...Jenny and a strange man sat grappling each other and yelling. All Forrest could hear was Jenny yelling that it hurt, and as a man and friend of Jenny he had to put a stop to it. Jenny’s safety was all up to him. With that in mind he proceeded to open the door and beat the strange man, until he releases Jenny and leaves the scene. Forrest had saved Jenny from this danger. Forrest Gump, directed by Robert Zemeckis is a timeless classic that deals with the struggles of a young white woman, and the achievements and perseverance of a young white man. From the beginning of this film we meet this female character, Jenny and a boy named Forrest Gump. Jenny a farmer’s daughter...
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...Forrest Gump (1994) Film review and analysis Varga Noémi – HKDE13 The blockbuster movie Forrest Gump was made in the year 1994, and it was an American romantic-comedy-drama film that won multiple awards and nominations, including awards won from the 67th Academy Awards, 1995 Golden Globe Awards, 1995 MTV Movie Awards, 1995 People’s Choice Awards and various other ones. In 1996, a themed restaurant, Bubba Gump Shrimp Company, opened based on the film and has since expanded to multiple locations worldwide. The scene of Gump running across the country is often referred to when real-life people attempt the feat. In 2011, the Library of Congress selected Forrest Gump for preservation in the United States National Film Registry as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". It was an adaption of a novel of Forrest Gump, by Winston Groom. The film differs substantially from Winston Groom's novel, including Gump's personality and several events that were depicted. Robert Zemeckis was the director of the movie, and he made great decisions about the camera techniques to be used in each scene. The movie stars Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Mykelti Williamson, and Sally Field. Principal photography took place in late 1993, mainly in Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. Released in the United States on July 6, 1994, Forrest Gump became a commercial success as the top grossing film in North America released in that year. The story depicts several decades...
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...Forrest Gump I’ve never met anybody like Forrest Gump, he is a man with an IQ of 75, but despite the shortage of intelligence, he has his heart with him in everything he does, and gets through life in the most fantastic way. He is simply a man you can nothing but love. Forrest Gump is a movie from 1994 directed by Robert Zemeckis. The film earned more than $677 million worldwide during its theatrical run, and became a commercial success as the top grossing film in North America released that year. Today, 20 years later, the film is still very popular and has become a classic, almost everyone knows who Forrest is, and knows his amazing life story, and there is sure a reason for that. The movie follows the amazing story about Forrest Gump (Tom Hanks), who has a low IQ compared to the people around him. His mother tries to protect Forrest from the world around him, and when people call him stupid she tells Forrest that “stupid is as stupid does”. On his old days, he is sitting by a bus stop with a box of chocolate, and is sharing his life stories with some lucky people passing by. He is telling his story with every unique detail – the love of his life, his time in war and his fortunate position in almost every important event in his lifetime. The film is in that way a touching story, that keeps you stick to the screen just from the beginning to the end. Tom Hanks performance as Forrest Gump is truly some of the best acting I have ever seen. His empathy in this charming, fantastic...
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...Forrest Gump: A Tear Jerking Movie Experience Erica Charisse B.Romero 9-Emerald Submitted to Sir. Julhamin Cernal March 4,201 In the movie, Forrest Gump started off having both physical and mental disabilities. His mother taught him things like he is no different than anyone else, which helped him carry that thought along his journey. Then she met Jenny her friend and love of her life, which also became an inspiration to him despite her trying to avoid Forrest. Forrest Gump showed in the movie that your inspirations in life can help you succeed. Despite being physically challenged at first and mentally, he later on became a successful person. Success is not measured in the person’s background, it is in their capability whether they are willing to take the risk and go beyond their own limits. Forrest is a person, who did not expect great things will happen in his life, but time sure will fly and soon, change will come to him. Forrest Gump became a part of the military, and throughout his combat in the Vietnam War, there wasn’t a time when he wasn’t thinking about Jenny. He even followed what Jenny told him, that he should just run and run. Forrest did not forget what Jenny thought him, so he did his best and helped everyone as possible. But tragically, he wasn’t able to save Bubba; his only friend in the military. That hit my heart as they talked normally to each other as Bubba was about to die. Forrest later on became a shrimp boat captain due to his promise to Bubba...
