Forrest Gump, released in 1994, ended up becoming one of the most successful movies of the 20th century and was based on a 1986 book of the same name written by Winston Groom. The movie starred Tom Hanks, Robyn Wright Penn, Gary Sinise and Sally Field.
Although the movie had some pre-production troubles with casting and finding a director who was prepared to make the movie, it ended up winning seven Oscars and grossing $677 million. It became an instant hit and gave birth to a number of movie quotes that have entered popular language even to this day.
The storyline of the movie is centered upon Forrest Gump who recounts the extraordinary events of his life during the sixties, seventies and early eighties. Although Forrest is considered to have a below par IQ and be very simple, he manages to be present at some of the most important historical events of this era and meet influential people from the political and pop cultural spheres.
At the beginning of the movie Gump is sat at a bus stop and begins telling a woman about the series of events of his life that have lead him to the bus stop. The woman listens incredulously as he tells her that "life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you are going to get". The beginning of his amazing journey really begins with his scholarship to study at Alabama State based on his football prowess.
During his convalescence from war injuries he takes up ping pong and becomes a national champion who visits Maoist China as a representative of the United States government. Later on he receives a medal of honor from the President and experiences the fringes of the sixties hippy movement.
While on medical leave from the U. S Army he takes up ping pong and ends up touring Maoist China as a national champion. He achieves some fame and ends up rubbing shoulders with John Lennon on a chat show. While he is living his life, he is motivated by his love for childhood friend Jenny. Jenny, played by Robyn Wright Penn, is a damaged soul who is the perfect woman in Gump's eyes and he wants to save her and make her his wife.
The book and the film are both ironic, funny and poignant all at the same time. When you finish watching the movie, you are really left wondering if we are as smart as we all really think we are and if someone like Forrest Gump doesn't have it right after all.
Forrest Gump is at once entertaining and funny as well as offering a deeper story line that is filled with symbolism. The fact that it became one of the most popular and highest earning movies of the 20th century is amazing when you consider that the directorship was offered to two others who turned it down before Robert Zemekis and casting the movie was not as simple as one would imagine with roles being rejected by a number of high profile Hollywood actors.
Although the movie had some pre-production troubles with casting and finding a director who was prepared to make the movie, it ended up winning seven Oscars and grossing $677 million. It became an instant hit and gave birth to a number of movie quotes that have entered popular language even to this day.
The storyline of the movie is centered upon Forrest Gump who recounts the extraordinary events of his life during the sixties, seventies and early eighties. Although Forrest is considered to have a below par IQ and be very simple, he manages to be present at some of the most important historical events of this era and meet influential people from the political and pop cultural spheres.
At the beginning of the movie Gump is sat at a bus stop and begins telling a woman about the series of events of his life that have lead him to the bus stop. The woman listens incredulously as he tells her that "life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you are going to get". The beginning of his amazing journey really begins with his scholarship to study at Alabama State based on his football prowess.
During his convalescence from war injuries he takes up ping pong and becomes a national champion who visits Maoist China as a representative of the United States government. Later on he receives a medal of honor from the President and experiences the fringes of the sixties hippy movement.
While on medical leave from the U. S Army he takes up ping pong and ends up touring Maoist China as a national champion. He achieves some fame and ends up rubbing shoulders with John Lennon on a chat show. While he is living his life, he is motivated by his love for childhood friend Jenny. Jenny, played by Robyn Wright Penn, is a damaged soul who is the perfect woman in Gump's eyes and he wants to save her and make her his wife.
The book and the film are both ironic, funny and poignant all at the same time. When you finish watching the movie, you are really left wondering if we are as smart as we all really think we are and if someone like Forrest Gump doesn't have it right after all.
Forrest Gump is at once entertaining and funny as well as offering a deeper story line that is filled with symbolism. The fact that it became one of the most popular and highest earning movies of the 20th century is amazing when you consider that the directorship was offered to two others who turned it down before Robert Zemekis and casting the movie was not as simple as one would imagine with roles being rejected by a number of high profile Hollywood actors.
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