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    The movie Forrest Gump is directed by Robert Zemeckis and stars Tom Hanks as Forrest Gump, a man who is somehow involved in many major historical events from the 1950s to 2000s. It is based on the novel by Winston Groom and follows Forrest as he grows up. The movie had a budget of $55 million and became one of the highest grossing films of all time, making $677.9 million at the box office.

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    Forrest Gump

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    The movie Forrest Gump is directed by Robert Zemeckis and stars Tom Hanks as Forrest Gump, a man who is somehow involved in many major historical events from the 1950s to 2000s. It is based on the novel by Winston Groom and follows Forrest as he grows up. The movie had a budget of $55 million and became one of the highest grossing films of all time, making $677.9 million at the box office.

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    Forrest Gump

    By: Elizabeth Brown

    Overview

    Director: Robert Zemeckis

    Summary: The movie Forrest Gump is about a man called Forrest Gump
    who somehow seems to be involved in every major event of history in
    the 1950s-2000s. The story follows him as he grows up

    Rating: PG-13

    Length: 2 hr. 22 mins.

    Release Date: July 6, 1994

    Ownership

    Based on the book: Forrest Gump by Winston Groom

    Starring:

    Tom Hanks

    Robin Wright

    Gary Sinise

    Sally Field

    Cinematography: Don Burgess

    Screenplay by: Eric Roth

    Distribution

    Distributed by: Paramount

    They distributed through many streaming websites

    Netflix

    Distributed through movie theatre

    DVD

    Production

    Filming began in August 1993 and ended in December that year

    Filmed in South Carolina, Virginia and North Carolina mainly

    Gump family home was built along a river in South Carolina

    Used CGI effects during filming to make Tom Hanks shake deceased
    peoples hands

    Recorded the voices of historical figures and made people lip synch with
    the voices

    Made people have amputated limbs through CGI effects

    Marketing

    The movie was hard to market because explaining the storyline was
    really hard

    Since it was about a mans life, it was hard to pinpoint the main points

    Globalization

    US and Canada were the main places people watched the film based on
    gross money earned

    Film mainly focused in US filming wise; although in the movie they were
    said to have been in different countries

    Used American soil to mimic foreign soil based on look alike places

    Synergy

    It included many famous singers songs in it including:

    Elvis Presley

    Beach Boys

    Movie Posters

    Box Office Comparison


    Produced on a budget of $55 million
    Opened in 1,595 movie theatres during the first weekend
    For the first 10 weeks of its release, it held number 1 in box
    office
    Made the 4th highest grossing film at that time

    Box Office: $677.9 million

    Work Cited

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109830/

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forrest_Gump#Production

    http://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/359270%7C0/Forrest-Gump.html

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