1. A presentation of "Life's like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get" © S. Houël

2. 1.Forrest Gump: the movie ● It was directed by Robert Zemeckis ● Zemeckis also directed Back to the Future, Who framed Roger Rabbit...

3. The movie was released on October 25 th, 1994

4. ● Cast ● Tom Hanks is Robin Wright is ● Forrest Gump Jenny Curran

5. Sally Field is Mykelti Williamson is Mrs Gump Bubba

6. Gary Sinise is Lt Dan (he's also famous for his roles in Of Mice and Men and CSI: Manhattan)

7. Also starring: John Fitzgerald Kennedy (1917-1963) US President from 1961 to 1963

8. Also starring: Lyndon B. Johnson (1908-1973) US President from 1963 to 1969

9. Also starring: Richard Milhouse Nixon (1913-1994) US President (1969-1974) he resigned after the Watergate Scandal (1974)

10. Also starring: John Lennon (1940-1980) British singer- songwriter. He was murdered in New York on December 9 th, 1980.

11. The movie was based on a novel written in 1986 by Winston Groom. It was huge success. It won 6 Oscars, 1 BAFTA and 3 Golden Globes

12. 2. Forrest Gump: the music

13. List of videoclips: ● "Hound Dog" performed by Elvis Presley – 2:16 ● "California Dreamin'" performed by The Mamas & the Papas – 2:39 ● "Break on Through (To the Other Side)" performed by The Doors – 2:38 ● "Mrs. Robinson" performed by Simon & Garfunkel – 3:51 ●

14. ● "Sweet Home Alabama" performed by Lynyrd Skynyrd – 4:43 ● '' All along the Watchtower“ performed by Jimi Hendrix ● "Forrest Gump Suite" composed and conducted by Alan Silvestri – 8:49

15. ● '' All along the Watchtower“ performed by Jimi Hendrix

16. 3. Forrest Gump: the historical elements ● Forrest makes allusions to: ● - the War of Independence (1775-1783) ● - the Civil War (1861-1865) ● - WWI (1917-1918) ● - WWII (1941-1945) ● He is sent to Viet Nam

17. ● Forrest meets 3 Presidents: Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon. ● He is given the Congressional Medal of Honor

18. ● A lot of historical allusions are made in the movie ● The Ku-Klux Klan is evoked

19. ● It also deals with segregation and desegration

20. ● We can see peace demonstrations

21. ● Hippies and '' flower power'' are also present in the movie

22. ● Forrest becomes famous ● He will have several jobs: soldier, gardener, ping-pong player, TV star, shrimp boat captain, Apple shareholder...

23. 4. Forrest Gump: famous lines ● ''Life's like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get'' ● ''Stupid is as stupid does'' ● ''I'm not a smart man, but I know what love is''

24. 5.Forrest Gump: parodies

25. Forrest Gump '8-bit' version

26. ● Photographic parodies