The film is adapted from winston groom's novel of the same name. Forrest Gump is a typical American, he embodies the national character of the United States, and he has also participated in or witnessed the major historical events in the United States since the 1950s.

Forrest Gump witnessed the black civil rights movement, went to the front line of Vietnam War, witnessed the Watergate incident and participated in the table tennis competition that opened a new era of Sino-US diplomacy. In popular culture, he was the teacher of Elvis Presley's most famous stage movements, inspired John Lennon's most famous songs, and invented the most famous slogan in the United States in the 1980 s in the long-distance running. On the surface of the film is Forrest Gump's autobiography, which he slowly told. Forrest Gump's words and deeds are not only very representative, but also a direct explanation of history.

This visual metaphor is vividly implied in the first shot of the film: a feather flies across houses and roads, and finally falls at Forrest Gump's feet, elegant but unremarkable, casual and inevitable. Tom Hanks transformed Forrest Gump from a historical projection into a real, flesh-and-blood person. Forrest Gump is a young child who occupies an adult's body, a saint-level fool, an ordinary person who transcends the truth and a nobody who represents national personality. Famous saying: Life is like a box of chocolates.

So, there is no prototype, just a representative.

Forrest Gump, directed by robert zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks and robin wright, was released in the United States on July 6th. 1994. The film is adapted from the novel of the same name published by American writer winston groom in 1986. It depicts an inspirational story of Forrest Gump, a small town boy with congenital mental retardation, who constantly strives for self-improvement, and finally "blessed are fools" and creates miracles in many fields.

After the film was released, it won six awards including 1995 Best Film Award, Best Actor Award and Best Director Award. On September 5, 20 14, the IMAX version of Forrest Gump was released in the United States on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the film's release.

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Forrest Gump is an imbecile with an IQ of only 75. In order to avoid being bullied by other children at school, I listened to a friend Jenny and began to "run". He ran to avoid being teased by others. When he was in middle school, he ran into a school football field to avoid others, so he ran into the university. Forrest Gump was admitted as a football superstar and received by President Kennedy.

After graduating from college, Forrest Gump enlisted in the army and went to Vietnam. There, he has two friends: Buba, who is keen on catching shrimp, and Captain Deng Taylor, an awesome police officer. By this time, Jenny had fallen and lived a dissolute life. Forrest Gump has always loved Jenny, but Jenny doesn't love him. After the war, Forrest Gump was received by President Johnson as a hero.

At a peaceful meeting, Forrest Gump met Jenny again. They met in a hurry and broke up in a hurry. Under the guidance of the creed of "keeping your word", Forrest Gump finally broke into a sky of his own. In his life, he met many famous Americans. He denounced the eavesdropper of Watergate and went to China as a member of the American table tennis team, which made great contributions to the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States. Elvis Presley and John Lennon, two music superstars, also created many popular songs through their association with him.

Finally, Forrest Gump became an entrepreneur by catching shrimp. To commemorate Bubba's death, he founded Bubba Gump Company, gave half of the shares of the company to Bubba's mother, and became a gardener himself. Forrest Gump has gone through various historical periods of changeable world, but no matter when, where and with whom, he is still pure and kind.

In seclusion, he often misses Jenny. At this time, Jenny has already gone astray and fallen into despair. Finally one day, Jenny came back. She lived with Forrest Gump for a while. One night, Jenny fell into Forrest Gump's arms and left quietly at dawn. Forrest Gump woke up and sat on the bench in front of the door, and then suddenly began to run. He traveled all over America and became a celebrity again.

After running for a long time, Forrest Gump stopped and began to return to his hometown. On the way, I received a letter from Jenny. He went to see her at once. While waiting at the bus stop. Forrest Gump told others about his previous experience. So he saw Jenny again, and a little boy, his son.

At this time, Jenny got an incurable disease. Forrest Gump and Jenny went back to their hometown together and had a happy time together. Jenny died and their son was old enough to go to school. Forrest Gump put his son on the school bus and sat on the bench at the bus stop to recall his life experience.

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Baidu encyclopedia-Forrest Gump