Forrest Gump

Movie 1994
4th $ ever at the time
(ET, Star War, Jurassic Park)

Forrest Gump

Oscar:

Best Picture
Best Director
Best Actor
Best Adapted Screenplay

Forrest Gump

Beats
Shawshank Redemption
and
Pulp Fiction!

What makes a great movie?

Great Movie

Conflict w/ Environment 

Conflict w/ Others

Conflict w/ Self

Shawshank

Conflict w/ Environment 

Conflict w/ Others

Conflict w/ Self

Forrest Gump

Conflict with Surrounding

Conflict with Others

Conflict with Self

Hollywood

Liberal

Left Wing

Anti-War

Forrest Gump

Conservative

Right Wing

Pro-War

Conservative

& Right Wing

Family, decent, football, Alabama

Pro-War

Only Vietnam movies shoot like WW2 

Tom Hanks is 4th Choice!

Behind:
Jon Trovota

Chevy Chase
Bill Murray 

Why is it great?

USA!

USA

• Racial Segregation
• Vietnam
• JFK
• Watergate
• AIDS

Feather

Love and Value