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Forrest GumpGroup members: Nick Bo Fisher Ivy Stephanie

Contents The general idea of this movie Main characters Filming and visual effect Symbolism

General idea In the movie, Tom Hanks played the role who was an amentia person, and he fall in love with his best childhood friend Jenny Curran, but he didn t know how to expressed his love. When Gump joined the army to go to Vietnam, he met his second best friend Benjamin Buford who wants to become a captain of shrimping ship after the war end, yet, Buford died in Vietnam. Gump became a hero when he come back to US, and he bought a ship to finish his promise from Buford, then, he met lieutenant and help him to change his life. At the end, he found Jenny and get along with his lover.

Tom Hanks (Forrest Gump) Tom Hanks (born July 9, 1956)is an American actor, producer, writer, and director. Hanks was born in Concord, California. He studied theater at Chabot College in Hayward , California, and after two years , transferred to California State University, Sacramento. During his years studying theater, Hanks met Vincent Dowling, head of the Great Lakes Theater Festival in Cleveland, Ohio. At Dowling suggestion, Hanks became an intern at the Festival. And he won Cleveland Critics Circle Award for best Actor for his 1978 performance as Proteus in Shakespeare s The Tow Gentlemen of Verona, one of the few times he played a villain.

Forrest Gump Though at an early age his school principal determines young Forrest possesses an IQ of 75, he has endearing character and devotion to his loved ones and duties, which brings him into many life-changing situations. Along the way, he encounters many historical figures and events throughout his life.

Tom Hanks (Forrest Gump) Filmography Big (1988) Philadelphia (1993) Forrest Gump (1994) Cast Away (2000) The Polar Express (2004) Larry Crowne (2011)

Robin Wright (Jenny Curran) Robin Gayle Wright (born April 8, 1966) is an American actress, she is best known for her roles as Jenny Curran in Forrest Gump and as Buttercup in The Princess Bride. Wright was born Robin Gayle Wright in Dallas, Texas, the daughter of Gayle (née Gaston), an Independent Executive National Sales Director for Mary Kay cosmetics, and Freddie Gayle Wright, a pharmaceutical executive. She was raised in San Diego, California.

Jenny Curran Gump's childhood friend who enters his life at various times in adulthood, eventually becoming mother to his son and later marrying Gump. Jenny is a survivor of child sexual abuse, which results in her struggles with selfdestructive behavior throughout much of her life. She dies from an unknown virus, which reviewers and authors speculated as being HIV/AIDS.

Mykelti Williamson (Buford) Michael T. "Mykelti" Williamson (born March 4, 1960) is an American actor best known for his role as Benjamin Buford (Bubba) Blue in the 1994 film Forrest Gump and recently for appearing as the head

of CTU for season 8 of the hit TV series 24. Williamson was born on March 4, 1960 in St. Louis, Missouri, and he began performing at the age of nine. After that, Williamson studied television/film at Los Angeles City College. He later transferred to Gene Evans Motion Picture School in San Jose and earned his certificate in Cinematography/ Film Production.

Benjamin Buford Gump's friend whom he meets upon joining the Army. Bubba was originally supposed to be the senior partner in the Bubba Gump Shrimp Company but due to his death in the line of duty in Vietnam, his commanding officer Lieutenant Dan Taylor took his place.

Gary Sinise (Dan Taylor) Gary Sinise ( born March 17, 1955) is an American actor, film director and musician. During his career, Sinise has won various awards including Emmy and a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for an Academy Award. Sinise was born in Blue Island, Illinois. He attended Highland Park High School, in Highland Park, Illinois, and continued his education at State University of New York at Oneonta, in Oneonta, New York. In 1974, Sinise and two friends, Terry Kinney and Jeff Perry, founded the Steppenwolf Theatre Company. After that, he worked on more than thirty of the company's productions.

Dan Taylor Gump and Bubba's commanding officer during the Vietnam War, who comes from a long line of soldiers with a dubious history of dying in combat. After losing his legs in an ambush and being rescued against his will by Forrest, he falls into a deep depression. He then later serves as Forrest's first mate at the Bubba Gump Shrimp Company, gives most of the orders, and regains his will to live and ultimately forgives Forrest for his actions in Vietnam and thanks him for saving his life.

Filming and visual effect Ken Ralston and his team at Industrial Light & Magic were responsible for the film s visual effects. Using CGI (电脑图像界面) techniques, it was possible to depict Gump meeting deceased personages and shaking their hands, and Hanks could line up with the archive footage. Also, the whole film use the flashback (倒叙) to improve the story s atmosphere, in addition, voiceover alternate the whole film to attract beholders eye, that s another important factor.

World events Vietnam War assassination of John.F.Kenedy Watergate Scandal Establishment of the diplomatic relations between China and the United State

Symbolism Feather

Hanks interpreted the feather as: "Our destiny is only defined by how we deal with the chance elements to our life and that's kind of the embodiment of the feather as it comes in. Here is this thing that can land anywhere and that it lands at your feet. It has theological implications that are really huge.” “I don t know if we each have a destiny, or if we re all just floating around accidental—like on a breeze.” we can say the feather will fall down someday, but don t forget, the feather once belonged to sky.