Originally a novel
Before getting Tom Hanks’ specs, Forrest Gump He was the protagonist of a novel by Winston Groom (1986). A reporter before becoming a writer, this former Vietnam hero won the 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Conversations With the Enemy. The author defines his modern fairy tale as follows: “Revenge of the little, the dark, and the unworthy in contemporary America.“. And it’s no coincidence that Forrest is a Vietnam hero.
Tom Hanks said no
It’s impossible to imagine Forrest Gump posing as Tom Hanks, as the actor made his mark on the role that earned him his second career Oscar. However, he had initially said no, not convinced by this pleasant schmuck who had been researching forty years of US history from the ’50s to the late ’80s. “Zemeckis was convinced that the movie would mark its time. Not me. I was skeptical, he knew how to convince me,” he explains.
Robin Wright debut
In 1994, the actress got her first major role there. Forrest has loved Jenny since childhood, but the elusive young woman is entangled in all her freedom struggles: the Black Panthers, the hippie movement… “I was worried about this selfish, unfeeling character. Whenever he has a problem, he calls Forrest for help, and then he gives up. The important thing is not to find out if he’s selfish, but to let Forrest get his message across.” It could be : “Only stupidity is stupid.”
Rewrite History
Zemeckis repeats technical success Who Accused Roger Rabbit? (1988), where he mixed filmed and animated footage with archives. To create the now famous handshake between Forrest and Kennedy at the White House, finding the script clip, watching hundreds of hours of television news, shooting in front of a blue screen with pieces of tape stuck to the wall, the President’s voice of impersonators… this is work.
A cult bench
In the small town of Savannah, Georgia, where the first and last scenes were shot, the film’s tremendous success sparked an unexpected controversy: Some residents wanted to auction off the bench on which Tom Hanks began and finished his life story. . But the city council chose to keep it as is and it is now classified as a historical monument.
Forrest Gump will air Monday, June 19 at 9:25 PM on TMC.
Julien Barcilon
Source: Programme Television
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