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    Tom Hanks is an American actor, comedian and filmmaker,he has been entertaining the world since 1977. He first started with Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival. The most famous movie he has started in was when he was playing the role for Forrest Gump in 1994. This was the best movie and had the most Oscars.Hanks was interested in theatre as a young student and found it the perfect platform for expressing himself. Tom Hanks gradually gained more exposure and built some important relationships.He played in a varied amount of episodes on several TV shows that were famous at the time. A cycle of small successes and failures pursued, but even when a movie itself was a failure critics tended to compliment on his performance. His role in “Big” brought him his first big success, gaining him his very first Academy Award nomination for best actor. His success factors that helped him through his acting career are luck, education, and talent. Tom Hanks is a very successful actor all of his success comes from many factors. One of those factors are luck.”He hopes his instinct pay off” (Tom Hanks Likes To Take Risks With His Movie Projects)Tom Hanks is saying that in order for him to be successful he must have hope that his instincts will pay off! “It was a risk and sometimes risks do not always…

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    Tom Hanks 'Forrest Gump'

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    In the 1994 American epic romantic/comedy/drama, Tom Hanks plays Forrest Gump. Forrest was mentally below average, but he never characterized himself as anything less than ordinary. Encouraged by his mother, he lived a very good, compassionate life full of fulfillment. He traveled the world being success in many different things like ping-pong, the army, college football, to even opening a shrimping business. However, no matter where he traveled to in the world, his true love was always Jenny,…

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    The Oscar sentiments of Tom Hanks and Clint Eastwood have been on a high post the positive vibes sent across by the trailers of ‘Sully.’ Several fans and critics, after watching the recently launched trailers of Sully, acknowledge and agree to the fact that the performance and prowess portrayed by Tom Hanks in the movie directed by Clint Eastwood would at least win an Oscar nomination. Tom Hanks has excelled in the real life characterization of Chesley ‘Sully’ Sullenberger – not only did he…

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    The Forrest Gump is a 1994 movie and it is played by Tom Hanks. This movie is about the life of Forrest Gump from Alabama, who is unintelligent and naive, but he is a nice guy and very athletic, who witnesses some events of the 20th century in the United States. Through the movie’s entirety, outstanding performances from various award winning actors give this film’s involved and interesting plot a sense of realism that is far superior to that of other dramatic movies. Although many people think…

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    Tom Hank Diabetes

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    Tom Hanks Diabetes is no ordinary disease, which affects even extraordinary people such as celebrities and big elites. One of the famous people who is suffering from a Type 2 Diabetes is no other than Oscar-award winning actor Tom Hanks. The actor confirmed on David Letterman’s show that he is indeed a diabetic person which makes him prone to having a diabetic foot. What is a diabetic foot? When a person is having diabetes, the high level of sugar can cause damage to the nerves or blood vessels.…

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    On January 14th, 2015 The New York Times published actor, producer, and director, Tom Hank’s “I Owe It All to Community College”. In this publication, Hanks firmly credits inclusive and free community college as the institution that, “made him into the man he is today” (Hanks). Hank’s convincing claim can be acknowledged on the foundation of a tactfully simple use of pathos and ethos. Hanks understands his audience well enough to evoke agreement toward his argument. Readers of The New York Times…

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    Tom and Hank have been friends since elementary school. They grew up playing every sport together and spending sleepless nights camping out in their backyards together. Tom was always a little more mischievous and seemed to be in trouble with his parents most of the time. After playing in a high school football game one evening, they heading to a party. Tom was getting bored at the party and suggested to Hank that it would be fun to sneak into the zoo. Hank laughed! Tom asked, why are you…

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    Have you ever felt alone? Melissa Joan Hart, the actor who played Grace Wesley in God’s Not Dead 2, stated in the movie, “I would rather stand with God and be judged by the world than stand with the world and be judged by God” (“God’s Not Dead”). If you have faith in something, even if it cannot be see, you will never be alone. Religions and higher beings of all kinds can help almost anyone have courage and reliance again. Because of personal experience, I believe in the untouchable. Whenever I…

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    Who Is Forrest Gump?

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    Forrest Gump is a 1994 American romantic-comedy-drama movie directed by Robert Zemeckis and features Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Mykelti Williamson, and Sally Field. It is the story of a man who overcomes several problems throughout different phases of his life and always sees the positive side of things. The award winning actors involved in the movie create an interesting plot which makes the movie extremely superior compared to other dramatic movies. This movie is still quite popular…

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    Bridge Of Spies Cold War

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    What do you get when you combine Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg, and the Cold War? Obviously, the answer is the new film, Bridge of Spies – but these three elements come together to be so much more than your simple, run of the mill drama. And, if you’ve had the pleasure of witnessing the cinematic brilliance of Spielberg’s Schindler’s List or Saving Private Ryan, you might have an inkling of what you’re in for… In Bridge of Spies, Tom Hanks stars as James B. Donovan, an insurance lawyer with a…

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