Forrest Gump 1994

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 136 min

genre: comedy-drama

theme: epic

director: Robert Zemeckis

Score: 9 / 10

Forrest Gump is a 1994 American epic 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 film follows several decades in the life of a slow-witted and kindhearted Alabama man named Forrest Gump (Hanks) and his experiences in the 20th-century United States. The film differs substantially from the novel.

Plot

In 1981, a man named Forrest Gump recounts his life story to strangers who happen to sit next to him at a bus stop.

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author	Eric Roth Winston Groom
award	Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Visual Effects Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay Amanda Award for Best Foreign Feature Film National Board of Review Award for Best Film National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
contentLocation	Alabama Arizona New York City San Francisco Vietnam Washington, D.C.
director	Robert Zemeckis
editor	Arthur Schmidt
events	culture of the United States destiny history of the United States love Vietnam War
genre	comedy-drama
keywords	9th infantry division a curved spine abbie hoffman abusive boyfriend alcoholic father all-american team ambush anti-war apple inc. basic training bear bryant berkeley berkeley university best friend black panther black panther party boarding house bus stop cancer college football all-america team elvis presley expel fight in vietnam first day of school fish football scholarship forrest gump handicap hippie hurricane carmen imagine intellectual disability iq of 75 john f. kennedy kick returner killed in action leg brace lieutenant life story lyndon b. johnson mao zedong march on the pentagon medal of honor meet mekong delta morning new year old lady opposition to united states involvement in the vietnam war ping-pong ping-pong diplomacy playboy prosthetics richard nixon rock run scoliosis sd sexual abuse sexual encounter shrimp shrimp fishery shrimping business stand in the schoolhouse door stock market strip club struggle students for a democratic society table tennis terminal illness the dick cavett show the white house train u.s. army university of alabama vietnamese vietnamese people vivian malone jones volunteer wait walk war veterans watergate scandal wedding guest white house widow
musicBy	Alan Silvestri
nomination	Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Cinematography Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling Academy Award for Best Original Score Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Production Design Academy Award for Best Sound Academy Award for Best Sound Editing Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for Best Visual Effects Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
producer	Steve Starkey Steve Tisch Wendy Finerman
productionCompany	AFI Catalog of Feature Films
publisher	Paramount Pictures
recordedAt	Ambassador Hotel Arizona California Maine North Carolina Paramount Studios Santa Monica South Carolina Utah
theme	epic narrative war