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It could be said that Forrest Gump is the definitive American movie. After all, its historical, patriotic and its got a dunce as the hero. A loving and friendly dunce, of course, played by Tom Hanks. Nominated for 13 Oscars and winning six, including Best Picture, Best Director for Robert Zemeckis and Best Actor, Gump captured the imagination with its mix of comedy, drama, issues like AIDS and war, while managing to maintain a love story at its big budget core. It charts the life of Forrest, a simple man who inadvertently finds himself in heroic situations. Devoted to his Ma (by far the weakest link of the movie), he does everything from teach Elvis how to move his hips to running the length and breadth of America. He meets some people along the way, like Sinises gruff Captain Dan during Vietnam, but really and perhaps this is why audiences took to it. Forrest does everything for his one true love, the experimental, sad, and ultimately broken Jenny (Wright-Penn). Whether you like it or not really comes down to one thing: how much sentimentality can you take Because despite the excellent performances and extravagant scale, Zemeckis has his finger well and truly on the nostalgia button. And then theres the affirmation of the American Dream: isnt it great that even a dolt, as long as hes kind and loving, can make it in the fantastic US of AThe Forex Gump Image credit: freshbooks What makes a good business This question has the same philosophical equivalent as asking 8220What is Love8221 however unlike the latter the former can actually make you 8216money8217. (Which I think is the true meaning of love) After reading a ton of business articles and get rich quick schemes, psychology books and chicken soup for the soul I have invariably created my own solution to my question. What makes a good business is not the actual business itself but the man behind it. Starting up your own business is a lot harder if you8217re not actually qualified of doing it, I am not talking about getting an M. B.A at Harvard or studying business at all, it8217s all about management skills, creativity, and a little spattering of coercion. A good business is defined by the people who support it. Image plays a certain key in good businesses, but I am not just talking about 8220you8217re image8221 but the people who actually patronize your business. Take apple for instance, if you see an entire mass of hipsters standing in line on a balmy Friday night, it means apple has just launched a new app. A successful business is run by 8216good8217 people. Similar to number one, but more morally sound. People who can effectively play nice with other people have more chances of succeeding rather than people who are assholes. Forrest Gump (1994) Forrest Gump (1994) Movie Info Stupid is as stupid does, says Forrest Gump (played by Tom Hanks in an Oscar-winning performance) as he discusses his relative level of intelligence with a stranger while waiting for a bus. Despite his sub-normal IQ, Gump leads a truly charmed life, with a ringside seat for many of the most memorable events of the second half of the 20th century. Entirely without trying, Forrest teaches Elvis Presley to dance, becomes a football star, meets John F. Kennedy, serves with honor in Vietnam, meets Lyndon Johnson, speaks at an anti-war rally at the Washington Monument, hangs out with the Yippies, defeats the Chinese national team in table tennis, meets Richard Nixon, discovers the break-in at the Watergate, opens a profitable shrimping business, becomes an original investor in Apple Computers, and decides to run back and forth across the country for several years. Meanwhile, as the remarkable parade of his life goes by, Forrest never forgets Jenny (Robin Wright Penn), the girl he loved as a boy, who makes her own journey through the turbulence of the 1960s and 1970s that is far more troubled than the path Forrest happens upon. Featured alongside Tom Hanks are Sally Field as Forrests mother Gary Sinise as his commanding officer in Vietnam Mykelti Williamson as his ill-fated Army buddy who is familiar with every recipe that involves shrimp and the special effects artists whose digital magic place Forrest amidst a remarkable array of historical events and people. Mark Deming, Rovi PG-13 (for drug content, some sensuality and war violence) Forrest Gump: Jenny, I dont know if Momma was right or if, if its Lieutenant Dan. I dont know if we have a destiny, or if were all just floatin around accidental-like on a breeze, but I, I think maybe its both. Maybe both is happenin at the same time. The story of a lifetime. Forrest Gump is a beautiful film and definitely is the film that Robert Zemeckis and Tom Hanks are most known for. Its one of those rare movies that everyone has seen and just about everyone loves. Its a classic and its not hard to see why. The movie takes on the simpleness of its title character, Forrest Gump. Its not flashy, its simple, and the simpleness is beautiful. Forrest Gump is an unintelligent, but interesting man. He was born in Alabama where he grows up with his friend, Jenny, and his mother. Forrest sits on a bus stop bench, telling strangers his life story. How he played football at the University of Alabama, how he went to Vietnam, how he met presidents, and how he has always loved his friend Jenny. Forrests journey puts him at many important events during the sixties and seventies, and the movie surrounds the story of Forrest with civil rights issues, the hippy generation, and just about all the other major news of those decades. It does so in a very good way too, allowing the audience to see it as Forrest does. How can you watch a movie so brazen with soul and warmth and not just love it. Its a comedy and a drama. Its funny, sad, and inspiring. Its one of those films you can watch a million times over and still get that same feeling you had the first time you watched it. It just is everything you want in a movie. Tom Hanks is brilliant and Zemeckis direction is incredible. It isnt just a story of a man, but of the generation he was apart of. The brilliance of how these two different elements are put together is what makes Forrest Gump the lovable and great movie it is. If youre one of the few people who havent seen Forrest Gump, all I can say is, watch it. A nice enough concept, fairly well pulled off but is mainly crushed by its own sentimentality and heavy handed emotional manipulation (not to mention ham-fisted politics). Good revision for your 20th century American history exam, otherwise watch Big Fish instead. Epic in scope and triumphant in spirit, Forrest Gump is a larger-than-life piece of film-making, that scored home an impressive 6 Oscars in 1995, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor in a Leading Role. It revolves around the eventful and remarkable life of a mentally, and for some time physically challenged man, who looks at the world through very unique and innocent