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         The man who was probably best known for his role as Colonel Sherman T. Potter, the fatherly commander of the 4077th in M*A*S*H*(1975 – 1983), has died. Harry Morgan, who was a cast member of one of the most popular sitcoms in television history was also a long time actor of the big screen as well as the small.

      Born in Detroit, Michigan to Scandinavian parents, Morgans given name was  Harry Bratsberg. He acted under his real name in the very beginning of his career. When he made his screen debut in   ”To the Shores of Tripoli” (1942) he had changed his name to ’Henry Morgan’. Later, he settled on ‘Harry Morgan’. Morgan scored roles in ”Orchestra Wives” and as pianist Chummy MacGregor in The Glenn Miller Story” (1954).

      Throughout four decades, Morgan worked on several motion pictures such as  ”The Ox-Bow Incident” (1943), “Wing and a Prayer” (1944), “Dragonwyck” (1946), the great western classic ”High Noon” (1952),  “Bend of the River” (1952), “Thunder Bay” (1953), and “Strategic Air Command” (1955). Into the later years of his career he appeared in “Inherit the Wind” (1960), “How the West Was Won” (1962), “Frankie and Johnny” (1966), “Support Your Local Sheriff!”(1969), “Support Your Local Gunfighter!” (1971), and with John Wayne in Wayne’s final role in ”The Shootist”(1976). 

      Morgan worked on radio as well, hosting the NBC show  ”Mystery in the Air” starring Peter Lorre in 1947. Morgan had a popular recurring role as a character named Pete Porter on the CBS television show called “December Bride”(1954-1959). So popular was the character, that CBS created a spin-off with Morgan in the starring role.“Pete and Gladys” was the show’s title. It was on the air from 1960 to 1962.

      Morgan starred with Dennis Weaver in the comedy/drama, “Kentucky Jones”(1964-1965) on the NBC network. Other than his eight years as Colonel Potter on M*A*S*H*, Morgan is likely to be best remembered as Det. Bill Gannon, Joe Friday’s partner in “Dragnet”(1967-1970). Morgan also had a cameo on the motion picture “Dragnet”(1987), starring Dan Akroyd and Tom Hanks. Morgan had a long standing with Dragnet co-star Jack Webb(Joe Friday), and played in two motion pictures with Webb,  ”Dark City” (1950) and “Appointment with Danger” (1951).

      Morgan made his M*A*S*H* debut in the shows third season when he played the offbeat Major General Bartford Hamilton Steele. The following season Morgan joined the cast full-time as the beloved Colonel Potter, commanding officer of the zany 4077th.  He was with the Emmy-winning series until it’s cancellation in 1983. Morgan won an Emmy himself in 1980. He revised his role in the short-lived spin-off “AfterMash.”

      Due to complications with a recent bout with pneumonia, Morgan past away peacefully while sleeping at 3:00 a.m. on December 7, 2011. He was 96 years-old.

 

 

 

      In the Spring of 1977, the Sex Pistols began working on their debut album. Working on the album became an on and off operation due to the Pistols’ crazy schedule and the fact that they were doing everything they could to keep Vicious out of the studio. His heroin addiction and unpredictable behavior had become too much, even for the remaining three band members. When Vicious fell ill with hepatitus, the band was finally able to finish work on the album. Originally called “God Save The Sex Pistols,” all involved eventually settled on the title “Never Mind the Bollocks.”

      On October 28th, 1977, Never Mind the Bollocks was released. As usual there were mixed reviews from critics and fans alike. Rolling Stone magazine hailed the album as, ”just about the most exciting rock & roll record of the Seventies”, praising the band’s energy. But other critics dismissed it as a glorified greatest hits album as there were four previously released singles on it. While others saw the album as just an affront to everything decent.

      The name of the album as well as the lyrics on some of the songs became the center of a legal case that garnered great attention in Britain. It began when a Virgin records store in Nottingham had displayed the album in their window. The store was prosecuted for displaying indecent material. The case was later thrown out of court, but controversy still abounded around the Pistols.

      After playing a few dates in Holland and a short-lived tour in Britain in which the original eight scheduled dates turned into four due to cancellations because of illness and political pressures, the Sex Pistols headed to America to start their U.S. tour.  Though highly awaited by fans and the media, the tour was ravaged by in-fighting, poor scheduling and physically violent audiences.

