June 30th, 2011 at 12:26 pm by
Sheri

Larry Crowne, Tom Hanks’ first directorial effort since 1996′s That Thing You Do, zooms into theaters in the US, Canada and the UK tomorrow, July 1, 2011.
Hanks also wrote, produced and of course, stars in the film, alongside his long-time friend and Charlie Wilson’s War co-star, Julia Roberts. He co-wrote Larry Crowne with another good friend, Nia Vardalos, writer and star of My Big Fat Greek Wedding. These people are doing nothing to dispel the idea that everyone in Hollywood knows one another.
Larry Crowne is about a middle-aged man who loses his job and decides to go back to college to reinvent himself. Roberts plays one of his professors and, of course, his love interest. I don’t think I’m spoiling anything since the commercials have been running on television nearly non-stop for weeks. (I hope this isn’t a case of the best bits ending up in the trailer, but how can you not like Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts together. They’re like the King and Queen of the Prom.)
Hanks told David Letterman that the title of the film combines his brother’s name (Larry) with something that sounded “strong”.
The film also stars Bryan Cranston, Cedric the Entertainer, Taraji P. Henson, Gugu Mbatha Raw, Wilmer Valderrama, Pam Grier, Rami Malek, George Takei, Grace Gummer, Rita Wilson and Jon Seda.
If you want to be cool like Larry, Fandango is sponsoring a “Win a Larry Crowne/St. Tropez Scooter” contest.