电影《阿甘. 正传》任务表
1． General description: release date, genre, and production company, etc. and Awards and Nominations. 
2． Director：Robert  Zemeckis 罗伯特•泽米吉斯.
3． Leading Actor: genreTom Hanks (Forrest Gump) 汤姆•汉克斯.
4． Leading Actress: Robin Wright (Jenny Curran) 罗宾•莱特 .
5． Background information of the film. 
6．  Some people think this is one of the greatest movies ever made. Do you agree? Give your reasons.
7． “Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re going to get.” is one of the classical actor lines in the movie. Can you use a figuration (比喻) to show your understanding of life? 
8．  Do you think Forest Gump is stupid? Give your reasons.
9． In which aspects does Forrest succeed according to the film?
10． What great events and eminent figures in American history are included in the plots of the movie? Could you mention some of them?
11． Comment on Mrs Gump’s influence on Forrest Gump.
12． Mrs. Gump describes life as a box of chocolates. What’s your definition of life?
13． In the movie, we know “peas and carrots” refers to very close and intimate relationship between Forrest and Jenny. Do you know any other expressions to describe the relationship between people?
14．  Write a theme review on the movie.
15． Write a comment on what you think of Forrest Gump and his dramatic life. 
16． Prepare a presentation on a scene in the film which impresses you most. Share with your classmates your choice and reason.   
17． What’s the most impressive drama film you’ve seen? Recommend it to your class.  
18． Survey at least five other students and make a list of some impressive sentences in the film. Your understanding of these sentences.
19． Comment on Jenny’s life.
20． Comment on Forrest Gump’s performance in Vietnam War.
21． Functions of other supporting roles.
22． How many times is the sentence “Run! Forrest! Run!” mentioned in the film? Your understanding of the sentence.
23． Interpret Jenny’s different attitudes towards Forrest Gump.
24． What do you think of Forrest Gump’s way of solving problems? What’s your way of solving problems?
I. Drama Films  剧情片
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes often include current issues, societal ills, and problems, concerns or injustices, such as racial prejudice, religious intolerance, drug addiction, poverty, political unrest, power abuse, alcoholism, class divisions, sexual inequality, mental illness, corrupt societal institutions, violence toward women or other explosive issues of the times. 
All film genres can include dramatic elements, but typically, films in the genre focus mainly on the drama of the main issue.
Drama Films are serious presentations or stories with settings or life situations that portray realistic characters in conflict with either themselves, others, or forces of nature. A dramatic film depicts human beings at their best, their worst, and everything in-between. Dramatic films are probably the largest film genre because they include a broad spectrum of films.
Drama films have been particularly appreciated by all kinds of awards. Some well-known drama films include All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), Gone With The Wind (1939), Th
e Graduate (1967), The Godfather (1972), The Longest Yard (1974), Rain Man (1988), Forrest Gump (1994), and Schindler’s List (1993), The English Patient (1996), Titanic (1997) , American Beauty (1999) and Traffic (2000).
2. There are many sub-genres of drama films, such as Social Problem Drama, Race Relations and Civil Rights Dramas, Courtroom Dramas, Political Dramas, WWII Homefront Dramas, History-Related Dramas, Sports Dramas, Religious Dramas, Literature-Related Dramas, etc. Which one do you like best, and why?
II. Comedy-drama Films
The comedy-drama film, also called dramedy or seriocomedy, is a style of television, theatre and film in which there is an equal or nearly equal balance of humor and serious content.
Comedy-drama films are a hybrid that merges dramatic films with comic elements or a strong comic lead, in situations that do not necessarily end happily. Instead of presenting the world as neat and clean and full of only laughs and resolution, these films often add dra
matic touches like tragedy, melodrama and melancholy while maintaining a light tone. Beginning with the bittersweet social melodrama slapstick of Charlie Chaplin and the modern, lighthearted tragedy of Buster Keaton, the comedy drama originated from the silent era. 
During the Golden Age, filmmakers Preston Sturges, Howard Hawks, Ernst Lubitsch, and George Cukor mixed drama and comedy in perfect balance, while Billy Wilder perhaps perfected the genre, crafting comedies often addressing dark social and lifestyle issues with Ace in the Hole (2003) and The Apartment (2008). Mike Nichols’s The Graduate (2009), Hal Ashby’s The Last Detail (1973), Shampoo (2004) and Woody Allen’s Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), Crimes and Misdemeanors (2005), carried the tradition into the 1970s and 1980s, often applying an even more cynical edge. Independent cinema, with its focus on daily routines, relationships and angst, used this style with the films of Jim Jarmusch, Richard Linklater, Hal Hartley and Spike Lee. Internationally, filmmakers such as Claude Chabrol, Eric Rohmer, Federico Fellini, Mike Leigh, Takeshi Kitano and Pedro Almodovar have based much of their work in the hybrid between humor and drama. 
Comedy-dramas have had some strong success in recent years, eg. House M.D. (2004), Desperate Housewives (2004), Psych (2004), Ugly Betty (2006), and Californication (2007). However, some shows, like Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (2006-2007), have failed to make it past the first season.

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