      During this time Vicious’ behavior really went off the hook. He attacked and was attacked by audience members. He wound up in the hospital at one point when he carved ‘I Need A Fix’ on his chest after a failed attempt to score drugs. Vicious even attacked his own bodyguards. Meanwhile, Rotten, suffering from the flu and coughing up blood was becoming more and more disillusioned and disgusted with the rest of the band,(especially Vicious), McLaren, and the whole situation.

      On the 14th of January 1978 during their final show in San Francisco, Rotten finally blew. After performing a cover of ‘No Fun’, originally done by the Stooges, Rotten, kneeling down exclaimed, “Ah-ha-ha. Ever get the feeling you’ve been cheated? Good night.” He then threw down his microphone and walked off the stage. Rotten would later speak of the whole debacle saying, “I felt cheated, and I wasn’t going on with it any longer, it was a ridiculous farce. Sid was completely out of his brains, just a waste of space. The whole thing was a joke at that point….Malcolm (McLaren) wouldn’t speak to me. He would not discuss anything with me. But then he would turn around and tell Paul and Steve that the tension was all my fault because I wouldn’t agree to anything.”

      On January 17th it became official, the Sex Pistols were finished. The split was dramatic. Malcolm, Jones and Cook left the states to travel to Brazil. Vicious was taken by a friend to Los Angeles and then to New York where he was hospitalized. As for Rotten, he was left stranded in L.A. He then made his way to New York where he publicly announced the Pistols’ breakup. Nearly broke, Rotten turned to Virgin Records CEO Richard Branson for financial help. Branson agreed and paid for Rotten’s plane ticket back to Britain with a stop in Jamaica, where Branson met with Rotten and then met with the new wave band Devo. Branson spoke with Devo about letting Rotten into the band…Devo immediately declined.

      Although Jones, Cook, and Vicious would never perform live again after Rotten left the band, in June of ’78 they did get together to record a 45 as the Sex Pistols. One side contained the cover of Frank Sinatra’s ‘My Way’, performed by Vicious. The single reached number seven on the charts and eventually outsold all the singles in which Rotten was involved. Afterwards, Vicious cut all ties with McLaren and the band.

      Vicious relocated to New York and performing as a solo act with Nancy Spungen as his manager. In October of 1978 Spungen was found stabbed to death in she and Vicious’ hotel room. Vicious was named a suspect and later arrested. He posted bail but was arrested again a short time later for assault when he smashed a beer mug upside the head of Todd Smith, brother of Scandal lead singer Patti Smith. Vicious spent 55 days at Rikers in a detox program. Meanwhile, N.Y.P.D. had collected evidence in Spungen’s murder that pointed to a drug dealer named Rockets Redglare as her killer. Vicious was released on February 1st, 1979. That night during a party in his honor, Vicious died of an overdose of heroin, he was 21 years old.

      After the split Rotten returned to using his real name Lydon and formed ‘Public Image Ltd.’ with former Clash member Keith Levene and school friend Jah Wobble. The newly formed band had a top 10 single in the U.K. and enjoyed some minor success in Europe and the U.S. Lydon left the band in 1993, then returned to Public Image in 2009. Always outspoken, Lydon(below right) has been the subject of several incidents off stage involving sexual harrassment and assault. He has spent almost as much time in court than on tour.   

      Together, Cook and Jones made some guest appearances and kept working as session artists. In 1980 they formed the band The Professionals. After two years the band split. Jones now makes his home in Los Angeles and has a daily radio show called Jonesy’s Jukebox.  Cook is now a member of the alternative band Man Raze. Phil Collen of Def Leppard is also a member of the band. Matlock has played and toured with several different bands, such as Iggy Pop.

      McLaren(pictured below) would go on to manage bands Adam and the Ants and Bow Wow Wow. During the mid-eighties he released a number of successful and influential albums. Mclaren died of cancer on April 8th, 2010 in a hospital in Switzerland. He is buried in North London.

      The Sex Pistols definately left a mark or stain as some would have it, on the music industry. Loved by some, hated by many, and misunderstood by all the rest, the Pistols brought the media limelight to Punk. How you conceive the attention as being positive or negative depends on who you ask. Punk fans adored them, if for no other reason than the fact that Rotten, Vicious, Jones, and Cook lived just the way they looked and dressed. Yes they were loud, angry, crude, and violent. They drank and smoked heavily, and did their share of drugs, but they were never pretentious. They were against just about everything, at times, even themselves. Never before in music history had a group influenced so many in so short a span. The Sex Pistols are unforgettable.

