UTom Hanks yamukela imbangela yobukhomanisi: umlingisi uzodlala i- UDean ufunde, lo mculi wabiza 'u-Red Elvis', owakhetha ukuhlala ngaphansi kombuso wobukhomanisi we-GDR (German Democratic Republic), wethuka kakhulu ngokushona kweSalvador Allende yaseChile.
Le filimu izobizwa nge "Comrad Rockstar" kanti uHanks uhlela ukuyishutha ngo-2008. Umlingisi we "Castaway" uthenge amalungelo kumfelokazi ka Read, uRenate Blume.
Lo mculi waseMelika unconywe eJalimane lamaKhomanisi ngokuba "yimbangi yokulwa nobungxiwankulu" ka-Elvis Presley. Ushone eneminyaka engama-48, ngoJuni 17, 1986, esemzini wakhe emaphethelweni eBerlin, okukholakala ukuthi wayezibulala.