I'd like to see him speak of the movie in greater detail.

I think Tom Hanks likes the film. In a interview with Joe Dante he said that the only reservations Tom had about the film was it was the first time he ever played a dad. He was worried about making the transition from younger roles to more mature "family man" roles. Dante really made it seem like Tom was great to work with and even said he didn't mind shooting the Sardine scene a couple times to get it right.

  The movie BIG came out at roughly the same time and Dante said Hanks even left the set of The Burbs early one day to attend of a film screening of BIG. I feel like Hanks probably feels BIG was a bigger hit for himself and helped propel him to the huge roles he would soon receive but in all my research I've done I have never seen anything negative about it. Dante also said Hanks and Carrie Fisher really hit it off and had a great time working together.

 Whenever I see Hanks interviewed I never seen anyone ask about The Burbs. I would love to see him sit down and do a brief interview about the filming process and him talking about the movie. Pretty sure he enjoys the movie. The man has just had so much success he doesn't pay attention to the cult following the movie has received. I'm sure as he gets older and less mainstream roles come his way he will have some time to sit down and talk more about his older movies including The Burbs.

quote:RickyButler wrote:

 Whenever I see Hanks interviewed I never seen anyone ask about The Burbs. I would love to see him sit down and do a brief interview about the filming process and him talking about the movie. Pretty sure he enjoys the movie. The man has just had so much success he doesn't pay attention to the cult following the movie has received. I'm sure as he gets older and less mainstream roles come his way he will have some time to sit down and talk more about his older movies including The Burbs.


Oh but there were some guys asking him questions about The Burbs and he briefly talked about it in several youtube clips I saw. There is an interview someone did with him concerning "Saving Mr. Banks" (which is a great movie in my opinion) and they were briefly talking about The Burbs. Tom showed appreciation for the movie and seemed to have fond memories of it.

quote:RayPeterson wrote:

Oh but there were some guys asking him questions about The Burbs and he briefly talked about it in several youtube clips I saw. There is an interview someone did with him concerning "Saving Mr. Banks" (which is a great movie in my opinion) and they were briefly talking about The Burbs. Tom showed appreciation for the movie and seemed to have fond memories of it.



Here's that interview:

It's agonizing hearing Tom talk about The Burbs. It's great, but I just want him to be asked about 50 questions and hear him talk about it for 30 minutes! But it's always just a few seconds...