      About a month later, bassist, Glen Matlock was thrown out of the band by Rotten and other Pistols members because, as McLaren put it, “…because he went on too long about Paul McCartney and the Beatles, and it was too much.” In a later interview, Matlock would state that the real reason was the growing animosity between he and Rotten, who had grown very egocentric after seeing his name in the papers.  

      Matlock was replaced by Rotten’s good friend, Sid Vicious. Born John Simon Ritchie, Vicious gained notoriety for introducing the ‘pogo dance’ to punk audiences. Matlock saw Vicious’ entrance into the Pistols as a way for Rotten to even things up in a growing division of camps within the band. Now it would be Rotten and Vicious against Jones and Cook. Again, Vicious was accepted by McLaren for his outlandish style and attitude. Though Vicious had been in other bands, he knew next to nothing about playing bass. However, Sid worked and rehearsed diligently at learning his new instrument.

      But it was Vicious’ bad temperment and often violent behavior that got him notoriety. Even before he had joined the Sex Pistols, Vicious was involved in an assault on music critic and muscian, Nick Kent at the 100 Club. It was reported that Vicious used a bike chain to attack Kent. Later, while the Pistols were playing a gig at the same club, Vicious threw a glass at fellow punk band, The Damned. The glass shattered and a girl was blinded in one eye. Vicious was arrested and served some time at a detention center. The owners of the 100 Club would never allow another punk band to perform there again.

      In early ’77 Sid met Nancy Spungen, a young woman from New York with a lot of baggage. A drug addict who dabbled in prostitution to support her habits. It’s widely beleived that it was Spungen who introduced  Vicious to heroin.  Thus began Vicious on a  downward spiral on an already troubled road. Rotten would later write, ”We did everything to get rid of Nancy…. She was killing him. I was absolutely convinced this girl was on a slow suicide mission…. Only she didn’t want to go alone. She wanted to take Sid with her…. She was so utterly f*cked up and evil.”

      On March, 10 1977, the Sex Pistols signed with A&M records at a press ceremony in front of Buckingham Palace. Afterwards, a very intoxicated Pistols went back to A&M’s offices’ to celebrate. Vicious wrecked one of bathroom’s toilets, cutting his foot in the process. Dribbling blood all over the place, Vicious then promptly vomited on an A&M executive’s desk. Meanwhile, in a drunken rant, Rotten verbally belittled and attacked staff members. A&M canceled their contract with the band six days later. The 25,000 copies of their latest single, ‘God Save the Queen’ were all destroyed by A&M.

      Putting the A&M records debacle behind them, on March 28, Vicious debuted with the Pistols during a live concert at London’s Notre Dame Hall. In May the band signed with Virgin Records, their third label in just over six months. Virgin was ready to release ‘God Save the Queen’, but immediately there were problems with the label’s record plant workers who were offended by the single’s lyrics and then the picture of the Queen on the record sleeve. After negotiations production was resumed and the single was released to the public on May 27th.

      Right away there was a huge public outcry against the song. Many record store chains refused to carry the single and it was banned by every independent radio station in Great Britain, making it the “most heavily censored record in British history”.  A week and a half after the record’s release, it had sold over 150,000 copies. It debuted on the charts at No. 2, behind Rod Stewart’s, “I Don’t Want to Talk About It”, leading many to believe that the chart placement had been ‘tweeked’ a bit to prevent the Pistol’s single from being No. 1 and possibly causing a spectacle. McLaren later claimed that CBS Records which was distributing both singles, told him that the Sex Pistols were actually outselling Stewart two to one. Evidence did surface that a directive was issued by the British Phonographic Institute, which oversaw the music charts,  to ignore sales from shops that operated under record-companies like Virgin for that week only. In any case, all the public hooplah has since made ‘God Save the Queen’ ”punk’s crowning glory”. 

