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    The film Forrest Gump was released on 1994 and directed by Robert Zemeckis. This film uses narratives form and stylistic techniques to achieve an affective connection between the viewers and the protagonist of the movie, Forrest Gump. This movie leaves a first-time spectator not prepared for what he is going to get from the beginning to end in this emotive film. Winner of six Academy Awards including best picture and best actor. It earned over $667 million dollars during its theatrical run. The plot

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    footage, he is placed in seemingly recorded events. The simple love story is interwoven with the upheavals of the Vietnam era, the violent war sequences and solitude he requires to make sense of his changing life. The 1994 film, directed by Robert Zemeckis, works brilliantly on many fronts. The casting of Tom Hanks in the title role and the supporting actors including Sally Fields as Mrs. Gump and Gary Sinise as Lieutenant Dan, all work very well together. But it is the unrequited love between

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    Prejudice, violence, socioeconomic difficulties, sexual assault, stigmas against people with disabilities, inequality, and politics. These topics resonate throughout the tale of one young southern boy-- Forrest Gump. In Robert Zemeckis's film, Forrest Gump, the tale of a disadvantaged and disabled young boy, who grew up in the South, showcases, through light-hearted comedy, the historical evolution of prejudice and discrimination in the United States of America. Forrest Gump never fit in with his

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    Prejudice, violence, socioeconomic difficulties, sexual assault, stigmas against people with disabilities, inequality, and politics. These topics resonate throughout the tale of one young, southern boy—Forrest Gump. In Robert Zemeckis's film, Forrest Gump, the tale of a disadvantaged and disabled young boy, who grew up in the South, showcases, through light-hearted comedy, the historical progression of prejudice and discrimination in the United States of America. Forrest Gump never blended in with

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    World from My Unique Lens Prejudice, violence, socioeconomic difficulties, sexual assault, stigmas against people with disabilities, inequality, and politics. These topics resonate throughout the tale of one young, southern boy-- Forrest Gump. In Robert Zemeckis's film, Forrest Gump, the tale of a disadvantaged and disabled young boy, who grew up in the South, showcases, through light-hearted comedy, the historical progression of prejudice and discrimination in the United States of America. Forrest

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    experience in their lives. When these obstacles occur, there are many paths to be taken. However, the best option is to rise up and persevere through these hardships; to continue travelling down the right path. In the movie Forrest Gump, directed by Robert Zemeckis, Forrest lives a life full of obstacles, many of which develop from his low IQ. In addition to his low IQ he also faces the loss of the people he holds closest to himself. Even though Forrest has many of his own challenges to deal with throughout

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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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    discuss several social issues in order to inform audiences or it is just mainly to entertain viewers with subtle relations with social issues. In 1994, Forrest Gump, an American epic romantic-comedy-drama film was released and was directed by Robert Zemeckis based on the 1986 novel written by Winston Groom (Wikipedia). The film’s setting was focused in the middle of nearly every major event of the 1960s and 1970s. The Subject matter of the Film, Forrest Gump, was mainly to demonstrate what happened

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    Forrest Gump is a romantic, historical drama that follows the protagonist, Forrest Gump, on his wild adventures throughout the world, where he is a hero time and time again despite having the measly IQ of 75. Although the audience is entranced with all of the success that Forrest garners (as a ping pong champion, Medal of Honor recipient, tycoon of a shrimping business and much more), Forrest himself is always focused on his love for Jenny, his first childhood friend that steals his heart. The script

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    Forrest Gump is a movie that was released in the summer of 1994 and is based on a novel by the same name that was written by Winston Groom almost a decade earlier in 1986. The movie was directed by Robert Zemeckis and produced by Paramount Pictures. The film features Tom Hanks as the main character Forrest Gump who is a slow-witted character but also has a heart of gold and is extremely courageous. The supporting cast consists of Gary Sinise (Lt. Dan), Robin Wright (Forrest’s mother) , Sally Field(Jenny)

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