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    Imagine this: a vast, open landscape full of beauty and terror, framed by the noises of life. Deep purples merging upon the horizon as the distant mountains reach for the white sun. Red dirt and green earth blending on canvas to make this wondrous land – Australia. Our Home. Good morning/afternoon ladies and gentlemen. I am Fiona Collins with Infilm here today to convince you that the classic 1981 Australian film The Man From Snowy River deserves to be included in your Hall of Fame. I shall educate

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    not there are different “levels” of dishonesty, people often sacrifice their integrity in order to succeed. However, is this always the best method of getting ahead in life? While it may be easier to excel in the professional world by cheating, Tom Hanks, Simon Cowell, and Malala Yousafzai have proven that success can come from being honest, and that one does not have to sacrifice his integrity to achieve. Actors and celebrities may enjoy the spotlight constantly surrounding them, but their massive

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    Jack Ryan: A Shadow Recruit was released in 2014 as another spy espionage production. The film introduces Jack Ryan, played by Chris Pine as a PhD student at London’s school of Economics who set aside his studies post 9/11 to join the marines. After a helicopter accident Ryan suffers a spine injury, requiring him to relearn his motor functions. During his recovery period, Ryan is approached by the CIA and given the opportunity to finish his PhD to then work on Wall Street as an analyst to detect

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    of this film. Forrest Gump stars a character that many in the audience views as slow, dumb, handicapped, and several other derogatory words people could come up with. Sadly, all of these phrases and then some pretty accurately describe most . Tom Hanks who played Forrest All throughout the film, it is shown that Forrest, a fictional character based off of “The Novel”, written by Winston Groom to be just that, a dumb boy who was not able to even move without the help and support of his leg

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    The film, Forrest Gump, follows the life of the character as he goes about life while being involved with historical events. In this scene was the ending part of the Vietnam War part of the movie and it relates to the meaning of courage that are also in The Things They Carried. Both Gump, O’Brien and the other characters are fighting the same war, struggling with situations regarding relationships, death, pain, and the post war world. In the scene, Forrest and Bubba running away from the enemy

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    The movie that I selected and watched was Saving Private Ryan, directed by Steven Spielberg back in the 90’s. It was a pretty frightening movie but overall, a spectacular movie with great characters like, Tom Hanks and Matt Damon and had some amazing camera shots and heartwarming and sad quotes. The film starts off with Captain Miller and most of the American troops start invasion into Normandy, France attacking the Germans. Some casualties happen with Miller and his troops. Miller gets a call from

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    Name Student number Courses Date Forrest Gump Forrest Gump is one of the most popular movie around the world, this movie has been inspired most of people since it came out. There are different life lessons that has been mentioned in this movie which inspired lots of people around the world. For example in the movie, Forrest Gump mentioned that “Why don’t you love me, Jenny? I am not a smart man, but I know what love is” (Forrest Gump, 1994). It simply shows that how human kind today sometimes

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    Saving Private Ryan begins with a depiction of D-Day during World War II. I was utterly shocked that this was chosen as the opening scene, but I found it entrancing. This scene was the most realistic and raw war depictions that I have ever seen in a film. It is difficult for the movie industry to create scenes that are as gory as the one at the beginning of Saving Private Ryan, but I feel that this was one of the greatest aspects of the film. I was blown away by the harsh reality that this movie

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    Awards, 1995 MTV Movie Awards, 1995 People’s Choice Awards, 2005 American Film Institute Awards, and various other ones and earned them $667 million dollars when hitting the theaters. The film was directed by Robert Zemeckis, including stars, Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Sally Field, Gary Sinise, Mykelti Williamson. In 1996, a restaurant named ‘Bubba Gump’ was opened up in honor of the movie. In the opening scene, the feather from the start has a lot of different meanings; the feather is white which

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    Forrest Gump Disability

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    Movie Review: Forrest Gump Forrest Gump was one of those movies that pretty much everyone knew or had seen. I had heard of it, although I do not think that I have ever saw the whole movie. This was one of many reasons why I choose to see the movie Forrest Gump and review it after seeing it. Forrest Gump is about a man who has an intellectual disability that is sitting in a bench at the bus stop. While waiting for his bus to come he starts retelling his life to strangers. He mentions the astonishing

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