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...The movie “Forrest Gump” is not only just a classic film; it also has an extraordinary historical significance. This movie incorporated titanic times in history in to an enjoyable film based on a boy named Forrest Gump who grew up with autism and achieves many things in a very exciting, yet humble life. Some historical times or occasions that are mentioned throughout this movie are World War 2, The hippie years, Elvis Presley, Assassinations of President Kennedy, Bobby Kennedy, and John Lennon. This movie also talked about Martin Luther King and his work towards the treatment of African Americans. The first historical occasion in this movie that I’d like to talk about is World War 2. Like many other men in this time, Forrest is drafted into...
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...film that enhanced the way people view life. This film is widely known today as Forrest Gump. This film has taught many individuals world wide that life is capable of dealing one many challenges and obstacles. With-in this film they portray this by the use of the common house-hold phrase, “Life is a box of chocolates.” Throughout the film, many symbols are commonly displayed. The importance of these symbols is that they can transmit meanings without directly saying them. Paramount Pictures accomplishes this by: Forrest overcoming his disability, joining the army, and carrying on the shrimp business. In the beginning, Forrest is faced with a daunting challenge due to his disability. This restricted him from achieving many of his goals until one afternoon as Jenny and him were walking down a deserted dirt road and were confronted by a group of rowdy young boys on their bicycles. As the immature boys teased Forrest, due to his disability, they soon proceeded to chase Forrest down the never-ending dirt road. As forrest was attempting to evade the bullies Jenny screamed “Run Forrest! Run!” He then over-powered the contraption, that provided stability for his weak legs, and took off in a full-on sprint. Forrest displayed great perseverance by consistently running down the dirt road and escaping the bullies. He proved that he never gives up and can overcome anything in life. Later on in life, Forrest decided to join the army after graduating college to pursue a major goal in his...
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...In the film Forrest Gump directed by Robert Zemeckis one of the most inspirational movie characters ever was born, Forrest Gump. Forrest Gump. One of the most inspirational film characters of all time. Forrest symbolizes the way we wish to deal with the problems we face throughout the course of our lives, and how we would go about solving them if the Universe was on our side. In order to get the Universe on his side; Forrest had 3 essential qualities to separate himself from others: honesty, integrity, and compassion. If you have these 3 qualities along with acceptance as Forrest did, life will seem to work out for the best. Then, true happiness can be experienced. Honesty is an important quality which we seek, and can be seen in Forrest’s character. When he was in the army, Forrest made a promise to enter the Shrimping business with Bubba. Despite the death of Bubba, Forrest still went on to support Bubba’s family, and started a shrimping business of his own. Most people would be so disheartened by the death of their best friend, they wouldn’t be able to find the strength to carry on their promises. Because Forrest was such a strong and honest person, he carried out his promise in the toughest of times. Forrest had more integrity than most people dream to have, and that really distinguished his unique personality. In fact, the integrity of Forrest Gump is unmatched by any other film character. For example, running is a trademark of Forrest; he always runs to get out of...
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...My favorite film "Forrest Gump" Almost everybody likes to watch movies and we have seen a lot of them. Some of them are better than others. Sometimes people have different opinions whether a particular movie is good or not. The movie I like the most is a story about mentally deficient man. The whole picture is funny, moving and we see a great performance by actors and actresses. Therefore my favorite movie is "Forrest Gump" by Robert Zemeckis. The movie is full of very funny dialogues and situations. It's a good quality humor though. We have many chances to laugh at innocence and the naivety of Forrest. I find that kind of humor very interesting and the whole movie is really funny. "Forrest Gump" is a very moving story. It shows that it's possible to enjoy life without being stingy, materialistic or ruthless. It helps us to realize that there are many people among us that were born with various defects. That fact makes me think how fortunate I am to be totally healthy. The movie contains also a love story. It's a dramatic plot because Forrest loves a girl who doesn't think of him as a serious partner because of his defect. However they eventually get married. Although she passes away due to a fatal disease. Moreover we see love between mother and son where Forest's mom even slept with the school principal in order to give the son a chance of going to a normal school. All those things make me think of this movie as of a very moving story. We see very good performance by Tom...
