News of the World, a poignant western, was directed by Paul Greengrass, alumni of British television’s old World in Action team and a big believer in the power of good reporting.
But there is another reason for the rapt attention of this grimy audience: they are all listening to the voice of Tom Hanks, the nearest the liberal west has to a secular evangelist.
After 45 years in entertainment, Hanks, 64, has played a vast variety of roles, from hapless romantic leads in films such as Sleepless in Seattle to the blessed, Oscar-winning fool in Forrest Gump, and the funny man-child in Big.
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