Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close is a 2011 American drama film directed by Stephen Daldry and written by Eric Roth, based on the 2005 novel by Jonathan Safran Foer. Starring Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock, and Thomas Horn, the film follows a young boy named Oskar as he searches for the lock that matches a key left by his father who died in the September 11 attacks.