THE TERMINAL MAN by Andrew Donkin Corgi £6.99. Some critics are complaining about an underwritten and underused Catherine Zeta-Jones. This is a long shot, but I think the man deserves an Oscar nomination. In 1974, it was made into a film of the same name. The Terminal Man is a novel by American writer Michael Crichton, about the dangers of mind control. The Terminal Man. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. In 1974, it was made into a film of the same name. The Terminal Man [Alfred Merhan] on Amazon.com. If you still haven’t watched the amazing Tom Hanks movie, The Terminal, it’s about time to do so.On the other hand, if you have already seen it, did you know that it was inspired by true events? That a man could spend months stuck in diplomatic limbo living in … ... her husband painted of him couldn't be more different from the man now sitting on his bench in Terminal One. The Terminal Man is a novel by American writer Michael Crichton, about the dangers of mind control.It was published in April 1972, and also serialized in Playboy in March, April, and May 1972. I was not the only one inspired by Alfred's true story. In fact, and although it may seem that it’s mere fiction, and can’t be based on a true story, Steven Spielberg’s blockbuster that was released in 2004, has indeed happened in real life before. Though it’s true Nasseri’s plan was to travel to the United Kingdom, a combination of laws and lack of documentation left the Iranian refugee confined to the terminal for 18 years. He stole every scene he's in from under Tom Hanks, or Zeta-Jones, or whoever. The man who inspired Spielberg’s “The Terminal”- lived as a refugee in a departure lounge Nasseri was born in 1942 in Iran, in the Anglo-Persian Oil Company settlement located in Masjed Soleiman. Sir Alfred Mehran is sitting on his red bench in the middle of Charles de Gaulle airport, where he has been marooned for 16 years, waiting to leave. The extraordinary true story of Mehran Karimi Nasseria, better know as 'Sir Alfred' - a man with no official identity or country.Sir Alfred has been living in the departure lounge of Terminal 1 of Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris for 16 years. It was published in April 1972, and also serialized in Playboy in March, April, and May 1972. "The Terminal," which opened Friday in the United States, recounts the hardships of Viktor Navorski (Tom Hanks), a fictitious Balkan traveler stranded at New York's JFK Airport. Sir Alfred is not his real name, of course: it was something he adopted from a British bureaucrat’s letter which began, “Dear Sir, Alfred”. “The Terminal” is a moving tale, where Tom Hanks plays the victim of the modern world. The acting in this movie is the greatest factor well, that and the huge Terminal set built only for the movie. In 1973, he was accepted at the University of Bradford to study Yugoslav studies and lived in the United Kingdom for three years. Sir Alfred has spent the last 15 years living and sleeping inside the airport's Terminal One building Alfred Merhan The Terminal Man is the extraordinary story of Mehran Karimi Nasseria, better known as 'Sir Alfred' of Charles de Gaulle Airport. The beginning of Mehran Karimi Nasseri’s story is hard to trace—even Nasseri claimed different origins throughout time.