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...What quotes is meaningful: Forrest Gump: Will you marry me? Forrest Gump: I'd make a good husband, Jenny. Jenny Curran: You would, Forrest. Forrest Gump: But you won't marry me. Jenny Curran: You don't wanna marry me. Forrest Gump: Why don't you love me, Jenny? I'm not a smart man, but I know what love is. Forrest Gump: My momma always said, "Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get." By chance he was a college football star. By chance he was a ping pong champion, a Vietnam War hero, a shrimp boat Captain phenom because a hurricane took out every other boat in the area. This made for an amazing adventure through the life of someone who was so pure, so innocent, he couldn't hurt a fly. * It's the ultimate underdog story. Here we have this simple-minded character who was born with this inescapable handicap of sorts, and he manages to get the cute (but troubled) girl, become an All Star college athlete, attain medals of valor, become an international ping pong star of all things, turn a dream into a multimillion dollar business, become a pop culture icon by simply just running, and then he meets his child who happens to be the smartest boy in his class. Wow. * It's a story of Americana. The film is a virtual history lesson of our country, at least in the broad strokes. We see our country evolve through the eyes of this character. We are implanted into historical and pop culture moments through the eyes of this character...
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...The movie Forrest Gump was released in 1994 and directed by Robert Zemeckis. The production designer was Rick Carter who is also an art director. The film also earned Mr. Carter an Oscar nomination, as well as other numerous nominations. Most of which were earned while working on the films of Amistad and A.I. The art directors mentioned were William James Teegarden, and Leslie McDonald. As far as the lighting goes for the film, a satellite was actually used to determine the position of the sun for the best picture when the film was shot outdoors. Most of the lighting of the film was bright and cheery. This type of lighting would be known as high-key lighting. This is to keep the audience in a good sense of optimism throughout the film; it caused you to pay attention to the details. When films are shot with a dim light or back light it causes a more dramatic affect to give the audience that type of feeling. Costumes are used as a tool to tell part of the story of what is going on in the movie. For instance if a man were wearing dirty garments and was full of filth obviously in a film he could be construed as being “low class”. The same goes for makeup and hair styling no matter how subtle they may be. The costumes tell about the era and the social class of the individuals in the movie. The film is shot to depict the time of late fifties through the sixties and seventies. A time when Vietnam was going on and hippies had a major impact over the minds of many. It tells...
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...Forrest Gump: Management Accounting at the Movies Hollywood accounting can be every bit as creative as a good movie script. At least, that is what some lawyers and journalists seem to be telling us. According to news reports, the hit movie Forrest Gump, which won “Best Picture of 1994” honors at the Academy Awards, claimed a worldwide theatrical gross of $661 million through May of 1995. That amount excludes videocassette and soundtrack revenues, and it doesn’t include licensing fees of Forrest Gump products such as wristwatches, ping-pong paddles and shrimp cookbooks. Yet, according to Paramount Studios, the film project lost $56 million dollars on a box office gross of $382 million through December, 1994 (see Exhibit 1). Forrest Gump is the latest of a string of hit movies to report a loss. Other losers include Batman, Rain Man, Dick Tracy, Ghostbusters, Alien, On Golden Pond, Fatal Attraction, and Coming to America. Each of these motion pictures grossed well over $100 million, but in each case, costs were reportedly greater than revenues. The production costs for a film, part of what the studios refer to as “negative costs”, represents only part of the cost of the project. In addition, studios add promotion and distribution costs, advertising overhead, and distribution fees to the total negative costs to get the total cost of the project. A significant portion of the negative costs is the payments made to “gross participants” on the basis of a percentage of...
