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The Film Forest Gump, Directed by Robert Zemeckis in 1994, takes us through the trail and tribulations of the character Forest Gump. Forest Gump is acted Tom Hanks, who does a wonderful job portraying the life of Forest Gump. We start the movie by seeing a feather fall from the skies to a man sitting on a park bench awaiting the #9 bus to come and get him. After the feather falls into his hand he then starts talking to the people next to him about his life stories. Although he seems to be mentally disabled in some form, he catches the hearts and souls of many of the people that come to sit around him, though there are a few that don’t believe in the stories that he tells. The stories include happenings of 30 years of Forest’s life in chronological order. Beginning when he was a child and gets his leg braces put on. This is where we notice two things. The first is that there is something “different” about Forest and the latter is just how caring Forest’s mother is for him. Forest Mother, portrayed by Shortly after he gets his new braces put on we are introduced to Forest’s best friend and love of his life, her name is a Jenny Curran. Jenny is acted out through the mind, body, and soul of Robin Wright. She is one of the few people that can truly accept Forest for what he is, over looking the fact that he is a little slow. We meet her on the bus to school after no one would let Forest sit with them, she offers the seat next to her, from this point on we, the audience, notice just how sweet and caring Jenny is for Forest. As Forest Grows up we see that, even though his body matures he still maintains the mind and soul of a child, not caring about being a star football player, the fame of receiving the congressional metal of honor, from the Army, or even the millions he makes from the Bubba Gump Shrimp Company.
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