A Hologram for the King

Despite crushing business reversals and the collapse of his marriage, ever-persevering tech salesman Alan Clay (Tom Hanks) makes a last-ditch foray to Saudi Arabia, in a bid to convince the Sheiks that his holographic conferencing system would be essential to their development plans. His revelatory culture-clash conundrums in navigating the local customs and bureaucracies fuel Tom Twyker’s wistful and observant take on the Dave Eggers novel; Sarita Choudhury, Alexander Black, Ben Whishaw, Tom Skerritt also star. 98 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English DTS HD 5.1 Master Audio; Subtitles: English (SDH), Spanish.