Tag: Forrest Gump
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This Is the Iconic “Miserable S.O.B.” Role That Tom Hanks Turned Down
Over his long and illustrious career as an actor, Tom Hanks has earned a reputation as one of Hollywood’s nicest people. This was enforced by his choice of roles in projects such as rom-com Sleepless in Seattle, You’ve Got Mail, and Forrest Gump, and The Polar Express. Recently, he shook things up by starring in…
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‘Claim to Fame’ Season 2 Had No Idea How Musical Theatre Works
Claim to Fame brings together a group of contestants who are all related to celebrities in some way or another. They’re all trying to figure out who the others are and there are games that give clues to who is who. This second season, we had the niece of Tom Hanks kick things off with…
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Arthur Schmidt, Oscar-Winning Film Editor of ‘Forrest Gump,’ ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit,’ Dies at 86
Arthur “Artie” R. Schmidt, who won Oscars for editing Robert Zemeckis films “Forrest Gump” and “Who Framed Roger Rabbit,” died Saturday at his home in Santa Barbara. He was 86.Schmidt and Zemeckis were longtime collaborators, having worked on a total of ten films together, including “Forrest Gump” (1994), the “Back to the Future” trilogy (1985-1990),…
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Tom Hanks Directed a Julia Roberts Rom-Com You Forgot About
Tom Hanks is many things. He’s America’s dad. He’s Woody the cowboy doll in Toy Story. He’s in Forrest Gump, Saving Private Ryan, A League of Their Own, and so many other classic movies. He can do anything from tell profane knock-knock jokes in Catch Me If You Can to make moviegoers cry with quiet…
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Was ‘Big Fish’ Really Just ‘Forrest Gump’ in Disguise?
In 1994, one of the most iconic American movies was released directed by Robert Zemeckis: Forrest Gump. It was based on the novel of the same name which was published in 1986 written by Winston Groom. Just a year short of a decade later, Big Fish directed by Tim Burton was released to theaters, based…
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Tom Hanks’ Brother Played An Important Role In Forrest Gump (But You Probably Didn’t Notice It)
In Robert Zemeckis’ 1994 film “Forrest Gump,” Tom Hanks plays Forrest, a good-hearted but low-intelligence rube who, thanks to impeccably constructed American institutions, stumbles repeatedly into athletic, financial, and military success. Forrest is friendly, strong, and hapless, happy to tell his life story to anyone who sits on the bus bench next to him. Hanks…
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Tom Hanks: There Were Talks Of A ‘Forrest Gump’ Sequel That “Lasted All Of 40 Minutes”
The live-action remake of “Pinocchio” hit Disney+ today to a mixed-to-negative reception from critics. No surprise there, given the critical response to Tim Burton‘s dismal “Dumbo” and Jon Favreau‘s “The Lion King” in 2019. But it makes one think of more halcyon times when star Tom Hanks and director Robert Zemeckis teamed up for 1994’s…
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UK-Ireland box office preview: ‘Nope’ opens; ‘Laal Singh Chaddha’ is widest-ever South Asian release
‘Eiffel’ with Emma Mackey, ‘Where Is Anne Frank’ also starting.Nope, the latest horror from US filmmaker Jordan Peele, is the leading title opening at UK-Ireland cinemas this weekend; as Indian Forrest Gump remake Laal Singh Chaddha receives the widest opening ever for a South Asian film.Universal’s Nope is Peele’s third feature, and centres on the…
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Here’s Why ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Is Bigger Than ‘Titanic’: It Saved the Movies
In the three months since “
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A Legal Battle With Francis Ford Coppola Could Have Been The End Of Contact
“Contact” was the first movie Robert Zemeckis directed after winning an Oscar for Best Director on “Forrest Gump” in 1995. The film stars Jodie Foster as Ellie Arroway, a scientist whose lifelong search for proof of extraterrestrial life is vindicated when she uncovers a mysterious signal from Vega, a star system 26 light-years away from…