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    Cast Away

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    engineer Chuck Noland (Tom Hanks) is paged to make an emergency trip to Malaysia‚ he doesn’t know he won’t see civilization for another four years. Noland endures the harrowing agony of a terrifying plane crash‚ and finds himself washed ashore on a tiny‚ deserted speck of an island in the Pacific Ocean. Review After an unremarkable let’s-meet-the-characters introduction‚ Zemeckis creates a terrifying plane crash that leave Hanks washed up on an uninhabited island. Tom Hanks has 80% of the screen

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    Cast Away Movie Critique

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    by time and lives a controlled and planned life to the second and put him on a remote‚ lifeless island which causes him to live his life completely opposite from the way he would if he were home. It was man vs. nature as Chuck Noland (played by Tom Hanks) on an island alone for the majority of the movie. Chuck Noland is a Fed-Ex systems engineer. The night after proposing to his girlfriend Kelly (played by Helen Hunt)‚ he gets on a plane that is carrying a cargo that he is escorting. How ironic

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    Forest Gump

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    by Robert Zemeckis and starred Tom Hanks‚ Robin Wright‚ Gary Sinise and Sally Field and is one of the best movies of all time‚ guaranteed. I really just love this movie and it has such a special place in my heart. The performances are just so unforgettable and never get out of your head. The characters‚ I mean the actors turned into them and that’s what got to me. The lines are so memorable‚ touching‚ and sometimes hilarious. We have Forrest Gump(Tom Hanks)‚ not the sharpest tool in the

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    Forrest Gump - Mise-En-Scene

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    Forrest Gump For over a century now‚ individuals have been flocking to witness the magic of motion pictures. It is a world made possible by a director and a dream. Unbeknownst to many‚ the making of a motion picture is a tedious event‚ involving scripts‚ takes‚ re-takes‚ and an abundance of post-production editing. Many people sit and enjoy a movie without realizing the complexities and the amount of individuals involved in creating the film. These individuals create the landscapes and backboards

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    Cast Away

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    matter how many obstacles are thrown in our paths‚ we will find ways to accept them. The story is not so much about the survival of a human being‚ but rather the survival of the human spirit and an illustration of the idea that surviving is easy‚ Hanks stars as Chuck Noland‚ a FedEx systems engineer whose personal and professional life are ruled by the clock. His fast-paced career takes him‚ often at a moment’s notice‚ to far-flung locales and away from his girlfriend Kelly‚ played by Helen Hunt

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    References: Forrest Gump. Dir. Robert Zemeckis. Perf. Tom Hanks. Paramount Pictures‚ 1994.

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    Forest Gump

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    Forrest Gump is an epic romantic comedy-drama film‚ which was released in 1994 as a Paramount Pictures Production. It is based on a novel under the same title written by Winston Groom. The film was directed by Robert Zemeckis and starred Tom Hanks‚ Robin Wright‚ Gary Sinise and Sally Field. This movie is not only the winner of 6 Oscars including Best Actor‚ Best Director and Best Picture‚ but it was also the biggest money-making film at the box office that year. The movie is about a simple man

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    Apollo 13 Video Clip

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    personality to be a calming rational thinker while taking others in consideration‚ and blocking the negativity or tension that maybe building. Bill Paxton & Tom Hank’s characters points out that the smartest people on the planet have been brought together to make sure every setting is correct‚ and all the resources needed are available. Tom Hanks points out that they have a large amount of variables to consider when overcoming the challenges before them‚ and they are just starting that “task” list so

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    Civil Rights In many parts of the South‚ blacks and whites are coming together to attempt to fulfill the agreements made in the Thirteenth‚ Fourteenth‚ and Fifteenth Amendment. These amendments give equal rights and chances to African-Americans. Despite these innovations‚ segregation is still very much alive. Many people started opposing segregation because of the Jim Crow Laws and how it supported segregation and restricted African-Americans to do certain things. One of the vital factors that

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    (2011) describe music as being “a crucial part of the movie-going experience” (Sec. 6.4; papa. 18). In the “What If”- You’ve Got Mail (1998) clip‚ Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan’s characters engage in deep conversation‚ putting it as the prominent sound used for this scene. The dialogue used showed the passion between the two characters. The tone in Tom Hank’s voice makes you believe he is very passionate about what he is saying and at the end when he is mad about her choosing another over him. Meg Ryan’s

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