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Forrest Gump
Film poster with a white background and a park bench (facing away from the viewer) near the bottom. A man wearing a white suit is sitting on the right side of the bench and is looking to his left while resting his hands on both sides of him on the bench. A suitcase is sitting on the ground, and the man is wearing tennis shoes. At the top left of the image is the film's tagline and title and at the bottom is the release date and production credits.
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Robert Zemeckis
Produced by
  • Wendy Finerman
  • Steve Tisch
  • Steve Starkey
Screenplay by Eric Roth
Starring
Music by Alan Silvestri
Cinematography Don Burgess
Editing by Arthur Schmidt
Studio The Tisch Company
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date(s) June 23, 1994 (1994-06-23) (Los Angeles)
July 6, 1994 (1994-07-06) (United States)
Running time 142 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $55 million
Money made $678.2 million

Forrest Gump is a 1994 American comedy-drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by Eric Roth. It is based on the 1986 novel of the same name by Winston Groom and stars Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Mykelti Williamson and Sally Field. The story depicts several decades in the life of Forrest Gump (Hanks), a slow-witted and kindhearted man from Alabama who witnesses and unwittingly influences several defining historical events in the 20th century United States. The film differs substantially from the novel.

Principal photography took place between August and December 1993, mainly in Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina. Extensive visual effects were used to incorporate Hanks into archived footage and to develop other scenes. The soundtrack features songs reflecting the different periods seen in the film.

Forrest Gump was released in the United States on July 6, 1994, and received generally favorable reviews for Zemeckis's direction, performances (particularly that of Hanks and Sinise), visual effects, music, and screenplay. The film was an enormous success at the box office; it became the top-grossing film in America released that year and earned over US$678.2 million worldwide during its theatrical run, making it the second-highest-grossing film of 1994, behind The Lion King. The soundtrack sold over 12 million copies. Forrest Gump won six Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor for Hanks, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Visual Effects, and Best Film Editing. It received many award nominations, including Golden Globes, British Academy Film Awards and Screen Actors Guild Awards.

Varying interpretations have been made of the protagonist and the film's political symbolism. In 2011, the Library of Congress selected the film for preservation in the United States National Film Registry as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

Images for kids

  • ForrestGump-Jenny-Boat-2055

    The shrimping boat Forrest used in the film

  • Forrest Gump Point Monument Valley November 2018 003

    The location in Monument Valley where Forrest ends his run

  • ForrestGumpJFKScreenshot

    Gump with United States President John F. Kennedy. A variety of visual effects were used to incorporate Tom Hanks into archive footage with various historical figures and events.

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