Tom Hanks wamkela isizathu sobukomanisi: umdlali weqonga uya kudlala UDean ufunde, umculi obizwa ngokuba ngu-'Red Elvis', owakhetha ukuhlala phantsi kolawulo lwamakomanisi e-GDR (i-German Democratic Republic), ekhwankqiswa ngokufa kweChile Salvador Allende.
Ifilimu iya kubizwa ngokuba yi "Comrad Rockstar" kwaye uHanks uceba ukuyidubula ngo-2008. Umdlali we "Castaway" uthenge amalungelo kumhlolokazi we-Read, uRenate Blume.
Le mvumi yaseMelika yanconywa kwiJamani yamaKomanisi ngokuba "yi-anticapitalist antithesis" ka-Elvis Presley. Wasweleka xa wayeneminyaka engama-48 ubudala, ngoJuni 17, 1986, kwikhaya lakhe elingaphandle kweBerlin, ekukholelwa ukuba wazibulala.