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Forrest Gump
A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events—in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do. But despite all he has achieved, his one true love eludes him.
1994 · Directed by Robert Zemeckis · 142 min · Comedy · Drama · Romance · Screenplay in the scene database · 44 frames
Tagline
The world will never be the same once you've seen it through the eyes of Forrest Gump.
Plot
In 1981, a feather lands at a bus stop in Savannah, Georgia; Forrest Gump collects it, then recounts his life story to strangers on a bus bench.
In the fictional city of Greenbow, Alabama during the 1950s, Forrest is fitted with leg braces to correct a curved spine. His mother runs a boarding house out of their home. Among their tenants is Elvis Presley, who incorporates Forrest's jerky dance movements into his performances. On his first day of school, Forrest befriends a girl named Jenny Curran.
Forrest is often bullied because of his physical disability and low intelligence. While fleeing from several bullies, his leg braces break off, revealing Forrest to be a very fast runner. In 1963, after inadvertently interrupting a practice session of the University of Alabama football team, Forrest is noticed by coach Bear Bryant, who offers him an athletic scholarship. Forrest plays as a kick returner, is later named to the All-America college football team, and meets President John F. Kennedy at the White House. He also witnesses Governor George Wallace's Stand in the Schoolhouse Door, during which Forrest returns a dropped book to Vivian Malone Jones.
Plot summary from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
Crew
- Screenplay: Eric Roth
- Cinematography: Don Burgess
- Edited by: Arthur Schmidt
- Music: Alan Silvestri
- Production design: Rick Carter
- Produced by: Wendy Finerman, Steve Starkey, Steve Tisch
Cast
- Tom Hanks as Forrest Gump
- Robin Wright as Jenny Curran
- Gary Sinise as Lieutenant Dan Taylor
- Sally Field as Mrs. Gump
- Mykelti Williamson as Bubba Blue
- Michael Conner Humphreys as Young Forrest Gump
- Hanna Hall as Young Jenny Curran
- Haley Joel Osment as Forrest Junior
- Siobhan Fallon Hogan as School Bus Driver
- Rebecca Williams as Nurse at Park Bench
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Paramount Pictures, The Steve Tisch Company, Wendy Finerman Productions
- Budget: $55,000,000
- Box office: $677,387,716
- Themes: new year's eve, vietnam war, vietnam veteran, mentally disabled, friendship, usa president, washington dc, usa, post-traumatic stress disorder (ptsd), waitress, based on novel or book
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