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...the big-picture issues, not just the quality of the work. Post your paper as an attachment. Forrest Gump “Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get”, When you watch Forrest Gump starring Tom Hanks as Forrest and Robin Wright as Jenny, him/her know that they are going to laugh and may even shed a few tears. The screenplay for the 1994 movie was written by Eric Roth, based on the novel by Winston Groom. The story follows Forrest through 30 years of trials and tribulations, placing Forrest within historical moments of history, and in pursuit of his one dream–his “most special friend,” Jenny. According to the Washington Post, Forrest Gump won Oscar awards for Best Picture, Best Actor (Hanks), Best Director (Robert Zemeckis), Film Editing, Visual Effects and Adapted Screenplay. The movie was well deserving of these awards since the acting and the visual effects were extraordinary. The film actors success in portraying their characters is a major factor in the film’s awards. Tom Hanks and Robin Wright worked well together. The on-screen chemistry between the two was phenomenal. He or She may find a real connection between the two, by been mad at Jenny when she blew Forrest off and in tears when he told her that he was heading to Vietnam. Mokui’s The Movie Review states “Tom Hanks IS Forrest Gump…He breathes life into the guy and you will feel what Forrest feels” (1994, par 1). James Berardinelli states, “Robin Wright gives the best performance of her...
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...1 3/4/11 Forrest Gump Essay The character of Forrest Gump is one of the most beloved characters in movie history; the relationships are symbolic to our relationships in our everyday lives with people around us. The things he says have stuck with us even after we have seen the film. Momma, Jenny, Lt. Dan, and Bubba are just people that we love; these people make us who we are Momma Gump was the foundation for everything Forrest was in the movie. The way that momma interacted with Forrest is to encourage him, and reassure him that he was like everyone else. Even when unknown people on the street stared at the strange little boy with braces on his feet she made sure that Forrest knew that he was special. This was how he benefitted from his relationship with his mother. Momma on the other hand got the benefit of seeing Forrest amount to everything and more than what she imagined for her son. When the local school rejected him for a “special” school she would not take no for an answer, in these kinds of conflicts she fought for her son. Close to the end of the movie when Momma was on her dead bed she once again reassured Forrest that he was her special son.”Death is just a part of life. It’s just something we’re all destined to do, I didn’t know it but I was destined to be your momma, I did the best I could. “ Lt. Dan was a most peculiar character; he was Forrest’s Staff sergeant in Vietnam. He was dirty, and he cussed a lot. Since Lt. Dan was Forrest superior Dan communicated...
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...Forrest Gump is a great story. The book Forest Gump is about a man who is a little slow mentally, but is still a very ambitious and well driven. Forest Gump's life is very eventful, some of his success comes from his mental handicap. He was bullied and he was running away from the bullies and broke his leg braces, but he just kept running and running and that plays a bigger role throughout the story. First Forest Gump was running through a football teams practice and the coach gave Forest gump a scholarship to play football for them. Once Forest Gump finished college a military recruiter greeted him and handed him a pamphlet. He enlisted and went to the Vietnam war. He gained various medals of honor. He had a best friend in the military...
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...Forrest Gump This article is about the film. For the novel, see Forrest Gump (novel). For the character, see Forrest Gump (character). For other uses, seeForrest Gump (disambiguati). Forrest Gump | Theatrical release poster | Directed by | Robert Zemeckis | Produced by | Wendy Finerman Steve Tisch Steve Starkey Charles Newirth | Screenplay by | Eric Roth | Based on | Forrest Gump by Winston Groom | Starring | Tom Hanks Robin Wright Gary Sinise Mykelti Williamson Sally Field | Music by | Alan Silvestri | Cinematography | Don Burgess | Edited by | Arthur Schmiet | Distributed by | Paramount Pictures | Release dates | * July 6, 1994 | Running time | 142 minutes | Country | United States | Language | English | Budget | $55 million | Box office | $677.9 million | The Move Review: I've never met anyone like Forrest Gump in a movie before, and for that matter I've never seen a movie quite like "Forrest Gump." Any attempt to describe him will risk making the movie seem more conventional than it is, but let me try. It's a comedy, I guess. Or maybe a drama. Or a dream. The screenplay by Eric Roth has the complexity of modern fiction, not the formulas of modern movies. Its hero, played by Tom Hanks, is a thoroughly decent man with an IQ of 75, who manages between the 1950s and the 1980s to become involved in every major event in American history. And he survives them all with only honesty and niceness as his shields...
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