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Larry Crowne Film Trailer

Universal Pictures' second trailer for Larry Crowne, a comedy/drama/romance, finds two-time Oscar winner Tom Hanks starring as a man who receives the disappointing news that he's been laid off. Academy Award winner Julia Roberts co-stars as a woman who teaches him how to handle the job market. And Hanks didn't just star in Larry Crowne, he also co-wrote the screenplay (with Nia Vardalos) and directed the film. Check out the trailer and see what you think:

Larry Crowne stars Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Cedric the Entertainer, Taraji P Henson, Bryan Cranston, and Wilmer Valderrama, and will hits theaters on July 1, 2011.

Larry Crowne Plot:

Until he was downsized, affable, amiable Larry Crowne 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, 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.

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