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Trenton http://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Hanks-Is-Magical-in-Gump-Touching-tale-won-3035358.php http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/forrest-gump-19940706

Colin http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/forrestgump.htm http://ripemovies.com/review/1994/forrest-gump/

Colin Heffernan “Review: Forrest Gump (1994).” Ripe Movies. Ripe Movies, n.d. Web. 18 Nov. 2013 Forrest Gump tells the story of a “stupid” man from a small town in Alabama. After meeting the love of his life, Jenny Curran, in grade school, Forrest Gump spends his whole life thinking about her. The film shows how both of them live their life in different ways and gives a deep look into what was going on in that time period. It is clear that the author of this review enjoys this movie. He praises the director and often praises how great of a job Tom Hanks did of acting in the movie. Additionally he calls it a film of inspiration and how small obstacles should not get in the way of your dreams. The author even suggest moving it up on your list of next movie to watch if you haven’t seen it.

Trenton Erskine “Forrest Gump.” //RollingStone.// Yahoo Music, 6 July 1996. Web. 18 Nov. 2013 Peter Travers is the man who reported on Forrest Gump for the Rolling Stone magazine. It seems as if Peter enjoyed the movie from what he had reported. He talks about how Hanks played the character almost perfectly. It was said that Hanks had not “overplayed” his character. Peter gives credit to the director as well. He talks about how the director added historical events to the movie, which add to it but do not take away meaning to the real story. Peter goes on to say that Forrest is everything that people want in an American man; honest, brave and loyal. It was Hanks who gave the character humor and humanity, not the director or writer. Zemeckis (director) is said to want Forrest’s capacity for hope to rub off on us.

Colin Heffernan, Trenton Erskine Guthmann, Edward. “Hanks Is Magical in `Gump' / Touching tale won several Oscars.” SFGate. Hearst Communications, Inc. 2013. Web. 18 Nov 2013

**“Gump is There”** Forrest Gump is a film directed by Robert Zemickis, in which the life story of a simple souther man is depicted. Throughout the film the main character, Forrest Gump, is thrusted into key historical events of the 20th century. In Gump’s childhood in the 1950’s he runs into the king himself, Elvis Presley, before he becomes famous and then in the 1960’s is placed right in the middle of governor George Wallace trying to keep The University of Alabama segregated. Over the next two decades Gump somehow finds himself in the middle of so many key historical events. He becomes part of the Watergate Scandal, meets president JFK, receives a medal of honor from Johnson and becomes an acquaintance of John Lennon. Ultimately, the film portrays key historical elements of the 20th century within the life story of our hero Forrest Gump. Edward enjoys the movie almost as equally as Peter had. Edward talks about how Forrest started as a simple 8-year old and grew into a great man. However, Edward does believe that the Jenny character is a “movie cliché” as she is the exact opposite of Forrest, yet Forrest still loves her. He also believes that Zemeckis has a “weakness for easy, maudlin sentiment”. Edward does say that all the other actors make huge impacts on the movie as their characters, but “the movie is Hanks’”. It was said that Hanks is “charming as Gump” by the way he dresses and acts.