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Incorporated a character in past historical events before Forrest Gump. Any others?

posted 3 years ago by orangeflava (1893)
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Saw this movie recently and I noticed the scene where Eastwood's character is placed into real footage and photos of the day JFK was shot in 1963. This reminded me of Forrest Gump being placed into historical events but this came out a year prior. Was this the first major movie to so this? Any other previous examples?

[–] GreenGoblinsOck8 (7791) 2 years ago

Driving Miss Daisy did it.

[–] orangeflava (1893) 2 years ago

Ah, can you remind me of the context?

[–] GreenGoblinsOck8 (7791) 2 years ago

The title character Miss Daisy goes to see Martin Luthor King speak to a group of people.

[–] ExTechOp (2770) a year ago

Woody Allen's "Zelig" was premised on the notion of historical "insertion"

[–] orangeflava (1893) a year ago

nice. I have only seen a few woody flicks so i'll check that one out! thanks

quite the way to put it, by the way. lol

[–] liscarkat (18888) 3 months ago

"Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid" inserted Steve Martin into numerous scenes from 1940s movies.

[–] orangeflava (1893) 3 months ago

Ah yes i know that film. Not real events but real movies from the past. Thanks