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    six Academy Awards including best picture and best actor. It earned over $667 million dollars during its theatrical run. The plot of this drama with comical aspects focuses on the life events of a man with an intellectual disability performed by Tom Hanks. This film is based on the book under the same title written by Wiston Groom. It follows the life of a seemingly ordinary man, that despite his lack of intelligence, goes on to do extraordinary things. Forrest was a boy from a small town in Alabama

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    Spielberg in 1998. It was written by Robert Rodat, who was inspired to write a script based on a monument he had visited which was dedicated to four brothers from the American Civil War. Some famous actors star in the film including Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, Vin Diesel and Tom Sizemore. I think Saving Private Ryan is very emotional and has a great effect on the audience. This is because of all the action and emotions that the soldiers are going through in the battle, and it also shows what really happened

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    life that one must follow and live based on it. The movie Forrest Gump (1994) directed by Robert Zemeckis is an existentialism movie because the movie shows the existentialism theme of freedom and choice as the main character Forrest Gump played by Tom Hanks was born without a purpose in life and he makes his own decisions throughout the movie for himself while facing many conflicts and, he was responsible for his action. The movie Forrest Gump is about the life events and journey of a man whose name

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    Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs In the award winning film, Cast Away, Tom Hanks stars as the main character Chuck who becomes stranded on an island after a horrific plane crash. He stays stranded for five or more years and realizes just how good he had it, before he became castaway. Search teams were sent out at sea to look for him, but no one could have guessed that he was alive and well, as well as five-hundred miles away on a little island among many. He goes through hell on this island, and it cannot

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    Miller (Tom Hanks) and his squad (Tom Sizemore, Edward Burns, Barry Pepper, Giovanni Ribisi, Vin Diesel, Adam Goldberg, and Jeremy Davies) as they are about to land on Normandy Beach on June 6, 1944, also known as D-Day. Captain Miller and his men are in their final moments

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    movie portrayed a character with a sense of humor and dedication to his country and used his strength and his thought to help another. Forrest Gump has become some national icon in the movie portray him a special unique talent. The movie start with Tom Hanks as Forrest Gump talking to someone about his personal love story, career, achievement and the effect of different believe and strong development. The character Forrest Gump has a special disorder such similar to intellectual disability. Throughout

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    Forrest Gump is an All American, fan favorite, award-winning film directed by Robert Zemeckis that was released on July 6, 1994. Tom Hanks stars as the main character, Forrest Gump. The award-winning movie’s genre is best described as an epic romantic comedy drama. Many rhetorical appeals such as ethos, pathos, and logos are made throughout the entire movie. Pathos is used the most effecting the audiences’ emotions from beginning to end. The film is based on Forrest Gump’s life, in which he narrated

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    Forrest Gump’s Emotional Dumps In the movie, Forrest Gump, Tom Hanks plays an intellectually handicapped man named Forrest Gump from Greenbow, Alabama. The majority of the movie took place through his recounting of his memories from early childhood all the way up to his current age. This paper looks at Forrest’s ability to communicate, his diligence in a relationship, ability to cope, and his self-perception. Communication Needs Work Interpersonal communication is an interactional process in which

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    Analysis of the Methods Used to Make the Opening Battle Sequence of Saving Private Ryan Shocking and Realistic The Oscar winning wartime epic, Saving Private Ryan, produced by Steven Spielberg was set in 1998, with an opening half hour sequence that was shattering in its realism and ruthless in its depiction of violence. Saving Private Ryan breaks

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    Forrest Gump Disability

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    Introduction In the movie Forrest Gump, Tom Hanks portrays a character that was diagnosed with a low IQ score of 75 as a young child. Throughout the movie the character Forrest Gump is sought of as having a disadvantaged life because of his low IQ and his mild intellectual behavior disorder however, his actions proved that he is far from disadvantaged and was able to live not only a normal life but an adventurous one. Despite suffering from his mild form of intellectual behavior disorder Forrest

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