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Sketch o’the Week: Forrest Gump!
August 14th, 2024 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
We’re back to our “Famous Movie Moments” series, this time revisiting 1994’s “Forrest Gump” with Tom Hanks on his park bench with his suitcase, box of chocolates, and the feather. Hanks has one of those faces that’s hard to “unlock”, partly because he’s such a great actor that his “presence” can change considerably role to role. That makes it hard to grab hold of an expression that reads as undeniably “him”. As Forrest Gump, he often had a slightly confused and somewhat vacant look on his face, which is what I was going for here.
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This is great, again! I remember when the movie came out and I decided to paint a duo painting of Hank and Spencer Tracy, both on the bench. Hanks with his suitcase stickers with “Philadelphia” and “Forrest Gump” and Tracy with stickers of “Red Rock” and “Captain’s Courageous”. Both actors won Oscars twice consequently. Both paintings were hung for my Senior Show and both were sold to a guy in Appleton, WI.