      While beloved within the punk community, elsewhere the Sex Pistols were hated. Nothing proved that more when Rotten was attacked by a gang outside Islington’s Pegasus pub, causing tendon damage to his left arm. Three days later, Rotten was attacked again, this time with no serious damage to his person. But who can say, it may well just have been Rotten’s mean-spirited demeanor and his mouth that got him in trouble and not actually an assault on punk itself. I leave it to those that were there to say. In an interview during their Scandinavian tour, Rotten, seemingly baffled by all the controversey surrounding the band told a Swedish reporter,  ”I don’t understand it. All we’re trying to do is destroy everything.”

      the conclusion of this article coming very soon…

     

 

        This rowdy, raucous, and unforgettable group from England was the driving force behind the punk movement that swept Great Britain off it’s feet proper. Their sound was loud and abrasive, their lyrics were controversial, anti-social, and always confrontational. The Sex Pistols were like nothing merry old England had ever seen or experienced before. and their influence and legacy lives on, not just in the U.K., but all over the world.

      The Pistols evolved from a band known as The Strand, that was formed in 1972. The original line-up included teens,  Steve Jones on vocals, Paul Cook on drums, and Wally Nightengale on guitar. Also known as The Swankers, the line-up would sometimes include Jim Mackin on organ and Stephen Hayes, on bass. Band members hung out on King’s Road in London’s Chelsea neighborhood. Acme Attractions and Too Fast to Live, Too Young to Die, were two clothing stores they frequented. The second of the two stores dealt in early era rocker clothing, like those worn by Marlon Brando in the film, “The Wild One.” King’s Road would become the unofficial birthplace of the ‘punk movement’ and what would be later associated with punk style clothing and other unorthodox fashion trends. In 1974, Jones talked one of the owners of  Too Fast to Live, Too Young to Die, Malcom McLaren to manage the The Strand.

      In 1975, after returning to London from the U.S., where he was promoting ‘The New York Dolls’, McLaren was met with a full blown punk movement. Wally Nightengale had been kicked out of the band and Jones, who was not happy being frontman, took over on guitar. The Strand was now calling themselves QT Jones and the Sex Pistols. Now needing a frontman, in August of ’75, McLaren found one in the person of 19 year-old John Lydon. McLaren spotted Lydon hanging out on King’s Road wearing a Pink Floyd T-shirt with the  handwritten words ‘I Hate’ above the band’s name.  Hired for his attitude rather than his voice, Lydon,(at the behest of McLaren), changed his name to Johnny Rotten, because of his terrible dental hygeine. Then, they settled on a shortened version of the band’s name, The Sex Pistols.

      Playing live performances and touring throughout the U.K. The Pistols were gaining a following. In late ’76 the band released their controversial hit “Anarchy in the U.K.” Musical journalist John Robb said of the song, “From Steve Jones’ opening salvo of descending chords, to Johnny Rotten’s fantastic sneering vocals, this song is the perfect statement…a stunningly powerful piece of punk politics…a lifestyle choice, a manifesto that heralds a new era”.

       The Sex Pistols seemed well on their way. Along with the song Anarchy in the U.K., the Pistols signed with major record label EMI. Like the notorious political and social rant of of the single. the packaging for the song would break new ground in the music world. It presented Britain’s national flag, the Union Jack, ripped up and partially safety-pinned back together, with the song and band name paper clipped along the edges of a large hole in the middle. This and other images for the Sex Pistols instantly became punk movement icons.

      It wasn’t just the Pistols music and lyrics that caught the people of England’s attention. Their behavior in public was fast becoming tabloid legend. In late ’76, appearing as last-minute replacements for fellow EMI artists, Queen on a British version of the Today show, Jones and Rotten let loose with some profanity.

      This occurred during the interview with the show’s host, Bill Grundy. Jones said the band had “f*cking spent” its label advance and Rotten used the word “sh*t”. Grundy, (who claimed he was drunk at the time), began a flirtatious exchange with Siouxsie Sioux, of the band, ’Siouxsie and the Banshees’, then, a not-so-sober Jones chimed in, with Grundy clearly egging him on. The exchange went like this:

Jones: You dirty sod. You dirty old man.

Grundy: Well keep going chief, keep going. Go on. You’ve got another five seconds. Say something outrageous.

Jones: You dirty bastard.

Grundy: Go on, again.

Jones: You dirty f*cker.

Grundy: What a clever boy.

Jones: What a f*cking rotter.

      Even though the program only aired in the London area, when the tabloids got a hold of the story,  they ran with it. The Sex Pistols were front page news all over the nation, putting the punk movement in the mainstream with the Pistols leading the way.  

