Forrest Gump Activity 1

Title: Forrest Gump
By: Samantha Streahle

During the film Forrest and his mother rent out their homes to people passing through the town. Elvis Presley is depicted in the movie as one of the men who stay at their house. In the movie they make it seem like Elvis got his famous dance move from Forrest. Forrest is shown shaking his legs and dancing while Elvis is playing the guitar. He seems very interested in what Forrest is doing and asks them to keep doing it. While walking down the street Forrest and his mother see Elvis on the tv doing the dance move that he showed him.

When Forrest got asked to play for the All-American team they used actual footage of the real team meeting the president. They cut the footage to make it look like Forrest was really there. It showed players talking to the president and were able to make it look like he did too.

The assassination of JFK was briefly shown in the film because it took place during the time period in which it really happened. They included real footage of the president being shot. Forrest was telling a story when he mentioned the assassination but he was not really there when it happened.