Episode 86: Forrest Gump vs. Benjamin Button (with Patrick H. Willems)

Published: July 2, 2021, 7 a.m.

The BTS team welcomes back YouTube creator Patrick Willems to compare Forrest Gump and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. The team discusses the films' strangely similar premises, dissects the movies' plot structures and filmmaking techniques, and debates the overall effectiveness of the stories' differing tones.

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Show Notes

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Patrick's video on Robert Zemeckis: https://youtu.be/JKe8qCzPdkI

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Patrick Willems on Twitter: https://twitter.com/patrickhwillems

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Listen to our discussion of Loki Episode 3 on Patreon: https://bit.ly/3hbxH0w

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Tricia's movie recommendation: Bacurau (2019) by Kleber Mendon\xe7a Filho

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Find us on Twitter

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Beyond the Screenplay: https://twitter.com/BTScreenplay

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Michael Tucker: https://twitter.com/michaeltuckerla

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Tricia Aurand: https://twitter.com/TriciaJeanA

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Brian Bitner: https://twitter.com/BrianBitner

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Alex Calleros: https://twitter.com/Alex_Calleros

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Produced by Vince Major: https://twitter.com/VinceMajor

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Edited by Eric Schneider: https://twitter.com/ImEricSchneider

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Website: http://lessonsfromthescreenplay.com

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