Forrest Gump

The original score for the movie "Forrest Gump" was written by Alan Silvestri. There are two main theme songs used throughout the movie - the gentle piano music used in the introductory and final scenes and the triumphant music used in some of the running scenes. The compilation of the main themes of the movie is called "Suite from Forrest Gump" and can be found on "Forrest Gump: Original Motion Picture Score - Music composed and conducted by Alan Silvestri". The piano intro is called "I'm Forrest…Forrest Gump" and the first use of the triumphant theme is called "Run Forrest Run" and was used when Forrest's braces broke apart when he was running.

They wanted to support him in his cause of just running around the country. ForestGump was a person who was alwaysmotivated to do anything and he was not scared in taking a challenge. the people ran with him just to do the same thing he was just running?

1950's-- young people rebelled and embraced the rock and roll culture with music and a new style of dancing and dress. people were quick to protest against war and civil rights.

1960's-- a time of free will of sorts, irresponsible excess, flamboyant, libertine attitudes of sex drugs and rock n roll.

1970's was a time of increasing political awareness, political and economic liberties for women increased greatly, hippie culture was fading quickly.

1980's tremendous population growth, role of women in the work place increased greatly, seat belt safety awareness, opposition to nuclear power plants after 1986 Chernobyl accident, gay rights became more accepted, disco era in music, MTV was launched , compact disks unveiled.

There were many historical events within the 30 year period in the life of Forrest Gump. The advent of TV, Elvis Presley and rock and roll, civil rights and civil unrest in the 1960's. The war in Vietnam, politics and several presidents, space flight, AIDS, the birth of personal computers such as Apple. The movie Forrest Gump has become an American icon with such phrases as 'life is like a box of chocolates', 'run Forrest run', 'stupid is as stupid does', and my favorite, 'sometimes there just aren't enough rocks'.

Yeah. It is based on a true story

Probably 1967. The author was in that unit (Company A, 2/47 Infantry, 3rd brigade, 9th Inf Div) about that time frame. The film certainly didn't take place in 1969 or 1970, because the 2/47th was a Mechanized Infantry battalion during that time frame (used M113 APC/ACAV=Armored Personnel Carriers/Armored Cavalry Assault Vehicles). Which of course, were not depicted in the film. Gump's unit was, to use the term at the time, a "straight leg" grunt outfit. Straight leg meaning straight infantry, all foot soldier...no tracks (slang for armored tracked vehicles).

Drill Sergeant wanted to send Gump to OCS, Officer Candidate School, but according to him it would have been a waste of an inlisted man.

Forrest Pogue died in 1996.

The main motif of the Forrest Gump film is destiny. Throughout the movie, destiny continues to be brought up. "Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get."

Destiny is often thought of as being a destination, but this film focuses on the journey being the destiny. There are so many ways of traveling that are focused on in the film including walking with braces, walking and running without braces, roads, busses, flying.

The feather represents destiny, how it is seemingly random while it is blown on the wind, but also how, if the wind is controlled by God, that maybe our destinies are planned for us.

The three main characters in this film, Forrest, Jenny, and Dan, personify people's grasp on their destiny.

Forrest's leg braces represent the restrictions we place upon ourselves when we want to take control of our destiny. The purpose of them was to make Forrest's back grow straight so that he would grow up like everyone else, but all they did was make him vulnerable and crippled. It wasn't until he was able to break free from his braces that he was able to be himself, leave the road behind, and even jump the fence. After breaking free from his braces, his legs became stronger than ever before and he was thus able to have more control over his destiny. Forrest never seems to really care what happens to him, he just goes with the flow and does the right thing, a figurative feather in the wind; He takes life as it comes. Because of this attitude, he is successful and happy and has the opportunity to help others become successful and happy as well even though he isn't the brightest.

Jenny always wanted to take control of her destiny. When she was young, she prayed to God to turn her into a bird so she could fly away as if turning her into a bird were the only option she had to make her life better. She always knew exactly where she wanted to go: to San Fransisco with the hippie, on a bus from Berkley to DC. But as much as she tried to control her destiny, she is not happy. But the "wind" still affects her and she still meets up with Forrest over and over again, and he has a positive effect on her.

Dan thought he knew his destiny. He knew that he was supposed to die in a war for his country. He lived his life accordingly, so that he would die in the service. He thought destiny was a destination, a final act. He didn't realize that the "wind" was blowing and that his path through it was his destiny. He thought he had complete control over his destiny, but this attitude eventually led him to have less control. While he was denied his final act, he was also denied the use of his legs. From then on, he was confined to travel only on paved paths in a wheelchair and his destinations were chosen for him. It wasn't until he accepted his life, or his lack of control over his destiny, that he was set free of his chair and able to move around the boat in relative freedom. The more he came to emulate Forrest's grasp on life, the more success he had and he was eventually able to use his legs once again and have the freedom of control again. And like Forrest, once Dan was able to break free of his chair and use his legs again, his legs were stronger than ever before. ("Titanium alloy. Same stuff they use on the space shuttle.")

Overall, the movie speaks of when you trust in God or the wind and let Him/it take control of your life, you will have more happiness and success, and you will be able to bring happiness and success to others along the way. And it speaks of failure and how when we fail and learn from it, we can become more than we ever were before.

Due to his simplistic honesty, Gump made the perfect narrator for his own life.

If you're referring to the movie Forrest Gump, his last name was Taylor.

The quote from the movie is, "We lived about a quarter mile off Route 17, about half a mile from the town of Greenbow, Alabama. That's in the county of Greenbow."

Curious George.

Due to Mrs. Gump's conviction that Forrest live as normal a life as anyone else, he was able to venture out into the world and find a place for himself in modern society. It was the rock that his life was built on.

For 3 years.

Gump's was created in 1861.

There are. Forrest comes to the conclusion that each life is run by a little of both.

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The sign on the front of the house read Gump House.

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He was trying to segregate the University of Alabama.

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Baseball

That was how Forrest described his time in Vietnam, "I got to see a lot of the countryside. We would take these real long walks. And we were always lookin' for this guy named Charlie."

One was an autographed photo of Marilyn Monroe, the second was JFK with and his brother Bobby.