Forrest Gump-Tom Hanks

Academy Award winner for Best Picture, Best Director Robert Zemeckis, andBest Actor Tom Hanks, this unlikely story of a dumb but good-hearted mansomehow at the center of the key events of the 20th century is a funny andheartwarming epic. Hanks plays the title character, a boy in love with the Southshy of his childhood best friend (Robin Wright) who finds that his ability to run fasttook place. As a football player All-Star he met John F. Kennedy, as a soldier inVietnam he was a war hero, and as a world champion Ping-Pong player he'shailed by Richard Nixon. Shrimp-boat captain had, he still longed for the love of his life, who have taken a very different and much sadder in life. Visual effectsincorporating Hanks in the film footage that exists is good news funny andimpressive, but the heart of the film lies in the sweet love story and in Hankswinning performance as a simple soul who savors the best of his life and times. -Robert Lane

Forrest Gump is a rare movie that succeeded on all levels. That is a devastatingbox office ranking among the top five highest grossing films of all time. But it is also a critical darling, collect all the praise and a truckload of boards awards. The film became a cultural phenomenon, spawning cook books, books of quotations, atop ten soundtrack album and lines like "stupid is as stupid does not" and "life islike a box of chocolates, you never know what you'll get" have permeated ourdialect .

This film has a nostalgic, feel good vibrations thanks to the Forrest andthe stupid journey through the 60's and the touchstone events of the '70s. Under allis the warm feeling of darkness. Bad things happen to almost everyone Forrestcomes in contact with. Bubba friend killed in Vietnam, his lieutenant, and anotherlost both legs, his mother died of cancer and his beloved Jenny died of AIDS.Even famous people Forrest comes across meet with disaster, PresidentKennedy & John Lennon is assassinated, George Wallace was shot and died young Elvis Presley. There is a remarkable show around. Sally Field is full of spiritas Forrest's mama, Mykelti Williamson is funny Bubba, Gary Sinese as Lt. Dan isa perfect rough edged foil to Forrest and Robin Wright as Jenny described theconfusion that young age to feel perfect. While all the performances of high quality,Forrest Gump is Tom Hanks' tour de force. He was absolutely brilliant as Forrest.He was in almost every scene of the movie and never once he did not fail toastonish. He becomes Forrest and makes you care what happens to him. Mr.Hanks deservedly won the Oscar actor best second row for the role and cementedhimself as the best actor of his generation and one of the greatest ever.

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