      The band then set out on their ‘Anarchy Tour of the U.K.’ With bands, The Clash and The Heartbreakers in support roles , the tour wound up being a disaster. Fearing violent clashes between not just the fans, but the bands as well, many of the concert organizers and authorities cancelled on their gigs. Just seven of the original twenty shows were played.

      In early 1977, the Pistols record label, EMI, under intense political pressure, was forced to drop them. This happened after an incident that occurred on a flight to Holland, where it was reported by the ‘Evening News’ that a hungover Sex Pistols had, ”vomited and spat their way” through the flight. Despite denials by EMI reps who were also on the flight, the record company had little choice but to cancel the Pistols contract.  Part 2 coming soon…

 

 

 

  

 

           While this band from Ireland may not be a household name here in the U.S., they more than likely would be if fame were measured only by pure musical talent. The Corrs, which is made up of three sisters and a brother are  Andrea, (lead vocals), Sharon, (violin, backup vocals), Caroline, (drums, piano, backup vocals), and Jim, (guitar, piano, backup vocals). While known in the U.K. and Europe, the Corrs gained international recognition when they performed at the ’96 Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia and then later that year when they opened for Celine Dion on her “Falling Into You” tour.

      Following those successful breakthroughs, the Corrs have recorded and released five studio albums. Their second album, “Talking On Corners” released in 1997, is their most successful to date.

      The Corr’s are originally from Dundalk, Ireland. Both of their parents, father Gerry, who worked at an electrical company and mother, Jean, a homemaker, both enjoyed music and even had a band called ‘Sound Affair’. They would often bring their children with them to gigs where they would perform cover songs from groups like ABBA and The Eagles.

      Early on the Corr parents nurtured their love of music into the kids. Gerry taught all of them how to play the piano at an early age. Soon after,  Jim began playing guitar, while Sharon learned to play the violin. At 17, Caroline learned to play the drums with the help of a boyfriend. Andrea, who always loved to sing, began playing what is known as a tin or penny whistle, (a front ended flute), when she was 19. The Corr siblings practiced playing and learning songs as they grew into maturity. Jim and Sharon, being the eldest, were the first to step up to the mike when they began playing gigs at their aunt’s pub, McManus’s. Later, Andrea and Caroline would become part of the lineup.

      Their first break came when all four gained small parts in the ’91 film “The Commitments”. Critically acclaimed American movie director, John Hughes took notice of them during thier auditions for the film and became their manager. In 1994, after seeing them perform at a music bar in Dublin, U.S. ambassador to Ireland, Jean Kennedy Smith invited the group to perform at the 1994 World Cup of Soccer in Boston.

       In 1995 the head of Atlantic Records, Jason Florn recommended the band meet with David Foster, a Canadian muscian, producer, and composer. The Corrs played live for him and he immediately agreed to sign the promising group to Atlantic. Five months later they released their first studio album entitled, “Forgiven, Not Forgotten.” The album went platinum in Australia and the U.K. In their home country of Ireland the album went quadruple platinum, putting it as one of the most impressive new bands in Europe. The U.S. though,  did not warm to the Corrs as much.

      The Corrs following album, 1997′s “Talk on Corners”,  was produced by Glen Ballard. Ballard was best known for his work with Alanis Morrisette. Also working with the band was legendary song-writer Carole Bayer Sager. Despite the starpower support though, the album was met with only so-so response, except for Ireland, where it was a hit.

      The Corrs then performed some re-mixed songs from ‘Corners’ live in London at the Royal Albert Hall in 1998. The band re-released the album including these re-mixes. This time around,  ’Talk on Corners’ was a worldwide smash, going multi-platinum in the U.K. and Australia.

      Later that year, the Corrs performed along with other musical artist Jon Bon Jovi, Celine Dion, Spice Girls, and Stevie Wonder for the Pavarotti and Friends for the Children of Liberia charity concert. In ’99, they recieved a BRIT award for Best International Band. In late 1999 the Corrs performed on MTV’s ‘Unplugged’. The CD and DVD for this performance sold nearly 3 million copies.

