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Forrest Gump is a 1994 American comedy-drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis. An adaptation of the 1986 novel by Winston Groom, the screenplay of the film is written by Eric Roth. It stars Tom Hanks in the title role, alongside Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Mykelti Williamson, and Sally Field in lead roles. The film follows the life of an Alabama ...
- Forrest Gump Runs From Bullies & Breaks His Braces - 1951. Forrest began leaving his mark on the world from the beginning of Forrest Gump. The quiet boy with the heartwarming accent had been bullied by classmates from the moment he started at school, but he managed to get through okay.
- Forrest Goes To College On A Football Scholarship - 1962. After Forrest ran away from his bullies and broke free of his leg braces, running became his favorite thing to do (and it would come in handy several more times throughout Forrest Gump).
- Forrest Tells President Kennedy That He Has To Pee - 1963. John Fitzgerald Kennedy was elected President of the United States in 1961 and was unfortunately assassinated before the end of his first term in 1963.
- Forrest Enlists In The Army & Leaves For Vietnam - 1967. Forrest wound up in so many wild situations because he was always willing to go with the flow. This made him easily manipulated, but his never-ending good luck always saw him through okay.
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Forrest Gump, American film, released in 1994, that chronicled 30 years (from the 1950s through the early 1980s) of the life of a intellectually disabled man (played by Tom Hanks) in an unlikely fable that earned critical praise, large audiences, and six Academy Awards, including best picture.
The film opens with Forrest Gump (Hanks) sitting on a bench in Savannah, Georgia, and narrating his life story to various strangers who sit next to him. The plot unfolds in a series of flashbacks. As a child, Forrest (played by Michael Conner Humphreys) lives with his single mother (Sally Field) in Greenbow, Alabama. He has an IQ of 75 and wears braces on his legs, but his mother has raised him to believe that he is no different from anyone else. On his first day on the school bus, a little girl named Jenny (Hanna Hall) is the only child who will allow Gump to sit next to her. One day when he is being chased by bullies, his braces fall off, and he discovers that he can run swiftly. This ability gets him onto the football team in high school and earns him a scholarship to the University of Alabama in the sport. He grows up to be a simple and guileless man. Gump joins the U.S. Army and is sent to Vietnam. He becomes close to fellow recruit Bubba Blue (Mykelti Williamson), who persuades Gump that they will operate a shrimp boat together when they have been released from the service, and to his commanding officer, Lieutenant Dan (Gary Sinise). However, Bubba is killed, and Gump saves Lieutenant Dan in a battle in which Dan loses his legs and Gump is wounded. Gump is awarded the Medal of Honor. While he is recuperating, he learns to play table tennis well enough to defeat Chinese table tennis champions and become famous for his skills. After his discharge, Gump finds himself at an antiwar rally, where he encounters a bitter and alcoholic Lieutenant Dan and his beloved Jenny (Robin Wright), who is following a hippie lifestyle. Gump later returns to Alabama and buys a shrimping boat. Lieutenant Dan joins him in creating the wildly successful Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. Lieutenant Dan invests the profits in Apple Computer, and both men become wealthy. After Jenny declines his proposal of marriage, Gump spends the next three and a half years running back and forth across the country before returning home. Jenny then introduces Gump to their son (Haley Joel Osment). Gump and Jenny are married shortly before Jenny dies from what may be hepatitis C. Throughout the film, Gump becomes involved in numerous important events in American history that occur in that time period.
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•Studio: Paramount Pictures
•Director: Robert Zemeckis
•Writers: Winston Groom (novel) and Eric Roth (screenplay)
•Music: Alan Silvestri
•Tom Hanks (Forrest Gump)
•Sally Field (Mrs. Gump)
•Robin Wright (Jenny)
•Mykelti Williamson (Bubba Blue)
•Gary Sinise (Lieutenant Dan)
•Haley Joel Osment (Forrest Gump, Jr.)
•Picture*
•Lead actor* (Tom Hanks)
•Supporting actor (Gary Sinise)
•Art direction
•Cinematography
•Directing*
- Patricia Bauer
Jul 6, 1994 · Forrest Gump: Directed by Robert Zemeckis. With Tom Hanks, Rebecca Williams, Sally Field, Michael Conner Humphreys. The history of the United States from the 1950s to the '70s unfolds from the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75, who yearns to be reunited with his childhood sweetheart.
- (2.3M)
- Drama, Romance
- Robert Zemeckis
- 1994-07-06
Forrest Gump, an innocent and kind-hearted Alabama boy, has been dealing with other people's unkindness nearly all his life. Having grown up with beautiful Jenny, his only friend, Forrest yearns to learn all about the ways of the world and embarks on a mission to find his true purpose in life.
Release info. Forrest Gump. Jump to Edit. Release Date. United States. June 23, 1994 (Los Angeles, California, premiere) Canada. July 6, 1994. United States. July 6, 1994. Indonesia. July 31, 1994. France. September 1994 (Deauville Film Festival) 50 more. All. Also Known As (AKA) (original title) Forrest Gump. Argentina. Forrest Gump. Australia.
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By Amy Renner Jun. 5, 2014. Who's Involved: Tom Hanks, Mykelti Williamson, Robert Zemeckis, Sally Field, Robin Wright, Eric Roth, Gary Sinise, Wendy Finerman. Release Date: Wednesday, July 6, 1994. Friday, September 5, 2014 Limited. PG-13 PARENTS STRONGLY CAUTIONED MPA.
