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    Toy Story 3 Speech 1318: Interpersonal Communication 12/6/11 Toy Story 3, I chose to do Toy Story 3 because lot of us when we were kids, we used to have a favorite toy that everywhere we go it always came with us. No matter if the toy looks old, broken, ugly, or nasty as longest made us happy to have it with us all the time. Sometimes remind me too, how I used to carry my cabbage patch everywhere with me even when my mom always told me to leave it at home, but I never listened to her. Well

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    Tom Hanks who is the main character couldn’t believe his eyes. He was shocked that those cruel scenes were happening right in front of his face. Spielberg also stops the music and makes the screen kind of blurry to instill a sense of reality to the atmosphere

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    brothers to fall in action during WWII. The film, set in late WWII, opened with a half hour rendition of the macabre American occupation of Omaha beach during D-Day. Spielberg tied viewers to protagonist Airborne Ranger Captain Miller, played by Tom Hanks, as he fought through the heavily German fortified shores of Normandy. The Americans eventually took the beach, and CPT Miller then received direct follow on orders from General George C. Marshall to go and pull PFC Ryan from the frontlines of battle

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    character of Captain Miller is played by Tom Hanks and part way through the confusion it seems as though Miller is observing everything instead of taking part in fighting for his country, it’s as if he has been temporarily deafened, some terror is seen in Miller’s eyes when he picks up his helmet and puts it on his head and the bloodied water streams down his face. This shows that already there are wounded and deceased soldiers. Hanks’ make up has purposely been made to

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    men were either killed or missing. Another 13,000 plus paratroopers were dropped off behind enemy lines in Normandy the day before. Omaha Beach was a brutal battle; you could smell, hear, and taste death in the first scene of Saving Private Ryan. Tom Hanks plays the character of Captain Miller. Saving Private Ryan shows the audience how Captain Miller and his group showed special characteristics all for saving one soldier. Steven Spielberg gave the audience a look at soldier’s emotions, class, and

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    the movie I'm going to be using for this paper assignment. “Forrest Gump” is directed by Robert Zemeckis. It was screenplay by Eric Roth, and the story was by Winston Groom. The release date for this movie was July 6, 1994. Forrest Gump (Played by Tom Hanks who is an Oscar-winning performance) has never thought of himself as disadvantaged, and thanks to his supportive mother (Sally Field). He leads anything but a restricted life. Whether dominating on the Gridiron as a football star, fighting in Vietnam

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    accidental, like on a breeze, but I think maybe it’s both” - Forrest Gump. The movies opening scene begins with a feather floating around the air when it finally lands on Forrest’s shoe while he sits on a bench at a bus stop. Forrest Gump is played by Tom Hanks and he does a tremendous job portraying the character as if it was really him. This film is a romantic comedy/drama about a young man named Forrest Gump who is quite not the smartest but yet overcomes many obstacles during his journey and accomplishes

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    shot of a war cemetery; this drives home the seriousness of the war and just how many people died as it is very easy to forget the sheer number of people who were murdered during the war. The extreme close up on the eye of an old Captain Miller (Tom Hanks) gives the audience a feeling of connection with the character and lets them know he is going to have an important role within the film. During the fight scene the camera angles are wild movements and a handheld camera is used to give the effect

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    Scene Analysis of "The Green Mile" Essay

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    by Stephen King and later directed by Frank Darabont. It is based on the guards and inmates of a penitentiary’s Death Row during the great depression. There is a certain monotony that comes with working on Death Row and Paul Edgecomb, played by Tom Hanks, has become numb to the fact that he is paid to take lives; that is until John Coffey gets sentenced to death and is sent to Paul’s “green mile”. John Coffey is a very large black man that was accused of rape and murder of two little girls, and in

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    The acting in Saving Private Ryan is phenomenal and it baffles me that none of the actors received any real recognition for their performance. The film’s casting is a brilliant array of actors ranging from personality actors, character and wild card, and one of Hollywood’s megastars. These actors bring their character to life almost to the point that you believe, they are actually playing themselves on the screen. One of the film’s best scenes is when the squad maneuvers on and takes out a German

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