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His obtuse optimism makes him the intergalactic Forrest Gump.

For, in Carter’s backyard, shellacked by California sunlight, stood an iconic bench from “Forrest Gump.”

Abrams and Robert Zemeckis, who directed “Forrest Gump.”

In the final scene of “Forrest Gump,” a white feather dances from Forrest’s feet, into the air, representing one of the movie’s major threads: Are life’s joys and agonies predestined, or are they indiscriminate?

It was written by Glen Ballard and Alan Silvestri; this was Ballard’s first nomination and Silvestri’s second — he had previously been recognized for his original score on 1994’s “Forrest Gump.”