"Cinemalarities" between Born on the Fourth of July (1989) and Forrest Gump (1994):
- awkward beginnings with blonde childhood sweetheart leads to lifelong crush
- mother inspires son to greatness
- grainy black & white JFK
- military recruits protagonist at his school
- rainy meeting with crush outside school
- leg braces
- walking with soldiers in Viet Nam
- carried off the field of battle
- character loses use of legs
- protagonist attends 60's protest
- wheelchair bitterness
- visiting a fellow soldier's grave (picture above; tree hovers on the left in both shots)
- grainy Richard Nixon
- four generations of U.S. military service
- she is a folk singer
- goodbye to crush before heading to war
- sweeping musical score interspersed with pop hits of the era
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