A Detailed Film-Review of “Forrest Gump” by Yavuz ÇELİK 1
A Detailed Film-Review of “Forrest Gump”
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Contents• Introduction• Plot• Characters
o - Forrest Gumpo - Jenny Currano - Dan Tayloro - Bubbao - Mrs. Gump
• Background Information• Criticism based on two reviews• My own evaluation• List of references
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IntroductionWhy Forrest Gump for reviewing?- One of my favourite films- Teaches simple truths and values of life- Impressive Plot (whole life with a lot of
adventures)- Includes a lot of meaningful quotes (life
is a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get)
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Plot• The film includes life story of Forrest Gump.- Childhood
- Low IQ level- Meeting Jenny in the school bus- Braces on legs – “Run Forrest Run”
- High-school years- American Football- visiting Jenny with a box of chocolate- “College ran by real fast 'cause I played so much football”
- Military- Obeying the rules & big success- Vietnam & Bubba - Advice from Jenny: “Just run away”- New sport at military hospital “Table Tennis”
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Plot- Shrimp business
- Luitenant Dan- Ship named Jenny- Big storm- Bubba&Gump
- Retirement- Running (three years, two months, 14 days and 16 hours)- Mariage with Jenny- Living in a boarding hause
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Forrest Gump• Pratogonist • Loves Jenny• Stabile character• Whole movie is
characterisication of Forrest Gump
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Jenny Curran• Forrest’s big Love• Has as a dream to become
a folk singer.
“Jenny and I were like peas and carrots. She taught me how to
climb. I showed her how to dangle. She helped me learn how to read, and I showed her how to swing. Sometimes, we'd just sit out and
wait for the stars.”
“She lived in a house that was as old as Alabama. Her mama had gone to heaven when she was five, and her daddy was some kind of a farmer.”
Run; Forrest! Run!
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Dan Taylor
“He was from a long, great military tradition. Somebody in his family had fought and died in every single American
war.”
“The day you are a shrimp boat captain, I will come and be your
first mate.”
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Benjamin Buford "Bubba" Blue
“Bubba is my best good friend. I have to make
sure he is OK.”
He knows everything about shrimps.
His big dream is to be a shrimp boat captain.
He offers Forrest to get into shrimp business.
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Mrs. GumpLife is a box of chocolates, Forrest. You never know what you're going to get.
Death is just a part of life. Something we're all
destined to do.
Stupid is as stupid does.
She is Forrest’s mother.
She always wants the best for Forrest.
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Background Information• Forrest Gump has earned worldwide 677
million dollars, which is a record.
Directed by Robert ZemeckisProduced by Wendy Finerman
Steve TischCharles Newirth
Written by Winston Groom (novel)
Eric RothNarrated by Tom Hanks
Starring Tom HanksRobin WrightGary SiniseMykelti Williamson
Sally FieldMusic by Alan Silvestri
Cinematography Don BurgessEditing by Arthur Schmidt
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date(s) July 6, 1994Running time 141 minutes
Country United StatesLanguage English
Budget $55 millionGross revenue $677,387,716
•The bench at the bus stop, where Forrest Gump sat and Forrest’s suitcase is on exhibition at Savannah History Museum.
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AwardsBest Actor in a Leading Role
Tom Hanks
Best Director
Robert Zemeckis
Best Effects, Visual Effects
Ken Ralston
George Murphy
Stephen Rosenbaum
Allen Hall
Best Film Editing
Arthur Schmidt
Best Picture
Wendy Finerman
Steve Starkey
Steve Tisch
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another
Medium
Eric Roth
These are the awards, which movie won at 1995 Oscars.
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Criticism based on two storiesRobert Faires, Austin Chronicle / July 15, 1994
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times / July 6, 1994
“Any attempt to describe him will risk making the movie seem more conventional than it is.” It’s not only an average lifestory drama.
“Tom Hanks may be the only actor who could have played the role”
It reframes recent history of the world.
There are very successful actors in the business who could pull the part of pretty well.
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My own evaluation• Compare with Benjamin Button• The scenes are connected.
– Barber shop– School bus– Father Forrest and son Forrest
• Reframes important events happened in America.– “Some years later, that handsome young man who they
called The King, well, he sung too many songs. Had himself a heart attack or something. It must be hard being a king.”
– “Some time later, for no particular reason, somebody shot that nice young President (Kennedy) when he was in his car. And a few years after that, somebody shot his little brother, too, only he was in a hotel kitchen.”
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My own evaluation• Social events– Jenny is drug addict, of growing up in a
bad family.– Forrest endangers his own life to save
Bubba.
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List of References• Review no 1:Ebert, Roger. “Forrest Gump Review”; Chicago Sun Times; July 6, 1994
<http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19940706/REVIEWS/407060301/1023 >
• Review no 2:Faires, Robert. “Forrest Gump Review”; Austin Chronicle; July 15, 1994
<http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Calendar/Film?Film=oid%3A138582>
• Informations about awards:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109830/
• Informations about production:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forrest_Gumphttp://www.filminglocationsdetectives.com/films/forrest_gump.htm
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