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[[File:forrest-gump-p111.jpg|thumb|300px|"Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get."]] |
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{{quote|''"His buddy Bubba was a shrimp lovin' man |
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''His friend with no legs he called Lt. Dan |
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''His girlfriend Jenny was kind of a slut |
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''He went to the White House; showed [[Lyndon B. Johnson|LBJ]] his butt"''|[[Filk Song|"Gump"]], [["Weird Al" Yankovic|Weird Al Yankovic]] (to the tune of The Presidents of the United States of America's "Lump")}} |
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{{quote|[[Hello]]. [[The Name Is Bond, James Bond|My name is Forrest. Forrest Gump.]]}} |
{{quote|[[Hello]]. [[The Name Is Bond, James Bond|My name is Forrest. Forrest Gump.]]}} |
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''Forrest Gump'' is a 1994 film starring [[Tom Hanks]] and directed by [[Robert Zemeckis]], and based on a 1986 novel by Winston Groom. It's the tale of a good-natured but simple-minded man [[Historical In-Joke|touching important events and people]] from [[The Fifties]] to [[The Eighties]] (ranging from [[Elvis Presley]] to several presidents), rising to his own measure of fame and fortune in the process, mostly by just being himself. But he's forever pining for his childhood sweetheart Jenny (played by Hanna Hall [[Timeshifted Actor|and]] Robin Wright), who takes a different path in life that sometimes intersects with his. |
'''Forrest Gump''' is a 1994 film starring [[Tom Hanks]] and directed by [[Robert Zemeckis]], and based on a 1986 novel by Winston Groom. It's the tale of a good-natured but simple-minded man [[Historical In-Joke|touching important events and people]] from [[The Fifties]] to [[The Eighties]] (ranging from [[Elvis Presley]] to several presidents), rising to his own measure of fame and fortune in the process, mostly by just being himself. But he's forever pining for his childhood sweetheart Jenny (played by Hanna Hall [[Timeshifted Actor|and]] Robin Wright), who takes a different path in life that sometimes intersects with his. |
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Forrest's journey takes him from his native Alabama to the jungles of Vietnam, from walking in corrective leg-braces to running across North America, from misunderstood country boy to champion ping-pong player to shrimp tycoon, without ever quite losing the undying optimism of the era. |
Forrest's journey takes him from his native Alabama to the jungles of Vietnam, from walking in corrective leg-braces to running across North America, from misunderstood country boy to champion ping-pong player to shrimp tycoon, without ever quite losing the undying optimism of the era. |
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The film was a major box office hit, earning $677,387,716 worldwide (behind only ''[[The Lion King]]'' that year). The critics loved it; it went on to win six Oscars and numerous other awards. Thought by some to be one of Hanks' most memorable movies, ''Forrest Gump'' is also acclaimed for its soundtrack, peppered with dozens of iconic songs of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s -- [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]], [[Elvis Presley]], [[Aretha Franklin]], [[Bob Dylan]], the Four Tops, [[Simon and Garfunkel]] and [[Jefferson Airplane]] are just some of the artists heard. |
The film was a major box office hit, earning $677,387,716 worldwide (behind only ''[[The Lion King]]'' that year). The critics loved it; it went on to win six Oscars and numerous other awards. Thought by some to be one of Hanks' most memorable movies, ''Forrest Gump'' is also acclaimed for its soundtrack, peppered with dozens of iconic songs of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s -- [[Lynyrd Skynyrd]], [[Elvis Presley]], [[Aretha Franklin]], [[Bob Dylan]], the Four Tops, [[Simon and Garfunkel]] and [[Jefferson Airplane]] are just some of the artists heard. |
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* [[Accidental Athlete]]: Forrest ends up as a running back on Bear Bryant's University of Alabama team when a couple of bullies chase him and he ends up running through the school field when the team was practicing. It helps when you consider exactly who he was seen by. For those of you unaware, Paul "Bear" Bryant is universally considered to be one of the greatest American football coaches of all time. |
* [[Accidental Athlete]]: Forrest ends up as a running back on Bear Bryant's University of Alabama team when a couple of bullies chase him and he ends up running through the school field when the team was practicing. It helps when you consider exactly who he was seen by. For those of you unaware, Paul "Bear" Bryant is universally considered to be one of the greatest American football coaches of all time. |
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