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...provides a welcome departure from the standard, snide action fare because of its cheerful attitude. And at least heroic speeches are better than the facetious emotion of Schwarzeneggar's thumping his chest in "Eraser" and declaring that the real "you" is "in heah." Here is one movie that, with "Forrest Gump" innocence, will not make you furious when its box office gross exceeds the GNP of one or two small nations...
...world, but you can still party like it's 1999. As Will Smith says, "You can sell an alien attack better than the old days when you could see the zipper on the back of the alien's costume." Minute by minute, though, things look mighty familiar. If Forrest Gump was Everyman, ID4 is Everymovie, a browse through the whole film catalog: The Day the Earth Stood Still, Strangelove, Close Encounters, Alien, Top Gun, 2001, Apollo...
...Forrest Gump is not representing the U.S. The world's most popular racquet sport (40 million people played in tournaments last year) still belongs to the Chinese when it comes to the Olympics...
...Billy Graham's son Franklin. "They're a little tougher to track, but they're immensely rewarding." Religion is by no means Van Biema's only interest. Since he came to TIME three years ago from our sister publication Life, he has written about everything from natural disasters to Forrest Gump. "I think it was the most unpopular essay TIME ever published," says Van Biema of his anti-Gump manifesto. "I'll have to write another soon...
...popular culture is dense with unassuming, homespun heroes and heroines: from James Fenimore Cooper's Deerslayer to Mark Twain's Tom and Huck, to Will Rogers and Ma and Pa Kettle and the Clampetts of Beverly Hills, to Forrest Gump, who took the myth one step further by demonstrating that a double-digit IQ could lead to immense worldly success if accompanied by a good heart and simple decency. It is the essence of Capra's best-loved heroes. Jefferson Smith must contend with the schemes of Senator Paine, his onetime hero who plays a scene decked out in white...