Friday, November 20, 2009

Question - 373

Identify the man and this location which he called home for nearly 20 years.

Answer: Turns out the question wasn't really all that hard. This is Mehran Karimi Nasseri, an Iranian traveler who got stranded in Paris's Charles de Gaulle from August 1988 to July 2006. His story was the inspiration behind the Tom Hanks movie The Terminal. nice try, P, Hari, Rithwik, Mrinalini, anon, Srivats, Jaggi, Rajesh, Karthik and Iam got it. Well done.

12 comments:

nice try said...

Mehran Karimi Nasseri, inspiration behind the movie terminal.

@ charles de gaulle airport

P said...

Sir, Alfred Mehran

Hari said...

Mehran Karimi Nasseri

(The Terminal)

Anonymous said...

Mehran Karimi Nasseri who lived in the departure lounge of Terminal One in Charles de Gaulle Airport from 8 August 1988 until July 2006, when he was hospitalized for an unspecified ailment and inspired the character played by Tom Hanks in The Terminal Viktor Navorski.


-----------Rithwik

Unknown said...

Mehran Nasseri, the refugee from Iran who lived in Paris's Charles de Gaulle airport for almost 20(?) years

Anonymous said...

The guy after whom the movie Terminal
is based

Srivats said...

Mehran Karimi Nasseri, Charles De Gaulle Airport... inspiration for the Tom Hanks, Catherine Zeta Jones starrer, "The Terminal"

Ajit said...

Mehran Karimi Nasseri -- Who's rather longish stay at the French airport inspired Spielberg to make "The Terminal"!

Jaggi said...

Mehran Karimi Nasseri at the Charles de Gaulle Airport

rajesh said...

Mehran Karimi Nasseri at the CDG airport

Unknown said...

Mehran Karimi Nasseri

Iam said...

Nasseri

The inspiration for Terminal