Tom Hanks

W. Wheen. All Quiet on the Western Front. N.p.: n.p., n.d. Print. Saving Private Ryan. Dir. Steven Spielberg. Prod. Steven Spielberg. By Robert Rodat. Perf. Tom Hanks, Edward Burns, and Tom Sizemore. DreamWorks Pictures,…

Do you know Tom Hanks? He has been a few famous movies, some of them based upon true stories. Cast Away is not. But how about Apollo 13-leaking 02 Cast Away- crash landed stranded on Island Terminal -living inside an airport w/no money. Captain Phillips-Cargo ship Maersk Alabama hijacked by Somali pirates, Sully- US Airways Jan2009 LGA-Charlotte… Somehow in all of these movies Tom Hanks is able to survive, escape, to move on in life. Amazing stories, amazing skills, an amazing story to…

Javier Pineda English 102 Professor Connelly 17 April 2017 Essay 3 War stories and movies almost always have some type of bias. Bias are present in both Saving Private Ryan, and All Quiet on the Western Front. Saving Private Ryan has aspects of an anti and pro war movie, while All Quiet on the Western Front is a true anti-war book. Just like a lot of the movies out there, Saving Private Ryan has a few overdramatized parts. Of course, without some exaggerated parts war movies would not be as…

The movie Forrest Gump has many actors, the main characters within the movie are Tom Hanks who plays Forrest Gump, Sally Field who is mama Gump, Gary Sinise who is Lieutenant Dan Taylor and also Robin Right who plays Jenny Curran. Forrest Gump is a man with an IQ of 75, who manages between the 1950’s- 1980’s to become involved in major events in America. In this movie you will notice that Forrest takes things for exactly what they are and never complains because he is fine with the life that he…

Forrest Gump (Zemeckis, 1994) emphasizes the importance of morals and love, while exhibiting historical context. One of the major themes is finding one’s destiny. Forrest (Tom Hanks) is venturing to find his destiny, but also influenced by other people’s destinies (Zemeckis, 1994). Forrest’s most compelling action is his ability to tell Jenny’s (Robin Wright) story, which adds to his characterization. He is compelling by internal and external conflicts. Since the film was narrated, the structure…

And here’s a shocking fact: An audience member had to be carted away via ambulance due to a hernia induced by laughing too hard at Robin during his performance! I think this is why everybody admires him so much, because there is nobody who could do this. Robin Williams toured a lot and really expensive with his stand-up routine. He was also the first artist who ever performed a solo comedy concert at The Metropolitan Opera House. Beyond delivering side-splitting stand-up, Williams brought many…

“Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re gonna get”, one of the most famous lines of the American classic film, Forrest Gump. The tragicomedy centers around the story of the fictional character Forrest Gump, who witnesses and influences important moments in contemporary American history. The film follows this simple-minded man, who represents the ultimate American dream in a land of opportunity. Zemeckis begins his movie with a tracking shot of a white feather. This feather…

The representation of war in: Saving Private Ryan and The Thin Red Line War films at times fail to capture the true essence of war, capturing the torment that war inflicts on individuals and groups is difficult to capture. The Thin Red Line presents itself as close to the reality of war that it can. It has no plot or pain characters instead men in a constant state of dread not knowing what will happen next. Saving Private Ryan however, is very different, there is fear and anger throughout…

When it comes to war, there seems to be the same subject that always comes up. The women’s role and where do they belong. Men have traditionally always been the ones who fought in the wars while the women were excluded. Being seen as the weaker sex would make war tougher for the men to fight, since they would have to look out for the women who are weaker by nature. While some women may be as tough as men there are still factors that can be distracting. The women who would fight in the war could…

WILLY WONKA- SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER About the character Willy Wonka is one of the main characters in Roald Dahl’s famous books, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator. The character was portrayed by Gene Wilder in the 1971 film adaptation, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and was portrayed by Johnny Depp in the 2005 film adaptation, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Both the films and the books describe Willy Wonka as a phoenix-like man who…