Movies 2011: Tom Hanks is back with Larry Crowne

Tom Hanks returns to the big screen with a film that he directed, co-wrote and co-produced, called Larry Crowne, to be released in the US on July 1st, 2011.

The movie stars Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts, alongside Bryan Cranston, Cedric the Entertainer and Taraji P. Henson. For full cast and crew list, go here.

Trailer available via Yahoo.

Synopsis:

Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts reunite for a dramatic comedy about how the hard knocks from today’s recession inspire one everyday guy to undergo a personal reinvention: Larry Crowne.
Until he was downsized, affable, amiable Larry Crowne (Tom Hanks) was a superstar team leader at the big-box company where he’s worked since his time in the Navy. Underwater on his mortgage and unclear on what to do with his suddenly free days, Larry heads to his local college to start over. There he becomes part of a colorful community of outcasts, also-rans and the overlooked all trying to find a better future for themselves…often moving around town in a herd of scooters. In his public-speaking class, Larry develops an unexpected crush on his teacher Mercedes Tainot (Julia Roberts), who has lost as much passion for teaching as she has for her husband.
The simple guy who has every reason to think his life has stalled will come to learn an unexpected lesson: when you think everything worth having has passed you by, you just might discover your reason to live.