Forrest Gump [DVD]

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Thanks to Robert Zemeckis and Tom Hanks, even the most cynical critic will find it hard not to shed at least one tear by the end of this undeniably engrossing movie. Various interpretations have been suggested for the feather present at the opening and conclusion of the film.

This unknown disease was intended by Winston Groom, the author of the original novel, to be Hepatitis C, itself an "unknown virus" until defined in April 1989, [6] [7] although some of the makers of the film have said that they intended for the unknown disease to have been HIV/AIDS. million worldwide during its theatrical run, making it the second-highest-grossing film of 1994, behind The Lion King. On his first day of school, Forrest meets a girl named Jenny Curran, and the two become best friends. Joe Pesci was considered for the role of Lieutenant Dan Taylor, which was eventually given to Gary Sinise. The film follows several decades in the life of a slow-witted yet kindhearted Alabama man named Forrest Gump (Hanks) and his experiences in the 20th-century United States.Turning off the personalized advertising setting won’t stop you from seeing Etsy ads, but it may make the ads you see less relevant or more repetitive. Other commentators believe the film forecast the 1994 Republican Revolution and used the image of Forrest Gump to promote movement leader Newt Gingrich's traditional, conservative values.

Chappelle, who said he believed the film would be unsuccessful, has been reported as saying that he regrets not taking the role.Disc 2 has the usual making of documentary (30 mins), plus some neat featurettes on the production and sound design and the many special effects shots (including how they made Gary Sinise lose his legs). Bruce Kawin and Gerald Mast's textbook on film history notes that Forrest Gump's dimness was a metaphor for glamorized nostalgia in that he represented a blank slate onto which the Baby Boomer generation projected their memories of those events. Jenny eventually becomes a waitress in Savannah, Georgia, where she lives in an apartment with her (and Forrest's) son, Forrest Jr. Although most of the film is set in Alabama, filming took place mainly in and around Beaufort, South Carolina, as well as parts of coastal Virginia and North Carolina, [33] including a running shot on the Blue Ridge Parkway.