... . These minimal details could have been seen throughout the movie as he ventures and take chances as he plays college football, travels to foreign countries, meets national leaders or simply goes to a cross-country run. Combining traditional camera moves with special effects produced a pretty good movie to watch. Close ups were not needed to provoke the audience to feel the movie ... -scene were good enough to tell the story. Let's not forget the scenes of Sinise in a wheelchair without both legs. They used a blue fabric to cover his legs and later on deleted in post to give the real sens...

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... pretty much on that level all the way through. His trove of facts increases, but his basic methodology of handling the world never changes. As a boy, with braces on his legs, he peers at life and expects little more than to be heard and acknowledged, and the first person aside from his doting mother to do that with him is his ... the Congressional Medal of Honor. Although he rescues his platoon leader (Gary Sinise), the man has nothing but rancor and bitterness, since he lost his legs, while Gump only got shot in the rear. After Vietnam, Gump goes on to be the captain of a shrimp boat, ...

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... day, while fleeing from some bullies, Forrest's leg braces break apart and he discovers that he can run very fast, which earns him a scholarship to the University of Alabama. Jenny goes to an all girls' college but is messing around with boys and beginning to get in trouble. After graduating, Forrest enlists in the U.S. Army and is deported to Vietnam where ... and eventually competes against Chinese teams. Upon discharging from the military, Forrest keeps his wartime promise to Bubba by starting the shrimping business. Lieutenant Dan, being furious with his amputated legs, joins this b...

• Word Count: 1027
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... day, while fleeing from some bullies, Forrest's leg braces break apart and he discovers that he can run very fast, which earns him a scholarship to the University of Alabama. Jenny goes to an all girls' college but is messing around with boys and beginning to get in trouble. After graduating, Forrest enlists in the U.S. Army and is deported to Vietnam where ... and eventually competes against Chinese teams. Upon discharging from the military, Forrest keeps his wartime promise to Bubba by starting the shrimping business. Lieutenant Dan, being furious with his amputated legs, joins this b...

• Word Count: 1027
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School