eyes, as he becomes part of some of the key events that shaped America as a nation. Famous historical figures like Elvis, John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon and John Lennon, are just some of the people that he encounters on his grand and amazing journey. Director Robert Zemeckis is a magician behind the camera, delivering world-class visual story-telling that truly captures the heart and mind in really spell-binding ways. So much love and passion have gone into its making, and its one of those rare cinematic miracles, where all parties involved have dedicated themselves fully to create the best experience possible. Ascended by a beautifully orchestrated music score (together with some great classics from the eras it portrays), it hits all the right notes at all the right moments. Youll laugh, youll cry, youll maybe even feel inspired. For theres nothing in this tour-de-force of a film that isnt absolutely stirring. Its been almost 20 years since its release now, yet the special effects still hold and look as fantastic as ever. They way theyve integrated Forrest into real historical footage, is incredibly well-done and nearly seamless in its crafting. Some things even look more convincing than the wizardry of modern features. However visually compelling it may be though, its in the acting where it truly dazzles. Tom Hanks sensational, award-winning performance, is definitely one of the best, if not the greatest of feat his entire career. I would say it stands between this and his heart-gripping turn as an AIDS victim in Jonathan Demmes Philadelphia . You certainly cant complain about the supporting cast either. Sally Field, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise and Mykelti Williamson, evoke tremendous pathos and sympathy, with their exceptionally written and terrifically acted characters. Michael Conner Humphreys is really wonderful as well, as Forrest in his younger years. Cynics may have issues with how far-fetched the story is, but I dont think it matters much in the larger perspective. Im more than willing to suspend all disbelief, for such a majestically conceived and viscerally powerful piece of drama. And Im sure that goes for a lot of us. A movie about love, loss, war and human behavior. About discovering your inner potential and overcoming your limitations, even when everything seems against you and abscent of hope. For within Forrest Gump dwells a ray of pure inspiration, with the message that life is what you make of it. We may not all come to shake hands with the President or amount to champions in ping-pong, but we all possess the power to make the best of what we have. Timeless, magical, moving and uplifting, this movie is a celebration of all that and more Forrest Gump Quotes You died on a Saturday mornin039. And I had you placed here under our elm tree. And I had that house of your father039s bulldozed to the ground. Momma always said dyin039 was a part of life. I sure wish it wasn039t. Little Forrest, he039s doin039 just fine. About to start school again soon. I make his breakfast, lunch, and dinner every day. I make sure he combs his hair and brushes his teeth every day. Teachin039 him how to play Ping-Pong. He039s really good. We fish a lot. And every night, we read a book. He039s so smart, Jenny. You039d be so proud of him. I am. He, uh, wrote a letter, and he says I can039t read it. I039m not supposed to, so I039ll leave it here for you. Jenny, I don039t know if Momma was right or if, if it039s Lieutenant Dan. I don039t know if we each have a destiny, or if we039re all just floatin039 around accidental-like on a breeze, but I, I think maybe it039s both. Maybe both is happenin039 at the same time. I miss you Jenny. If there039s anything you need. I won039t be far away. Forrest Gump Filming Locations to Visit Hello there If you are new here, you might want to subscribe to the RSS feed for updates on this topic. One of the best films ever made was set and filmed all around the United States, but put a heavy emphasis on the South. While many of the locations were changed or developed for the film or on private property, there are a handful of Forrest Gump filming locations you can visit on your own. Chippewa Square, Savannah Perhaps no place signifies this movie more than Chippewa Square. one of Savannah8217s most iconic parks. At all times of day, you8217ll see people taking pictures next to the sign. But what you won8217t find there is the famous bench that Forrest sat on while waiting for the bus. It8217s now located at the Savannah History Museum to keep it protected. For the film, traffic around the square was actually reversed to make sure the bus would pick up on the correct side. Independent Presbyterian Church, Savannah At the beginning of the movie, a feather flies above a church steeple that is meant to signify Jenny and lands on Forrest8217s feet in Chippewa Square. The Independent Presbyterian Church is open to worshippers. Debi8217s the Restaurant, Savannah Debi8217s the Restaurant is where Jenny works as a diner waitress in the film. It8217s a functioning restaurant off Wright Square that serves Southern cooking. Don8217t let the name confuse you, as it8217s still owned by the same family and locals love it here. Love8217s Seafood Restaurant is another easy-to-visit landmark, known as the truck stop from the film. But don8217t worry, this is a family friendly spot, not the gentlemen8217s club atmosphere portrayed in the film. Grandfather Mountain, Asheville Forrest Gump8217s running journey takes him all over the country, but one memorable scene was in the mountains of North Carolina. The area of Grandfather Mountain has become known as the 8220Forrest Gump Curve.8221 You can drive it or get out and simulate his running. Lincoln Memorial, Washington DC After Forrest accidentally gives a speech, Jenny comes running into the reflection pool at the Lincoln Memorial. where they are reunited. Nearby you can also check out the Watergate Complex. the former hotel where Forrest complains about someone making noise in a nearby room. Today it8217s full of offices, shops and restaurants. For even more filming locations from Forrest Gump to visit, check out this guide on Roadtrippers that includes landmarks from the rest of the United States. Mentioned in this post About Caroline Eubanks Caroline Eubanks is a travel blogger and freelance writer from Atlanta, Georgia who has also lived in Charleston, South Carolina. She shares a love for all things South: glass bottle Coca Colas, chicken and waffles, a good local craft beer and gatherings of friends and family. You can read more of her writing on her blog, Caroline in the City, as well as Her Packing List. Subscribe to our e-mail newsletter to receive updates. Related Posts: Stand Up Paddleboarding in New Smyrna Beach, Florida Film Friday: The Watch No comments yet. Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply. Recent Stories copy 2017 This Is My South. All Rights Reserved.