      In 2000, the Corrs soared into the mainstream with the success of their third album, “In Blue.”  Unlike their previous work, ‘Blue’ aimed towards a more pop sound. This change worked, ‘In Blue’ hit number one in its first week of sales in the UK, Ireland, Australia, Germany, Switzerland, and Austria and debuted at #2 in France and Norway. The hit single “Breathless”, peaked at number 34 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, number 7 in Australia, number 3 in Ireland and New Zealand, and topped the charts in the U.K. Blue achieved platinum sales in the US,  double platinum in the UK,  and quadruple platinum in Australia.

      In 2001, the Corrs released ” Best of The Corrs.” The album featured hits from past albums and some new releases The album reached platinum status in Australia.

      In 2004, the band worked with fellow Irishman and rock legend, Bono. He and Gavin Friday wrote the song “Time Enough for Tears”, which was included on the Corrs fourth album “Borrowed Heaven.”

      In 2005, they released and dedicated their fifth album, “Home” to their deceased mother Jean. The album would mark the Corrs return to traditional Irish folk music. They covered songs taken from their mother’s songbook to celebrate their 15 years as a band.

      These days the Corrs are on an extended hiatus due to Jim and Caroline taking a break to raise families of their own,  while Andrea and Sharon are pursuing solo careers

 

 

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Yesterday, one of the top bands of the ’80′s and early ’90′s, R.E.M., announced that after three decades, they were splitting up. Lead singer Michael Stipe, guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills, and drummer Bill Berry formed R.E.M. in 1980. Hailing from Athens, Georgia, R.E.M., with their alternative rock sound started out enjoying success among college and underground audiences.

However, in 1987 the band turned the heads of mainstream pop audiences with their hit single “The One I Love.” A year later they signed on with Warner Bros. Records.

Soon instead of college campuses, R.E.M. was playing at sold out arenas’.

By the beginning of the ’90′s, R.E.M. began they’re most commercially successful period. Along with other alternative bands such as ‘Nirvana’ and ‘Pearl Jam’, who were experiencing huge success with the alternative sound known as ‘grunge’, R.E.M. became considered as an early pioneer of this progressive style of music. This reputation was well earned when in 1991, they released their 7th album, “Out of Time.” The album greatly impressed critics and wowed audiences, worldwide. The single ‘Losing My Religion’, was a monster hit for R.E.M. and became their signature song for that year. Other chart hitters included the singles ‘Radio Song’ and ‘Shiny Happy People’. Out of Time would ride the U.S. charts for 109 weeks and 183 on the British charts, win 3 Grammy Awards, and eventually would sell over 16 million copies globally.

Rather than ride the success of Out of Time, R.E.M. was back in the studio as soon as it was possible. Unlike some bands that would tend to falter after a hit album, R.E.M. did just the opposite. Their 8th album, “Automatic for the People” was to be another hallmark for the boys from Georgia. Hits like the haunting ‘Drive’, the heart tugging ‘Everybody Hurts’, not to mention an awesome video, and ‘Man in the Moon’, a tribute to the late comedian Andy Kaufman, all propelled ‘Automatic’ to the top of the charts. Nominated for a Grammy for Album of the Year, the album also ranked #247 on Rolling Stone’s “500 Greatest Albums of All Time.”

In 1994, R.E.M. released “Monster”, their follow up to Automatic for the People. There were several hits from the album, with the track ‘What’s the Frequency, Kenneth?’, standing out. But Monster would be the bands last real commercial conquest.

Over the next decade, changes in music style and sound hindered R.E.M. in their attempt to find the niche’ earlier albums and songs had enjoyed. In 2007 R.E.M. was deservedly inducted into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame. The band announced their dissolvement on their website this past Thursday. So…find you’re copy of any of these albums, blow the dust off of it if you have to and crank it! We’ll miss you, R.E.M.

In 1994 the movie “Forrest Gump” came out. This film, based on a novel of the same name written by Winston Groom, and directed by Robert Zemeckis, was so different and original, no one working on the film knew how it would be taken. History tells the rest. Forrest Gump, about a simple-minded everyman from Alabama, who experiences nearly every historical event in America for the last 40 years up to that point, has became a beloved film by both audiences and critics. Tom Hanks, in the title role, gives one of the most amazing performances in his illustrious career. Also starring Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, and Sally Field, the film garnered 13 Oscar nominations, winning six, for Hanks,(best actor), Sinise,(best supporting actor), Zemeckis, (best director), and Best Picture, plus two more for adapted screenplay and visual effects.
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