4. Director,
• Born
in
1951,
Chicago
Robert
• Studied
film
at
University
of
Southern
California
Zemeckis
• Met
Steven
Spielberg
aEer
winning
a
Student
Academy
Award
at
USC
• Known
for
Special
effects
in
his
works
and
digital
film
making
• Support
Democra1c
party,
PACs
for
aircraE
owners
and
pilots,
family
planning
interests,
and
groups
for
Hollywood
women
• <Back
to
the
Future
(1998,
1989,
1990)>,
<Who
Framed
Roger
Rabbit(1988)>,
<Cast
Away(2000)>,
<The
Polar
Express(2004)>
5. Background
Info
• Based
upon
the
novel
of
the
same
name
in
1986
by
Winston
Groom
• Huge
commercial
success
-‐ Over
$677
million
worldwide
earning
during
its
theatrical
run
-‐ Won
the
Academy
for
Best
Picture,
Best
Director,
Best
About
Actor,
Best
Adapted
screenplay,
Forrest
Best
Visual
effects
and
Best
film
Gump
edi1ng
7. Historical
Events
• Nathan
Bedford
Forrest
-‐
Confederate
Lieutenant
general.
The
name
-‐
the
first
Grand
Wizard
of
the
“FORREST”
‘Ku
Klux
Klan’
8. Historical
Events
Elvis
Presley
•
Elvis
Presley
-‐
King
of
Rock
N
Roll
9. • The
Governor
of
Alabama,
Historical
Events
George
Corley
Wallace
Integra1on
of
-‐Famous
for
’stand
in
the
schoolhouse
door’
Alabama
State
University
-‐”……
and
I
say
segrega1on
now,
segrega1on
tomorrow,
segrega1on
forever.”
-‐Against
the
enrollment
of
two
Black
students.
Confronted
by
federal
marshals
and
the
Alabama
Army
Na1onal
Guard,
he
stepped
aside.
10.
Historical
Events
• Extra-‐marital
rela1onship
with
Marilyn
John
F.
Kennedy
Monroe.
• Assassina1on
of
John
F.
Kennedy
and
his
brother
11. Historical
Events
• Vietnam
War
Vietnam
War
-‐
Lieutenant
Dan
&
Private’s
names
-‐
‘na1on’s
best
young
men
served
this
war’
-‐
Tex
,
Dallas
from
Phoenix
,
Cleveland
from
Detroit.
12. Historical
Events
• a
Texas
Democrat,
• Completed
the
rest
of
Kennedy's
term
and
Lyndon
B.
Johnson
was
elected
President
in
his
own
right.
• "Great
Society“
“War
on
Poverty”
13. Historical
Events
Abbie
Hoffman
• Every
1me
he
said
the
"F"
word,
people,
well,
they
cheered!
15. Historical
Events
Ping
Pong
Diplomacy
(1971)
“Somebody
said
world
peace
was
in
our
hands,
but
all
I
did
was
play
Ping-‐Pong.”
16. Historical
Events
John
Lennon’s
‘Imagine’
Dick
:
Can
you
tell
us,
um,
what
was
China
like?
Gump
:
In
the
land
of
China...
people
hardly
got
nothin‘
at
all.
John
:
No
possessions?
Gump
:
And
in
China,
they
never
go
to
church.
John
:
No
religion,
too?
Dick
:
Oh.
Hard
to
imagine.
John
:
Well,
it's
easy
if
you
try,
Dick.
17. Historical
Events
Richard
Nixon
&
“Watergate”
• Richard
Nixon
37th
President
of
the
United
States
(1969
~
1973,
1973
~
1974)
Republican
First
president
to
resign
office
due
to
the
Watergate
Affair
18. Historical
Events
Shrimp
Fishing
Business
No
Shrimps…. So
Gump
prayed
for
shrimps,
some1mes
with
Lt.
Dan.
19. Historical
Events
Shrimp
Fishing
Business
Shrimp
Business
becomes
a
huge
success
20. Historical
Events
Shrimp
Fishing
Business
Shrimp
Business
becomes
a
huge
success
27. Mrs.
Gump
says
l
happen
to
believe
you
make
your
own
desDny
.
You
have
to
do
the
best
with
what
“God
gave
you”.
Forrest
:
What's
my
desAny,
Mama?
You're
going
to
have
to
figure
that
out
for
yourself.
“Life
is
a
box
of
chocolates,
Forrest.
You
never
know
what
you're
going
to
get.”
Forrest
Gump
Says
I
don't
know
if
Mama
was
right
or
if
it-‐-‐it's
Lieutenant
Dan.
I
don't
know...
if
we
each
have
a...
desDny...
or
if
we're
all
just
floaDng
around
accidental-‐like
on
a
breeze...
but
I-‐-‐I
think…
“maybe
it's
both.
Maybe
both
get
happening
at
the
same
;me.”
Life
Des1ny
but
it
has
uncertainty
28. Addi1onal
Points
Solu;on
to
Everything
“Run
Forest
Run!”
ü Crippled
à
Ran
away
from
bullying
ü Go
to
college
as
a
football
player
Running
ü Survived
from
the
war
ü Find
Jenny
Small
Gov’t
?
29. Addi1onal
Points
Overcome
the
handicap
ü Born
to
be
poli1cal
Magic
à
Gesng
rid
of
its
poli1cal
symbols
The
Crippled
Legs
,
Cut
off
legs
in
the
war
Shoes
Gump
:
Pro-‐
Business
(Nike
Shoes)
Lt.
Dan
:
Religion,
Pro-‐Business
and
Gump
(Titanium
legs)
30. • Running
across
the
country
à
giving
ideas
for
shirts
“_____
it
Happens”
• Apple
computers
• Bubba
Shrimp
Co.
à 1996,
Bubba
Gump
Shrimp
Co.
Pro-‐Business
à
Restaurants
(28
stores
in
U.S.)
But
Live
in
harmony
31. • Builds
a
hospital
and
a
church
for
Pro-‐Business
Alabama
But
• Shares
the
profit
with
small
Live
in
harmony
community
33. Conclusion
conclusion
• An
Individual
not
engaged
in
poli1cs
• Advocacy
on
self-‐reliance
based
upon
pro-‐business
and
Religion
• Out
of
being
conserva1ve,
but
not
too
radical
like
‘60s
counterculture
• Focus
on
values
of
individual
but
also
on
family,
small
community
value
