“Forrest Gump” is a monumental 90s Hollywood movie in which master director Zemeckis uses the latest technology to portray the “American picture.”

"Forrest Gump" synopsis

“Life is like a box of chocolates, you don't know until you try it.” ---A warm and moving depiction of the youth of Forrest, a young man played by Tom Hanks who runs through America's turbulent history, winning the Academy Award (R) for Best Picture. A masterpiece that will go down in film history, dominating six other categories.

Index

• Memories of the “trailer” that raised expectations
• Opening with CG "feathers" falling from the sky
• The visual revolution brought about by Robert Zemeckis
• The Beatles appear in Zemeckis' feature debut! ?

Memories of the “trailer” that raised expectations

The historic masterpiece ``Forrest Gump'' (1994) won six awards at the 67th Academy Awards, including Best Picture. With this feat, director Robert Zemeckis, who had firmly established his position with the ` `Back to the Future '' trilogy, can be said to have reached even greater heights in the film industry at the young age of 42.

At the time of its release, I was a high school student living in a rural area, and I felt like I couldn't stand still when I heard about the film's high reputation and Oscar winning news from my home country. I think what particularly moved me was the theatrical trailer that made my whole body go numb. The scene where Forrest and Jane embrace in front of the Washington Monument and the crowd erupts in excitement, combined with the sense of realism and exhilaration brought by the sound of the movie theater, makes me repeat myself over and over again even though it's a trailer. It brought tears to my eyes.

“Forrest Gump” preview

I have an unforgettable memory about this trailer. It uses a magnificent song that stirs emotions, and I thought it was definitely the music for ``Forrest Gump'', but no matter how much I tried to find the song in the main story or on the soundtrack CD, I couldn't find it. , not found at all. Well, what does this mean? When I looked it up on the internet in later years, I found that a surprisingly large number of people had similar questions, and from the various information posted, I found that the song in question was `` Dragon/The Bruce Lee Story '' (1993). ) It turned out to be one of the songs.

Afterwards, I noticed that the same song was often used in trailers for other films, including `` The Truman Show' ' (1998). It was a ``teppankyoku'' that gave the so-called work a royal feel and a high level of dignity. I don't know how much this will resonate with those who read this, but it was quite an eye-opening event for me at the time that the music of another movie was used in the trailer for both Usagi and Kaku. there were.

"The Truman Show" trailer

Opening with CG "feathers" falling from the sky