Sir, Alfred Merhan : Man behind "Terminal" Still Living in Airport

This puts a very sad, tragic twist on Spielberg's and Hanks' funtime at the movies...

--ryan

"As far as Steven Spielberg's "The Terminal" is concerned, the experience of being trapped inside an airport for a year can lead to friendship, comic high jinks, and even romance.

But it's hard to see the life of Merhan Karimi Nasseri through Spielberg-colored glasses. Nasseri is the inspiration for the movie — a real-life Iranian refugee who arrived at Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport in 1988 without a passport and without papers to enter another country. He's been stuck in Terminal One ever since. Like a lost suitcase, he has been claimed by no one. . ."