Tom Hanks...Before The Oscars

I will hate this man forever for participating in the made for TV propaganda film Mazes and Monsters.

If I ever meet him or see him, I will let him know how much he sucks for doing that.

THE 'BURBS

haha, i was just going to post that the absence of Mazes and Monsters voids this poll

I've seen Mazes and Monsters! I've seen Tom Hanks standing in dry ice in his jammies screaming "HALL! HALL! HALL!" I apologize for not including it, but I figured if I included TV movies someone would bring up Bosom Buddies and He Knows You're Alone etc etc

Peter: I love The Money Pit. That is my answer to that statement.
Lois: Exactly.
Peter: Well, there you go.
Lois: Whatever.
Chris: I like that movie, too.

totally Bachelor Party

Splash or Big, but went with Splash. He's pretty good in Nothing in Common. wtf playing opposite comedian Sally Field (!) in Punchline.

bachelor party is one of those perfect movies when you're a kid and you find the movie on cable at your grandma's house cause you're bored as hell and you spend the afternoon changing the channel every time she walks by.

"damn it grandma, that woman was about to give herself to a room of japanese guys!"

joe vs. the volcano has a special place in my heart.
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Dragnet makes me laff. I'm sorry.

no Bosom Buddies, no credibility

but, c'mon, Big is pretty perfect

Absolutely no contest: "Bachelor Party" EVERY. DAMN. TIME.!

Big easily. Have never seen the Gleason film tho.

Great shot of Gleason with gouted feet.

Joe Versus The Volcano! how is that not getting more love in this thread.

Joe vs. Volcano forever, yes

"The I Heart Huckabees of the 80s/90s"

Trivia: Hanks was nominated for Big.

he means "before back to back Oscars and subsequent weight gain," presumably.

before winning two, yeah

tempted to do a 'Tom Hanks' ugliest haircut' poll but the options are practically infinite.

Turner et Hooch

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wtf Alfred Splash is unwatchable!

I gotta give it to Bachelor Party. Big is too 80s-yuppie precious

altho the "its a robot that turns into a building" thing is funny.

Bachelor Party!

I have absolutely NO memory of Everytime We Say Goodbye, whereas everything else I at least remember the commercials and posters. Truly the lost film.

Volunteers is good, and he's a perfect cad.

I voted for Big, but I haven't seen much of his earlier work.

"Bosom Buddies" had to be at least as good as Bachelor Party, I hope?

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Bosom Buddies is better than Bachelor Party and everything else on this thread. Peter Scolari!

wtf at you Penny Marshall lovers! gross

can you deny that's her best film?

A boy trapped in a man's body was such a perfect part for Hanks, he's played it ever since. He and the other Inexplicably Beloved Tom.

Big was co-written by Steven Spielberg's sister